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Strength

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:05 am
by Rebuke
Hello,

I was wondering whether there is any kind of lore describing each race's physical strength (as in strongman competition-strength, lifting boulders and shizzle) in the Warhammer universe. When i look at the races in Warhammer Online I myself would come up with this ranking, I could be wrong however:

1 Orks
2 Dwarves
3 Chaos-humans
4 Empire-humans
5 High Elves
6 Dark Elves
7 Skaven
8 Goblins

I do not know whether the 2 trailers for the game can be representative; for example the slayer clearly showing to be able to go toe-to-toe (if not overpowering) with a black ork, or the WP standing his own again a chaos chosen (he loses due to lesser combat skills imo, does not show lesser physical strength).

I exclude heroes or the like since they tend to ignore physics and stuff (looking at you Blizzard).

Hoep some of your Lore-masters could answer me! Should be a fun discussion :)

Re: Strength

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:52 am
by porkstar
Skaven ogre #1

Re: Strength

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:32 am
by tazdingo
aren't chaos humans just northmen? those who seem to become maras and chosen anyways

orcs vs dwarves is a weird one and would depend on the individual. orcs grow as they become more experience and battle hardened. a veteran black orc who's grown some over the years, yes, unfathomably strong, but i think a particularly strong dwarf could match a young orc in raw strength

black orcs vs ogres though

Re: Strength

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 6:30 am
by Luth
1. dragons and dwarfs
2. most of the rest
3. elfs and gobbos

:ugeek:

Re: Strength

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:48 pm
by TenTonHammer
tazdingo wrote:
black orcs vs ogres though
Ironhide already face-rolled both ogres and skraven rat ogres in lore