Battlefield role: Flying greater daemon.
Unit type: Monsters (flying).
Content pack: Total War: Warhammer III (base game). Immortal Empires ownership
Availability
- Part of Khorne's base roster in Total War: Warhammer III. Skarbrand comes with Warhammer III, Skulltaker with his paid Omens of Destruction pack and Arbaal as free content; each leads a Khorne army with access to the shared roster.
Official references
Pick the target before you fly
Flight lets the Bloodthirster ignore the front line and reach artillery, missile units or a wizard. Decide on the target before committing: a long chase across the map leaves Khorne's infantry without their strongest attacker.
It is a single large target. Anti-large infantry, monster-hunting cavalry and massed missile fire can wear it down, so land it where Bloodletters are already pinning the enemy rather than in the middle of fresh spears.
A late-game recruit
The Bloodthirster is one of the top-end units in Khorne's base roster. Expect to develop Khorne's advanced recruitment buildings before it appears in the panel.
Skarbrand is a Legendary Lord who is himself a Bloodthirster, and the Exalted Bloodthirster is a lord type. Neither is this recruitable monster, even though they share the daemon's form.
What it needs around it
Khorne armies are built for melee. Bloodletters and other close-combat daemons hold the enemy in place while the Bloodthirster picks off the units that would otherwise shoot or flank them.
Skarbrand, Skulltaker and Arbaal each lead Khorne campaigns with different campaign mechanics. The Bloodthirster's job stays the same: a mobile hammer that arrives once the anvil is set.
Race and roster
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