Chaos Spawn (Warriors of Chaos)

Chaos Spawn
Overview
ID	wh_main_chs_mon_chaos_spawn
Race	Warriors of Chaos
Category	Monstrous Infantry
Unit size	Small: 4 Medium: 8 Large: 12 Ultra: 16
Recruitment
Tier unit Cost (MP): 900 (1000) Turns: 1 Upkeep: 225 Weight: Heavy Size: 16
Statistics
Health: 8768 (548 per model) Leadership: 100 Speed: 42 Melee Attack: 36 Melee Defence: 28 Charge Bonus: 30
Melee Weapons
Weapon Strength: 160 Base Damage: 118 Armour-Piercing Damage: 42 Melee Interval: 3.8 s Melee Reach: 2 Bonus vs. Buildings: +1%
Protection
Armor: 10 (7.5% reduction)
Attributes
Siege Attacker: This unit can attack gates or walls, allowing you to instantly launch a siege battle without having to wait for siege towers or battering rams to be built. Causes Fear: This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack. Hide (forest): This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. Unbreakable: This unit does not suffer any form of leadership loss and will never rout.
Additional Stats
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Not to be confused with the Beastmen unit: Chaos Spawn (Beastmen).

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Monsters of mutated chaos, these altered beasts rain savage blows upon the foe.

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Chaos Spawn are a Warriors of Chaos monstrous infantry unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer with the Chaos Warriors Race Pack.

Recruitment

• Unlocked with: Spawn Cave (Undivided factions)
• Warband Recruitment: In provinces with high Chaos Undivided corruption
• By upgrading Forsaken to Chaos Spawn with the Warband Upgrades
• By upgrading Aspiring Champions to Chaos Spawn with the Warband Upgrades

WH1 & WH2

• Unlocked with: Chaos Rift

Summon

• Banner of Change
• Gift of Chaos
• Sword of Change

Description

A warrior who is visited by too many gifts of the Dark Gods eventually succumbs to madness and mutation. His altered body reaches a point where reason no longer sustains it, and he wails in anguish as his flesh ripples, sprouts and writhes, undergoing the most profound and final of changes. Truly, Chaos Spawn have a thousand faces and forms.

Attributes

• Monstrous Infantry
• ▲ Anti-Infantry: Anti-infantry units have an advantage against targets that are smaller than a horse. This advantage can be a damage bonus against small targets, superior weight used to smash through lighter enemies, or an explosive attack from range that effects a large area.
• ▲ Damage Dealer: This unit has a strong emphasis on dealing damage. If fighting it, make sure to take it out before it can get into firing or melee range.
• ▲ Unbreakable: This unit does not suffer any form of leadership loss and will never rout.

Strategy

Chaos Spawn are unbreakable, high damage line breakers. They are meant to smash through enemy lines to expose supporting units. They have minimal armor and no other form of damage mitigation, so to be used effectively they must not be allowed to be shot to pieces before they can make melee contact. Once in melee they will fight till they drop, which they almost certainly will if fighting units with a decent anti-large bonus though they can keep several enemy units tied up before they do. They really need to to have their charges followed up by other units to make them meaningful.