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TACTICS·WHITE DWARF 285

The Long Defeat

September 2003·pp. 112–115

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Adrian Champion explains how High Elves use superior skill, courage and archery to compensate for their limited numbers. Movement and target selection help delay unfavourable combats, while swordsmen and supporting spearmen combine different attacks to improve their chances once battle is joined. Advice for Gil-galad, Elrond and mounted Glorfindel stresses teamwork over solitary heroics. Separate enemy assessments show how tactics must change against Goblin numbers, Uruk-hai formations and the speed of Warg Riders.

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