Tactics Compendium

This is the Tactics Compendium by Tuomas Pirinen aka Longsword. Comments about the article itself should go to Tuomas.

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Warhammer Fantasy Tactics

1.0 General 1
- 1.1 Author 1
- 1.2 Copyright 1
- 1.3 Editor 1
- 1.4 Version 1
- 1.5 Warning 1
2.0 Building Armies - The Strategic Approach 2
- 2.1 Checklist 2
- 2.2 Know thy Enemy 2
  - 2.2.1 Bretonnia 3
  - 2.2.2 Chaos 3
  - 2.2.3 Chaos Dwarfs 3
  - 2.2.4 Dark Elves 4
  - 2.2.5 Dwarfs 4
  - 2.2.6 Empire 5
  - 2.2.7 High Elves 5
  - 2.2.8 Orcs and Goblins 6
  - 2.2.9 Skaven 6
  - 2.2.10 Undead 7
  - 2.2.11 Wood Elves 7
- 2.3 Know thy Own Troops 8
- 2.4 Choosing the Overall Strategy and Specific Tactics 8
  - 2.4.1 Offensive 8
  - 2.4.2 Defensive 9
  - 2.4.3 Split Strategies 11
  - 2.4.4 Unorthodox Methods 11
- 2.5 Mustering the Troops 13
  - 2.5.1 General 13
  - 2.5.2 Heroes 14
  - 2.5.3 Champions 14
  - 2.5.4 Wizards 14
  - 2.5.5 Special Force Characters 14
  - 2.5.6 Choosing the Units 15
- 2.6 The Roles of the Units 15
  - 2.6.1 Main Block 15
  - 2.6.2 Assault Troops 17
  - 2.6.3 Traps 17
  - 2.6.4 Support Troops 17
- 2.7 Deploying 19
3.0 What Are Your Orders, Sire? 19
- 3.1 General Comments 20
  - 3.1.1 Decisiveness 20
  - 3.1.2 Efficiency 21
- 3.2 Cavalry Units 21
  - 3.2.1 Line Breaker 21
  - 3.2.2 Harassers 22
  - 3.2.3 Steamroller 23
  - 3.2.4 Wasps 23
- 3.3 Infantry Units 24
  - 3.3.1 Steel Wall 24
  - 3.3.2 Crusher 25
  - 3.3.3 Steel Fangs 26
  - 3.3.4 Strike Force 28
- 3.4 Flying Troops 28
  - 3.4.1 Lightning Assault 28
  - 3.4.2 Death from Above 29
- 3.5 War Machines 29
  - 3.5.1 Hit the Weak 30
  - 3.5.2 Wonder Weapons 30
  - 3.5.3 Herders 30
  - 3.5.4 Mass Destruction 31
  - 3.5.5 Rolling Death 31
- 3.6 Special Units 32
  - 3.6.1 The Bait 32
  - 3.6.2 The Trap 32
  - 3.6.3 The Hit Men 33
- 3.7 How to Make it Work 33
  - 3.7.1 Improvising 33
  - 3.7.2 Supporting Units with Each Other 34
4.0 Characters Must Die! 34
- 4.1 Hit Them 34
- 4.2 Zap Them 35
- 4.3 Shoot Them 36
- 4.4 Eat Them 37
- 4.5 Trick Them 38
- 4.6 Rout Them 38
- 4.7 Stop Them 39
- 4.8 Ka-Boom! 39
5.0 Chaos Dwarf Tactics 39
- 5.1 Chaos Dwarf Beastiary 40
  - 5.1.1 Chaos Dwarfs 40
  - 5.1.2 Bull Centaurs 40
  - 5.1.3 Greenskins 40
- 5.2 Characters 41
  - 5.2.1 Lord 41
  - 5.2.2 Battle Standard 41
  - 5.2.3 Sorcerers 41
- 5.3 Units 41
  - 5.3.1 Chaos Dwarf Warriors 41
  - 5.3.2 Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses 42
  - 5.3.3 Bull Centaurs 42
  - 5.3.4 Hobgoblin Warriors 42
  - 5.3.5 Hobgoblin Wolf Riders 43
  - 5.3.6 Hobgoblin Archers 43
  - 5.3.7 Sneaky Gits 43
  - 5.3.8 Black Orcs 44
  - 5.3.9 Orcs 44
  - 5.3.10 Goblins 44
- 5.4 War Machines 45
  - 5.4.1 Earthshaker Cannon 45
  - 5.4.2 Deathrocket 45
  - 5.4.3 Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower 45
- 5.5 Special Characters 45
  - 5.5.1 Zhatan the Black 45
  - 5.5.2 Gorduz Backstabber 45
  - 5.5.3 Astragoth the Sorcerer Lord 46
- 5.6 Monsters 46
- 5.7 Magic Items 46
- 5.8 Tactics 46
  - 5.8.1 The Hammer of Hashut 47
  - 5.8.2 The Lava and the Steel 47
  - 5.8.3 The Flames of Hashut 47
6.0 Dark Elf Battle Tactics 48
- 6.1 The Evil Ones: Dark Elves in General 48
- 6.2 The Lords of Tyranny: Characters 48
  - 6.2.1 Dark Elf General 48
  - 6.2.2 Dark Elf Battle Standard 49
  - 6.2.3 Dark Elf Heroes 49
  - 6.2.4 Dark Elf Champion 49
  - 6.2.5 Witch Elf Characters 49
  - 6.2.6 Sorcerers 50
  - 6.2.7 Assassins 50
- 6.3 The Dark Horde of Naggaroth: Regiments 50
  - 6.3.1 Cold One Knights 50
  - 6.3.2 Dark Riders 51
  - 6.3.3 Executioners 52
  - 6.3.4 Black Guard of Naggaroth 52
  - 6.3.5 Dark Elf Crossbowmen 53
  - 6.3.6 Dark Elf Warriors 53
  - 6.3.7 Dark Elf City Guard 53
  - 6.3.8 Witch Elves 54
  - 6.3.9 Dark Elf Scouts 54
  - 6.3.10 Black Ark Corsairs 55
  - 6.3.11 Dark Elf Spearmen 56
  - 6.3.12 Harpies 56
- 6.4 The Machineries Of Destruction: War Machines 56
  - 6.4.1 The Cauldron of Blood 56
  - 6.4.2 Repeater Bolt Thrower 57
- 6.5 The Beasts of Naggarond: The Monsters 57
- 6.6 The Misguided Fools: The Allies 58
- 6.7 The High Echelon: Special Characters 58
  - 6.7.1 The Witch King of Naggaroth 58
  - 6.7.2 Beastlord Rakhart 58
  - 6.7.3 Morathi, The Hag Sorceress 59
  - 6.7.4 Kouran, Captain of the Black Guard 59
  - 6.7.5 Crone Hellebron, The Hag Queen 59
  - 6.7.6 Tullaris of Har Ganeth 59
  - 6.7.7 Shadowblade, The Master of Assassins 60
- 6.8 Tactics 60
  - 6.8.1 The Poisoned Blade 61
  - 6.8.2 The Death Night 61
  - 6.8.3 The Bloodied Bastion 61
7.0 Dwarf Tactics 62
- 7.1 Dwarfs in General 62
- 7.2 Characters 63
  - 7.2.1 Lord 63
  - 7.2.2 Battle Standard Bearer 63
  - 7.2.3 Runesmiths 63
  - 7.2.4 Slayer Characters 64
- 7.3 Units 64
  - 7.3.1 Long Beards 64
  - 7.3.2 Hammerers 65
  - 7.3.3 Iron Breakers 65
  - 7.3.4 Dwarf Warriors 65
  - 7.3.5 Dwarf Crossbowmen 66
  - 7.3.6 Thunderers 66
  - 7.3.7 Miners 67
  - 7.3.8 Troll Slayers 67
- 7.4 War Machines 68
  - 7.4.1 Stone Throwers 68
  - 7.4.2 Gyrocopters 68
  - 7.4.3 Cannons 68
  - 7.4.4 Organ Guns 69
  - 7.4.5 Bolt Throwers 69
  - 7.4.6 Flame Cannon 69
- 7.5 Magic Items 70
- 7.6 Runes 70
- 7.7 Special Characters 72
  - 7.7.1 King Kazador 72
  - 7.7.2 Ungrim Ironfist 72
  - 7.7.3 High King Thorgrim 72
  - 7.7.4 Gotrek and Felix 72
  - 7.7.5 Kragg the Grimm 73
  - 7.7.6 Josef Bugman 73
  - 7.7.7 Burlok Damminson 73
- 7.8 Tactics 73
  - 7.8.1 Thunder in the Mountains 74
  - 7.8.2 The Hammer of Wrath 74
8.0 Empire Army: A Tactical Study 74
- 8.1 Humans in General 75
- 8.2 Characters 75
  - 8.2.1 Lord, Hero, Champion 75
  - 8.2.2 Wizards 75
- 8.3 Units 76
  - 8.3.1 Knights of the White Wolf 76
  - 8.3.2 Knights Panther, Reiksguard Knights, and Blazing Suns
  - 8.3.3 Pistoliers 76
  - 8.3.4 Outriders 77
  - 8.3.5 Halberders 77
  - 8.3.6 Reiksguard Foot 77
  - 8.3.7 Spearmen 78
  - 8.3.8 Greatswords 78
  - 8.3.9 Swordsmen 79
  - 8.3.10 Hand Gunners 79
  - 8.3.11 Archers 79
  - 8.3.12 Crossbowmen 79
  - 8.3.13 Kislev Winged Lancers 80
  - 8.3.14 Kislev Horse Archers 80
  - 8.3.15 Flagellants 81
  - 8.3.16 Dwarfs 81
  - 8.3.17 Halflings 81
  - 8.3.18 Ogres 82
- 8.4 War Machines 82
  - 8.4.1 Mortars 83
  - 8.4.2 Great Cannons 83
  - 8.4.3 Steam Tanks 83
  - 8.4.4 War Wagons 84
  - 8.4.5 Hellblaster Volley Guns 84
  - 8.4.6 Halfling Hot Pot 84
- 8.5 Special Characters 85
  - 8.5.1 The Emperor Karl Franz 85
  - 8.5.2 Magnus the Pious 85
  - 8.5.3 Ludwig Swarzhelm 85
  - 8.5.4 Grand Theogonist Volkmar 86
  - 8.5.5 The Supreme Patriarch 86
  - 8.5.6 Kurt Helborg 87
  - 8.5.7 Elector Counts 87
  - 8.5.8 Boris Todbringer 87
  - 8.5.9 Aldebrand Ludenhof 88
  - 8.5.10 Valmir Von Raukov 88
  - 8.5.11 Marius Letdorf 88
  - 8.5.12 Tzarina Katarin 88
- 8.6 Tactics 89
  - 8.6.1 Charge 89
  - 8.6.2 Defensive Line with Reserve 89
  - 8.6.3 Hammer and the Anvil 90
9.0 High Elf Tactics 90
- 9.1 Elves in General 90
- 9.2 Characters 90
  - 9.2.1 General, Hero, Champion, and Lord 91
  - 9.2.2 Battle Standard Bearer 91
  - 9.2.3 Wizards 91
- 9.3 Units 91
  - 9.3.1 Silver Helms 91
  - 9.3.2 Dragon Princes of Caledor 92
  - 9.3.3 Reaver Knights 92
  - 9.3.4 Lothern Sea Guard 93
  - 9.3.5 Elf Warriors 93
  - 9.3.6 Shadow Warriors 94
  - 9.3.7 White Lions of Chrace 94
  - 9.3.8 Sword Masters of Hoeth 95
  - 9.3.9 Phoenix Guard 95
  - 9.3.10 High Elf Spearmen 96
  - 9.3.11 High Elf Archers 96
  - 9.3.12 Tiranoc Charioteers 97
- 9.4 War Machine 97
  - 9.4.1 Repeater Bolt Thrower 97
- 9.5 Special Characters 98
  - 9.5.1 Tyrion 98
  - 9.5.2 Teclis 98
  - 9.5.3 Eltharion 99
  - 9.5.4 Imrik the Lord of Dragons 99
- 9.6 Monsters 99
- 9.7 Allies 100
- 9.8 Magic Items 100
- 9.9 Tactics 100
  - 9.9.1 The Arch of the Heavens 101
  - 9.9.2 The Starblade Ram 101
10.0 Orcs and Goblins: Dem Taktikal Fings 103
- 10.1 Dem Bosses: Green Skin Characters 104
  - 10.1.1 Black Orcs 104
  - 10.1.2 Savage Orcs 104
  - 10.1.3 Orcs 104
  - 10.1.4 Goblins 104
  - 10.1.5 Battle Standard 105
- 10.2 Shamans 105
  - 10.2.1 Orc Shamans 105
  - 10.2.2 Savage Orc Shamans 105
  - 10.2.3 Forest Goblin Shamans 105
  - 10.2.4 Night Goblin Shamans 106
- 10.3 Dem Boyz: Green Skin Regiments 106
  - 10.3.1 Savage Orc Boar Boyz 106
  - 10.3.2 Orc Boar Boyz 106
  - 10.3.3 Goblin Wolf Riders 107
  - 10.3.4 Forest Goblin Spider Riders 107
  - 10.3.5 Big `Uns 107
  - 10.3.6 Orc Boyz 108
  - 10.3.7 Orc Arrer Boyz 108
  - 10.3.8 Black Orcs 108
  - 10.3.9 Savage Orcs 109
  - 10.3.10 Goblins 109
  - 10.3.11 Forest Goblins 109
  - 10.3.12 Night Goblins 110
  - 10.3.13 Squig Hunters 110
  - 10.3.14 Netters 111
  - 10.3.15 Night Goblin Fanatics 111
  - 10.3.16 Squig Hoppers 112
  - 10.3.17 Giants 112
  - 10.3.18 Ogres 113
  - 10.3.19 Trolls 113
  - 10.3.20 Snotlings 113
- 10.4 Dem Big Gunz: War Machines 114
  - 10.4.1 Rock Lobbers 114
  - 10.4.2 Bolt Throwers 114
  - 10.4.3 Snotling Pump Wagons 114
  - 10.4.4 Doom Diver Catapults 115
  - 10.4.5 Orc Boar Chariots 115
  - 10.4.6 Goblin Wolf Chariots 115
- 10.5 Dem Beastiez: Monsters 116
- 10.6 Dem Big Boyz: Special Characters 116
  - 10.6.1 Azhag the Slaughterer 116
  - 10.6.2 Gorfang Rotgut 117
  - 10.6.3 Grom the Paunch of the Misty Mountain 117
  - 10.6.4 Gorbad Ironclaw 117
  - 10.6.5 Morglum Necksnapper 117
  - 10.6.6 Oglok the `Orrible 117
  - 10.6.7 Skarsnik, Warlord of the Eight Peaks 118
- 10.7 Dem Magikal Thingies: Magic Items 118
- 10.8 Dem Otherz: Allies 118
- 10.9 Da Trouble: Problems with the Orc and Goblin Army 119
- 10.10 Dead Sneaky and Dead Shooty: Tactics 119
  - 10.10.1 `Ere We Go! `Ere We Go! `Ere We Go! 120
  - 10.10.2 'Old on Ladz 120
  - 10.10.3 Waaaagggghhhh!!!! 121
11.0 Skaven Army List - A Tactical Study 121
- 11.1 Skaven in General 122
- 11.2 Characters 122
  - 11.2.1 Skaven Warlord, Chieftains, Champions 122
  - 11.2.2 Plague Priests 122
  - 11.2.3 Vermin Lords 123
  - 11.2.4 Skaven Warlocks 123
  - 11.2.5 Grey Seers 123
- 11.3 Regiments 124
  - 11.3.1 Stormvermin 124
  - 11.3.2 Clanrat Warriors 124
  - 11.3.3 Gutter Runners 125
  - 11.3.4 Assassins 125
  - 11.3.5 Skavenslaves 126
  - 11.3.6 Plague Censer Bearers 126
  - 11.3.7 Plague Monks 126
  - 11.3.8 Packmasters and Rat Ogres 127
  - 11.3.9 Packmasters and Giant Rats 127
  - 11.3.10 Poison Wind Globadiers 128
- 11.4 War Machines 128
  - 11.4.1 Warpfire Throwers 128
  - 11.4.2 Doomwheel 128
  - 11.4.3 Jezzail Teams 129
  - 11.4.4 Screaming Bell 129
- 11.5 Monsters 129
- 11.6 Special Characters 130
  - 11.6.1 Grey Seer Thanquol 130
  - 11.6.2 Lord Skrolk 130
  - 11.6.3 Ikit Claw 130
  - 11.6.4 Throt the Unclean 131
  - 11.6.5 Deathmaster Snikch 131
  - 11.6.6 Queek the Head-Taker 131
- 11.7 Magic Items 131
- 11.8 Tactics 132
  - 11.8.1 The Chittering Horde 132
  - 11.8.2 Fury of the Horned Rat 132
  - 11.8.3 The Claws of Decay 133
  - 11.8.4 The Flames of the Under-Empire 133
12.0 Against Chaos 134
- 12.1 The Threat of Chaos 134
- 12.2 The Cracks in the Chaos Armor 134
- 12.3 Dangers of Chaos 135
- 12.4 Tactics 136
- 12.5 Troops 139
- 12.6 Missile Troops 139
- 12.7 Artillery 139
- 12.8 Chariots 140
- 12.9 Magic Items 140
  - 12.9.1 Black Gem of Gnar 140
  - 12.9.2 Black Amulet 140
  - 12.9.3 Van Horstmann's Speculum 140
  - 12.9.4 Amulet of Ravensdark 141
  - 12.9.5 Master Rune of Spite 141
  - 12.9.6 Master Rune of Dismay 141
  - 12.9.7 Ring of Corin 141
  - 12.9.8 Crown of Command 141
  - 12.9.9 Sky Arrow of Naloer 142
  - 12.9.10 Sword of Heroes 142
  - 12.9.11 Armor 142
- 12.10 Combinations 142
  - 12.10.1 Black Amulet and Master Rune of Spite 142
  - 12.10.2 Black Amulet and Golden Helm of Atrazar 142
  - 12.10.3 Rune of Breaking and Master Rune of Flight 142
  - 12.10.4 Banner of Defiance and Battle Banner 143
- 12.11 The Foes of Chaos 143
  - 12.11.1 The Assassin 143
  - 12.11.2 Burlok Damminson 143
  - 12.11.3 Cockatrices 144
  - 12.11.4 Wraiths 144
  - 12.11.5 The Challenger 144
  - 12.11.6 Flight of the Manticores 144
- 12.12 One on One 145
  - 12.12.1 Dragon Ogres 145
  - 12.12.2 Trolls 145
  - 12.12.3 Centaurs 145
  - 12.12.4 Chaos Knights 146
  - 12.12.5 Chaos Warriors 146
  - 12.12.6 Chaos Chariots 146
  - 12.12.7 Beastmen 146
  - 12.12.8 Harpies 147
  - 12.12.9 Chaos Hounds 147
  - 12.12.10 Daemons 147
  - 12.12.11 Bloodletters 147
  - 12.12.12 Fleshhounds 148
  - 12.12.13 Bloodthirsters 148
  - 12.12.14 Daemonettes 148
  - 12.12.15 Fiends 148
  - 12.12.16 Keepers of Secrets 148
  - 12.12.17 Plaguebearers 148
  - 12.12.18 Beasts of Nurgle 149
  - 12.12.19 Nurglings 149
  - 12.12.20 Great Unclean Ones 149
  - 12.12.21 Flamers of Tzeentch 149
  - 12.12.22 Pink Horrors 149
  - 12.12.23 Lords of Change 150

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