Battlefield role: Armoured mortal melee infantry.
Unit type: Melee infantry.
Content pack: Warriors of Chaos core roster — Chaos Warriors Race Pack / WARHAMMER III Be’lakor access. Immortal Empires ownership
Availability
- The Chaos Warriors Race Pack includes the original Warriors of Chaos roster. Its Chaos Warriors, great-weapon and halberd variants form the Undivided family covered here.
- Champions of Chaos unlocks its four Warriors of Chaos leaders and adds god-marked mortal units. Marked units are separate entries; their access follows the faction and owned content.
- Total War: WARHAMMER III includes Be’lakor as a Warriors of Chaos campaign choice in Immortal Empires. The Chaos Warriors Race Pack unlocks Archaon, Kholek and Sigvald; Champions of Chaos unlocks its four Legendary Lords.
- Chaos Warriors belong to the core mortal roster. God-marked Chaos Warriors are separate entries; the Champions of Chaos pack adds marked mortal troops and its associated content.
Official references
Weapon variants
Chaos Warriors
Hand weapons and shields for a holding line. Face the shields toward incoming missiles and keep the flanks supported.
Chaos Warriors (Great Weapons)
A heavier weapon option for fighting armoured targets. Protect their approach and choose a fight where those weapons have a useful target.
Chaos Warriors (Halberds)
Polearms for confronting cavalry and other large threats. Position them where those enemies are likely to meet the infantry line.
Recruitment and Warband Upgrades
In a Warriors of Chaos campaign, inspect the local Warband Recruitment pool and the Warband Upgrades panel. Unit experience and campaign unlocks shape the path from Marauders into heavier infantry. The panel shows which upgrades a particular regiment can currently take.
Preserve the regiments you intend to promote. Replacing an experienced unit also means developing its replacement, so leave damaged veterans a safe opportunity to recover.
Give each weapon a clear job
Use the shielded warriors to receive a suitable infantry engagement while supporting units work around it. Place halberds where large enemies can be intercepted and great weapons where opposing armour gives them a clear purpose.
Armour alone does not solve a bad engagement. Avoid letting the line become surrounded or pinned beneath sustained missile fire. Keep nearby support ready to engage threats that the infantry cannot reach.
Undivided and marked warriors
The Chaos Warriors family shown here is Undivided. Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Tzeentch have their own marked entries, with different access and battlefield characteristics. Dedication and weapon selection are separate decisions.
Check the lord’s roster before planning an upgrade route. Sigvald’s Update 9.0 Slaanesh focus, for example, removes his access to other gods’ troops. Match the army’s heroes and Dark Authority to the units it can actually develop.
Fight alongside the commander
Archaon can join an infantry fight with melee and magic. Kholek adds a large attacker, while the Champions bring their own flying, magical or supporting roles. Keep the infantry’s task clear so the lord has a useful place to intervene.
Hold the centre and protect the approach
Use Chaos Warriors to engage the enemy’s infantry while faster troops work around the sides. Their armour suits a close fight, but crossing open ground under concentrated missiles gives the enemy time to weaken the line before contact. Advance with support rather than sending a regiment ahead of the army.
Once the lines meet, keep the warriors facing their target and watch both flanks. A surrounded regiment can lose the space it needs to fight while enemy missiles and armour-piercing troops attack it. Use a reserve to relieve pressure or keep an escape route open.
Choose the actual weapon entry
The standard Chaos Warriors carry hand weapons and shields. Chaos Warriors (Halberds) bring a polearm role against large attackers; Chaos Warriors (Great Weapons) trade the shielded role for heavy weapons. Position each around the threat it is meant to meet.
Chaos Warriors of Khorne and the Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh versions have their own names and equipment choices. Bloodletters are daemons. Chosen are another infantry family. These names refer to different roster entries rather than cosmetic labels for the standard regiment.
Develop a warband in Immortal Empires
Warriors of Chaos use Warband Recruitment and Warband Upgrades. Check the army’s local recruitment pool and the upgrade paths of its existing mortal units when planning how to add Chaos Warriors. Campaign progress and the available upgrade branch determine what the army can obtain.
Keep experienced troops supported so they survive the fights that develop the warband. The Warriors of Chaos recruitment system differs from the settlement recruitment used by the Khorne race; ownership of a Chaos lord and access to a particular marked unit are separate choices.
Race and roster
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