The Lore of the Big Waaagh! is a lore of magic introduced in Total War: Warhammer. It is unique to the 
Greenskins race.
Lore Attribute
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| Boosted by the positive energies of fightin' Greenskins, all Spells of Da Big Waaagh increase in power. | |
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Passive Ability
Big Waaagh! |
| Type |  Augment of the Winds
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| Target | Self |
| Power Recharge | +80% |
| Duration | 25 seconds |
| Enabled if | Casting |
 Triggers when casting
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Spells
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| Mork gives the Shaman the ability to project beams of coruscating energy from his eyes. | |
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Spell
Big Waaagh! |
| Cost | 4 Winds 6 Winds (Overcast) |
| Type |  Magic Missiles
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| Target | Enemy |
| Ranged Damage | 90 (27% ) 
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| Explosive Damage | 80 (31% )
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| Range | 250 metres 500 metres (Overcast) |
| Cooldown | 29 seconds |
| Miscast chance | 50% (Overcast) |
 Extended cast range
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Causes moderate magical damage<br Good against large combatants Strong vs a single combatant Requires line of sight to the target
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| Projecting violence in a mental wave, the Shaman glowers at his target and lets loose a bolt of brain-melting force. | |
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Spell
Big Waaagh! |
| Cost | 7 Winds 10 Winds (Overcast) |
| Type |  Explosion
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| Target | Ground, All |
| Damage | 23 (0% ) 34 (32% ) (Overcast)
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| Radius | 15 metres |
| Range | 200 metres |
| Cooldown | 31 seconds |
| Miscast chance | 50% (Overcast) |
| Affected units | Grounded |
| Greater armour-piercing explosion damage
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| Large explosion area Strong vs a single unit Weak vs a single combatant
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| In a fit of fighting fury the target unit becomes harder than iron, increasing both its attack and defence capabilities. | |
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Spell
Big Waaagh! |
| Cost | 7 Winds |
| Type |  Augment
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| Target | Self, Ally |
| Imbuement | Magical Attacks
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 Melee Defence
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+24 |
 Melee Attack
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+24 |
| Duration | 35 seconds |
| Range | 200 metres |
| Cooldown | 43 seconds |
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| A wave of green energy emanates outwards, forming a shockwave of power that assaults any unfortunate foe. | |
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Spell
Big Waaagh! |
| Cost | 7 Winds 12 Winds (Overcast) |
| Type |  Breath
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| Target | Ground, All |
| Damage | 32 (0%) 44 (0% ) (Overcast)
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| Duration | 1 second |
| Radius | 14 metres |
| Movement Speed | 24m/s |
| Range | 150 metres |
| Duration | 8 seconds |
| Cooldown | 45 seconds |
| Miscast chance | 50% (Overcast) |
| Affected units | Grounded |
| Increased damage
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| Short, wide, expanding, tear-shaped attack Strong vs a single unit
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| As the Shaman chants, he leaks fighty-energy, boosting the fierceness and prowess of friendly units nearby. | |
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Spell
Big Waaagh! |
| Cost | 11 Winds |
| Type |  Augment (Area)
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| Target | Self, Allies |
| Melee Attack
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+40 |
| Range | 200 metres |
| Effect range | 35 metres |
| Duration | 38 seconds |
| Cooldown | 43 seconds |
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| The Shaman implores the sky with wild gesticulations. The almighty green foot of the Orc god descends to crush the foe! | |
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Spell
Big Waaagh! |
| Cost | 18 Windsa 26 Winds (Overcast) |
| Type | Explosion
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| Target | Ground, All |
| Damage | 48 (33%) 72 (33% ) (Overcast)
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| Radius | 20 metres |
| Range | 200 metres |
| Cooldown | 54 seconds |
| Miscast chance | 50% (Overcast) |
| Affected units | Grounded |
| Increased explosion damage Greater armour-piercing explosion damage
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| Huge explosion area Strong vs multiple units Weak vs a single combatant
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Units
Daemons of Chaos
The Blue Scribes
(campaign only)
Greenskins
Tzeentch
The Changeling
(Formless Horror: When transforming into Wurrzag da Great Green Prophet or The Blue Scribes)
Warriors of Chaos
The Blue Scribes
(campaign only)
Strategy
The Lore of the Big Waaagh! is a rarely used lore as it only has 2 practitioners.
Wurrzag is a very effective Lord choice in campaign and multiplayer. He relies on spamming spells to trigger his Bonewood Staff for its map wide augment.
Overall it is a very simplistic Lore of magic that focuses on damage or augments:
- Power of da Waaagh! is straightforward and just boosts magic recharge.
- Brain Bursta is a decent area explosion spell. It does well at blasting clumps of lower armour enemies.
- Gaze of Mork is cheap and good for sniping out single entities like monsters or characters.
- Fist of Gork is notable for causing magic damage as well as boosting melee attack which is useful for fighting ethereal units or otherwise having physical resistance.
- Foot of Gork is the haymaker and possibly one of the most damaging spells in the game. It can absolutely destroy anything underneath its area. There is a decent wind up, so savvy opponents will have a chance to dodge. Regardless, this spell will shred any elite unit.
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