Shield Wall 0 -1 -2 -3/MW
40DW 90 55.38 40 40
30LB 120 60 40 30
Normal 0 -1 -2 -3/MW
40DW 60 48 40 40
30LB 60 45 36 30
Damage Wounds at -1 Averaged over two turns
40DW 13.33 15.55
40DW* 17.8 15.55
30LB 11.66 11.66
The first one is average number Wounds needed to destroy if using shield wall.
The second is average number of Wounds needed if not using shield wall.
The third is the average number of wounds dealt at -1 rend if every member of the unit gets to attack
* This is the number of wounds if the Dwarf Warriors are allowed their reroll, while the second column is the average of getting it for one turn and then not for another.
Ultimately, Longbeards are better at defending with Shieldwall while Warriors do better than Longbeards when not using Shieldwall as well as dealing better with Mortal Wounds of course.
For combat, Warriors will do more damage assuming everyone gets to fight, which may not always be the case. Thus this area is still debatable.
I would say one could afford to switch more frequently between offence and defense with Warriors whereas Longbeards would have a greater benefit loss. One could also take the 5+ resistance to magic for Warriors and the other grumble options of the Longbeards into consideration.
