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Looked at WFB for a really long time now but am still very new to the game having only played a few games. I have discovered that my usual taste and play style don't apply to this game which i like. I find it very refreshing. Also making it VERY hard to find an appealing army. In MTG and other various table top games i've played I have always aimed for a very magic heavy approach only taking the bare essentials to fill the other roles.

In WHFB I've found one of the most important things to me is being able to shut down my opponents spell casting phase. In several games I've played my opponent has devestated my troops and I have been unable to effectively stop it. I don't care about the shooting phase at all, I'd like to have a ranged option or two just so that I know i can hit guys running around/hiding midfield but nothing beyond that. Movement and CC are where its at for me. I love running a strong monster/hero up the flank and dividing my opponents attention. Other things that are important to me but not as much as movement and CC are high leadership and low model count (hate painting and toting around large armies).

I've played woodelfs a few times since i've received many positive strong responses about that army on other forums. And while the wardancers/wild riders are basically exactly what i'm looking for (MR, high weapon skill, fast, lots of attacks with low model count, good leadership). I've found that the core parts of the army are very unsatisfying. Dryads fall like leaves to magic, glade guard are garbage in melee, eternal guard can't be taken unless your playing large games (i will most commonly be playing 1000ish point games for the forseeable future. Lords and Nobles are fantastic and once again made me very happy however I found myself unable to cast effectively because of the limited dice I tend to generate (4 for a branchwraith and a spellsinger). So the only impact they had was the 5 dispel dice they have in total (which while very helpful feels incredibly weak when my opponent has a bound spell and 2 casters of his own). I'd gladly sacrafice the casting and ranged attacks for a stronger magic defense. Wardancers and my lord are always my MVPs with the rest of the army feeling more like chump change/fodder then how I want them to feel. I have won most of these games so i recognize the value in these models but I can't help but feel there is an army better suited for my purposes.

I guess to sum up. I'm here to read maybe ask some questions etc. Looking to find a melee heavy army with a lowish model count and good defenses. I should also state I don't really care how I get good defenses or become good at melee if part of the army tactic is using lore of light to lower enemy WS thats totally cool in my book (would actually probably be one of the better ways to approach this since I know i'll need casters to generate dispel dice and dispel scrolls).

Awesome!

I love WHFB, probably more than 40k, lol.

If you like good magic, and want some CC as well, Lizardmen are the way to go. Saurus are tough, can be elite, and they have skirmishers (skinks) Slaan are by far the best mages.

I don't care if I have good magic. I'd just like to prevent my opponent from using good magic and beat his face in in melee.

Warriors of chaos are a good for that sort of thing.Heavily armoured army that are good at CC.Welcome,I would suggest taking this question to the WHFB tactics part of the site so that you may discuss it more in depth.

Hey!

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