Loremaster of Hoeth

Loremaster of Hoeth is a High Elves infantry spellcaster/melee hero unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer II. Gifted warriors, whose skill at arms is matched by their intelligence and grasp of magic.

Description
The Loremasters of Hoeth are invariably gifted warriors, for their intellects find even the exacting disciplines of the Swordmasters almost childishly easy to master. Similarly, each Loremaster has a faultless grasp of the principles of magical lore. However, he seldom wastes time in committing more than a sliver of battle magic to memory, being more concerned with weightier and more elusive spells that are little suited to the battlefield. Within the Tower of Hoeth can be found many disciplines of art, magic and war. Most scholars confine themselves to studying but a single path, honing their skills until perfection is achieved. Even amongst the rarefied Elven ranks, it is unusual to find an intellect capable of mastering an entire path, let alone show accomplishment in several, but it is not impossible. Such is the achievement that marks out a Loremaster from a mere scholar.

Actions

 * Training
 * Spread Public Order
 * Damage Walls
 * Wound
 * Hinder Replenishment

Abilities

 * Foe-Seeker
 * Evasion (ability)

Items

 * Loremaster's Cloak
 * Blessed Tome

Spells
Loremasters use a combination of spells from different lores of magic.


 * Shem's Burning Gaze (Light)
 * Harmonic Convergence (Heavens)
 * Spirit Leech (Death)
 * Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma (Shadows)
 * Wyssan's Wildform (Beasts)
 * Earth Blood (Life)

Strategy
The Loremasters´ strength lies in his versatility. His spells provide buffs to your army, damage to enemy units and lords as well as healing. Embedding him in an army will slowly increase all units´ veterancy, improving their leadership, melee attack/defence as well as reload speed and accuracy. He can also be used to make sieges much easier by creating breaches in the walls on the campaign map before an attack and is capable of defending himself well in melee. Overall there´s not much to dislike about the Loremaster and the only reason you might not want to bring one is if you already have an embedded Mage in your army because they would inevitably be competing for the limited amounts of Winds of Magic.