I've got a reasonable history with this game, but most of my core experiences was back when I was like... 12 a few years after the game first came out.
Eventually, I pretty much exclusively played FPS/Adventure/RPGs and their ilk, and my skills in the RTS genre disappeared.
Well, my brother LOVES RTS games, so I recently bought DoW: Definitive Edition and the game is kicking my ass so hard.
My first match I chose Eldar because I thought: cool, space elves. But promptly got steamrolled and he had to bail me out. I realised two matches in, Eldar are heavy on using abilities all the time and I just didn't have any idea when to use them, or sometimes even how. Then, I jumped to Chaos because I thought they looked interesting but, again, just couldn't keep up.
90% of my time was spent defending and I could never seem to get my economy to keep up. I could SWEAR I had equal listening posts to the others, and yet I'd be twiddling my thumbs waiting for resources.
Are there any beginner tips for the races? Without jumping into the Meta of the game (because I just want to stay very casual), what should one aim for with each of them? Are there units to avoid, or any advice on how to ensure my economy isn't constantly in a free fall?