Thaumachus portrait

Chaos · Thousand Sons

Thaumachus

Exalted Sorcerer

Overall hero rating 4.01 / 10

Score updated: Nov 3, 2026

Overall Hero Rating

How scoring works
4.01 / 10 Rank 93

Shields offer useful protection, but fragile positioning and limited damage keep his role narrow.

Guild Raid 4.0 / 10

A workable Neurothrope-team substitute with reported success, but his advantage over preferred options remains disputed and depends on the setup.

Guild War 4.5 / 10

Teams featuring Thaumachus clear 62.5% of Meds Up attacks across equally weighted battlefields, providing the stronger supported role.

Horde 5.5 / 10

Automatic shields protect allies without consuming attacks, offering useful attrition control despite limited personal clearing and fragile positioning against waves.

Popularity 2.03 / 10

Planner records show 1,355 players at Gold I or higher, 159 at Diamond I or higher and 27 at Adamantine II or higher. Five equally weighted milestones determine this investment-based Popularity score.

Hero Stats

Game 1.43.130
Health
10,914
Armor
2,619
Damage
3,929

Movement

3hexes

Melee

Flame
Hits
1
Range
1
Pierce
25%

Ranged

Psychic
Hits
1
Range
2
Pierce
100%

Traits

Weaver Of Fates

In any turn where 3 or more enemy units have taken Psychic Damage, this unit will deal the maximum possible Damage with its attacks and abilities on that turn.

Flying

Can traverse impassable hexes and enemies and move between any elevation.

Psyker

When this unit performs a normal ranged attack, it also deals 50% of its Damage to a random enemy adjacent to the target.

Abilities

active ability

Attempted Possession

Target an enemy within 2 hexes. The target and any Summons it has summoned become possessed and immediately perform a normal attack against the closest enemy unit, preferring unpossessed targets. Possessed units deal 100% of their own Damage to a maximum of 7178 Damage per hit. Possessed Summons will move before attacking.

passive ability

Arcane Shield

After moving, Thaumachus applies a Shield to the closest friendly unit within 2 hexes, preferring Thousand Sons units, then other Chaos units, then other friendly units, and lastly casting it on himself if there is no other valid target. The shield has 7178 Health and lasts one round. If Thaumachus does not move, then this ability triggers at the end of his turn.

Relics

Mythic relic

Book of Fate

After the relic bearer performs a normal attack, a friendly adjacent Summon performs a normal attack against an enemy in range, if possible. If the summon is a Daemon, it deals +1308 Damage with this attack.

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