| “ | From the forest’s depths they appear without warning, a fluttering cacophony of horrible injury and gory death. | „ |
Cave Bats are a 
Wood Elves and 
Kislev war beasts unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer II with The Twisted and Twilight Update, available only to the 
Wargrove of Woe and 
Daughters of the Forest.
Recruitment[ | ]
Daughters of the Forest
- Unlocked with: Earthen Hollow
- Wargrove of Woe
- Selecting any army and recruiting them in the Wild Spirits tab
Description[ | ]
With a body as long as a grown man, Fell Bats are a fearsome sight. They are darker than midnight and silent as death, even when in full flight. In fact, the only noises that a Fell Bat makes on the hunt are horrible gobbling slurps when it sinks its distended mouth into living flesh. In truth, a Fell Bat bears as much resemblance to an ordinary bat as a maddened lion does to a domestic cat. Those who have encountered them, and lived, tell how they hunt with unerring accuracy, swooping down to knock knights from their saddles or pick off lone warriors unawares.
Attributes[ | ]
- Flying War Beasts
- ▲ Forest Stalker: The Elves of Athel Loren gain bonuses to melee defence and accuracy while fighting within the forest.
- ▲ Vanguard Deployment: This unit can deploy in an expanded deployment area, allowing it to start the battle within striking distance of the enemy - or somewhere unexpected.
- ▲ Expendable: This unit is comparably cheap to recruit, maintain and replenish.
- ▼ Weak Against Armour: This unit's attack can hardly punch through armour and is thus wasted on heavily armoured enemies.
Strategy[ | ]
Functionally, the unit is identical to Fell Bats aside from not being undead and thus being able to rout. Other than that they gain vanguard deployment, a combat bonus in forests, and the expendable trait.
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