Gurnisson

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Gurnisson the Barbarian
Basic Information:
	Class:	Barbarian
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Goblin
It is unusual for a Goblin to rise to any sort of position of power, but Gurnisson demonstrated a natural aptitude in Ballistics that quite literally launched him into a successful career as a hero for hire.
Specialty: Ballista
Increases the Attack and Defense skills of Ballista by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
Level:
Level
Primary Skills:
4 0 1 1
Secondary Skills:
Basic Offense
Basic Artillery
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Troops:
Goblin 15–25 Always [[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_2}}} (HotA) small.gif|{{{troop_2}}}|link={{{troop_2}}}]][[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_2}}} small.gif|{{{troop_2}}}|link={{{troop_2}}}]] [[{{{troop_2}}}|{{{troop_2}}}]] Always 88%   Orc 4–6 Always 25%  [[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_4}}} (HotA) small.gif|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]][[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_4}}} small.gif|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]] [[{{{troop_4}}}|{{{troop_4}}}]] Always [[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_5}}} (HotA) small.gif|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]][[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_5}}} small.gif|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]] [[{{{troop_5}}}|{{{troop_5}}}]] Always [[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_6}}} (HotA) small.gif|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]][[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_6}}} small.gif|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]] [[{{{troop_6}}}|{{{troop_6}}}]] Always [[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_7}}} (HotA) small.gif|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]][[File:Creature portrait {{{troop_7}}} small.gif|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]] [[{{{troop_7}}}|{{{troop_7}}}]] Always
Spell:
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War Machine:
Ballista		Always 88%
Starting Movement Points:

It is interesting that Ballistics secondary skill does not buff Ballista. The latter works better via Artillery, which explains why that is Gurnisson's starting skill instead of Ballistics (even though his skill with the Ballista is referred to as "Ballistics", not "Artillery").

Specialty

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Ballista Specialty
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Level	10	10	{{{ubatt}}}	{{{ubdef}}}	{{{3batt}}}	{{{3bdef}}}
5	+ 1	+ 1	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
15	+ 2	+ 2	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
25	+ 3	+ 3	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
30	+ 4	+ 4	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
45	+ 5	+ 5	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
55	+ 6	+ 6	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
60	+ 7	+ 7	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
70	+ 8	+ 8	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
75/88	+9	+ 9	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
5	+ 3	+ 3	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
10	+ 6	+ 6	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
15	+ 9	+ 9	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
20	+ 12	+ 12	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
25	+ 15	+ 15	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
30	+ 18	+ 18	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
35	+ 21	+ 21	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
40	+ 24	+ 24	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
45	+ 27	+ 27	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
50	+ 30	+ 30	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
55	+ 33	+ 33	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
60	+ 36	+ 36	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
65	+ 39	+ 39	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}
70	+ 42	+ 42	+{{{4}}}	+{{{5}}}	+{{{6}}}	+{{{7}}}

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As Ballista's base damage scales with hero's Attack skill, Gurnisson is the best hero who starts with Ballista, making him very valuable on especially poor maps.

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See Also:

• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties
• Comparison of Creature Specialties