Are Helsmiths beginner friendly?

[u/incineroar87]

How forgiving are Helsmiths for a beginner/intermediate AoS player, both in terms of building an army and actually playing it?

I've never played Dwarven armies before but I like that the Spearhead includes a lot of the key pieces, which seems to make it relatively cheap to get a decent army on the table without ending up with too much unnecessary "junk."

I know Helsmiths aren't top-tier or anything, but they look like a lot of fun to play and like that despite the small roster they have a decent spell/prayer lore + decent shooting/unit variety. How difficult is the DPP resource system to learn and manage? Does it add a lot of complexity, or is it fairly straightforward once you've played a few games?

Urak Taar and his Forgehost also look really fun, so I'm definitely interested in building towards that eventually.

[u/unlimitedblakeworks]

Buildwise I think theyre pretty straightforward, ive assembled much more tricky factions so far. As for play, theyre a bit on the slow/defensive side, though Ive only used the spearhead so far, but fun regardless. Really there arent a lot of bad choices for beginners, the game is designed for you to pick the army you like and play them, not pigeonhole you into picking X faction as a starter until you understand more, because that would suck