Compare Revisions

11 The Lasher is the Grell basic ranged creature, a Tier 1 unit from the Broodwomb that fires Acidic Spines at range 8 and hits both air and ground. It is the first answer the faction has to a flyer and the first unit it can use to hold a line rather than charge one.
22  
33 Figures below describe the September 2026 Early Access build, the one carrying the identifier ZS.c36778, and they move with the weekly patch cadence. Roughly half the versus roster had a stat touched in the fortnight before that build was captured, so treat every number here as dated rather than permanent.
44  
55 Stat Block
66  
77 StatValueCost50 hexite and 25 fluxHealth150Shields0Armor0Armor typeLightStatus resistNone listedMove speed550Vision18Supply2Build time26 secondsTier1DomainGround unitInfuse cost4.0625Reanimate cost4.0625Replicate cost4.0625Built byBroodwombResearched atYoung Canopy for Tier 1, Elderwomb for Tier 2
88 Weapons
99  
1010 WeaponDamageDPSRangeCooldownTargetsBonusesAcidic Spines181581.2sAir and groundNone on the base attack. Corrosive Secretion research adds +75% against Medium armour.
1111 Abilities
1212  
1313 AbilityEffectCooldownCostCamouflageRequires the upgrade. Grants invisibility and +75% movement speed for 6 seconds.20 secondsNone
1414 Upgrades
1515  
1616 UpgradeTierCostEffectResearched atExtensor Adaptation1100 flux, 50 seconds+4 attack rangeYoung CanopySinuous Musculature1100 flux, 50 seconds+125 movement speedYoung CanopyCorrosive Secretion2100 flux, 50 seconds+75% damage to Medium armourElderwombCamouflage2150 flux, 60 secondsUnlocks the Camouflage abilityElderwomb
1717 Conversion Costs
1818  
1919 Infuse is the Grell conversion mechanic, paid out of the same top bar power pool as the Legion Reanimate and the Xol Replicate. It permanently raises a friendly unit's health, damage and regeneration for the rest of that unit's life. Since the balance pass of August 11, 2026 the bonus is +45%, down from +50%, and the cost multiplier rose from 0.045 to 0.05 so that it matches the Protectorate shield and the Legion Reanimate.
2020  
2121 The Lasher is eligible for all three conversions. In this build the three prices are identical at 4.0625 power each, so Infuse by a Grell player, Reanimate by an allied Legion player and Replicate by an allied Xol player all cost the same. At that price a Lasher is one of the cheaper units in the faction to convert.
2222  
2323 Role
2424  
2525 Vision 18 is the longest in the Grell roster and two points further than the Lasher can shoot, which tells you what the unit is for: it sees a fight before it is in one. At 15 damage per second against both domains it is the faction's general purpose line unit, filling the gap that Stingers cannot because they are melee and Skrell cannot because they are fragile fliers.
2626  
2727 Extensor Adaptation takes the attack to range 12, which is a different unit rather than a better one: at that range Lashers outrange most things they will meet at Tier 1 and can retreat while the enemy closes. Corrosive Secretion is the damage upgrade, and its +75% against Medium armour is now the only source of a Medium bonus the Lasher has, because the base attack lost that bonus on August 11, 2026. Camouflage is the raiding option, six seconds of invisibility and a large speed burst, which is enough to reposition out of a losing fight or to open one on a harvester line.
2828  
2929 150 health and Light armour keep the Lasher honest. It is not a unit that absorbs anything, and a Lasher group without something in front of it loses to almost any melee that reaches it.
3030  
3131 Faction Context
3232  
3333 Lashers come from the Broodwomb, and the Grell second tier of Lasher research moved from the Synapse Canopy to the Elderwomb on August 28, 2026, which pushes Corrosive Secretion and Camouflage further up the tech path than they used to sit. First tier research stays at the Young Canopy.
3434  
3535 Within the faction identity the Lasher is the unit that does not depend on biomass. It has no biomass passive, no stealth on mat and no root, so it works at the edge of the Grell territory in a way that Stingers and Threshers do not. The mat and the economy behind it are covered in Resources and Economy.
3636  
3737 Tier and Armour Interactions
3838  
3939 The Lasher carries Light armour with an armour value of 0. At 150 health it is more durable than a Stinger and considerably less so than anything Heavy, and the flat armour rule described in Units does nothing for it.
4040  
4141 On offence, the Lasher's relationship with armour types is entirely a research question. Since August 11, 2026 the base Acidic Spines attack carries no armour bonus at all, and the +75% against Medium comes only from Corrosive Secretion. A Lasher army that has not taken that upgrade is doing flat damage to every armour type in the build.
4242  
4343 Counters
4444  
4545 Strong Against
4646  
4747 TargetWhyAir unitsAcidic Spines targets air and ground, which makes the Lasher the earliest anti air the faction has.Medium armoured units, with researchCorrosive Secretion adds +75% against Medium, the category that now includes every harvester and extractor.Fights at range, after Extensor AdaptationRange 12 outreaches most of what appears at Tier 1 and Tier 1.5.
4848 Weak To
4949  
5050 ThreatWhyMelee units that reach it150 health and Light armour lose to anything in contact, including a Grell Stinger group.Splash damageLight armour at 150 health in a ranged clump is what area weapons are for.Heavy armour without researchThe base attack has no bonus, so 18 damage a shot works slowly against high armour values.
5151 Balance History
5252  
5353 August 11, 2026: base damage increased from 17 to 18, and the base attack lost its bonus against Medium armour. The Corrosive Secretion Medium bonus rose from +50% to +75%, so the total against Medium fell from +100% to +75%.August 28, 2026: the second tier of Lasher upgrades changed its requirement from the Synapse Canopy to the Elderwomb.
5454  
5555 Notes
5656  
5757 The roster record for this unit is COMPLETE.The Camouflage ability text and the Camouflage upgrade text disagree in the current data. The ability lists +75% movement speed for 6 seconds; the upgrade that unlocks it describes +25% movement speed and a cloak for 6 seconds. Both are reproduced above as published, and neither has a dated studio note resolving them.Per unit numbers are drawn from a community maintained entity catalogue that the studio links from each of its own faction pages. It is the only place the full stat block is published, and it is not a studio document, so the figures are best read as careful community documentation of a build rather than as an official specification. Dated balance notes, by contrast, come straight from the studio patch posts.