Army abilities

For unit abilities, hero abilities and lord abilities, see abilities.

Army abilities are active abilities that can be called upon by the player controlling an army in battles. They were introduced in Total War: Warhammer II. Army abilities are distinct from spells and character abilities which are only usable by specific characters (and if that character dies, then those spells/abilities are no longer available). However many of them operate like spells - as vortexes, summons or bombardments.

Most army abilities are only available in battles in the campaign: not in multiplayer, custom battles or the laboratory.

List of army abilities[ | ]

Beastmen[ | ]

Cacophonous Assault (campaign only)
- Cacophonous Assault Upgraded (campaign only)
Shatterstone (campaign only)
Touched by the Moon (campaign only)
Vile Entropy (campaign only)

Chaos Dwarfs[ | ]

Dreadquake Battery (campaign only)
- Dreadquake Battery Upgraded (campaign only)
Chaos Dwarfs have access to army abilities when claiming certain seats in the Tower of Zharr:
- Armour of Contempt (campaign only)
- Blood & Fireborn (campaign only)
- Doom of Hashut (campaign only)
- Wrath of Zharr (campaign only)

Daemons of Chaos[ | ]

The Daemons of Chaos faction has access to the same three basic army abilities that Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Tzeentch have. These are unlocked in battle by having the army's Lord do damage. After unlocking each tier, a random army ability out of the four available for that tier will be selected.

Tier One:
- Horn of Khorne (Khorne)
- Curse of the Slug (Nurgle)
- Sweet Sorrow (Slaanesh)
- Arcane Surge (Tzeentch)

Tier Two:
- Relentless Rage (Khorne)
- Fecundity (Nurgle)
- Narcissism (Slaanesh)
- Bolt of Change (Tzeentch)

Tier Three:
- Blade of Khorne (Khorne)
- Rot, Glorious Rot (Nurgle)
- Fascination (Slaanesh)
- Storm of Fire (Tzeentch)

Additionally they can gain one army ability by dedicating fully to one of the Chaos Gods or to Chaos Undivided. These abilities are only available in the campaign:

High Elves[ | ]

Khorne[ | ]

Kislev[ | ]

Via The Motherland Mechanic (campaign only):

Lizardmen[ | ]

Feral Cold Ones (campaign only)
Geomantic Nexus (campaign only)
Holy Stela (campaign only)
Temple of Mists (campaign only)
Spirit of the Jungle Subfaction (campaign only)
Cult of Sotek Subfaction (campaign only)
- Jungle Swarm
- Great Invocation of Sotek
Ghosts of Pahuax Subfaction (campaign only)

Nurgle[ | ]

Ogre Kingdoms[ | ]

Dismember
Butcher
Massacre
Gluttony (campaign only)
Thunder Charge (campaign only)
Stoneshaker (campaign only)

Skaven[ | ]

The Menace Below (campaign only)
Warpbomb (campaign only)
Clan Mors Subfaction (campaign only)
- Mors Clanstone
Clan Pestilens Subfaction (campaign only)
- Pestilens Clanstone
Clan Skryre Subfaction (campaign only)
- Skryre Clanstone
- Warpstorm Doomrocket
Clan Rictus Subfaction (campaign only)
- Rictus Clanstone
Clan Eshin Subfaction (campaign only)
- Eshin Clanstone
Clan Moulder Subfaction (campaign only)
- Moulder Clanstone

Slaanesh[ | ]

The Empire[ | ]

The Huntsmarshal's Expedition Subfaction (campaign only)
- Man the Cannons

Tomb Kings[ | ]

Tzeentch[ | ]

Vampire Coast[ | ]

Zhufbar 42-Pounders (campaign only)
Sartosa Grapeshot (campaign only)
Norse Roar (campaign only)
Shanty: First Verse (campaign only)
Shanty: Second Verse (campaign only)
Shanty: Third Verse (campaign only)

Warriors of Chaos[ | ]

The Warriors of Chaos are able to access several Campaign-exclusive army abilities by sacrificing souls with the Gifts of Chaos mechanic.

Certain Warriors of Chaos subfactions affiliated to a certain Chaos God can gain access to the basic army abilities of the mono-god factions, only available in Campaign.