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How does everyone calculate the total wound value of a Putrid Blightking unit with the Blightlord upgrade?

If I have 5 Blightkings (5x3=15 wounds) and choose to upgrade one Blightking to a Blightlord is he just marked differently during the game as having 4 wounds or would that count against a set wound limit if playing say, a 30 wound per side game.
I’m looking at it as all unit “upgrades” are free and it wouldn’t count against a wound limit. Different champions get different abilities such as an extra attack for example. In this case, the Blightlord gets an extra wound.

Wound limits are house rules to begin with, so you would need to check what the comp system you're using says on the matter. If you are just playing with friends then you'll have to come to an agreement with them.

We use wounds at the moment and the general consensus in our community is that the extra wound that the champion gets does not count towards your wound total. Like you said other champions get +1 to hit or an extra attack, its no different.

Yeah its really down to your play group. But wounds count is just a baseline when negotiating fair games anyway so I doubt most people will have a problem with you being one wound over if its just for the unit champion.