Total War: WARHAMMER III Elite Thane Army (WIP)

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The information is derived from countless heroic victories with near impossible odds since WH1. This is probably the only guide that have successfully incorporated and utilized multiple Thanes!

The Thane focuses on three core objectives to guarantee a victory:

Equipping the best equipment and selecting the correct skills.

Maximizing inflicted damage on battlefield with unique maneuvering and fighting formations.

Healing between fights and knowing when to rest for optimal healthcare management.

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Introduction

The Dwarves bypass equipment scarcity with their own unique forge and are able to fully equip all characters. Normal restrictions are usually posed by random chance drops from battles and quests. The unique oathgold currency allows endless customization of equipment that are the most ideal to use.

Such benefits allow full customization of equipment and also creating more useful items through WH3's new fusing system. Additionally, the runes further enhance the characters by improving their defensive and/or offensive potency.

Why Do The Little Things Matter?

Thanes are the unsung powerhouse units that can hit and take as much punishment as a legendary lord! The evidence is subtle because their final esoteric stats are hidden in the skills and equipment.

Skills

Thanes are shielded with a very high starting base armor and decent melee defense.A significant portion of their skills are useful and compatible with their ultimate purpose. their combat and and survivability instead of just leadership and charging.

At Rank Level:

2. Blade Master

3-5. Full Plate Armor

6. Hard to Hit

7. Foe-Seeker

8-10. Scarred Veteran

11. Wound-Maker

12. Deadly Onslaught

13? Ironbeard (When Ironbreakers are in the army)

14-23. Maximize remaining skills to level 3 and invest points in more melee attack and defense

24. Rune of Grimnir

25-27. Relentless (Improves charging and hunting down stragglers)

28-33. Devastating Charge & Resolute

34-36. Indomitable

37-39. Training (can be selected earlier after Rune of Grimnir)

40+. Misc Skills

Optimal Equipment Fusing

The new WH3 equipment fusing system allows combination of same type up till rare quality. From then on, it is fusing rares to roll for another random rare item. Dwarves are able to obtain very early rare items by crafting several common items to be fused.

Item Quality Oathgold Cost Common 30 Uncommon 60 Rare 120

The most useful items are not always rare quality and can vary with its benefits.

The healing potion is useful despite being an one-time use during battle.

The most important attributes to look for are:

Category Priority Health Regeneration 1 Vigor 2 Armor & Physical Resistance & Ward Save 2 - 3 Weapon Damage & Magical Attacks 2 - 3

The early game benefits the most from the fusing system because of lacking tradeable resources to forge the most optimal ones.

Optimal Equipment

Category Equipment Weapon Ironwarden's Hammer Armor Mostly Dragon Slayer's Scales with one Ironwarden's Shield Tailsman Old Guard's Tankard Enchanted Item Ironwarden's Tankard

The Ironwarden Hammer is the best overall weapon due to perfect vigor. Thanes will be able to slash the enemy into pieces without having to catch a breath.

The Old Guard's Tankard provides health regeneration only when out of combat.

The Ironwarden Tankard is an invaluable item that provides endless health regeneration throughout the battle.

Army Composition

The ideal army always require at least one Runesmith and an Engineer to increase chance of finding more equipment and for more campaign movement. Multiple thanes can join the army that are roughly 5-8.

Formations by line:

1. Lord & Characters

2.4 Ironbreakers

3. 2-3 Grudge Throwers

4. 3-5 Gyros

The Massive Spearhead

The front line only needs thanes and their Lord with accompanying single specialists like a Runesmith and Engineer.

Imploding The Enemy From Within

The concept of this attack is to charge directly into the middle of enemy formation and become fully encircled. Lords and Thanes can take much more punishment than any other unit with its high armor, health, and melee defense.

For these reasons, AOE spells and Gyro payloads can be used directly on top of them as the enemy have clumped tightly around the characters.

Siege Assault

A blind spot that is out of tower range needs to be selected before deploying the army. The Lord and the accompanying Thanes need to charge the wall and climb up to fight the enemy garrison.

After some time, the enemy is softened up and they can go further inwards.

The Ironbreakers and other ranged units can provide covering fire without ever going inside the settlement. Unless, they are needed for capturing points.

Full Health Recovery Trick

Characters like Lords and Specialists have the ability to fully heal in battle with the right equipment. Unlike normal units, they are single entities and their healing is not capped by those who are still standing. Instead, healing limitations only apply when taking considerable damage in a single battle and are only reset with each fresh battle.

The healing equipment are primarily through passive regeneration and require much time. For the full benefits, battles must be drawn out as long as possible and continue after a victory until the last enemy unit is either destroyed or retreated. The only exception is the healing potion that are single use for each battle.

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Epilogue

As time progresses, battles become much more difficult as the enemy uses more late tier and elite units. Thanes are able to overcome these new challenges as elite powerhouse units. With each victory, they become stronger with every level up and reach their full potential with the best equipment!

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