They are to survive, not destroy, without magical help. I personally feel a crush of despair, with the complete lack of armour, but i think youre right when it comes to the tree- part of the wood elves army. Wood elves seems more focused on the table control, as well as magic variance and adaptability part of the spectre, compared to the mighty and armoured warriors of our beloved dark gods. And for me, it seems a focus on a completely different style of fighting than charge head first. I (as a warrior of chaos player) decided to try this new army, being torn between the two when i first started the hobby. I think this is a win for armies determined to march straight at them - except those like Empire and Bretonnian knights, who are low Toughness and rely entirely on their armour. And if they've paid for special arrows, they will have paid more per archer than they would have before, so there should be fewer of them. They don't suddenly go strength 4 at short range, and they won't be backing off and firing without penalty.

He'll never be much good in combat unless someone hits him with Savage Beast of Horros.įrankly as a Dwarf player I would prefer fighting the Wood Elves now to before. I think people will only field a Treeman Ancient if they were considering a level 4 life mage anyway, given he'll do the same job and is so tough. I think the lore attribute for High Magic is better for High Elves than Wood Elves, although the Dark Magic ones feel relatively similar. High Elf and Dark Elf magic is still probably more versatile given than they can access High and Dark magic with lower level mages. Look effective enough to really justify a place in a seriouslyĬompetitive list. Players might like the idea of Sisters of the Thorn, but they don't As I say, the unitįeels like an apology for what we found in the Dark Elf book. Really want to make use of that save in close combat. Unlike Warlocks, they don't have the combat profile to make them The Warlocks, the Sisters of the Thorn have a 4+ ward save, however Shield of Thorns (an underwhelming spell from the Lore of Life). Of Anraheir (admittedly a decent spell from the Lore of Beasts) and They're a light-weight harassment unit, and areĬollectively a Level 2 wizard with spells to fit the mould – Curse Poisoned Attacks, but they just don't deal enough hurt to scareĪnyone with that. Short-range, javelin-throwing missile unit (BS5, S3 and 1 Attack,Īlthough their steeds are S4). Unit (Strength 4 and 2 Attacks), Sisters of the Thorn are a With a big Nerf stick.” Where Doomfire Warlocks are a potent combat We present the exact same unit, with nearly everything about it hit Might have gotten a little carried away with that Dark Elf unit. It's like the writers came back and said, “OK, so we And read like an admission of guilt in regard to Dark Elf

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