Manticore should take reachable melee exchanges or hold an approach to more valuable units. Before advancing, identify its next target and enemies able to attack it afterward.
Watch for: Base stats are not the final exchange result. Account for retaliation, current creature count, target immunity and subsequent action order.
Timing, specific abilities and the follow-up plan
Speed 5 sets movement reach; Initiative 9 concerns ATB. A movement change is not the same change in action frequency.
Large Creature: Occupies a 2 × 2 footprint and needs enough space to move or land.
Flyer: Crosses obstacles while moving; the destination must be empty.
Attack
15
Defense
15
Damage
30–50
Health
120
Speed
5
Shots
0
Base weekly growth
2
Initiative
9
Mana
0
Experience per creature
164
Cost per creature: 1800 gold
Abilities and limitations
Large Creature
Occupies a 2 × 2 footprint and needs enough space to move or land.
Flyer
Crosses obstacles while moving; the destination must be empty.
Poisonous Attack
Applies poison. Duration and damage differ between Assassins/Stalkers and Manticores.
This reference assigns no direct town dwelling. Read the profile’s availability and abilities for acquisition.
Reference stack cost and health
These values multiply every resource in the undiscounted reference price and full base health. Hero, equipment, spell, price and growth modifiers are excluded. This is neither final damage or battle survival nor a guarantee that the listed number is available to recruit.
Manticore · reference values before bonuses
Creatures
Total cost
Base health
1
1,800 gold
120
5
9,000 gold
600
10
18,000 gold
1,200
Reading this profile correctly
The reference is Tribes of the East 3.1. Initiative concerns ATB and Speed concerns movement; increasing one does not automatically increase the other. Upgrades and alternatives have separate profiles.
Resource costs are part of recruitment. For an entire stack, multiply every component, not just gold. Base growth excludes additional town, map and hero bonuses. Zero shots means no regular ranged attack; the creature can still have spells or other active abilities.
177 creatures from the Tribes of the East 3.1 manual: 168 faction variants and 9 neutrals. Original and alternative upgrades remain separate. Stats exclude heroes, artifacts and spells. Speed determines range; Initiative determines ATB action timing. Costs include rare resources and are per creature.
