Hello!

I have just started Warhammer after years of disregard. I have found myself facing a new rulebook and I have some unfortunately neglected figures. In this collection of models I have about 600pts worth of wood elves. Now I find Wood Elves unbelievably cool. Unfortunately I can’t win games on an awesome factor. So.
Now onto the point!

Should I use Wood Elves as my new starting army?

Nah ignore that, Wood elves are a great army. You need a solid block of eternal guard with a noble or highborn to make them stubborn as your anvil. and glade guard as your hammer. The glade guard should hammer the emeny in volley mode. I find odd numbers is the best frontage as Warhammer runds up so for ranks that are 7 wide you get four of tehm firing in the rank 3+. You have to move wood elves alot but as they can now move sideways and backwards this is not a problem. Dryads make a nice assistance to your eternal guard. and scouts, waywatchers and glade riders can potentially slow your enemy down whilst also shooting your enemy effectivly (especially waywatchers). With the tree kin you also have access to some heavy hitters, especially with a wild rider hero on a great stag in the unit. Give them a try and have fun. They aren’t the easiest army, but they are far and away one of the most rewarding and satisfying once you master them. My friends hate playing them.

Thank you all. I will most certainly continue with my Wood Elves.

I have a very good win record with my elves, using only (on average) 1 forest spirit unit, and that’s a shock troop unit of dryads, the main mistake most generals make is to try and make their army conform to regular tactics, instead of conforming around it’s, and although you can lose a lot of troops in not a lot of time, the most fun I’ve had is doing exactly that to the enemy first (my Dryads are babes, ran down the same unit of Black Orcs with Grimgor 4 times in separate games xD)