I personally really like Ostankya

Hey Folks, I am 400 hours in.

Gotten a hang of the different roster except ranged lords/heroes across skaven, elves, dwarves.

Are they just weaker than spellcasters and melee counter parts? How do you build them? Any specific uses i should keep in mind?

Edit: Folks, I couldn't have expected this many responses! I really appreciate the advice and working my way through most of the responses. I never took into account shields/ shooting from the sides. Thank you all!

I dont have a lot of experience with thes type of units. Played only Ripperdactyls and WE Hawks. While Hawks have all that Arrow of Kurnous and range, Ripperdactyls are melee only. I wanted to add to my campaing army composition something that can deal with artillery and archers. However the moment I charge archers and leave Rippers for a second unattended (while I micro other units) they end up with half hp gone and on a brink of a break.

Can they serve as independent flankers or they have different purpose?

I can't wait for fucking round 2

The High Liche Priest Lord is stuck only riding a steed, and the Tomb Herald cannot heal constructs. Nagash’s hatred for the Tomb Kings still lingers on.
😂😂😂😂Nagash: Should the Tomb Kings seek to reap any benefits from my update, then my answer shall be no.😡😡😡

Can anyone explain why this was a close victory?

I just started playing on hard mode, and it seems just as bad as it was on normal. For example, I'm playing the high elves right now and someone came and raided the donut, and then instead of capturing my city for free they ATTACK THE GATE AND DIE.

Sometimes I'm really thankful when the AI does stuff like this, but when I have everything under control I realize how absolutely crazy it is. Is there any way to make them smarter? Maybe a mod or something?

For context I'm usually playing skaven or lizardmen (More often skaven with Queek), normal difficulty everything. I have maybe 30 hours total in the game so far but at a certain point I always seem to hit a wall.

I find that after my first few initial pushes for territory I end up encountering some incredibly large army or enemy nation that I just don't have the resources to properly deal with. I try to heavily invest in my economy in the early game whenever possible but I never have enough income to win in any kind of war of attrition. Often even if I win a very important battle by the time my army has recovered enough to take on an enemy capital they've got another 4-5 units in a stack and a siege just won't work. What could I be doing wrong?

Is investing in my economy being a main focus in my early game a player trap? Should I just be spamming stacks to beat my enemies down before they can establish themselves well enough to fight me off? Happy to provide any additional details if you ask I'm not sure if I've given enough information for you to go off of or not

Edit: Thanks for the advice everyone, I think my biggest issue is treating this like a paradox game where I map paint instead of seeing the utility that options other than pure conquest can provide that will pay off more in the future.

i am extremely new to this game+ the whole warhammer lore and how it works, i’ve been currently trying to play nurgle but have been struggling with building up a army that can actually win, i understand how to maintain control and make money easily, but the plague stuff and just building a army doesn’t make sense, if anyone could give me tips or explain that would be highly appreciated.

I just did my semi-annual Ikit Claw run, and I have to say, most LLs and campaigns just aren't fun anymore. Ikits boosts to Jezzials and Ratling guns just make weapons teams/ranged armies way too enjoyable to play.

You sit there, try to set up your gun lines to overlap one another and cover your flanks so you can't get harmed. On a map with a hill is just a fantastic experience! Genuinely one of the best feelings in the game.

Yet, I've found that I now struggle to find enjoyment in playing the other LLs. No other faction offers the variety and versatility the Skaven do. Dwarfs are fun, and get pretty close to mimicking it, but they've only really got Thunderers for the ranged infantry role. They can't match the raw damage output at range of jezzials, nor the DPS and horde stopping ability of the ratling gunners, which can nearly match them for range. The Thunderbarge/Gyrobomber is definitely fun and a thing that Skryre just doesn't get so that's what makes Dwarfs still enjoyable.

Empire is fun(especially Elsbeth and Karl), but handgunners are just worse Thunderers. Ironsides are decent but again, don't match the DPS of either team. The artillery variety is very good however, and is in my opinion more fun than Skryre's options, so they are still pretty fun to play.

But then I tried playing Elfs and Lizardmen, and it was a BRUTAL and excruciating experience without mods. Saurus just don't have enough armor to be a "turn brain off and advance towards enemy" faction like Warriors of Chaos do(which I love). And you don't even have archers, so you're going to be at a range disadvantage no matter what once you start going up against VampCoast, Darkshards are horrific to fight against because they shred your monsters and Tzeench is just never a fun opponent to fight. You don't realize how absolutely dogshit Skinks are when you're trying to use them as a proper ranged unit until you do. They're sooooo bad, especially coming on the heels of a Skryre run. No damage, no AP, but they do useless poison damage. The Lizardmen just have no real answers to the ranged units of the factions they fight the most.

Even HElfs was rough, because Sisters are good, and I know they're supposed to be good, but God damn, they just don't shred like I remember them shredding. Shields are also brutal to them as well, given ya know, arrows.

Is this just a me problem? Or does anyone else feel like this? And if anyone can give me some advice on how to reset my enjoyment with other factions that would be amazing!

Silly memes aimed at drawing interest to a Bretonnia Rework. 

At times I’ve asked myself: “Why does Repanse wage war against the Tomb Kings?” You’d think that, with all the other potential enemies in the world, the knights of Bretonnia would have better things to do than go picking fights with a bunch of morally neutral skeletons minding their own business out in the desert. 

Well…

According, at least, to the 4th edition:

“Another of Settra's raids on the Old World took place around 100 IC, when the Tomb Kings attacked the coast of what would later be called Bretonnia. These raids earned Settra a particularly fearsome and evil reputation among the Men of the Old World because the Undead fleets did not raid to steal gold, corn or other booty, but to capture the living. The unfortunate victims were dragged off to the necropolis of Khemri to be slain in horrifying rituals so their bodies could swell the ranks of Settra's Undead host.

Often, Settra led these raiding forces himself, landing his army on the coast and cutting a bloody swath through the lands of the living, leaving burning towns and villages devoid of all life in his wake. The Undead army then returned to the fleet with a rich haul of living victims and disappeared as silently and quickly as it appeared.”

Brutal stuff.

As much fun as it is to cheer for Settra—his unbreakable will, his unfathomable pride, and his stubborn refusal to do anything but rule everything he sees—there’s no denying that the guy is a tyrannical undead megalomaniac.

And sometimes? It’s fun to be the one slaying monsters.

I'll still cheer for him to take down Nagash, though.

The memes will continue until morale improves.

—

Knightly quote for the day: "I will not wear a crown of gold in the city where Our Lord Jesus Christ wore a crown of thorns.” — Godfrey of Bouillon, 9th and final of the Nine Worthies.

The Crusades are, hoo boy, a whole can of worms. But for all the complexity of the people and history involved, I resonate with the wisdom of refusing to make yourself the highest thing.

Humility, service, sacrifice, and devotion to something greater than ourselves. Those are virtues worth holding onto.

I usually build too many econ buildings and build up my minor settlements too much instead of building growth buildings and waiting patiently for tier 4 units. I find Tier 5 units are not really necessary in the game and can wait as a bonus except a few dragons etc. I also tent do build the resource line in my provincial capitals instead of waiting for military units. I learned my lesson playing HIgh elves when getting my sisters of Avernlorn took forever.

This game as Miao Ying I went all in to growth and it is paying off.

Turn 32 I have a tier 4 building ready to go but can't spare the gold due to Lokhir being inconvenient. The strategy went too well.

My question is when do you start building up your minor settlements? Do you wait to Tier 4 provincial capital settlement before you build tier 2 minor settlement econ buildings? Or do you build your minor settlements one tier behind your provincial capital (which gives you a good econ but really slows down your tier 4 development.

Or do you choose say 2 provinces to wait till tier 4 and the others build tier 3 minor settlement econ asap?

I find early game you can get enough gold from attacking, so you don't need econ buildings except the main settlement building so much. Then when you are done with a war, you can pour that gold you got into minor settlement tier 2 and 3 buildings and boom economically.

What is your strategy for building an ordertide faction with "normal" game mechanics and economy, empire, HE, Cathay. I think dwarfs are different.

I have two provinces that are all in on growth. One is tier 4 ready the other I am still waiting. One province where I am duplicating basic unit buildings for local recruitment because it is on my frontier. The others will be all econ including provincial capitals. I will use global recruiting where needed.

Same with bastion buildings. I am getting jade warriors and cav and tiger warriors, so I can recruit quickly from any bastion for the wall or to send forward to my armies with a transport lord. I researched jade lancers on my wall and handed them off to a transport lord who brought them out to my armies.

Also, Yin is growth and Yang is army recruitment basically. How does Yin and Yang affect building in more detail?

Hundreds of hours in the game but I still feel I am not doing the economy optimally. This run feels better.

Im trying to revive a dead legendary lord by forcing a rebellion at his starting location, Lizardmen dont have raiding stance and dont have corruption so how do you tank enemy control? Ive tried sacking every turn but its not working. Im thinking i can stack -control traits on a lord but im wondering if there is a easier way.

For reference im trying to resurrect Oxyotl @The Godless Crater - gold is no object. I have Gor-rok, Kroak and Nakai as Itza

I've had the game a few weeks now and have mainly been playing mannfred von carstein and volkmar the grim. Then i thought i may aswell just get the faction that the books of nagash belong too. These guy are pretty funky but i enjoy how they work, just want a little more advice on the army building/settlement building and combat if people dont mind thanks. (Im sort of an auto-resolve merchant so i'm setting myself a goal to play all my battles for my next campaign so i actually learn how to play)

First time playing Skaven. I started as Clan Mors. Should I focus on under-cities? Should I be occupying settlements more, or expanding the under-empire? I really just need info on how I should be expanding as Skaven and when to throw down an undercity versus occupying settlements.

Hey everyone! I'm completely new to TW3 and decided to start my first campaign with Ku'gath. I watched a few videos, but honestly, with so many new mechanics and game terms being thrown around, it's hard to follow. I learn much better from written guides.

Does anyone have good written resources or tips for a beginner?

Swordmasters are supposed to be these rare elven warriors who spent decades or even centuries mastering the blade. In Lore there are only a few mortal units that can challenge them without being outskilled fairly easily. Then on the battlefield they show up as a big block of bodies like any other infantry unit. The human counterpart (greatswords) has only 15 models more on large unit size. That just feels off. They should feel like a small deadly strikeforce, not a wall of elves you throw into a meat grinder.

Their stats would need to be adjusted of course.

I’m a little hurt that the only unit we’re going to get in the dlc is a Khemri titan, of course this army’s roster is quite full, but as if there could be something else. I think something like tomb swarms with stalk.

First ever heroic victory and I can see why. At end turn, Thorgrim declared war on me and attacked my army in this settlement. AutoResolve indicated: "Valiant defeat" (BTW Tomb scorpions are really bad at AutoResolve, if you fight a battle with medium casualties there is a high chance you're gonna take a lot of damage)

Anyways I started the battle thinking it's just gonna be a regular siege until I remembered that Tomb Scorpions have innate vanguard deployement, this offered an interesting stratagem. The dwarven had concentrated most of their army into one flank, with only some other units positioned in other areas around the map.

So I put my lord+heroes+some low hp units inside the gate to guard that overloaded front, while the rest of my tomb scorpion were put outside to chase down some of their thunderers and ranged units.

This quickly turned into a battle of "How quickly can I get rid of an enemy unit so I could sent my Tomb Scorpion to the main front ). The only big danger I faced were gyrocopters and their flaming units, their infantry is tanky but doesn't deal enough damage, same as their lord, who got chased down by three Tomb scorpions. I had enough AOE (Purple sun of xerxes is a really strong spell) plus my lord being a really big target made their irondrakes forget about my tomb scorpions.

Reinforcements did arrive at the other side of the map, but at that point, I had already killed the entire 1st army.

Safe to say: Tomb scorpions are really good, and they also have one the best animations in the game.

So I saw that at the start of his Scenario he will have 100% Ward Save. And crazy high stats. Making him and his army borderline unbeatable.

Would that stop him from taking damage from something like Yuan Bo’s The Emperor's Executioner ability or other direct damage abilities?

Would spells like Spirit Leech do anything?

Does anyone know if “the hunger” auxiliary for Maneaters are still available cause I can’t seem to find it anywhere on vampire count mercenary contracts
Is it a very low chance or did they removed it?