Lore of Heavens

The Lore of Heavens is a lore of magic introduced in Total War: Warhammer.

Lore Attribute[ | ]

Roiling Skies[ \| ]
Spells from the Lore of Heavens manipulate the ethers of the skies, buffering and pummeling winged creatures.
	Passive Ability Lore of Heavens
Type	Hex (Area)
Target	Enemies
Speed	-25%
Melee Defence	-20
Effect range	Map-wide
Duration	25 seconds
Affected units	Affects enemies in range(all)
Affects units if	Flying
Enabled if	Casting
Triggers when casting spell

Spells[ | ]

Wind Blast[ \| ]
The Astromancer seizes the winds of the battlefield, directing them against the foe to batter the targets with unhallowed gales.
	Spell Lore of Heavens
Cost	5 Winds 8 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Breath
Target	Ground, All
Damage Per Second	16 (0%) 24 (33%) (Overcast)
Duration	2 seconds
Radius	12 metres
Movement Speed	24m/s
Range	100 metres
Duration	2 seconds
Cooldown	32 seconds
Miscast Chance	50% (Overcast)
Affects units if	Grounded
Increased armour-piercing damage
Expanding, tear-shaped attack Strong vs multiple units

Harmonic Convergence[ \| ]
Divining auspicious signs, the caster guides the minds of targets, augmenting them with the foresight needed for victory.
	Spell Lore of Heavens
Cost	6 Winds 10 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Augment
Target	Self, Ally
Armour	+30 (Overcast)
Melee Defence	+24
Melee Attack	+24
Range	200 metres
Duration	22 seconds
Cooldown	30 seconds
Miscast Chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects allies in range(max: 1)
Additional effect on armour

Urannon's Thunderbolt[ \| ]
The caster calls down a mighty ball of lightning and hurls it - should the foe be struck they will surely be shattered!
	Spell Lore of Heavens
Cost	6 Winds 10 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Bombardment
Target	Ground, Enemies
Ranged Damage	672 (100%) 1344 (100%) (Overcast)
Explosive Damage	96 (100%) 192 (100%) (Overcast)
Range	300 metres
Duration	4 seconds
Cooldown	42 seconds
Miscast Chance	50% (Overcast)
Greater armour-piercing explosion damage Increased armour-piercing damage
Causes major magical damage Small strike area Good against artillery pieces Good against armour Strong vs multiple combatants

Curse of the Midnight Wind[ \| ]
The Wizard issues a three word curse, hexing the target unit and blighting their ability to attack and defend.
	Spell Lore of Heavens
Cost	8 Winds 14 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Hex (Area)
Target	Enemies
Melee Attack	-24
Armour	-30
Range	200 metres
Effect range	35 metres
Duration	25 seconds 50 seconds (Overcast)
Cooldown	38 seconds
Miscast Chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects enemies in range(all)
Extended effect duration

Comet of Casandora[ \| ]
Reaching to the highest heavens, the Wizard draws a wandering meteorite down upon the battlefield.
	Spell Lore of Heavens
Cost	13 Winds 20 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Bombardment
Target	Ground, Enemies
Ranged Damage	1728 (50%)
Explosive Damage	72 (100%) 144 (100%) (Overcast)
Range	200 metres
Duration	7 seconds
Cooldown	49 seconds
Miscast Chance	50% (Overcast)
Greater armour-piercing explosion damage
Causes major magical damage Large strike area Huge explosion area Strong vs multiple combatants Good against armour

Chain Lightning[ \| ]
Lightning arcs across the battlefield, leaping from foe-to-foe with crackling fury until there are none left within the storm.
	Spell Lore of Heavens
Cost	14 Winds
Type	Vortex
Target	Ground, All
Damage Per Second	11 (100%)
Duration	21 seconds
Radius	10 metres
Movement Speed	4m/s
Range	150 metres
Duration	21 seconds
Cooldown	50 seconds
Large, random-moving area of effect Strong vs multiple units Good against armour Weak vs a single combatant

Units with the Lore of Heavens[ | ]

Bretonnia[ | ]

Unit
Prophetess (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Damsel (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Daemons of Chaos[ | ]

Unit
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Grand Cathay[ | ]

Unit
Yuan Bo, the Jade Dragon	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙
Astromancer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

High Elves[ | ]

Unit
Teclis	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔
Archmage (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Loremaster of Hoeth	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
Mage (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Lizardmen[ | ]

Unit
Lord Mazdamundi	✔	🗙	✔	🗙	✔	✔	🗙
Lord Kroak	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
Slann Mage-Priest (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Skink Oracle	🗙	✔	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
Skink Priest (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Ogre Kingdoms[ | ]

Unit
Slaughtermaster (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Butcher (Heavens)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

The Empire[ | ]

Unit
Celestial Wizard	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Tzeentch[ | ]

Unit
Kairos Fateweaver	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔	✔	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Kairos Fateweaver)	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Lord Mazdamundi)	✔	🗙	✔	🗙	✔	✔	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Teclis)	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔
The Changeling (Formless Horror: The Blue Scribes)	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Yuan Bo, the Jade Dragon)	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Warriors of Chaos[ | ]

Unit
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Bound spells[ | ]

Unit abilities[ | ]

Grand Cathay:

Dragon-Blooded Shugengan Lord (Yang) (Wind Blast) (campaign only)
Wu Xing War Compass (Celestial Comet & Celestial Lightning)

High Elves:

Archmage (Chain Lightning) (campaign only)

Lizardmen:

Coatl (Lesser Chain Lightning & Urannon's Thunderbolt)
Skink Oracle (Comet of Casandora) (campaign only)

Warriors of Chaos:

Summoners of Rage (Dragon Ogres) (Chain Lightning)

Items[ | ]

Moon-Touched Spear (Wind Blast)

Strategy[ | ]

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The Lore of Heavens is an offensive Lore of Magic with many damaging spells. The Lore attribute is niche, but quite powerful when it is active, bring it if you expect flying units or bring your own flying units to ensure aerial dominance.

Wind Blast is decently effective against lightly armored infantry. Overcasting can improve value against some more armoured units, but still should be focused on light armour.
Harmonic Convergence provides a balanced upgrade to melee stats but it only applying to a single unit can make it niche. Overcasting can help a unit hold longer.
Curse of the Midnight Wind is a solid hex spell useful for debuffing key enemy units.
Urannon's Thunderbolt is a quick spell to cast that does decent damage in a small area of effect. Because of this it is actually not bad at dealing damage to large single entity targets or clumps of elite enemies. It is also effective at sniping out individual artillery pieces like a cannon or even stationary units like the Casket of Souls.
Comet of Casandora is an effective blob detonator that does massive damage, however it is a very slow cast, giving your enemy plenty of time to respond. It is recommended to keep your enemy in place using a Hero or Lord, then drop the comet in the center of the blob that forms. Be aware that the splash radius is very wide, so it is not recommended to use this nearby your own infantry units.
Chain Lightning is an effective vortex spell, but its random nature combined with its cost makes it a little too expensive.