Warhammer Races By Playstyle

Warhammer Races By Playstyle

Based upon a list by Reddit User sobrique.

Artillery Focus

• The Empire
• Dwarfs
• Skaven
• Vampire Coast

Cavalry Focus

• Brettonia
• The Empire (depending on playthrough.)
• High Elves (depending on playthrough.)

Ranged Focus

• Dark Elves
• High Elves
• Wood Elves
• Dwarfs
• The Empire
• Vampire Coast
• Skaven (Ratlings/Jezzzails with The Prophet & The Warlock DLC)

Melee Focus

• Vampire Counts
• Lizardmen
• Norsca
• Greenskins
• Beastmen
• Chaos Warriors
• Dark Elves (in certain playstyles)
• High Elves (in certain playstyles)

Elite Units

Low model count, but with high individual stats

• Dark Elves
• High Elves
• Lizardmen
• Dwarfs
• Chaos Warriors

Swarmy

High model count, but with low individual stats.

• Skaven
• Vampire Counts
• Vampire Coast

Air power

• Brettonia
• High Elves
• Lizardmen (with Tiktaq’to FreeLC)
• Dwarfs (ish - a gyrocopter army is marginally viable, but great as reinforcements)

Horde

• Chaos Warriors
• Beastmen

Horde (ish)

• Wood Elves (they can only settle a few spots, and everywhere else is an outpost)
• Norsca (Limited settlement, with focus on razing stuff)
• Vampirates (Fleets function similarly to hordes, and they can 'cove' to support them. But they can also settle territory)

Magic focus

Magic is a more important aspect of playing the Race than typical.

• Vampire Counts
• Vampire Coast