Orc spearman
Spearmen (or spear throwers) are units that use spears in battle. The spearthrowers of the many troll tribes are especially trained as trackers and hunters and thus are rather classified as headhunters.
First War[]
- Main article: Spearman (Warcraft I)
Grunts trained in the use of the spear. They were faster than their ax wielding brethren, but had lighter armor so that they may move about more freely. The ability to hurl their deadly missiles across a battlefield made them a formidable unit to employ.[1]
The first orc that Khadgar ever encountered was a black-armored spearman in the Black Morass. The young mage killed him with a single mystic bolt.[2]
Named[]
Types[]
Desiccated Spearman - Western Plaguelands- Murkblood Spearman - The Underbog
- Winterskorn Spearman - Howling Fjord
- Kamagua Spearman - Howling Fjord
- Unu'pe Spearman - Borean Tundra
- Frenzyheart Spearbearer - Sholazar Basin
- Njorndar Spear-Sister - Icecrown
- Enraged Spearman - Kun-Lai Summit
- Thunderlord Spearman - Frostfire Ridge
- Thunderlord Spearhand - Frostfire Ridge
Trivia[]
- Due to some concept arts, the Horde in Warcraft III might have originally been intended to feature orcish spearmen instead of troll headhunters.
Gallery[]
Warcraft I concept art, among other units.
Warcraft III concept art.
An orc with spear in his hands against a wendigo.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, Orcish Horde of the First War, Spearman
- ^ The Last Guardian, chapter 4