>>30312552No, Dwarf Lords are still a way to go. They're the best hero/lord choice we have. M3 means it's difficult to choose combat, but for the opponent to not get into fight with the unit the lord is in, means a lot of points untouched. The other stuff is good enough to deal with the opponent.
Basically, when you have a unit + lord, that's 600+ points. No opponent will leave that untouched.
In smaller games probably not worth it though.
You've probably seen that runelords aren't the way to go. I agree with that. They don't provide much benefit over the runesmith, while costing double the points. Because most of the useful characters (thane bsb, runesmiths, dragonslayer, master engineer) are in the hero choices, the Dwarf Lord becomes an easier pick when the hero slots are getting full.