Magic Faction Ranking?

[Caz]

I've really enjoyed VampCounts, but I'd like to branch out to other factions. I really like the focus on magic that VC have to turn the tide of the fights. So I'm curious how the community would rank the factions for magic.

[Zane87]

Lizardmen Slanns and HE ArchMages are among the best there is, no question about that.
DE and Skaven mage units are decent as well. Those 4 share the cake of destructive magic with the 2 Vampire races (Counts and Pirates) imo

[Dienendal]

in my opinion the best mage is Gelt from the empire his spells cost 1 mana late game and can still halflife per cast a high armor unit

[Caz]

Originally posted by Dienendal:

in my opinion the best mage is Gelt from the empire his spells cost 1 mana late game and can still halflife per cast a high armor unit

I'm more looking for factions than individual units.

[Wh♂♂par]

Any race with "Knowledgeable" mage trait. :P

TK could be seen as magic reliant, too. Next to construct reliance.

[Carog the Fat]

Lizaedmen have fun slann mage lords i am having fun and can now recruit lvl 33 slann freshly awaken if any of the die cause star chambers are OP

[Darth Wadewilson]

High elf arch mages and slann are the best generic caster lords in the game.
I would definitely go with high elves though since they have more lores available than slann.

[chaosbringer42]

HE have the best caster lords by far (best skills and they all get flying mounts), along with the best caster heroes.
Lizardmen are almost as good with caster lords, but are a bit weaker with caster heroes.
DE and VC (counts and coast) have solid caster lords and heroes, but dont compare to the HE or lizards.
The skaven have solid casters, but if you are using them like a true caster you have done something wrong in most cases (skaven are oddly unbalanced like that).
The empire has ok casters.
Other factions are far worse, but every faction has at least 1 useful caster type.

This list does NOT include LLs or LHs, because those are all cheaty little buggers.

[Caz]

Originally posted by chaosbringer42:

HE have the best caster lords by far (best skills and they all get flying mounts), along with the best caster heroes.
Lizardmen are almost as good with caster lords, but are a bit weaker with caster heroes.
DE and VC (counts and coast) have solid caster lords and heroes, but dont compare to the HE or lizards.
The skaven have solid casters, but if you are using them like a true caster you have done something wrong in most cases (skaven are oddly unbalanced like that).
The empire has ok casters.
Other factions are far worse, but every faction has at least 1 useful caster type.

This list does NOT include LLs or LHs, because those are all cheaty little buggers.

This is pretty much what I was looking for. And it seems like most everyone is listing HE and Liz as the two top choices with VC and DE in close second.

Thanks peeps! Now I just have to pick DE or HE. I'll do Liz later.

[elkapp]

Not played directly (i don't have the DLC), but i've seen people use life magic with WE with absurd effects.
Also, differently from HE, with WE you can get knowledgeable lords and heroes.

[Inardesco]

HE also gets knowledgeables...

[Kaaz]

Lord Skrolk gets quite beasty spellwise when he has all his items and stuff and had a good selection. Teclis gets obscene but his selection (for me) isnt amazing.

[Imposter]

I thought Khorne and Dwarfs had the best magic?

[Darth Wadewilson]

Knowledgeable is a generic trait. While all high elf characters have high elf traits. So I don't think They have it.

[Gnarl]

Beastmen Bray Shaman play great and really finish up any army comp. my favorite is Lore of Beasts, The Curse of Anraheir is such a catch all that it can be used to help one half of your line push every fight. They do have other great spells too once you get enough winds too.

Wilds magic is surprisingly fun for nuking too.

[yuzhonglu]

Lizardmen are missing some important schools of magic but they make up for it with Lord Kroak.

All of the elven factions are also magic-heavy.