Anything I need to know about playing Wood Elves?

[CyberEagle]

Probably gonna start a Sisters of Twilight campaign within the next hour or two, but I'm pretty bad at this game, so I thought I'd ask for advice. I know of the obvious gameplay differences compared to "normal" factions, but is there anything else that could help me?

[Cryten]

Tier 2 archers can fire while moving backwards. Which is a major improvement over tier 1 firing only while still or forwards.

[Erik-Ray]

The Hawks got a nerf recently. The recent change to homing effects has now made the hawk ability only target a single model in a unit instead of spread out. This means they are primarily used only against large targets that don't get knocked around.

[Atomsk]

Hawk Riders have been bugged for months.

[CyberEagle]

Thanks for the replies so far!

[Poltergeist]

You picked the right race to be bad with. Wood Elf army roster is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ solid with very few weaknesses.

[Amphibian Artillery]

Always build one army that is nothing but Zoats

[Many-Named]

Originally posted by Poltergeist:

You picked the right race to be bad with. Wood Elf army roster is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ solid with very few weaknesses.

They're pretty OP, hard to lose with as long as you unify the forest you're GOLD.

[FULLCOMMUNISM]

They are not a hammer and anvil faction. Drop that idea entirely. They skirmish. Come from multiple directions, make the AI split its forces, pick off units individually.

They are hard by TW standards to play as in battle, but VERY fun.

[SpeaksTooFast]

Wood elves have strong armies but trash garrisons outside tree settlements. Plan you expansions and keep in mind that allied territory can still help feed your trees.

I personally enjoyed them more in the last game where you could go full eco-terrorist and return the world to nature but playing nice with at least one neighbor around your tree settlements seems to be the META ATM.

[CrUsHeR]

People already mentioned, the Volley of Kurnous ability doesn't seemt to work properly due to a recent update. Sisters of Twilight rely a lot on this ability with their Hawk Rider doomstacks. So this is not the right time to try their faction.



Assuming you already know how the magical trees and their rituals work - the most important advice is probably this:


> Raze all cities from everyone in your way. You need the gold.

Taking the Hearthland regions is fine, perhaps also the occasional outpost for global recruitment and fast replenish. Everything else needs to be razed, this is the intended primary source of income for Wood Elves.



Also:


> If playing as Talsyn, Argwylon, or Heralds of Ariel:

Upgrade Yn Edri Eternos (Oak of Ages) immediately. Repeat until T5.
This unlocks the confederation missions.

[Isaac]

Use archers and nothing else. Their melee units quite honestly suck

[Zeek]

Originally posted by Isaac:

Use archers and nothing else. Their melee units quite honestly suck

Treekin and treemen are awesome.

[Blondie]

Originally posted by Isaac:

Use archers and nothing else. Their melee units quite honestly suck

No they don't. They can be quite squishy, but they don't suck. The problem with playing melee-orientated with the wood elves is that you'll take more casualties than playing with missile units (where only the front line will usually take damage) and after razing a settlement, you won't get replenished the same turn (unless you're Nestra and Arahan).

Remember, this isn't WH2. The melee buffs for the ai were reduced and it is noticable. Melee armies are fine in WH3, even Wood Elves. Especially Bladesingers do tons of damage in a short time. Combine that with vanguard deployment (Glade Captain skill) and stalk (Glamourweaver skill) and the enemy's army is gone within seconds, even more so with ambushes.

[Pieshaman]

Originally posted by Zeek:

Originally posted by Isaac:

Use archers and nothing else. Their melee units quite honestly suck

Treekin and treemen are awesome.

I played durthu with only forrest creatures for roleplay and it went better than I hoped it would be.

[Zeek]

Originally posted by Pieshaman:

Originally posted by Zeek:

Treekin and treemen are awesome.

I played durthu with only forrest creatures for roleplay and it went better than I hoped it would be.

DURTHU SMASH!