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hey all I'm a long time 40k player that has recently decided to pick up a warhammer Fantasy army and I was wondering if the Wood elves are good or bad or average lol
Any help would be appreciated

Wolf

Quick over view of the situation.

Most armies in fantasy can be cempetitive, 2 have a really hard time 1 being WE the other is bretonnians.

Not saying you can't win but the lists are usually all the same build for tourney play or games in general lots of treekin and ya.

Think of them as sort of the dark eldar of fantasy (before the new codex) not unplayable but not something you can just mess around with and as a new player this can and will be a brutal lesson to learn right at the begging.

If you want elves I suggest HE or DE cool stuff in both armies bot can be competitive they have more options just a little easier to get into.

thanks man, thats really what i figured. I kinda felt (not knowing much about fantasy) that they would be bad lol.
what are you opinions on the Ogre kingdoms?

Bwolf999 wrote:thanks man, thats really what i figured. I kinda felt (not knowing much about fantasy) that they would be bad lol.
what are you opinions on the Ogre kingdoms?

Ogre Kingdoms get a new book in a month, and are ok right now.
The problem with Ogres is that the basic ogre isn't good enough for his points, which leads to very few options that work well.

-Matt

I second what Matt said I suggest getting ogres now if you are into them since with a new nook it most likely means more expensive models.

What do you guys suggest I buy to start up the army?

If your interested in ogres get some bulls and iron guts they are guaranteed to go up in price.

I second that possibly lead belchers since I think they will most likely make them better.
But yes bulls and iron guts fo sho.

if your gonna go with wood elves, than triple treeman and a large block of treekin are a way to go

if your looking at ogres i would wait for the full release. but irongutz and bulls are always going to be in use.

I'm a wood elf player and in all of my PC RTS games hit en Run is my game which is what the Wood Elves do, when it comes down to Tactics think Wood Elves as Tau Empire, they don't like getting into close combat so nail them before they Nail you

I disagree on the wood elf tactics. I prefer to hit my opponent hard and fast. My average game is 2500 pts so i will get 2 Treemen ancients, 2 treemen, 50% of my army in treeekin units (6), and as many dyrads as i can fit. You just try to catch enemy units in the forest with your dyrads and you make them flee with the treekin. Basic strategy here. If you make any major mistake you will lose.

you cannot have 2 treeman ancients at 2500, your over on lord points. i really think you need life magic in the list to get lifebloom going plus flesh to stone and regrowth.