Gryphon Rider

[e][h] Gryphon Rider

Unit Information

Built From:

Gryphon Aviary

Requirements:

• Castle

Cost:

 280  70  45  4

Hit Points:

875 (975)

HP Regeneration:

0.25 (always)

Armor:

0 (6)

Race:

Human

Bounty Awarded:

32 - 46

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

2

Sight:

1600 / 900

Acquisition Range:

500

Level:

5

Selection Priorty:

2

Movement

Speed:

320

Turn Rate:

0.4

Move Type:

fly

Collision Size:

8

Cargo Size:

0

Icon

Combat

Damage:

45 - 55 (48 - 88)

45 - 55

Area Targets:

• ground
• structure
• enemy
• debris

Range:

450

450

Weapon Type:

mline

missile

Cooldown:

2.2

2.4

Targets:

• ground
• structure
• debris
• item
• ward

• air

The wild dwarves of the Aerie Peaks have once again responded to the call and brought their mighty gryphons to aid the besieged Alliance in its time of need. Armed with their trusty, lightning-powered Stormhammers, the hearty dwarves seek to keep the skies of Lordaeron free from enemy forces. The proud gryphons share their riders’ implacable resolve and stand as noble symbols of the Alliance’s fortitude.

Powerful flying creature, mounted by a Dwarven hammer-thrower. Can learn Storm hammers ability. Attacks land and air units.

Gryphon Riders are typically used as supporting units with an army or players create a bunch of them to surprise the enemy as they did in Warcraft II. If the enemy for example has a bunch of Huntresses and no Archers they are in a position to be weak to air units. If you create 2-3 Gryphon Aviaries and create a group of Gryphons you can catch the player without any defenses. The key is to not let the enemy know what you are up to. To do this you can hide the Gryphon Aviaries or at least try to hide the Gryphons until you have a bunch of them.

Gryphons can be useful for hit-and-run attacks on enemy expansions. Take advantage of trees and water to hover over where ground units cannot reach them. If you have to run, run to areas that ground units cannot reach or to the safety of towers.

Don't build a bunch of Gryphons if the enemy has a lot of ranged units waiting for them. If the enemy has a lot of Crypt Fiends it's not wise to use Gryphons against them except in a hit-and-run manner. Gryphon Riders do splash damage.

Spells & Abilities

Storm Hammers
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Causes Gryphon Riders' hammers to strike through their target at the next opponent, dealing damage to both. Storm Hammers do not work on air units.
Upgrade: Storm Hammers
Cost : 125 225  Research Time:  45 Researched at : Gryphon Aviary  Hotkey : H  Requirements : Castle

Notes:

• Storm Hammers deals damage in a line (limited to about 250 range) so if the Gryphon Rider is positioned poorly then the passive will not work. If the enemies are clump up very close to each other then the position of the attack does not need to be perfect.
• There is a damage penalty of 20% each time it affects an enemy unit (Like Huntress' Moon Glaive).

Animal War Training
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Increases the maximum hit points of Knights, Dragonhawk Riders, and Gryphon Riders by 100.
Hit Point Bonus : 100
Upgrade: Animal War Training
Cost : 125 125  Research Time:  40 Researched at : Barracks (Human)  Hotkey : A  Requirements : Lumber Mill, Castle, Blacksmith

Upgrades

Iron Forged Swords

Increases the attack damage of Militia, Footmen, Spell Breakers, Dragonhawk Riders, Gryphon Riders and Knights. Researched at : Blacksmith  Hotkey : S  Cost : 100 50  Research Time:  60 Damage Dice Bonus : 1

Steel Forged Swords

Cost : 175 175  Research Time:  75 Requires : Keep Damage Dice Bonus : 2

Mithril Forged Swords

Cost : 250 300  Research Time:  90 Requires : Castle Damage Dice Bonus : 3

Studded Leather Armor

Increases the armor of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Dragonhawk Riders and Gryphon Riders. Researched at : Blacksmith  Hotkey : A  Cost : 100 100  Research Time:  60 Armor Bonus : 2

Reinforced Leather Armor

Cost : 150 175  Research Time:  75 Requires : Keep Armor Bonus : 4

Dragonhide Armor

Cost : 200 250  Research Time:  90 Requires : Castle Armor Bonus : 6

Quotes

Quotes
Built	Selected	Move	Attack	Warcry	Annoyed
It's hammer time!	Ya can count on me. Aye, sir? I'm your dwarf. I'll do what it takes. Ach?	Ach, count me in. You're the boss. Ne problem. That's great. To the skies!	Death comes for ye. For victory! By Muradin's beard!	For Khaz Modan!	Judge me by my size, do you? It's not the size of the hammer that counts, it's how ye wield it! Someone gave me the bird! This Warhammer cost me 40K! Heh heh. Half of this beast is endangered, but the other half is danger!

• Gryphon Rider's quotes (video and sound on Reforged) - YouTube video.
• Gryphon Rider's quotes (video and sound on Frozen Throne) - YouTube video.

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.31.0	2019-05-28	Animal War Training now provides 100 Hit Points, down from 150. Animal War Training lumber cost reduced from 175 to 125. Gryphon Rider base Hit Points increased by 50.
1.12	2003-07-31	Animal War Training upgrade cost has been reduced from 150/250 to 125/175.
1.10	2003-07-03	When "attack-moving", air units now prefer to attack other air units more often than previously. Flying Unit Improvements: We have turned off collision detection for flying units so that they can now easily pass through each other. This will allow air units to move about more smoothly than before. We have also added "separation behavior" so air units will break out of clusters once they reach a destination.

References

https://classic.battle.net/war3/human/units/gryphonrider.shtml