A list detailing simple strengths and weaknesses of the faction you wish to play in multiplayer or the one your enemy chooses.
 
 

Overview

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Beastmen

Unit Count 50
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-High Speed
 
-Amazing Rush Faction
 
-Strong Monsters
 
-Good Cavalry
 
-No Forest Penalty
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Lowish Leadershiep
 
-Lack Ranged
 
-Lack of Armour
 
 
 

Bretonia

Unit Count: 45
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Lots of Cavalry
 
-Great Lords (Fay, Louen)
 
-cheap Infantry
 
-some Air Superiority
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Peasants have low leadership
 
-Micro Intensive
 
-♥♥♥♥♥♥ Infantry
 
 
 

Cathay

Unit Count: 26
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Harmony
 
-Great Range/Defensive Options
 
– you stupid
 
– no I’m not
 
– what’s 9+10?
 
– 21
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-small roster
 
-some fragile flyers
 
-Close formations can be abused
 
 
 

Daemons (not available in ranked)

Unit Count: 70+
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
– Very Powerful Monsters
 
– Very Large and Versatile Roster
 
– Lots of Lore of Magic Choices
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
– You probably won’t ever play this faction in multiplayers
 
– Not the best Ranged options
 
 
 

Dark Elves

Unit Count: 62
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Powerful Damage and Range
 
-Variety in Units and Monsters
 
-Nice Flanking options
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Expensive
 
-lack Endurance
 
 
 

Dwarfs

Unit Count: 48
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Very Cost Effective
 
-High amount of Armor
 
-High Leadership
 
-magic ressistance
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Predictable Playstyle/Can be easily abused
 
-No real Cavalry
 
-Slow Units
 
 
 

The Empire

Unit Count: 59
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Good Lord Options
 
-Very Versatile Roster and Playstyle
 
-lots of spellcasting options
 
-Funny Artillery
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Master of Nothing
 
-No real Monsters except Karl Franz
 
 
 

Greenskins

 
Unit Count: 65
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Cheap Units
 
-Great Skirmishers
 
-Flexible
 
-Numbers
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-lack of flying units and good heavy cavalry
 
-Mediocre ranged units
 
 
 

High Elves

Unit Count: 69 nice
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Powerful Spellcasters
 
-Rather Flexible
 
-One of the best Ranged Units
 
-Dragons
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Expensive
 
-Struggle against Rush
 
 
 

Khorne

Unit Count: 23
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Very Strong Melee Units
 
-Expensive Units
 
-Good Ressistances and options between physical and magical damage
 
-Great Monsters
 
-Cultist of Khorne is great for summoning Bloodletters
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Almost no Ranged Options
 
-No Magic
 
-Small Roster
 
 
 

Kislev

Unit Count: 28
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Hybrid Units
 
-Lots of Ranged
 
-Bears
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Roster could be bigger
 
-No Great Magic tbh
 
 
 

Lizardmen

Unit Count: 71
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Great Monsters
 
-Many Playstyles
 
-Amazing Legendary Lords
 
-Huge Roster
 
-Endurance and Healing
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Lack a bit in Long Range and Skirmish Cav
 
-Rampage on many units
 
-somewhat Expensive
 
 
 

Norsca

Unit Count: 42
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Great Rush Faction
 
-Good Monstrous Units
 
-Much Speed
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-3 Lord Options
 
-Predictable and Limited Playstyle
 
-Tiny Roster
 
 
 

Nurgle

Unit Count: 22
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
– Poison Damage
 
– Extremely Tanky
 
– strong but limited lore of magic
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
– Quite Slow
 
– little to no ranged options
 
– lots of large hitboxes
 
 
 

Ogre Kingdoms

Unit Count: 32
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Suprising good Ranged Options
 
-Great Mass
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Expensive
 
-Weak to Ranged
 
-Anti-Large will hurt them
 
-No Flying Units
 
 
 

Skaven

Unit Count: 68
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Nasty Ranged Units
 
-Huge Roster
 
-Wide range of monsters
 
-Massive Numbers
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Low Leadership
 
-Lack Flying
 
 
 

Slaanesh

Unit Count: 25
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Very Fast
 
-High Damage
 
-Sexy Chariots
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Micro Intensive
 
-Small Roster
 
-barely any armor
 
-Will cease to exist upon being shot
 
 
 

Tomb Kings

Unit Count: 40
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Great Constructs
 
-Nice Ranged
 
-Some good Cavalry
 
-Crumble
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-few Frontline Options
 
-Lack Good Flying
 
-Low Leadership
 
 
 

Tzeentch

Unit Count: 22
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Barriers
 
-Lots of Flying Units
 
-Cavalry and Flamers are Remarkable
 
-Good Magic
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Smallest Roster in the game with more then a third of it being spellcasters
 
-Mostly Terrible Infantry, Need to rely on Forsaken or Chaos Spawn
 
-Will cease to exist in Melee
 
-lack Anti-large
 
 
 

Vampire Coast

Unit Count: 49
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Powerful and also Cheap Range
 
-Very good Lords
 
-Cheap Onion Units which crumble
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Roster has lot of weak units
 
-Predictable
 
-Slow
 
 
 

Vampire Count

Unit Count: 50
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Powerful Healing
 
-Crumbling
 
-Cool Magic
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-No Ranged Options
 
-Slow and Predictable
 
-Lack anti large
 
 
 

Warriors of Chaos

Unit Count: 47
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Few but great Legendary Lords
 
-Great Rush Faction
 
-Elite Infantry
 
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Limited Ranged Options
 
-Predictable
 
 
 

Wood Elves

Unit Count: 54
 
 
STRENGHTS
 
-Great Ranged
 
-Very Mobile
 
-Strong Variety
 
-Forest Warriors
 
–
 
WEAKNESSES
 
-Squishy
 
-No Artillery
 
 

 
 
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