Kodo Beast

[e][h] Kodo Beast

Unit Information

Built From:

Beastiary

Requirements:

• War Mill

Cost:

 255  60  30  4

Hit Points:

1000

HP Regeneration:

0.25 (always)

Armor:

1 (1)

Race:

Orc

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

2

Sight:

1400 / 800

Acquisition Range:

500

Level:

4

Selection Priorty:

5

Movement

Speed:

220

Turn Rate:

0.5

Move Type:

horse

Collision Size:

48

Cargo Size:

2

Icon

Combat

Damage:

16 - 20

Range:

500

Weapon Type:

missile

Cooldown:

1.44

Targets:

• ground
• structure
• debris
• air
• item
• ward

The colossal kodo beasts of the Kalimdor plains proved to be valued allies of the Orcish Horde. The mighty beasts were charged with carrying the Orcs’ pounding war drums into battle. The huge kodos, serving as symbols of Orcish might and valor, also use their enormous size and strength to aid the Orcs in battle.

Lumbering war beast, mounted by an Orcish drummer. Has the abilities War Drums and Devour. War Drums gives friendly units nearby a bonus to attack damage. Can gain the War Drums Upgrade. Attacks land and air units.

Although the Kodo Beast has the unarmored armor type, he has 1 armor. The unarmored armor type is used for balance reasons.

Use Kodo Beasts to eat powerful units such as Tauren, Abominations, and Knights. A large group of Kodo Beasts are useful for hit and run attacks, especially when combined with an allies' army. But most often, Orc players will bring along just one or possibly two Kodo Beasts with their army. Kodo Beasts are even more useful in team games since they can then benefit an even larger army.

When Kodo Beasts Devour a unit, the Kodo Beast's vision is given to the owner (enemy player) of the unit Devoured until the unit inside the Kodo Beast is fully Devoured.

Do not Devour creeps that drop items.

Spells & Abilities

Devour
	Cast Type : Active  Ability Type:  Physical Target Type : Unit Target  Damage Type:  Universal Consumes a target unit, slowly digesting it and dealing 5 damage per second to it. If the Kodo Beast is killed while the consumed unit is still being digested, the unit that was devoured will pop out.
Range : 100 Targets Allowed : Ground, Non-Hero, Enemy, Organic, Neutral Damage : 5 per second Max Creep Level : 5 Notes : If the Kodo beast gets morphed into a different unit while devouring a target, the target immediatly dies. Units with Devour cannot be devoured. Hotkey : D

War Drums Aura
	Cast Type : Aura Target Type : No Target All friendly units within the auras area of effect have their attack increased.
Targets Allowed : Air, Ground, Friend, Self Area of Effect : 900 Damage Bonus : 10% Notes : Upgrade War Drums increases the damage bonus to 20%.

Pack Mule
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Allows the unit to carry 4 items.
Item Capacity : 4 Notes : Items cannot be used by the unit and are dropped, if the unit dies.
Upgrade: Backpack (Orc)
Cost : 50 25  Research Time:  20 Researched at : Great Hall Requirements : Voodoo Lounge

Upgrades

War Drums Damage Increase

Increases the damage bonus that the War Drums aura on the Kodo Beast gives. Researched at : Beastiary  Hotkey : D  Cost : 100 150  Research Time:  40 Requires : Fortress, War Mill New Damage Bonus : 20% Old Damage Bonus : 10%

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.31.0	2019-05-28	Devour can target Mountain Giants without Resistant Skin. Warsong Battle Drums now provides the same ‘War Drums’ Command Aura buff as Kodo Beasts.
1.17	2004-09-20	Fixed Devour such that devoured units now give experience to the owner of the Kodo Beast if it gets polymorphed/hexed and instantly digests the unit.
1.10	2003-07-03	Kodo Beasts are now Unarmored.
1.03	2002-10-09	Kodo Beasts now have 1000 hit points, up from 790 hit points. They also attack more slowly than before.

References

http://classic.battle.net/war3/orc/units/kodobeast.shtml