Striking a Balance

THE SHORT VERSION

Andy Smillie defines a balanced army as one able to contribute in movement, magic, shooting and combat without staking victory on one expensive unit. His Wood Elf example spreads points across specialised but cooperating elements and changes deployment according to the opponent. He then explains selective magical defence and contrasts this flexibility with more extreme armies, whose strengths may be easier to use but whose repeated plan exposes predictable weaknesses.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 362, pp. 52–55.

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