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Dark Elves 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.

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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
(Infantry spear) Melee Infantry

Melee

Unit tier 1 WH2
(Infantry sword) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 1 WH2
(Wh2 main infantry dual swords) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main def infantry dual daggers) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Infantry sword great) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 4 WH2
(Icon Infantry Spear Halberd) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 4 WH2
(Wh2 dlc09 tmb whip infantry) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 3 The Queen & the Crone
(Wh3 sla daemonettes) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 2 Update 2.0 (Cult of Pleasure Cult of Pleasure only)
(Wh3 sla daemonettes) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 3 Update 2.0 (Cult of Pleasure Cult of Pleasure only)

Missile Infantry[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Missile infantry bow) Missile Infantry Ranged Unit tier 1 WH2
(Missile infantry bow) Missile Infantry Ranged Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main def missile infantry handbow) Hybrid Infantry Ranged & Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main def missile infantry bow shades) Hybrid Infantry Ranged & Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main def missile infantry bow shades dual weapons) Hybrid Infantry Ranged & Melee Unit tier 3

WH2

(Wh2 main def missile infantry bow shades) Hybrid Infantry Ranged & Melee Unit tier 3 WH2

Melee Cavalry[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Shock cavalry) Shock Cavalry Melee Unit tier 1 WH2
(Shock cavalry) Shock Cavalry Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main cold one spear) Cold One Cavalry Melee Unit tier 3 WH2
(Wh2 main cold one) Cold One Cavalry Melee Unit tier 4 WH2
(Wh2 dlc10 magic cav) Magic Cavalry Melee Unit tier 3 The Queen & the Crone

Missile Cavalry[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Missile cavalry bow) Missile Cavalry Ranged Unit tier 2 WH2

Chariots[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Missile chariot) Missile Chariot Ranged Unit tier 3 WH2
(Missile chariot) Missile Chariot Ranged Unit tier 2 The Shadow & the Blade

War Beasts[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC Notes
(Wh dlc05 wef harpies) Flying War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main cold one) War Beasts Melee Unit tier 1 The Rakarth Update (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(War beast) War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 The Rakarth Update (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Grn arachnarok) War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 Update 2.0 (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(War beast) War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 Update 2.0 (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Wh3 main monster feral bears icon) War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 Update 2.0 (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Wh3 main monster feral bears icon) War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 Update 2.0 (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)

Monsters[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC Notes
(Wh2 dlc17 bst manticore) Flying Monster Melee Unit tier 2 WH2
(Wh2 main def mon war hydra) Monster Melee Unit tier 4 WH2
(Dragon) Flying Monster Melee Unit tier 4 WH2
(Wh2 main def mon war hydra) Monster Melee Unit tier 4 The Queen & the Crone
(Wh2 dlc14 def medusa) Missile Monster Ranged Unit tier 3 The Shadow & the Blade
(Wh2 dlc15 soopa squig) Explosive Monster Melee Unit tier 1 The Rakarth Update (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Wh2 dlc17 lzd feral stegadon) Monster Melee Unit tier 3 The Rakarth Update (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Wh dlc08 nor chaos war mammoth) Monster Melee Unit tier 4 The Rakarth Update (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Wh2 dlc17 lzd carnosaur) Monster Melee Unit tier 4 The Rakarth Update (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)
(Dragon) Flying Monster Melee Unit tier 4 Update 2.0 (The Thousand Maws The Thousand Maws only)

War Machines[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Magic chariot)War Machine Ranged Unit tier 4 The Shadow & the Blade

Artillery[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Wh dlc06 dwf bolt thrower icon) Field Artillery Ranged Unit tier 3 WH2

Regiments of Renown[ | ]

Name Unit type Engagement Tier DLC
(Infantry spear) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 1 The Queen & the Crone
(Wh2 main def infantry dual daggers) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 2 The Queen & the Crone
(Infantry sword great) Melee Infantry Melee Unit tier 4 The Queen & the Crone
(Missile infantry bow) Missile Infantry Ranged Unit tier 2 The Queen & the Crone
(Wh2 dlc10 magic cav) Magic Cavalry Melee Unit tier 3 The Queen & the Crone
(Wh2 main cold one) Cold One Cavalry Melee Unit tier 4 The Queen & the Crone
(Missile cavalry bow) Flying Missile Cavalry Ranged Unit tier 2 The Queen & the Crone
(Wh2 main def mon war hydra) Monster Melee Unit tier 4 The Queen & the Crone
(Missile chariot) Missile Chariot Ranged Unit tier 2 The Shadow & the Blade
(Wh dlc05 wef harpies) Flying War Beasts Melee Unit tier 2 The Shadow & the Blade
(Wh2 dlc14 def medusa) Missile Monster Ranged Unit tier 3 The Shadow & the Blade

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