Beards, axes, beer, attitude. You know the score. Warhammer wouldn’t be Warhammer without Dwarfs (as much as it pains my green heart to write that!). They are a quintessential part of the game.
This is the army you have to confront, but in a considered way. They have the firepower to hurt you if you try to outshoot them. They are naturally magic resistant – even more so if they take a Runesmith, let alone an Anvil of Power. But you can’t just charge at them blindly. Even their basic troops have toughness 4 and excellent armour. Even their ranged troops are well armored. If you’re going to charge at the Dwarfs you either want to have really weakened the unit first, or have some seriously good anti-armour buffs on your own unit. And then we come to their elite units grumble… better get some more Fanatics for those shiny stunty Gits…
What the Dwarfs don’t have is cavalry. Got a gyrocopter, and miners popping out behind the enemy, but no horses. You’re slow. Deal with it – no angry badgers. This isn’t Kings of War kids – not every army has a counter to its normal weakness.
But you have access to more reliable guns than anyone else so suck it up princess (rarely do you get to call Dwarfs princesses so I’m doing this while I can!).
The big thing to remember is just that – memory – Dwarfs are one of the oldest races. They’ve had clashes with Elves for millennia. They have ancestral grudges against greenskins going back since the White Dwarf first decided to grow his beard. They’ve been fighting off Skaven since the rats first decided to supplement cheese with the flesh of bipedals. Their society is OLD – and everyone has failed them. If you’re going to play Dwarfs play with a bad attitude and a long memory.
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