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<td> <u>Models</u>
<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Model_Types" title="101 - Model Types">Model Types</a></li>
<li> <strong class="selflink">The Statblock</strong></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Card_Icons" title="101 - Card Icons">Card Icons</a></li></ul>
<p><u>Gameplay</u>
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<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Game_Turn" title="101 - Game Turn">Game Turn</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Movement_%26_Combat" title="101 - Movement & Combat">Movement & Combat</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Charges" title="101 - Charges">Charges</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Within" title="101 - Within">Within</a></li></ul>
<p><u>Attacks & Actions</u>
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<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Attacks_%26_Actions" title="101 - Attacks & Actions">Making Attacks & Actions</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Damage_Type" title="101 - Damage Type">Damage Type</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Spray_Attacks" title="101 - Spray Attacks">Spray Attacks</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_AOE_Attacks" title="101 - AOE Attacks">AOE Attacks</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Free_Strikes" title="101 - Free Strikes">Free Strikes</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Disabled_Boxed_Destroyed" title="101 - Disabled Boxed Destroyed">Disabled Boxed Destroyed</a></li></ul>
<p><u>Battlegroup</u>
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<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Warcasters" title="101 - Warcasters">Warcasters</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Warjacks" title="101 - Warjacks">Warjacks</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Warlocks" title="101 - Warlocks">Warlocks</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Warbeasts" title="101 - Warbeasts">Warbeasts</a></li></ul>
<p><u>Other</u>
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<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Army_List_Construction" title="101 - Army List Construction">Army List Construction</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Concealment_%26_Cover" title="101 - Concealment & Cover">Concealment & Cover</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Terrain_Rules" title="101 - Terrain Rules">Terrain Rules</a></li>
<li> <a href="/index.php?title=101_-_Terrain_List" title="101 - Terrain List">Terrain List</a></li></ul>
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<dl><dd> <i>This article is part of Warmachine University's <b><a href="/index.php?title=Crash_Course_(101)" title="Crash Course (101)">Crash Course (101)</a></b> series, which is "Basic Training" aimed at new players who are still learning the core rules.</i></dd>
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<dd> <i>The 101 series is intended to <b>help</b> you understand the rulebook, but you shouldn't be reading this <b>instead</b> of the rulebook.</i></dd></dl>
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<p><br/>
You've just started playing Warmachine or Hordes, you're looking at the cards, and wondering what all those numbers mean. Not what they "<i>are</i>" (the rulebook explains that pretty well) but what's "good"? What's "average"? Is this model a good deal for its points cost, or vice versa?
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Statblock">Statblock</span></h1>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="SPD.2C_Speed">SPD, Speed</span></h3>
<p>A model's movement rate
</p><p>The average is 5 or 6, depending on faction.
</p>
<ul><li> In a speedy faction such as <a href="/index.php?title=Cryx" title="Cryx">Cryx</a> or <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Legion" title="Legion">Legion</a> 6 is considered average and 5 would be a slow model. </li>
<li> However, in a slower faction like <a href="/index.php?title=Cygnar" title="Cygnar">Cygnar</a> or <a href="/index.php?title=Trollbloods" title="Trollbloods">Trollbloods</a> 5 is considered average and 6 would be a speedy model.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="STR.2C_Strength">STR, Strength</span></h3>
<p>A model's physical strength in melee combat.
</p><p>This is almost completely irrelevant for all models that aren't a warjack or a warbeast. It's relevant for warjacks and warbeasts because they can perform <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Power_Attack" title="Power Attack">Power Attacks</a>, which do damage based on STR.
</p><p>In almost every other case, though, you add the melee weapon's power (POW). So the more relevant stat is the melee attack's total <b>P+S (Power plus Strength)</b>.
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<ul><li> Warjacks: The average STR for lights is around 9, heavies is around 11, and colossals is around 18</li>
<li> Warbeasts: The average STR for lights is around 8, heavies is around 10, and gargantuans is around 17</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MAT.2C_Melee_Attack">MAT, Melee Attack</span></h3>
<p>How good you are at hitting people with melee weapons.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 5-6.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RAT.2C_Ranged_Attack">RAT, Ranged Attack</span></h3>
<p>How good you are at hitting people with ranged weapons.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 5-6, but there is some debate about that:
<ul><li> Really shooty models/factions can often sit still at long range and get the +2 aiming bonus, and players of those factions will often feel the lower RAT 5 stat does an adequately average job of hitting the target.</li>
<li> Whereas models that have a short range gun almost as an afterthought often need to be on the move, don't get to aim, and find a RAT 5 stat misses more than average.</li></ul></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DEF.2C_Defence">DEF, Defence</span></h3>
<p>How good you are at not getting hit.
</p><p>Simply put, someone with average MAT/RAT will hit someone with average DEF an average amount of the time.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 12-13.</li></ul>
<p><i>(Mathematically inclined readers will notice that average DEF is 7 points higher than average MAT/RAT, and also that for a 2d6 the most common result is 7.)</i>
</p><p>Median DEF can vary depending on model type: Heavy warjacks/beasts sit around DEF 10-12, lights are about DEF 13-14, infantry is DEF 12-13, and casters 14-15.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="ARM.2C_Armor">ARM, Armor</span></h3>
<p>How good you are at not being damaged, once you are hit.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 14-17, although as with DEF it varies widely depending on model type. </li>
<li> It's also very important how many hitpoints you have - if you have only a single wound (as most infantry does) then it doesn't really matter if you're ARM 10 or ARM 15 - chances are someone is going to roll about 17 for damage and you'll be just as dead either way.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CMD.2C_Command">CMD, Command</span></h3>
<p>How good a leader you are.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 7-8.</li>
<li> For units, it measures how much the unit can spread out. </li>
<li> For everyone else, it's (almost) always irrelevant. The exception being a few special abilities.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="FOCUS_.26_FURY_.28warlock.29">FOCUS & FURY (warlock)</span></h3>
<p>How powerful the warcaster or warlock is.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 6-7.</li>
<li> Focus/Fury is used for multiple things:
<ul><li> how big your <b><span style="color:purple">control</span></b> range is (which affects how far you can spread warjacks/warbeasts, and the range of many spells)</li>
<li> how much "magic resource" you have each turn (which affects how many warjacks/warbeasts you can control simultaneously, and/or how powerful your spells are, and/or how powerful your combat attacks are)</li>
<li> how accurate your offensive magic spells are.</li></ul></li>
<li> The average given above is based on the accuracy aspect, similar to MAT/RAT, with the average FOCUS/FURY determined by comparing it to average DEF models.</li></ul>
<dl><dd> (You'll note that the average is +1 compared to MAT/RAT - this is because warcasters and warlocks are more awesome than average troops.)</dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="WJP_.26_WBP.2C_Warjack.2FWarbeast_Points">WJP & WBP, Warjack/Warbeast Points</span></h3>
<p>How many bonus points your caster gets to spend on warjacks/warbeasts. These bonus models must be in the caster's battlegroup, they can't be assigned to a <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=%27Jack_Marshal" title="'Jack Marshal">'Jack Marshal</a> or etc.
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<ul><li> The average is 26-28</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="FURY_.28warbeast.29_.26_THRS.2C_Threshold">FURY (warbeast) & THRS, Threshold</span></h3>
<p>How good a warbeast is at fighting.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 3-4 FURY and 6-7 THRS.</li></ul>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Non-Statblock_Stats">Non-Statblock Stats</span></h1>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MA.2C_Magic_Ability">MA, Magic Ability</span></h3>
<p>How good a model is at casting offensive spells.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 5-6</li>
<li> Similar to MAT/RAT, the average MA is determined by comparing it to how hard it is to hit average DEF models on 2d6.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="HP.2C_Hitpoints.2C_Damage_Points.2C_Damage_boxes.2C_etc">HP, Hitpoints, Damage Points, Damage boxes, etc</span></h3>
<p>How much damage you can take before you die. If a model has zero boxes given in its statline, it has only 1 hitpoint. Also known as "single-wound infantry".
</p>
<ul><li> The average varies depending on model type - the average heavy warjack has a lot more hitpoints than the average solo. For more info see the <a href="#Hitpoints_and_Points_Costs">#Hitpoints and Points Costs</a> section below.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PC.2C_Points_Cost">PC, Points Cost</span></h3>
<p>How much a model costs to add to your army.
</p>
<ul><li> The average varies depending on model type - the average heavy warjack costs a lot more than the average solo. See the next section for more info.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="FA.2C_Field_Allowance">FA, Field Allowance</span></h3>
<p>How many times you can take multiple of the same model/unit.
</p>
<ul><li> <b>FA U</b> - Unlimited. You can take as many as you like.</li>
<li> <b>FA C</b> - Character. You can only take 1, and you can't take any other character with the same name.</li>
<li> <b>FA 1</b> - You can take 1 in a normal game; 2 if you are playing a large game with 2 casters; 3 if you have 3 casters...</li>
<li> <b>FA 2</b> - You can take 2 in a normal game; 4 if you are playing a large game with 2 casters; 6 if you have 3 casters...</li>
<li> <b>FA 3</b> - And so on...</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RNG.2C_Range">RNG, Range</span></h3>
<p>How far a weapon can attack. (Sometimes renamed Reach for melee weapons to help differentiate them)
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 8"-10" for ranged weapons.</li>
<li> The average is 1" for melee weapons.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="POW.2C_Power">POW, Power</span></h3>
<p>How much damage a weapon can do.
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 10-12 for ranged weapons.</li>
<li> POW is omitted for melee weapons in favour of the P+S stat.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="P.2BS.2C_Power_.2B_Strength">P+S, Power + Strength</span></h3>
<p>How much damage a melee weapon does (after adding the weilder's STR)
</p>
<ul><li> The average is 12-14</li>
<li> Heavy warjacks and warbeasts are generally expected to hit a lot harder than average, though, so a warjack with P+S = 16 may be described as "pillow fisted".</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="COST.2C_Spell.2FAnimus_Cost">COST, Spell/Animus Cost</span></h3>
<p>How much focus or fury it costs to cast a spell.
</p>
<ul><li> 1 is a cheap spell</li>
<li> 2 is on the cheap side of average</li>
<li> 3 is on the expensive side of average</li>
<li> 4 is an expensive spell</li></ul>
<p>Animi:
</p>
<ul><li> 1 is a cheap animus</li>
<li> 2 is an expensive animus</li></ul>
<p>(this is a rule of thumb, which needs some clean-up in the descriptions)
</p>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Hitpoints_and_Points_Costs">Hitpoints and Points Costs</span></h1>
<p>There are a few things that vary so wildly between model types that they can't be easily pigeonholed to a single average value. Namely, hitpoints and points cost. In this case we assign averages that are <b>relative</b> to that model type.
</p><p>For instance
</p>
<ul><li> The average light warjack costs about 9 points, but the average heavy warjack costs about 15 points.</li>
<li> The average hitpoints of a warcaster is about 16 HP, but a Colossal has about 56 HP on average.</li></ul>
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<th> </th>
<th> Average Cost </th>
<th> Average Hitpoints
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<td> <b>Warcaster</b> </td>
<td> N/A </td>
<td> 16 - 18
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<td> <b>Light warjack</b> </td>
<td> 8 - 10 </td>
<td> 18 - 20
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<td> <b>Heavy warjack</b> </td>
<td> 14 - 16 </td>
<td> 27 - 29
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<td> <b>Colossal</b> </td>
<td> 38 - 39 </td>
<td> 56 - 58
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<td> <b>Warlock</b> </td>
<td> N/A </td>
<td> 16 - 18
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<td> <b>Warbeast pack</b> </td>
<td> 9 </td>
<td> 5 each
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<td> <b>Lesser warbeast</b> </td>
<td> 3 - 4 </td>
<td> 13
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<td> <b>Light warbeast</b> </td>
<td> 8 - 10 </td>
<td> 18 - 20
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<td> <b>Heavy warbeast</b> </td>
<td> 14-16 </td>
<td> 27-29
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<td> <b>Gargantuan</b> </td>
<td> 35 - 37 </td>
<td> 55 - 58
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<td> <b>Solo</b> </td>
<td> 4 - 5 </td>
<td> 5
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<td> <b>Unit</b> </td>
<td> 1.6 to 2 points <i>per model</i> </td>
<td> See note
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<td> <b>Battle Engine</b> </td>
<td> 15 </td>
<td> 25 - 30
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<p>Note: HP for units varies widely in and of itself.
</p>
<ul><li> Most troops have 1 hitpoint</li>
<li> Officers, heavy infantry, and cavalry have 5 hitpoints</li>
<li> Super-heavy infantry have 8 hitpoints</li></ul>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id=".22Missing.22_Stats">"Missing" Stats</span></h1>
<p>On this website you'll notice some models are "missing" some stats, such as CMD or RAT. This is because they don't use that stat to do anything in-game, so we don't bother to show it. For instance, a model with zero guns doesn't need to have its RAT shown.
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