Spearman
Spearmen (or spear throwers) are units that use spears in battle. The spearthrowers of the many troll tribes are especially trained as trackers and hunters and thus are rather classified as headhunters.
First War
- Main article: Spearman (Warcraft I)
Grunts trained in the use of the spear. They were faster than their ax wielding brethren, but had lighter armor so that they may move about more freely. The ability to hurl their deadly missiles across a battlefield made them a formidable unit to employ.[1]
The first orc that Khadgar ever encountered was a black-armored spearman in the Black Morass. The young mage killed him with a single mystic bolt.[2]
Second War
The orcish spearmen where replaced by forest troll axethrowers. The Horde of Draenor, however, still made use of spearmen, notably at the siege of Hellfire Citadel.[3]
Named
Types
Desiccated Spearman - Western Plaguelands
Murkblood Spearman - The Underbog 
Winterskorn Spearman - Howling Fjord 
Kamagua Spearman - Howling Fjord - Unu'pe Spearman - Borean Tundra
Frenzyheart Spearbearer - Sholazar Basin 
Njorndar Spear-Sister - Icecrown 
Enraged Spearman - Kun-Lai Summit 
Thunderlord Spearman - Frostfire Ridge 
Thunderlord Spearhand - Frostfire Ridge
Trivia
- Due to some concept arts, the Horde in Warcraft III might have originally been intended to feature orcish spearmen instead of troll headhunters.
Gallery
Warcraft I concept art, among other units.
Warcraft III concept art.
An orc with spear in his hands against a wendigo.
See also
References
- ^ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, Orcish Horde of the First War, Spearman
- ^ The Last Guardian, chapter 4
- ^ Beyond the Dark Portal, chapter 18