Vanari Auralan Wardens also use their pikes to great effect when charged by their foes, their ability to make an Anticipated Strike putting charging enemies off balance, nullifying the Charge (+1 Damage) weapon ability if they have it. Perfect harmony is hiding your best wizards behind a line of Wardens, and goading your opponent into making a charge.
Plenty of other units are changing too, often drawing power from the specific runes inscribed in the battle scripture, which we’ve already shown you a morsel of with the new Alarith unit rules. You’ll need to wait until the release of Battletome: Lumineth Realm-lords to see how everything works, but you won’t be waiting long, because the battletome and the Vanari Lord Regent are available to pre-order on Saturday. Just remember to let any Disciples of Tzeentch players know Teclis is the one true god of magic.
* Amongst the many talents they like to brag about is horticulture. Seriously, check out all those tiny trees they grow. They’re neat.
** Say what you will about Nagash, he’s got an unbeatable work ethic.
*** It’s your choice which order to perform Start of Battle Round abilities, so make sure you use the Discs of the Aelementiri before depicting a rune, to get those extra bonuses.