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11 The Weaver is the Grell caster, a Tier 3.5 support creature that spits at range 12 for double damage against air and carries two spells: an acid puddle that poisons ground, and a drain that can be pointed at an enemy to slow them or at an ally to heal and armour them. At 650 move speed it is the fastest ground unit the faction fields.
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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.
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55 Stat Block
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77 StatValueCost75 hexite and 150 fluxHealth200Shields0Armor0Armor typeMediumStatus resistNone listedMove speed650Vision16Supply4Build time40 secondsTier3.5DomainGround unitInfuse cost13.125Reanimate cost13.125Replicate cost13.125Built byElderwombResearched atElderwomb
88 Weapons
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1010 WeaponDamageDPSRangeCooldownTargetsBonusesMephitic Spit2010122sAir and ground+100% against air
1111 Abilities
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1313 AbilityEffectCooldownCostAcid BlightCreates an acid puddle at a target location that poisons enemy units for 10 seconds.No cooldown listed75 energySiphon LifeDrains enemy health, slowing the target by 20% and poisoning it, or alternatively heals allies for 5 health per second and grants them 1 armor.No cooldown listed10 energy
1414 Upgrades
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1616 UpgradeTierCostEffectResearched atKoru Neuropaths1100 flux, 50 seconds+25% cast rangeElderwomb
1717 Conversion Costs
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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.
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2121 The Weaver is eligible for all three conversions at an identical 13.125 power each. That is expensive for a 200 health unit, and it reflects the value of the spells rather than the body: Siphon Life and Acid Blight are what a player is paying to keep alive.
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2323 Role
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2525 Range 12 is the second longest attack in the Grell roster behind the sieged Thresher, and the +100% air bonus makes the Weaver the faction's best sustained answer to a flier: 40 damage a shot against air where the Skrell delivers 15 more often. Where the Skrell is a cheap counter that dies, the Weaver is an expensive one that stays alive by standing behind the army at 650 move speed.
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2727 Siphon Life is the flexible tool. Pointed at an enemy it drains health, slows by 20 percent and poisons; pointed at an ally it heals 5 health a second and grants 1 armor. That single point of armour is worth more than it looks on a swarm, because the flat reduction rule takes it off every incoming hit, so a Weaver supporting a line of Stingers or Arkanids is functionally reducing all the chip damage they take. At 10 energy it is cheap enough to run constantly.
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2929 Acid Blight is the area denial option at 75 energy, a puddle that poisons anything standing in it for ten seconds. Koru Neuropaths adds 25 percent cast range to both, which is the only upgrade the unit has and is usually taken as soon as Weavers appear.
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3131 Faction Context
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3333 Weavers come from the Elderwomb and are researched there, which puts them alongside the Reaver and the Behemoth at the top of the Grell tech path. At Tier 3.5 the Weaver is the highest tier unit in the faction roster.
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3535 The name of its upgrade, Koru Neuropaths, points at the other half of the Grell partnership: the plant like Koru provide the faction's healing support, and the Weaver is where that support becomes a unit rather than a structure or a passive. On August 19, 2026 the Weaver was one of twenty two units and structures moved onto the newer animation system already used by Commandos and Stingers, alongside the Harbinger and the Skrell.
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3737 Tier and Armour Interactions
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3939 The Weaver carries Medium armour with an armour value of 0 and 200 health, which is thin for a Tier 3.5 unit and reflects that it is not meant to be in range of anything. Medium has been the most heavily targeted category since the harvester armour type was folded into it on August 11, 2026.
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4141 Its own bonus keys off the air domain rather than an armour type, which means it applies to any flier whatever armour that flier carries. Against every ground target, of any armour type, the Weaver does its flat 20. Siphon Life's ally mode grants 1 armor, which interacts with the flat reduction rule rather than with the armour type table.
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4343 Counters
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4545 Strong Against
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4747 TargetWhyAir units+100% against the air domain, delivered at range 12 from behind the army.Swarm supportSiphon Life in ally mode grants 1 armor, which subtracts from every incoming hit on a group of low armour units.Contested groundAcid Blight poisons anything standing in a puddle for ten seconds.
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5050 ThreatWhyAnything that reaches it200 health, Medium armour and no armour value. The Weaver dies immediately in contact.Burst damage at rangeNothing about the unit survives focus fire, and it has no escape ability.Weapons with a Medium armour bonusMedium is the busiest bonus category in the build.
5151 Balance History
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5353 August 19, 2026: moved onto the newer animation system as part of a performance pass, with no stat effect.August 11, 2026: the Koru Symbiosis healing bonus, which supports the same faction healing role, was reduced from +30% to +25%.
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5555 Notes
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5757 The roster record for this unit is COMPLETE.The current data publishes no cooldown for either Acid Blight or Siphon Life, only their energy costs. Both are recorded as published rather than filled in.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.