The toughest race in the game with the most expensive troops, this reflects their racial bonuses that means that they are adept at a large number of strategies but benefit most from an underground focused empire that grows slowly due to their lack of strong cavalry, reliance on infantry and high cost units. Dwarves also appreciate the ability to boost city happiness with Iron Grip, since they can't use terraforming to create more of their preferred terrain like other races.

Another less obvious class is Rogues, with Projectile Resistant Assassins and Succubi and Heavy Crossbow-equipped Bards. Surprisingly, dwarves also synergize well with sorcerers, through strong racial Supports and an army that can keep up with Floating sorcerer summons both over and beneath the mountains. Dwarven toughness also makes them a good combination with Warlords, and warlord class units can cover for some of the gaps in the dwarven lineup, such as flyers and conventional archers. Dwarves are at home in arctic terrain as well as underground, although their cities are most productive nestled among mountain peaks on the surface than beneath the ground.Ĭlass Synergies Their near-universal Armored quality, including their Forge Priests, makes dwarves synergize particularly well with dreadnoughts – especially since Firstborn that have no fear of flames can make an excellent screening force for Flame Tanks. While dwarves generally lack flyers, their mountaineering and caving skills allow them to quickly traverse terrain that can pose problems for other races. Forge Priests can provide them with healing and the blessing of fire, and share an 100% Protection with the most powerful dwarven units, the Firstborn. Their archers represent an exception to this rule, often acting more as irregulars with their heavy crossbows than conventional archers. As a result, their higher-end units have less mobility than those of other races, but are capable of inflicting and receiving considerable punishment, while some of their melee-based class units have developed greater resistance to enemy projectiles to assist in surviving a headlong charge towards enemy lines. Summary Dwarves are a straightforward race, eschewing fancy maneuvers in favour of a good, honest fight.

Age of wonder's 3 wiki