Horned grunt

Horned grunt
Creature information
Faction	Inferno
Tier/level	2
Upgraded
Cost per unit	60 gold
Stats
Attack	3
Attack	3
Defense	2
Defense	2
Hit Points	13
Hit Points	13
Damage	1-4
Damage	1-4
Initiative	9
Initiative	9
Speed	4
Speed	4
Growth	15
Growth	15
Icon
Horned grunt's icon

Horned Grunts inhabit the small islands found in the lava seas in hell. Not being overly fond of 'bathing', they make their way across the molten streams of lava with the help of their phenomenal leaping ability. There is not another creature able to jump as far as the Horned Grunt, and it is a skill that often proves extremely useful in battle.^OffBck

The horned grunt is the alternative upgrade of the horned demon, the second-level creature in Heroes of Might and Magic V.

The horned grunt's main asset is its Leap ability, which allows it to jump onto an enemy unit and deal a lot of damage. However, if the target is able to retaliate, the horned grunts are likely to take massive losses. It is thus advised to force the target to retaliate against something else first.

Compared to the horned overseer, horned grunts have less movement range and defense, but slightly higher initiative. They also lack the horned overseer's Explosion ability, making horned grunts better against single powerful stacks (provided they don't take retaliation damage), but less effective against multiple stacks.

Abilities

• Demonic - This creature belongs to Inferno. The Chain shot (Succubus Mistress ability) does not affect it but it is vulnerable to Holy Word spell.
• Enraged - This creature's Attack increases during combat when any stack of friendly units dies (except resurrected creatures or creatures summoned on battlefield by magic). The increase is proportional to the killed stack relative power in the army.
• Leap - This creature can leap on any enemy target, at great distance, getting a 10% attack bonus for every tile it goes over. After the leap, the demon lands on the tile next to the target, and is exposed to double damage retaliation. The leap can't be longer than twice the Grunt's normal movement range, and it can't be shorter than two tiles (activated ability).