Lore of Light

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The Lore of Light is a lore of magic introduced in Total War: Warhammer.

Lore Attribute

Exorcism
Light Magic excels at the scourging of the supernatural, be they Daemons and creatures of Chaos, or the unquiet dead.
	Passive Ability Lore of Light
Type	Augment (Area)
Target	Self, Allies
Leadership	+4
Immune to Psychology
Effect range	Map-wide
Duration	11 seconds
Affected units	Affects allies in range(all)
Enabled if	Casting
Triggers when casting

Spells

Shem's Burning Gaze
Bolts of cleansing energy fly from the Wizard’s hands, searing evil wherever they strike.
	Spell Lore of Light
Cost	5 Winds 9 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Magic Missiles
Target	Enemy
Ranged Damage	70 (71%) 140 (71%) (Overcast)
Explosive Damage	70 (69%) 130 (69%) (Overcast)
Number of projectiles	5
Range	250 metres
Cooldown	30 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Increased armour-piercing damage
Causes minor magical & fire damage Strong vs a single combatant Good against large combatants Good against armour Requires line of sight to the target

Pha's Protection
The Wizard calls upon the beneficent Guardian of Light to protect his allies from harm.
	Spell Lore of Light
Cost	5 Winds 10 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Augment
Target	Self, Ally Allies (Overcast)
Armour	+30
Melee Defence	+24
Range	200 metres
Effect range (Overcast)	35 metres (Overcast)
Duration	22 seconds
Cooldown	29 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects allies in range(max: 1) Affects allies in range(all) (Overcast)
Added effect area

Net of Amyntok
The Wizard casts an arcane net, created to hold the Great Deceiver himself. Any caught in its strands will struggle to act.
	Spell Lore of Light
Cost	9 Winds 18 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Hex Hex (Area) (Overcast)
Target	Enemy Enemies (Overcast)
Cannot move
Range	100 metres
Effect range (Overcast)	35 metres (Overcast)
Duration	20 seconds
Cooldown	38 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects enemy in range(max: 1) Affects enemies in range(all) (Overcast)
Added effect area

Light of Battle
Reaching into the Wind of Hysh, the Wizard draws forth ennobling energies to steady faint hearts - augmenting allies with courage.
	Spell Lore of Light
Cost	6 Winds 10 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Augment (Area)
Target	Self, Allies
Unbreakable
Range	200 metres
Effect range	35 metres
Duration	22 seconds 44 seconds (Overcast)
Cooldown	43 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects allies in range(all)
Extended effect duration

Birona's Timewarp
The Wizard infuses his allies with Light Magic, freeing them from the passage of time and speeding up their actions.
	Spell Lore of Light
Cost	11 Winds 14 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Augment (Area)
Target	Self, Allies
Speed	+25%
Melee Attack	+24
Range	200 metres
Effect range	35 metres 55 metres (Overcast)
Duration	50 seconds
Cooldown	47 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects allies in range(all)
Increased effect area

Banishment
Creatures of the dark beware, for the Mage casts a ball of pure light to banish enemies of white wizardry.
	Spell Lore of Light
Cost	17 Winds 24 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Vortex
Target	Ground, All
Damage Per Second	7 (100%) 14 (50%) (Overcast)
Duration	18 seconds
Radius	12 metres
Movement Speed	3m/s
Range	250 metres
Duration	18 seconds
Cooldown	30 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Increased damage
Huge, randomly-moving area of effect Good against armour Strong vs multiple units

Units

Daemons of Chaos

Unit
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Grand Cathay

Unit
Yuan Bo, the Jade Dragon	🗙	✔	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙

High Elves

Unit
Alarielle the Radiant	✔	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔
Teclis	✔	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙
Cavill	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
Archmage (Light)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Loremaster of Hoeth	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
Mage (Light)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Lizardmen

Unit
Lord Mazdamundi	✔	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙
Lord Kroak	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙
Slann Mage-Priest (Light)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Empire

Unit
Light Wizard	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Tomb Kings

Unit
Liche Priest (Light)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Tzeentch

Unit
Kairos Fateweaver	✔	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	✔	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Alarielle the Radiant)	✔	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Kairos Fateweaver)	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Lord Mazdamundi)	✔	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Teclis)	✔	🗙	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙
The Changeling (Formless Horror: The Blue Scribes)	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
The Changeling (Formless Horror: Yuan Bo, the Jade Dragon)	🗙	✔	🗙	✔	🗙	🗙	🗙
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Warriors of Chaos

Unit
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Bound spells

Units

Spell	Race	Unit	Notes
Shem's Burning Gaze	Tomb Kings	Hierotitan
Pha's Protection	Grand Cathay	Dragon-Blooded Shugengan Lord (Yang)	Campaign only
Banishment	Lizardmen	Lord Mazdamundi	Campaign only
Banishment	Lizardmen	Slann Mage Priest (all variants)	Campaign only

Strategy

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Lore of Light is one of the more versatile lores in the game, with several kinds of augments and damage spells and a very useful hex.

Shem's Burning Gaze is a decent missile spell, best used for whittling down large targets or sniping characters, as well as triggering the lore passive.
Pha's Protection is another good spell for protecting units from heavy damage. Melee defense is one of the most important stats in the game and +35 melee defense is an absurd amount, doubling most unit's melee defense.
Net of Amyntok is the single most reliable means of completely stopping an enemy in their tracks. Other characters abilities and spells can slow an enemy, but won't fully stop them. Net an enemy lord and snipe them with missiles or charge them with your lord, stop heavy cav before it shocks your archers, giving time to reposition or counter charge.
Light of Battle simply imbues unbreakable in an area for 22 seconds. Overcast boosts the duration to 44 seconds. It is quite niche.
Birona's Timewarp is a strong spell for aggressive bursts of intense fighting. Save it for key engagements.
Banishment is a strong vortex spell that will destroy blobs of infantry. Beware its random nature.

Trivia

With the release of Total War: Warhammer III, this is now the least available of the eight standard lores of magic. It is available to generic casters from just four factions.