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🏰 Which Is the Best Chariot in TOW? We Compare Them All!

🏰 The Best Chariot in Warhammer The Old World: The Empire Reigns Supreme

Do you remember when The Empire had all kinds of units except chariots? Well… not anymore, lol.

In this post, we’re going to talk about all the chariots in Warhammer The Old World.

I’ve done the most thorough analysis I could, keeping the functionality and objective in mind: allowing you to compare them at a glance. It’s been quite a bit of work.


Some of the cheaper chariots, like Snotling Pump Wagons or Goblin Chariots, I’ve grouped together. To compare them properly, I considered what two chariots would do instead of one, since their low point cost and weak stats make it pointless to analyze them individually.

The “Guys and Horses” Column has been evaluated as follows:

  • 1 for those that either have very few attacks or whose attacks are useless.
  • 2 for those with few attacks, but at least somewhat decent ones.
  • 3 for those with six or more attacks and of good quality.

Cheap Chariots

Defining what a cheap chariot is can be tricky, but I’ll consider all chariots below the Chaos Chariot as such.

Some brief thoughts:

  • The Scourgerunner Chariot of the Dark Elves is not a good chariot. It may serve another purpose, but when evaluated as a chariot, it makes no sense. It costs the same as the Tuskgor Chariot, which is infinitely better.
  • The Lothern Skycutter doesn’t feel like a chariot at all. Even though it looks like one, I already covered it in the High Elves’ Rare Units analysis, which I’ll link below.
  • Special mention to the Slaanesh Daemon Chariot as the most absolute garbage from the depths of hell, and to the Snotling Pump Wagon, which is the most absolute garbage from the Badlands. With 2D6 inches of movement, it will never reach combat.
  • The Goblin Chariot, on the other hand, can work as a redirector. As a support chariot, it makes no sense at all.

Orc Boar Chariot

Now we’re talking about something solid. This chariot has Toughness 5 for only 90 points, which makes it the first big jump in resilience. That makes it very interesting. The downside is that it is impetuous or frenzy, but it also has Warband which helps them to not to fail too many charge rolls (even when they have no the winning combo, cause they have no swiftstride).

Chaos Chariot – Top of the Mid-Tier Range

Now we’re getting serious. The Chaos Chariot is very good compared to the rest. We’re talking about a chariot with Strength 5, Toughness 5, a 3+ save, and four wounds. Plus, if you give it the Mark of Nurgle, enemies must reroll 6s when hitting.

In my opinion, every chariot up to 140 points is worse than this one. Special mention, of course, to the Cold One Chariot, which, when priced, someone forgot it had Stupidity (none of these 2 chariots have swiftstride so they might be slow to support your army depending on the rest of units you include).

Empire War Wagon

Toughness 6, 3+ armor save, 6 wounds. Adding impact hits from the charge and Stomp Attacks, 140 points.

The best chariot in the game. Period. Give me 8. Well, not 8, since you can only take one per 1,000 points.

How does it compare to the Gnoblar Scraplauncher? Well, it’s neither a proper chariot nor a real catapult. Slaanesh’s Chariot? Total garbage—it folds like paper. Skaven Doomwheel? Its random movement can be fun, but at the end of the day, it’s really all about the shooting phase.

In the higher tiers, we start seeing chariots that have additional abilities, like shooting cannons (ogre kingdoms), magic (burning chariot of Tzeentch), or the Black Coach, which does absolutely nothing for 205 points.

I don’t think we can compare a chariot that functions as a chariot, like the Empire War Wagon, to these. Their role is more akin to war machines that can maneuver and withstand enemy attacks, which goes beyond the scope of this post. Buuuut…


The Empire Steam Tank, with 10 wounds, Toughness 7, and an absolute wrecking ball in combat, is really good. Despite costing 265 points, you can send it against really, really strong enemy units. And don’t forget—it’s Unbreakable.

I see it as far superior to the Chaos Dwarfs’ Iron Daemon, which cannot move at full speed and fire at the same time (and on top of that, it gets shooting penalties because it has to roll to hit, since it carries an organ gun and not a steam cannon).

Besides comparing chariots from different armies, it’s always important to consider what other options are available within the same army. For example, Dark Elves don’t have many useful options in their army, so perhaps the Scourgerunner Chariot is a good shooting and mobility choice for them, even though, as a chariot, it leaves much to be desired.

Hope this breakdown helps! Let me know if there’s any chariot you think deserves more attention. Have a great day!

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