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Cultists

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	** 1) Get all the parrying upgrades, put on a shield, sword, helmet and heavy armour and laugh as your HENCHMAN distracts their CHAMPION for 2 turns AT LEAST by THEMSELVES. Add more for more hilarity (and All Alone checks).		** 1) Get all the parrying upgrades, put on a shield, sword, helmet and heavy armour and laugh as your HENCHMAN distracts their CHAMPION for 2 turns AT LEAST by THEMSELVES. Add more for more hilarity (and All Alone checks).
	** 2) Equip them with a two handed weapon and send them out just hunt down and kill stragglers or set up ambushes, be sure to purchase the skills that compliment their preferred weapon!		** 2) Equip them with a two handed weapon and send them out just hunt down and kill stragglers or set up ambushes, be sure to purchase the skills that compliment their preferred weapon!
	** 3) Equip an axe in one hand and a dagger in the other and just go all 'zerker on your enemies. Remember, they ~~dont~~ give a shit, why should you?		** 3) Equip an axe in one hand and a dagger in the other and just go all 'zerker on your enemies. Remember, they don't give a shit, why should you?
	** 4) Mace and shield and set up ambushes in buildings, specialize for stunning and laugh as your opponent cries about stunning being too OP.		** 4) Mace and shield and set up ambushes in buildings, specialize for stunning and laugh as your opponent cries about stunning being too OP.
	** 5) OR do some unholy combo of any of these.		** 5) OR do some unholy combo of any of these.

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Undead

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	===Undead===		===Undead===
	Vlad Von Carstein presides over the haunted land of Sylvania from a throne of obsidian in Castle Drakenhof, plotting to overthrow the Emperor and tear down the realm of men in what would come to be known as the First Vampire War, his famous assault on the Empire that first made the vampires a threat in the eyes of the common man. To help him raise every dead body from the Averland border to the feet of the World's Edge Mountains in a feat of necromancy not seen since Nagash himself once walked the world, he sent some of his boys to gather green goodies and bring it back to Sylvania for him. Same units as on the tabletop, aside from dogs being replaced with a mini vampire hero. Their impressive is a Crypt Horror. A mechanically unusual faction with many glaring weaknesses but many unique ~~strenghs~~ too.		Vlad Von Carstein presides over the haunted land of Sylvania from a throne of obsidian in Castle Drakenhof, plotting to overthrow the Emperor and tear down the realm of men in what would come to be known as the First Vampire War, his famous assault on the Empire that first made the vampires a threat in the eyes of the common man. To help him raise every dead body from the Averland border to the feet of the World's Edge Mountains in a feat of necromancy not seen since Nagash himself once walked the world, he sent some of his boys to gather green goodies and bring it back to Sylvania for him. Same units as on the tabletop, aside from dogs being replaced with a mini vampire hero. Their impressive is a Crypt Horror. A mechanically unusual faction with many glaring weaknesses but many unique strengths too.

	Pros: Vampire is a combat monster with VERY good stats. Widespread immunity to poison and psychology. Terror and Fear debuffs.		Pros: Vampire is a combat monster with VERY good stats. Widespread immunity to poison and psychology. Terror and Fear debuffs.

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Gameplay

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	The extreme difficulty comes from three things:		The extreme difficulty comes from three things:
	#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.		#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.
	#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend.~~<s>~~ Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so RNG tends to create long winning streaks and long losing ~~streak~~ which dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing)~~</s> Ignore this, RNG will screw you just as much in the game as it wqill in real life. Deal with it~~.		#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend. Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so computer based RNG tends to create unusually long winning streaks and long losing streaks which real life dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing).
	#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).		#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).

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2020-07-18T17:31:48Z

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	The extreme difficulty comes from three things:		The extreme difficulty comes from three things:
	#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.		#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.
	#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend.<s> Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so RNG tends to create long winning streaks and long losing streak which dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing)</s>.		#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend.<s> Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so RNG tends to create long winning streaks and long losing streak which dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing)</s> Ignore this, RNG will screw you just as much in the game as it wqill in real life. Deal with it.
	#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).		#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).

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2020-07-18T17:30:07Z

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	The extreme difficulty comes from three things:		The extreme difficulty comes from three things:
	#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.		#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.
	#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend. Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so RNG tends to create long winning streaks and long losing streak which dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing).		#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend.<s> Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so RNG tends to create long winning streaks and long losing streak which dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing)</s>.
	#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).		#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).

1d4chan>Annoyed Fallen Angel: Took a good look at the two riders and made some corrections.

2020-07-14T19:22:12Z

Took a good look at the two riders and made some corrections.

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	Mordheim itself is a complete mess. The riots must have been interesting because rather than complete swathes of destruction, you have entire buildings reduced only to a charred wooden skeleton while the building next door remains intact (and rather spiffy, being the current nicest house on the block). The streets are covered in paper debris that seemingly came from nowhere, and some homes are almost cozy inside.		Mordheim itself is a complete mess. The riots must have been interesting because rather than complete swathes of destruction, you have entire buildings reduced only to a charred wooden skeleton while the building next door remains intact (and rather spiffy, being the current nicest house on the block). The streets are covered in paper debris that seemingly came from nowhere, and some homes are almost cozy inside.

	Even more telling is the signs of madness everywhere. Carriages that have skinned horses placed on the cab while kneeling corpses of men in bridles are hitched to the front. Fenceposts ~~which have~~ two "knights" ~~made up~~ of ~~corpses~~ dressed up in ~~wooden~~ armor and impaled on a stake, one of which is crowned with a fish, riding a "~~horse~~" made up of multiple pieces of dead animals, ~~which are~~ set ~~on opposite sides holding lances~~ as if ~~jousting~~. Blood everywhere. Random limbs strewn about and hung from banners declaring the city's allegiance to Sigmar or grasping onto masonry and woodwork as if belonging to an otherwise invisible human. Dead men and women with their arms and legs chopped away with a bloody smear indicating they managed to crawl some distance after being rendered a torso before bleeding to death. Bodies hung from windows and roofs, not being clear whether they were strung up before or after death. Some bodies appearing as if they were killed only moments before despite being covered in a layer of undisturbed dust, some bodies stripped to a clean and polished skeleton laying just beside.		Even more telling is the signs of madness everywhere. Carriages that have skinned horses placed on the cab while kneeling corpses of men in bridles are hitched to the front. Fenceposts with two "knights" composed of human body parts dressed up in mismatched armor and impaled on a stake, one of which is crowned with a fish, riding "horses" made up of multiple pieces of corpses and dead animals, both set up as if for a joust, one holding a lance, the other with a warhammer each where his arms should be. Blood everywhere. Random limbs strewn about and hung from banners declaring the city's allegiance to Sigmar or grasping onto masonry and woodwork as if belonging to an otherwise invisible human. Dead men and women with their arms and legs chopped away with a bloody smear indicating they managed to crawl some distance after being rendered a torso before bleeding to death. Bodies hung from windows and roofs, not being clear whether they were strung up before or after death. Some bodies appearing as if they were killed only moments before despite being covered in a layer of undisturbed dust, some bodies stripped to a clean and polished skeleton laying just beside.

	Giant glowing blue maggots crawl on any surface in the city in clusters, seemingly having no interest other than their meandering path. Masses of flesh, spiky bone-like protrusions, eyes, and mouths like lazy [[Gibbering Mouther\|Gibbering Mouthers]] (or more Warhammer-appropriate, flattened [[Chaos Spawn]]) are found almost everywhere with some granting blessings or curses to those who stray too near, others doing... something (playing, eating?) to human corpses they've picked up, some rearranging the entire landscape such as appearing to grow from the bottom of a well with a psuedopod lifting the top of the well in the air and inspecting it while a jet of infected water shoots from below and tickles their soft bits, and some just not giving any fucks what's going on and watching the bipeds with disinterest as they [[Meme\|RIP AND TEAR]] each other to pieces.		Giant glowing blue maggots crawl on any surface in the city in clusters, seemingly having no interest other than their meandering path. Masses of flesh, spiky bone-like protrusions, eyes, and mouths like lazy [[Gibbering Mouther\|Gibbering Mouthers]] (or more Warhammer-appropriate, flattened [[Chaos Spawn]]) are found almost everywhere with some granting blessings or curses to those who stray too near, others doing... something (playing, eating?) to human corpses they've picked up, some rearranging the entire landscape such as appearing to grow from the bottom of a well with a psuedopod lifting the top of the well in the air and inspecting it while a jet of infected water shoots from below and tickles their soft bits, and some just not giving any fucks what's going on and watching the bipeds with disinterest as they [[Meme\|RIP AND TEAR]] each other to pieces.

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	A story mode exists in the game, although it's fairly bare-bones and just gives you the basics of who your faction basically is. During those, you can get access to a "Dramatic Personae" which is a named hero character. Players of Mordheim will recognize favorites like [[Bertha Bestraufrung]] when they get access to these special characters (who unless you REALLY fuck up can almost solo most maps by themselves).		A story mode exists in the game, although it's fairly bare-bones and just gives you the basics of who your faction basically is. During those, you can get access to a "Dramatic Personae" which is a named hero character. Players of Mordheim will recognize favorites like [[Bertha Bestraufrung]] when they get access to these special characters (who unless you REALLY fuck up can almost solo most maps by themselves).

	Unfortunately, the game is notorious for one feature that makes it a niche game instead of one of /tg/'s recommended. Difficulty. Now while /tg/ is no stranger to hard games (in fact /tg/ loves ballbusting hard games) there is a difference between hard and broken, and Mordheim: City of the Damned is just plain broken. To give you an idea of how unforgivingly hard it is the only way to reliably win constantly, even in basic matches, is to straight up break the AI. How did the developers respond to claims that the game was simply too hard? ~~"Git Gud, scrub~~." No, really, not making this up.		Unfortunately, the game is notorious for one feature that makes it a niche game instead of one of /tg/'s recommended. Difficulty. Now while /tg/ is no stranger to hard games (in fact /tg/ loves ballbusting hard games) there is a difference between hard and broken, and Mordheim: City of the Damned is just plain broken. To give you an idea of how unforgivingly hard it is the only way to reliably win constantly, even in basic matches, is to straight up break the AI. How did the developers respond to claims that the game was simply too hard? Tell players to exploit the AI as much as possible by putting yourself into doorways to break the AI's pathfinding. No, really, not making this up.

	The extreme difficulty comes from three things:		The extreme difficulty comes from three things:
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	Although you can do mitigate a lot of the losses by following the these methods:		Although you can mitigate a lot of the losses by following the these methods:
	#Don't take missions with scattered random deployment on both sides as you can easily find a model getting lynched by being placed on their own next to their enemies hardest hitters.		#Don't take missions with scattered random deployment on both sides as you can easily find a model getting lynched by being placed on their own next to their enemies hardest hitters.
	#Respect the difficulty, Normal is fine, hard is doable, Brutal you will probably get someone taken out, Deadly some of your team will be down.		#Respect the difficulty, Normal is fine, hard is doable, Brutal you will probably get someone taken out, Deadly some of your team will be down.

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	The extreme difficulty comes from three things:		The extreme difficulty comes from three things:
	#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid, wounds untreated, and recruitment brought to a halt.		#Slow source of income. The way to make money in the game is through Warpstone (or Wyrdstone, whatever) deliveries. This gives a delay of five days before you get any rewards from your looting, so if you need to sell Warpstone right now due to an emergency you need to wait to get your money. That's days of your warband going unpaid (which increases for each payday missed), wounds untreated (every three day your untreated wounded have a chance to die), and recruitment brought to a halt.
	#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend. Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so computer based RNG tends to create unusually long winning streaks and long losing streaks which real life dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing).		#No brakes on the RNG. Any player can tell you that the dice can curse you as well was bless you, but dice tend to average out over a trend. Unfortunately computers can't replicate true randomness so computer based RNG tends to create unusually long winning streaks and long losing streaks which real life dice do not have, being truly random. Most games get around this by having an algorithm watch the dice so it can force the game to roll high if the player gets too many bad rolls but Mordheim doesn't have this, so have fun watching your gutter runner fail to climb a wall four times in a row (and yes, this is a real thing).
	#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do).		#Your rules are not the AI's rules. You can lose expensive heroes instantly in battle or get devastating injuries forcing you to retire a high level henchman, which encourages you to abandon an expedition if things are going badly. But the AI warband is randomly generated for that match, then deleted once the battle is over, so they suffer no consequences for dangerous play. Meaning that the AI's strategy is to be aggressive always and forever; they don't have to worry about losses after all. The AI will never concede defeat, abandon a risky situation, or even just give up, which makes your warband grind down to nothing if you play legitimately (which most new players do). Also, the AI get pretty huge bonuses to compensate their general stupidity. have fun tryign to land a two-handed weapon swing on a slippery Skaven!

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	Cons: Kinda lackluster all-round stats. Being versatile means not quite excelling in any regard. The Ogre is stronk but really slow on the move. Not a lot of flash compared to the other warbands.		Cons: Kinda lackluster all-round stats. Being versatile means not quite excelling in any regard. The Ogre is stronk but really slow on the move. Not a lot of flash compared to the other warbands.

	* '''Warrior''': Just your garden variety Imperial grunt, men like him are a dime a dozen in the Empire and they die against all kinds of supernatural adversity every day. Starts out with a mace and a hammer (though you'll want to swap that out ASAP) and you'll probably want to fill two or even all three of your initial henchmen slots with these guys.		* '''Warrior''': Just your garden variety Imperial grunt, men like him are a dime a dozen in the Empire and they die against all kinds of supernatural adversity every day. Starts out with a mace and a hammer (though you'll want to swap that out ASAP) and you'll probably want to fill two or even all three of your initial henchmen slots with these guys. Don't get too attached to them, they're your frontline.

	* '''Marksman''': These are your ranged henchmen. They can take all manner of bows, crossbows and firearms for ranged support, and they can be passable in melee too if you spec them right. Keep in mind they suffer the same issues as snipers in XCOM - they'll need a lot of close babysitting before they come into their own. Don't take more than one at the start and keep him out of harm's way, preferably by the Captain. If you can level one up and give him a long rifle, you're golden.		* '''Marksman''': These are your ranged henchmen. They can take all manner of bows, crossbows and firearms for ranged support, and they can be passable in melee too if you spec them right. Keep in mind they suffer the same issues as snipers in XCOM - they'll need a lot of close babysitting before they come into their own. Don't take more than one at the start and keep him out of harm's way, preferably by the Captain. If you can level one up and give him a long rifle, you're golden.

	* '''Youngblood''': The first of three hero units, available right from the get-go. If you take him as a scout, be careful because he bruises easily. You may want to have him as a backup for your one Marksman.		* '''Youngblood''': The first of three hero units, available right from the get-go. If you take him as a scout, be careful because he bruises easily. You may want to have him as a backup for your one Marksman. He can also be built to be a good melee fighter and start with a halberd, so not bad as part of your primary fighting line either.

	* '''Warlock''': Your magic hero, who you unlock second. You know what I said about snipers in XCOM earlier? This guy is even worse for it. He's so fragile he's practically made of fine china, and his starting spell sucks. Help him out by giving him a bow, so he can get a few kills here an there, rack up experience and unlock his better ones. If you can't be arsed with levelling one up, just save for a Hired Sword. On to the spells: The lightning strike spell is by far his best one, so make sure you master it first. Armour of Lead is great against those annoying Skaven to stop them running around and making sure they stand still and take their hits like good little rats. Beyond that, your choice of Fireball or Curse of Rust; both are situationally useful, perhaps the latter if you plan on taking Marksmen (because the synergy is good) and the former if you don't. Dispel is not a big deal unless you plan on doing a lot of PVP against Sisters players. Dread of Aramar is a trap, it looks good from the description but it affects your own guys, it requires you to be in touching distance and it's situational, just stay away.		* '''Warlock''': Your magic hero, who you unlock second. You know what I said about snipers in XCOM earlier? This guy is even worse for it. He's so fragile he's practically made of fine china, and his starting spell sucks. Help him out by giving him a bow, so he can get a few kills here an there, rack up experience and unlock his better ones. If you can't be arsed with levelling one up, just save for a Hired Sword. On to the spells: The lightning strike spell is by far his best one, so make sure you master it first. Armour of Lead is great against those annoying Skaven to stop them running around and making sure they stand still and take their hits like good little rats. Beyond that, your choice of Fireball or Curse of Rust; both are situationally useful, perhaps the latter if you plan on taking Marksmen (because the synergy is good) and the former if you don't. Dispel is not a big deal unless you plan on doing a lot of PVP against Sisters players. Dread of Aramar is a trap, it looks good from the description but it affects your own guys, it requires you to be in touching distance and it's situational, just stay away.
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	* '''Champion''': Your third and final hero. He's just a particularly big and beefy Warrior. He makes for a great melee resist tank, because his resistance goes up every time he lands a hit on an enemy. He has decent leadership too, so with a pendant you can throw him into a multi-melee without many problems later on.		* '''Champion''': Your third and final hero. He's just a particularly big and beefy Warrior. He makes for a great melee resist tank, because his resistance goes up every time he lands a hit on an enemy. He has decent leadership too, so with a pendant you can throw him into a multi-melee without many problems later on.

	* '''Captain''': Your "gets shit done" leader unit from the start. Best to deck him out with a shield and some heavy armour and some appropriate skills like Web of Steel and Shield Specialist and make him as tanky as possible (if you do that watch out for Possessed and Chaos Spawn, things that can punch through his parry), though you can also do something crazy like making him a pistol-toting hardass or something because he's so versatile. Really, let your imagination run wild.		* '''Captain''': Your "gets shit done" leader unit from the start. Best to deck him out with a shield (he starts with one when recruited) and some heavy armour and some appropriate skills like Web of Steel and Shield Specialist and make him as tanky as possible (if you do that watch out for Possessed and Chaos Spawn, things that can punch through his parry), though you can also do something crazy like making him a pistol-toting hardass or something because he's so versatile. Really, let your imagination run wild.

	* '''Ogre Mercenary''': Wayhey, your big guy! This guy is [[awesome]]. Slow as molasses, but fuck he can be hard to kill because you can kit him out in light armour and helmet. You can also give him a sword too, which lets him parry with Web of Steel.		* '''Ogre Mercenary''': Wayhey, your big guy! This guy is [[awesome]]. Slow as molasses, but fuck he can be hard to kill because you can kit him out in light armour and helmet. You can also give him a sword too, which lets him parry with Web of Steel.