Manticore and Scorpicore

Dungeon creatures
Level 1
Troglodyte
Infernal Troglodyte
Level 2
Harpy
Harpy Hag
Level 3
Beholder
Evil Eye
Level 4
Medusa
Medusa Queen
Level 5
Minotaur
Minotaur King
Level 6
Manticore
Scorpicore
Level 7
Red Dragon
Black Dragon
Towns

Statistics
Manticore
Cost per troop  850
	Attack 15 Defense 13 Damage 14–20 Health 80 Speed 7 Movement Flying Size 2 Growth 2 AI Value 1547
Scorpicore
Cost per troop  1050
	Attack 16 Defense 14 Damage 14–20 Health 80 Speed 11 Movement Flying Size 2 Growth 2 AI Value 1589
Special abilities:
• Paralyzing Venom
Portraits

Manticores and Scorpicores are level 6 creatures of the Dungeon town. They are recruited from the Manticore Lair.

See the Comparison of Level 6 Creatures (HotA).

"Manticores and their venomous cousins, the scorpicores, have features combined of bat, lion and scorpion. They attack with stabs from their stinging tails. Scorpicore attacks have a 20% chance of paralyzing an opponent. Creatures thus petrified take 50% damage and are unfrozen when attacked or after three rounds." ^{RoE manual}

Tactics and info

Because of their low stats for a level 6 creature, especially in health, two Minotaurs are considered to be a better deal than one Manticore, at the same cost with double the damage and more health. For that reason, Manticores and Scorpicores are mainly used to block shooters, paralyze stacks and sometimes soak up retaliations, leaving the dragons and minotaurs to finish off the opponent without receiving damage.

Paralyzing special ability

Effect	Affected unit cannot act
Duration	3 Rounds
Chance	20%
Resist	Gold Dragons Black Dragons Magic Elementals

Paralyzing Venom is a special ability of Scorpicores. A target surviving a Scorpicore's melee attack has a 20% chance of being paralyzed immediately after. Paralyzed creatures forgo their turn for the remainder of the current combat round and the two combat rounds thereafter, unless they are attacked meanwhile. Paralyzed creatures take full damage from attacks, but retaliate at only a quarter of their strength. The effect can be removed with Cure or Dispel. Paralyzing Venom is negated by the Recanter's Cloak and Cursed Ground, but not by the Orb of Inhibition.

External Links

• Thread: Rules for (Creature) Spells and Orbs in Heroes Community

Heroes with a specialty

• Synca the Overlord has manticores as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any manticores or scorpicores for each level attained after 6th level and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

See also:

• List of creatures