Lizardman and Lizard Warrior

Fortress creatures
Level 1
Gnoll
Gnoll Marauder
Level 2
Lizardman
Lizard Warrior
Level 3
Serpent Fly
Dragon Fly
Level 4
Basilisk
Greater Basilisk
Level 5
Gorgon
Mighty Gorgon
Level 6
Wyvern
Wyvern Monarch
Level 7
Hydra
Chaos Hydra
Towns

Statistics
Lizardman
Cost per troop  110
	Attack 5 Defense 6 Damage 2–3 Health 14 Speed 4 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 12 Growth 9 AI Value 126
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack
Lizard Warrior
Cost per troop  140
	Attack 6 Defense 8 Damage 2–5 Health 15 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 24 Growth 9 AI Value 156
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack
Portraits

Lizardmen and Lizard Warriors are level 2 creatures of Fortress town. They are recruited from the Lizard Den.

"Lizardmen and lizard warriors are armed with bows for ranged attacks and daggers for hand-to-hand fighting." ^{RoE manual}

Heroes with a specialty

• Wystan the Beastmaster has lizardmen as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any Lizardmen or Lizard Warriors for each level attained after 2nd level and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Restoration of Erathia and Armageddon's Blade

In Restoration of Erathia and Armageddon's Blade the statistics of Lizardmen and Lizard Warriors were a bit different. They were changed in Shadow of Death, where their attack, defense, health, damage, growth and cost were increased. The same changes were applied in the Restoration of Erathia patch 1.3 and Armageddon's Blade patch 2.1.

Statistics
Lizardman
Cost per troop  110
	Attack 5 Defense 6 Damage 1–3 Health 12 Speed 4 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 12 Growth 8 AI Value
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack
Lizard Warrior
Cost per troop  130
	Attack 5 Defense 7 Damage 2-3 Health 12 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 24 Growth 8 AI Value
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack
Portraits

The in-game description "{{{herospec}}}" is erroneous in "each level attained" moment, and lacks the speed bonus information. (Description is fixed in HotA ).

Unlike the native terrain speed bonus, the creature specialty speed bonus can affect the hero's movement points in case the creature is the slowest one in the army.

Level	5	6	5	7
2	+1	+1	+1	+1
6	+1	+1	+1	+2
8	+1	+2	+1	+2
10	+2	+2	+2	+2
12	+2	+2	+2	+3
14	+2	+3	+2	+3
18	+3	+3	+3	+4
22	+3	+4	+3	+4
24	+4	+4	+4	+5
28	+4	+5	+4	+5
30	+4	+5	+4	+6
34	+5	+6	+5	+6
36	+5	+6	+5	+7
42	+6	+7	+6	+8
46	+6	+7	+6	+9
48	+7	+8	+7	+9
52	+7	+8	+7	+10
54	+7	+9	+7	+10
56	+8	+9	+8	+10
58	+8	+9	+8	+11
62	+8	+10	+8	+11
64	+8	+10	+8	+12
66	+9	+10	+9	+12
68	+9	+11	+9	+12
70	+9	+11	+9	+13
74	+10	+12	+10	+13
75/88	+11	+14	+11	+16

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In Shadow of Death and Horn of the Abyss especially, Lizardmen and Lizard Warriors serve as the critical unit for the Fortress in the early and mid game. They are the only shooters produced in the Fortress and are respectably strong for level 2 shooters. They will falter in the late game, and you can expect to see them be a prime target almost always in combat. Keep them well-guarded with Basilisks or Gorgons and you'll be a tough force to beat in the early months of the game.

See also:

• List of creatures