Warcraft 3 Black Citadel Guide | Units, Cost and Requirements

Warcraft 3 Reforged Black Citadel Upgrade to Black Citadel to enable the production of additional types of structures and units The Black Citadel Cost 440 Lumber, 870 Gold and 140 seconds Time to build.

Black Citadel Summary

Race: Undead
Food Produced: 10
Unit Type: Structure
Hotkey: U

The resource costs for Black Citadel hero.

Gold Cost: 870
Lumber Cost: 440
Food Cost: 0
Build Time: 140s

List of Black Citadel Stats in WC3R.

Stats	Value
Max HP	2000
Movement Speed	0
Turn Rate	0.00
Size	196.00
Defense	5
Defense Upgrade Bonus	1
Armor Type	Fortified
Sight Range During the Day	1200
Sight Range During the Night	800

List of Black Citadel Damage Stats in WC3R.

Stats	Ground / Structure / Air
Attack Type	Pierce
Damage	12
Attack Speed	1.00
Attack Range	800
Projectile Speed	1200

Black Citadel Units

List of all the Trainable Units made with the Black Citadel.

Trainable Units

Unit	Level	Gold	Lumber	Food	Build Time	Race
Acolyte	1	75	0	1	15s	Undead

Black Citadel Upgrades Research

List of all the Upgrades you can research at the Black Citadel.

Backpack
50
25
20s
Requirments: Tomb of Relics
None

Warcraft 3 Black Citadel Abilities

Name	Blight Growth Large
Description
Hotkey
Targets You Can Hit
Area of Effect Range	960.00
Duration VS. Hero	0.08
Duration of Ability	0.08

Name	Return Lumber
Description
Hotkey
Targets You Can Hit
Accepts Gold	False
Accepts Lumber	True

Name	Frost Attack
Description	Adds a cold effect to this unit's attacks that slows enemy units' movement speed.
Hotkey
Targets You Can Hit	Air, Ground
Duration VS. Hero	5.00
Duration of Ability	5.00

Black Citadel Guide

This section of the Black Citadel Guide details what units are best at destroying this structure.

The Black Citadel has 2000 Health Points and Fortified Armor Type, which is weak against Siege (150%) Attacks. Black Citadel Counters based on it's Fortified Armor Type Weakness are as follows:

Weak Against

Unit	Damage	Level	Gold	Lumber	Food	Build Time	Race
Demolisher	71	2	220	50	4	40s	Orc
Meat Wagon	70	2	230	50	4	36s	Undead
Mortar Team	51	2	180	70	3	32s	Human
Siege Engine	44	3	195	60	4	55s	Human
Glaive Thrower	44	2	210	65	3	48s	Night Elf
Chimaera	44	5	330	70	5	60s	Night Elf
Mountain Giant	32	6	350	100	7	50s	Night Elf
Troll Batrider	15	2	160	40	2	28s	Orc
Flying Machine	6	1	100	30	1	13s	Human

Strong Against

Unit	Damage	Level	Gold	Lumber	Food	Build Time	Race
Frost Wyrm	91	6	385	120	7	65s	Undead
Chimaera	44	5	330	70	5	60s	Night Elf
Gryphon Rider	44	5	280	70	4	45s	Human
Wind Rider	34	4	265	40	4	35s	Orc
Abomination	32	4	240	70	4	45s	Undead
Dragonhawk Rider	17	3	200	30	3	28s	Human
Hippogryph Rider	15	4	290	30	4	1s	Night Elf
Troll Batrider	15	2	160	40	2	28s	Orc
Faerie Dragon	13	3	155	25	2	25s	Night Elf