Gurnisson

Not to be confused with Garrison.

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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:

Story

Gurnisson does not appear in the story text of any campaign levels.

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