- For other unit rosters, see unit roster.
Dark Elves have a really powerful selection of quick, armour-piercing infantry which make them the perfect counter to heavily armoured infantry armies. This also applies to their missile units, which sacrifice range in favour of damage dealing, but are also quite competent in close combat. At the same time, they have a wide range of strong monsters and access to several lores of magic with devastating damage dealing spells and debuffs. On the negative side, their lower tier cavalry is weak while the elite cavalry is slow and unreliable due to suffering rampage if they receive too much damage; they only have a single, mediocre piece of artillery; they are fairly fragile defensively; and while good offensively with magic, they lack access to healing spells.
Dark Elves require Total War: Warhammer II to be playable, with The Queen and the Crone DLC and The Shadow and the Blade DLC adding several units to their roster.
List[ | ]
Legendary Lords[ | ]
Name | Character type | Engagement | Mounts | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Melee Specialist | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
Melee Specialist | Melee | FLC on Steam | ||
Melee Specialist | Melee | The Shadow & the Blade | ||
Support | Melee | FLC on Total War Access |
Lords[ | ]
Name | Character type | Engagement | Mounts | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
Missile Specialist | Ranged | WH2 | ||
Melee Specialist | Melee | WH2 | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
Support | Melee | The Shadow & the Blade |
Heroes[ | ]
Name | Character type | Engagement | Mounts | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
Melee Specialist | Melee | WH2 | ||
Support | Ranged | None | WH2 | |
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Spellcaster | Melee | WH2 | ||
Melee Specialist | Melee | The Shadow & the Blade |
Melee Infantry[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
() Melee Infantry |
Melee |
WH2 | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | |||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( Cult of Pleasure only) | ||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( Cult of Pleasure only) |
Missile Infantry[ | ]
Melee Cavalry[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
() Shock Cavalry | Melee | WH2 | ||
() Shock Cavalry | Melee | WH2 | ||
() Cold One Cavalry | Melee | WH2 | ||
() Cold One Cavalry | Melee | WH2 | ||
() Magic Cavalry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone |
Missile Cavalry[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
() Missile Cavalry | Ranged | WH2 |
Chariots[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
() Missile Chariot | Ranged | WH2 | ||
() Missile Chariot | Ranged | The Shadow & the Blade |
War Beasts[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
() Flying War Beasts | Melee | WH2 | |||
() War Beasts | Melee | The Rakarth Update | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() War Beasts | Melee | The Rakarth Update | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() War Beasts | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() War Beasts | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() War Beasts | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() War Beasts | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( The Thousand Maws only) |
Monsters[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
() Flying Monster | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Monster | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Flying Monster | Melee | WH2 | |||
() Monster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | |||
() Missile Monster | Ranged | The Shadow & the Blade | |||
() Explosive Monster | Melee | The Rakarth Update | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() Monster | Melee | The Rakarth Update | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() Monster | Melee | The Rakarth Update | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() Monster | Melee | The Rakarth Update | ( The Thousand Maws only) | ||
() Flying Monster | Melee | Update 2.0 | ( The Thousand Maws only) |
War Machines[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
()War Machine | Ranged | The Shadow & the Blade |
Artillery[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
() Field Artillery | Ranged | WH2 |
Regiments of Renown[ | ]
Name | Unit type | Engagement | Tier | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|
() Melee Infantry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Melee Infantry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Missile Infantry | Ranged | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Magic Cavalry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Cold One Cavalry | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Flying Missile Cavalry | Ranged | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Monster | Melee | The Queen & the Crone | ||
() Missile Chariot | Ranged | The Shadow & the Blade | ||
() Flying War Beasts | Melee | The Shadow & the Blade | ||
() Missile Monster | Ranged | The Shadow & the Blade |