A group of Mortar Teams attacking the ground.
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This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and official bonus maps.
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Armed with their innovative exploding shells, the stalwart Mortar Teams of Ironforge are capable of blasting apart enemy ranks from long range. These fearless dwarves are masters of explosive devices and relish in pounding fortified enemy emplacements to dust.
Mortar Teams are the most popular siege units used in Warcraft III because they're faster than all the other siege units and have a fast attack rate.
Mortar Teams are famous for their sound when they're spawned, "Mortar Combat".
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Learn how to use ranged units with unit control.
Mortar Teams have the largest area of effect damage of all the siege units. Mortar Teams are good at killing buildings. Bring them along when you are assaulting an enemy town. Mortar Teams cannot attack air units.
If you use a lot of Mortar Teams be sure to at least research the damage upgrades to make them more effective.
Mortar Teams will damage your own units so be careful to prevent them from killing your own army.
Mortar Teams can be used to clear away trees.
Mortar Teams are the only ranged seige units in the game that aren't mechanical, so you can cast invisiblility on them, run them into the back of an enemy base with a couple sorcresses, and when the enemy comes back to kill the Mortar teams, cast invisiblility and run away! Also you can cast spells like Innerfire on them too, which can help a lot in team games. Beware though, this can be used against you, with spells like Storm Bolt and Polymorph which affect non-mechanical units too.
Upgrades[]
- Flare
- Launches a Dwarven flare above a target point, which reveals that area for 15 seconds. Reveals invisible units.
| Research Cost | Researched At | Requirements | Upgrade Time |
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50  50  |
Workshop | Keep | 30 sec. |
| Duration | Cooldown | Mana Cost | Range | Area of Effect | Allowed Targets | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 sec. | 120 sec. | None | Unlimited | 180 | N/A | Reveals map and invisible units |
- Flare Information
- You can cast an unlimited amount of Flares but there is a 120 sec. cooldown before you can cast another Flare.
- Fragmentation Shards (Passive)
- Uses fragmentation mortars to increase damage dealt to Unarmored and Medium armor units.
| Research Cost | Researched At | Requirements | Upgrade Time |
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| 50 100 |
Workshop | Castle | 40 sec. |
| Duration | Cooldown | Mana Cost | Range | Area of Effect | Allowed Targets | Effect |
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| N/A | N/A | None | N/A | 10 | Ground, Enemy, Neutral | Increased Area Effect Damage |
- Fragmentation Shards Information
- Data:
- Full Damage Radius: 10 Half Damage Radius: 27.5, Quarter Damage Radius: 25
- Full Damage Amount: 25 , Half Damage Amount: 18, Quarter Damage Amount: 12
- Black Gunpowder
- Increases the ranged attack damage of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Siege Engines, and Flying Machines.
| Research Cost | Researched At | Requirements | Upgrade Time |
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| 100 50 |
Blacksmith | None | 60 sec. |
- Refined Gunpowder
- Further increases the ranged attack damage of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Siege Engines, and Flying Machines.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time 175 175 Blacksmith Keep 75 sec.
- Imbued Gunpowder
- Further increases the ranged attack damage of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Siege Engines, and Flying Machines.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time 250 300 Blacksmith Castle 90 sec.
- Studded Leather Armor
- Increases the armor of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Dragonhawk Riders, and Gryphon Riders.
| Research Cost | Researched At | Requirements | Upgrade Time |
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| 100 100 |
Blacksmith | None | 60 sec. |
- Reinforced Leather Armor
- Further increases the armor of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Dragonhawk Riders, and Gryphon Riders.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time 150 175 Blacksmith Keep 75 sec.
- Dragonhide Leather Armor
- Further increases the armor of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Dragonhawk Riders, and Gryphon Riders.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time 200 250 Blacksmith Castle 90 sec.
WCII Mortar Team art
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In World of Warcraft[]
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In Dun Morogh, there is a mortar team practicing their shooting. It is made up of Angus and Shorty.
Trivia[]
- The Mortar Team shouts "Mortar Combat!" after being trained. This is a reference pun to the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games.
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