Norsca Unit Roster Tier Ranking

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  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    This list is completely outdated. This was made for Warhammer 2 where the punishing melee cheats of the enemy would make most of the roster difficult to use. In Warhammer 3 this isn't the case so most of the units I called trash in this are actually quite viable.

    • @nemlas85
      @nemlas85 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      building requirements also changed a lot.
      I am playing a pretty fun campaign with Throgg, and looked up your tier list. would be worth a refresh.
      I would also be interested what would you do against the chaos dwarves with Norsca in a stream.

    • @Cleanrotknight456
      @Cleanrotknight456 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Will there be new unit tierlist for Norsca?

    • @ericbrun2008
      @ericbrun2008 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There will probably be one, though Norsca is likely to have a rework soon(ish). I think Legend is waiting for that.

  • @emetanti
    @emetanti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    Norsca i think we can just summarize with "Survive until you get mammoths."

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you're willing to finish campaign fast, That's the worst strategic suggestion from legend I've ever heard. I really appreciate his cautious ways in other races but i believe his norscan ways... Theyre not viable if you want a fast paced campaign

    • @aeriawindsor4722
      @aeriawindsor4722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The only way you play norsca now is surviving from Kislev, Empire and Brettonia onslaught. Get war mammoth and get upkeep reduction stacks going, from building, kicking Archaon's ass, and sending 1 doomstack to capture tilea.

    • @yueqi7499
      @yueqi7499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@emanuelevitale5325 Legend keeps saying that fast expansion is a trap for legendary difficulty. I wonder if that has changed after the public order rework

    • @hrogarfyrninga3238
      @hrogarfyrninga3238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@yueqi7499 That's more because of upkeep. You need high tier settlements to sustain more armies/recruit better units. Expansion becomes pointless if you can't defend your settlements. Don't know about Norsca though, I never play them because I find the campaign mechanics very dull.

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yueqi7499 i believe he takes into account the caution before everything because he never gets to late game cause he gets bored easily and the Livestream consensus grant him a pass against any late game boredom. But truth is if you're willing to keep playing the legend ways you're condemned to wait till turn 250-399 before watching the long campaign victory screen. I'm not saying you won't win. I'm saying it takes way more turns of grinding

  • @Para_Pilot
    @Para_Pilot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    Hero tier list? Skill tier list? The possibilities are endless. What will Legend do next?

    • @Bigl00z
      @Bigl00z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      your mum

    • @alexdobma4694
      @alexdobma4694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@Bigl00z Ass-tier

    • @Freeloader_420
      @Freeloader_420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Skill tiers could be very informative

    • @Sternmayer
      @Sternmayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Endless? You just mentioned 2 last options.

    • @indrickboreale7381
      @indrickboreale7381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alexdobma4694 High hitpoints, but low speed and armor

  • @JustSome462
    @JustSome462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    "Let's look at what's wrong with Giants, apart from everything"

    • @lordmaur180
      @lordmaur180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They are very good at absorving 1 to 3 round of enemy archer fire, after that itssss gone.

    • @ДенисТищенко-в7ь
      @ДенисТищенко-в7ь 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Let's see what's wrong with the giants, besides the fact that they just are here." in a game

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beatsmen: let’s tech you how to handle giants.

  • @badgerbane
    @badgerbane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    I’d love to see a doomstack tier list. Take every unit that earned the doomstack tier, and rank them from ultimate doomstack to worst of the best.

    • @pharoahman475
      @pharoahman475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Added a Bloated Corpse Doomstack as well for the Lols

    • @roily_6152
      @roily_6152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      of course the best of the best is ratling guns)

    • @badgerbane
      @badgerbane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Cuman Gaming Yeah except that was only a top 5, and there are far more than 5 units in the 'doomstack' category, and things change with time. I would actually be surprised if war mammoths are still the number 1 doomstack in the game today. Pretty sure sisters of averlorn can shit all over them. Maybe necrofex collosus too, not sure. That's why a modern tier list using tiermaker would be a really good thing. The old video is dated now. That's how updates work.

    • @Otakahunt
      @Otakahunt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Cuman Gaming And its been outdated for years....
      WH2 is coming to an end, its time to make an up to date list because in WH3 we will get new factions and the old races wont be getting any love for a while (apart from norsca and chaos) so the new doomstack list would be valid for atleast a few years.

    • @certifiedsexhaver8400
      @certifiedsexhaver8400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@badgerbane sisters would get stomped by a mammoth doomstack. They struggle against single entity spam and there is no way sisters, even if focus firing, will drop more than 2-3 mammoths before they’re being trampled to a pulp. The mammoths are just too tanky and numerous in doomstack form.

  • @bone_zoner
    @bone_zoner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Ah, the new beastmen

    • @parkerconnolly2484
      @parkerconnolly2484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yep

    • @indrickboreale7381
      @indrickboreale7381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The only faction where recruiting Giants make sense

    • @HOGTO1000
      @HOGTO1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The monke tier list

    • @Mikesman1000
      @Mikesman1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HOGTO1000 **BONK** monke ever chosen

  • @julianpourdanesh3339
    @julianpourdanesh3339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Honestly Norsca is the reason why I bought total war in the first place cause I loved the idea of fantasy viking. I hope they get their time in the sun

    • @axelmuller7946
      @axelmuller7946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, I really hope they get a proper remake. Right now they are barely playable, but the problem is, Idk how to make them better. Just removing their upkeep and making a tomb kings 3.0 is just boring and uninovating. The main thing has to be to do something about the supply lines or boost their low tier unites to make them work better. Over all it is still a raider faction and it just sucks that you are raiding with fucking mammoths instead of infantry and so on. :/

    • @Otakahunt
      @Otakahunt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@axelmuller7946 they are chaos worshipping faction, Archaeon used to be a norscan warlord aswell.... they will get an update in WH3 for sure, most likely something related to which chaos god you decide to give favor the most, or maybe none of them... since they dont need to worship.

    • @axelmuller7946
      @axelmuller7946 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Otakahunt true, I also expect them to get a rework and most likely even before VC, because it would fit better. I will most likely play Norsca in W3, just because in W2 they make 0 Fun and having to fight Wintertooth and Bretonia in your Homeland at turn 20 is fucking too much with Rakarth and Kislev just waiting for the Moment to jump in. Would win it, just don't see the point in it. :/

    • @futonrevolution7671
      @futonrevolution7671 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@axelmuller7946 Something that keeps you from being tethered to your settlements, I'd say. Herdstone-sized garrisons (which puts an even higher focus on sniping other Norscan faction leaders, instead of occupying territory), and Pirate/Hellebrone-style navies patrolling the waters, etc.

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they are fun in camping. Maybe not on legendary, but on hard they are for me. Yes they are lacking compared to other factions, but they didn't get less fun to play as

  • @benedeknagy8497
    @benedeknagy8497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Albion can make a difference when it comes to Fimir and Giants. The Ogham stones building chain allows you to recruit them at tier 3. I tend to prioritize getting rid of Rakarth anyway. Most of the time he is a liability rather than asset anyway.

    • @aic7tube
      @aic7tube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You can also get them at tier three at Erengrad ( and +3 recruit ranks for them faction wide),
      Although getting Erengrad to tier 3 is a load of work of cours.

    • @benedeknagy8497
      @benedeknagy8497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@aic7tube AFAIK that special building is only available if you start as Throgg. Sitll, a good source of early fimir.

    • @edwin5145
      @edwin5145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@benedeknagy8497 Does that even exist? Faction specific landmarks? I did not know, thought they were race specific

    • @benedeknagy8497
      @benedeknagy8497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edwin5145 I only know about his one. It makes sense tho, that the Rocky Throne of Troll Country i only available for Throgg's faction.

    • @alexeyalexandrov7583
      @alexeyalexandrov7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@edwin5145 Sure. Belegar has access to some unique building in K8P. Skarsnik and Queek as well if I am not mistaken

  • @Stasenko58
    @Stasenko58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    war mammoths also have missile attack, and war shrine don't. This attack is not much, but over the course of prolonged battle it adds up. In regardless of tier and cost I would always pick war mammoths over war shrine ones.

    • @alexeyalexandrov7583
      @alexeyalexandrov7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They have the same upkeep actually (525 in this Legend's campaign).

    • @toko099o
      @toko099o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I tend to grab 2 at most per army for the extra melee attack for the entire army. No reason to get a lot, but the buffs are nice.

  • @Slightlyonline
    @Slightlyonline 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I really hope you can find more quality ideas for these tier list videos, these have been very enjoyable

  • @joerf1188
    @joerf1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Man, Norsca was amazing in the month before Total Ham 2 came out

    • @zenmastakilla
      @zenmastakilla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Both they and the warriors of chaos were surprisingly good in WH1. Then again, this was a game where infantry was king.

    • @heitorpedrodegodoi5646
      @heitorpedrodegodoi5646 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zenmastakilla What changed?

    • @justinlast2lastharder749
      @justinlast2lastharder749 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@heitorpedrodegodoi5646 Ranged/Artillery got Buffed hardcore and Infantry became practically worthless if you properly cheese. No, not tactics...but actual cheese in manipulating based on the AI's limitations rather than battle tactics.

  • @Farquaad3rd
    @Farquaad3rd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    its so weird to me how Bretonnia (a civilized agriculture/trade economy) has no supply lines while Norsca (a race that is almost a horde faction and is based on raiding for money) has to deal with supply lines. The head-canon of supply lines is supposed to be that there is a logistical inefficiency that is introduced from attempting to sort the needs (ammunition, equipment, replacement troops, and wages) of a larger military and transport them to the correct armies, which may be very far from each other and from the most developed parts of the empire. With Bretonnia, you can argue that because in lore they are much less centralized in their military planning than say the Empire or the Helves (each lord brings all their knights and each knight of the realm brings all the M-at-A and yeomen he can etc.), so there wouldn't be a bureaucracy of paymasters. But with Norsca it takes even less thought to see how they wouldn't have supply lines. Norsca, being vikings, don't pay wages at all. The payment is a share of the spoils, and they live off the land/sea or take enough with them for the duration of the invasion before they go home.

    • @sev1120
      @sev1120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think with Norsca it can be explained as every individual chieftain taking more of the loot for themselves. Similarly to how it is with Greenskins with "who's da boss"
      Plus with Bretonnians, each army is funded by the lord themselves. They handle the logistics of the army, not the state

  • @GuitarGuyJHx
    @GuitarGuyJHx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Bit surprised frostbite didn't get a shoutout, especially on the wolves and chariots. -35% speed is very useful when chasing down units.

    • @jaklcide
      @jaklcide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, I always choose Ice wolves just for the frostbite ability.

    • @ingold1470
      @ingold1470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jaklcide I find they're good for catch fast missile units that mammoths struggle with. But this is on normal, they probably lose to archers in melee on legendary.

  • @Bubbl3Bubbl3gum
    @Bubbl3Bubbl3gum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I wanna make a case for the Marauder Hunters. If you intend to destroy Couronne early, then the Marauder Hunters are an excellent unit, as one of these can kill multiple units of cavalry. They negate the shields of that high-tier cavalry, armor does not bother them and they don't instantly break when they get charged. It is also not true that they cannot arc their shots. Javelins have a lower arc, while the axes fly in a very steep arc and then drop down. Maybe you haven't givem them a fair chance yet?

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fully Agreed. Also the norscan ice warhound, the large variant, they are actually way more effective at Killing and harassing than the their smaller counterpart. Perfect against archery troops from the empire and even dwarfs. The normal werekin should actually be listed same as a good unit, as long as your micro is good enough to make them recover through regen. And there's a good amount of balanced armies needed unfortunately with norsca. And this includes usage of marauder champion as backbone. And legend is just not good at playing the balanced army ways because of how much addicted he is to easy to micro armies where he standardize the role of the whole army instead of having many specialized roles in the stack. So for him having 4-5 different units in an army is a nightmare per se. Which of course can work well... But norsca only gains reduced upkeep after turn 100 and that NOT acceptable to leave the empire and dwarves unchallenged till then. Because taking them out before confed have started is the very key to winning with norsca without spending days through grinding the mid late game.

    • @Bubbl3Bubbl3gum
      @Bubbl3Bubbl3gum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@emanuelevitale5325 I don't agree with everything. For example, Legend has proven sufficiently, that he can win with so called balanced armies. He does regularly in his disaster videos.

    • @benjaminsorensen9334
      @benjaminsorensen9334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@emanuelevitale5325 You could have made yourself sound just as stupid using far fewer words.

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Bubbl3Bubbl3gum i see what you mean and i share your opinion on the fact that he can win with that.
      He proved that enough. But it doesn't imply that he likes that. I noted a tendency of his to oversimplify excessively his army composition just in name of an easier time during the micro of the battle. There's always a good measure in everything. And i believe that this way of playing punishes the races with a necessity for a varied army.

    • @paulmichaud4526
      @paulmichaud4526 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The problem with hunter is not the arc, they are juste really unprecise in their shots. They are good at shooting in the clear or in the back of troops

  • @Divine1Right
    @Divine1Right 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I've done skin wolf and armored skin wolf doom stacks as Norsca and I found them very fun to use. They're relatively quick for a Norscan unit and they're anti large, which means you can gang up on the tougher units in the enemy army and take them down pretty easily.

    • @freespeach99
      @freespeach99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were absolute monsters in my
      campaigns

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont play legendary, but they where always really good in my games

    • @DanielsY2J
      @DanielsY2J 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Skin wolfs are soo good, I can't understand why he's shitting on them. they are the unit to use for taking down monsters in the campaign mechanic (at least before you get mammoths). Plus you usualy get the follower that boost them.

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DanielsY2J probably because it is legendary difficulty he is judging them by

    • @DanielsY2J
      @DanielsY2J 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheBarser yeah thats the difficulty I also usualy play with

  • @warhammerguy
    @warhammerguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Despite being so weak right now Norsca is still one of my favorite factions.

    • @Debilinside
      @Debilinside 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The funny thing is that their roster is actually very good for what they are (rush faction), but their economy cripples them. Very few faction can beat high level norscan armies one on one, but almost every faction can field more armies than them.

    • @zzxp1
      @zzxp1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think they are weak, they are balanced for what they are, just so happens that the top dog factions from the second game are incredibly bonkers and good at everything. What they need the most is tuning to their economy, something that incentives the player to be aggressive, maybe make their units dirt cheap to maintain but their buildings more expensive so in order to get better units you have to raid the southlands.

  • @reiteration6273
    @reiteration6273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Let's look at what's wrong with giants, apart from EVERYTHING."
    XD

  • @official_kden
    @official_kden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    When i did the achievement for very hard norscan campaign and had to go with normal battle difficulty to make up for the garbage economy. Berserkers at tier2 where probably the best melee unit ive ever experienced. They delete everything in their way

    • @shadowhunter8246
      @shadowhunter8246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I usually only have armies of berserkers, skinwolves and javelins until I get mammoths and that works wonders

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The normal difficulty does change the battle balance too much

    • @Otakahunt
      @Otakahunt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@emanuelevitale5325 you mean VH changes it too much...
      Normal is the true experience since AI doesnt get any cheats so units perform the way they are meant to perform.

    • @shibre9543
      @shibre9543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Otakahunt no

    • @googleandsusansucks
      @googleandsusansucks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@shibre9543 What do you mean no? How can you say handicapping yourself by giving the AI cheats is the true experience? Nothing against very hard but i consider it a challenge run not the default.

  • @glenngehrs7913
    @glenngehrs7913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Haha, the absolute shade thrown at Fimir in the last 10 seconds was glorious

  • @Nr4747
    @Nr4747 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would argue that Marauder Berserkers are good, especially with all the upgrades you can get them quite early in the tech tree and with lord skills. They deal a ton of damage with frenzy + rage and are quite sturdy and resilient once they have reached the enemy lines.

  • @dinosdaniel3508
    @dinosdaniel3508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember when Fimir would solo anything they came across. Good times

  • @WhiteBuffaloWakanGli
    @WhiteBuffaloWakanGli 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    More tier lists would be great! I do enjoy listening to you talk about this game.

  • @freespeach99
    @freespeach99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A pack of heavily armored, chaos empowered warewolves are one of the coolest units in the game. They were always the key units in my balanced armies.

  • @TOYTYCOONSHOP
    @TOYTYCOONSHOP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I didn't believe Legend when he said Norsa were awful to play, until I played them recently, OmG they are Awful. Their main land is a nightmare to get around, their finances are terrible, everybody hates you, the special abilities to the gods is pants, you can only take certain cities on the campaign map and when you do take them you can't defend them and units in general are cannon fodder. Funnily enough I had a easier time with Throgg than Manfred due to getting the Frost Wyrm and War Mammoth in less than 15 turns on vh / vh.

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You just have to survive the early start, and you can quicky get a hold of all the norscan land. Build the rightsl buildings and your raiding armies will pretty much get free. You can totally bully the empire and bretonnia

    • @mildlyderanged
      @mildlyderanged 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found their replenishment hardest to deal with, you don't have any post-battle way to replace casualties and so I found your forced to do raiding, and that's it. Which is fine if you want to be a nuisance to other people all game, less so if you actually want to take someone out

    • @sev1120
      @sev1120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plus global recruitment with Norsca takes so much longer than every other faction, meaning you HAVE to return to your settlements to replenish your forces if you lose a unit, and if you've not captured a nearby racial capital then good luck, coz you're stuck with basic level human units

    • @kyleshuler2929
      @kyleshuler2929 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who needs an economy when you can just sack everyone else? Played in the red all game and kept myself going by sacking and raiding. Bleeding money all game but had like 80k in the bank so who cares.

  • @MarcAIlA
    @MarcAIlA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the end of the vod 31:00 made my day hahaha xD great work and again i love this series :D

  • @CynterDOW
    @CynterDOW 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have seen every tier list at least once, these are great videos, so educational

  • @thorveim1174
    @thorveim1174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do like skinwolves/armores skinwolves. they are here to intercept cavalry (and in that case, up to you if you need speed or armor) or as real fast melee flanking units. Usually anti armor will have better stuff to shoot at than skinwolves anyway.
    Also, the point of the ice wolves is their frostbite: they can slow fleeing enemies for other troops to catch them (so ice wolves pair greatly as cavalry hunters with armored skinwolves)

    • @alexeyalexandrov7583
      @alexeyalexandrov7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can Skin Wolves actually beat even basic Empire Knights on VH battle difficulty? Never tried but have strong doubts TBH

    • @thorveim1174
      @thorveim1174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexeyalexandrov7583 think they do if they don't get charged at least (and with their speed they shouldn't).
      Overall, I only saw armored skinwolves struggle when faced with elite cavalry (not shock cavalry, those get eaten alive). the key really is that they are reasonably beefy with regen, have some armor piercing, move fast, and are anti large all rolled into a convenient package. All these traits together makes them really good cavalry killers, and still useful in a role similar to cavalry themselves and decent monster killers. They are unvariably my fast moving unit of choice when i play Norsca (usually the armored kind with some ice wolves to help them catch what is faster than they are)

  • @mrcooper8452
    @mrcooper8452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    my favourite faction just wish more was actually done with them

  • @WurrzagsMorkyMischeif
    @WurrzagsMorkyMischeif 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Him: i never play as throgg and i don't like him
    Me: I WILL EAT YOU!

  • @apoleonschneider
    @apoleonschneider 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damm Legend! Now you have to "remake" all the other tier lists with this new ratings... the algorithm will love you even more ;)

  • @timothyhouse1622
    @timothyhouse1622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I'd like to see a trait tier list for generic lords / heroes. Not sure how you would do it since it can be race specific and it might be long.
    Not like it matters for me. My RNG luck is crap.

  • @Jaketson
    @Jaketson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Norsca ingame: has difficulty raising and maintaining huge armies
    Norsca in lore: raises a 10,000-man strong armies every other generation while living in a frozen wasteland

  • @commodusleitdorf2726
    @commodusleitdorf2726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just finished a Norsca campaign and MY GOD NEVER AGAIN. It was a slog and I was basically always losing money. The only thing that kept me going was just constantly sacking cities which meant it took me almost 300 turns to finish the campaign. Normally I can have one done in 140-170 turns.

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's all about the right choices in strategy, man. Can be done in 200, but you really need to know what you're doing. Also not the legend way.

  • @fiendishrabbit8259
    @fiendishrabbit8259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have pretty much the opposite viewpoint on Fimir with Greatweapons and Armored skinwolves. Fimir with greatweapons just delete single entities. Same for Armored skinwolves (who are squishier but faster, but generally performt he same anti-large role). They're really good at dealing with the enemies that your mammoths are the worst at dealing with. Use the mammoth to blunt the enemy attack, then just razor them up. Adding 4 of them will lower army costs (vs a pure mammoth stack) and make it more effective.

  • @RuinousInsight
    @RuinousInsight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The last tier list you make better be a tier list of your tier lists

  • @FrightfurDingo
    @FrightfurDingo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    14:15 I actually like having 3-5 cards of ice wolves. They aren't good at dealing damage, but they are good at surrounding then chasing a clumped army of +5 ranged units away that are in skirmish mode. They can also harass routed enemies often until they shatter or completely die from the harassment. It is quite easy to make enemies flee due to many of their monsters and wild beasts that cause terror so I always use ice wolves to mop up the fleeting units. I thought you'd rank them higher honestly.
    21:55 I have a love/hate relationship with skin wolves. They are anti large and youre usually using them to fight cavalry or artillery from the human race. Armored ones have increased survivability and can take some hits or be charged into. Armorless ones have to be held back until the cavalry commits or the artillery is left alone and then you can flank them. Depending on how well I do and how the AI performs on the campaign I might really need them if I am struggling or not need a single one if I am having an easy time (It is just better to have 19 skin wolf werekin heroes when you have an easy game. They get better stats and immortality. You can carefully select ones with good personal traits such as poison attacks, strider, or whatever you need. Theyre expensive to upkeep and get enough buildings for them so it's not wise to doomstack them if youre already struggling which is why I tend to love me my regular skin wolves and why I think they needed a higher scoring).

  • @Elgar337
    @Elgar337 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It'd be great to have an updated version of this

    • @smog-du9pv
      @smog-du9pv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to see someone with a similar dream of grander.

  • @Nick-cu2rx
    @Nick-cu2rx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just started playing a few weeks ago and I love your videos, amazing content.

  • @mz9514
    @mz9514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is the only video that I didn't agreed with yet. Berserkers are definitely the best infantry unit early game. Also, Skin Wolfs are a great unit for messing up with enemies and having like 2-4 of them in the army helps a lot.

    • @miraclemaker1418
      @miraclemaker1418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aren't almost all melee infantry units dogshit when it comes to legendary difficulty? Why would it matter if it's the best melee infantry unit?

  • @OwDenied
    @OwDenied 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a "little" different from tier lists (which are great so far!) but I would love to see you tackle each faction's optimal build and playstyle, like how to set up their economy, what army composition to go for at different stages of the campaign, and how to build their heroes/lords. that would be insane!

  • @gjkyme5509
    @gjkyme5509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My absolute favourite faction to play on multiplayer battles love their rooster, love skin wolves ice wolf combo.Terrible in campaign.

    • @gergelykorody690
      @gergelykorody690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I disagree, I think it's very fun because you can unite the whole north in the first 20-30 turn, then make alliance with the skaven then raid the shit out from the empire and other fractions in the south. You just have to keep the dark elves in neutral

  • @Welkor
    @Welkor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Surprised ice wolfs are do not recruit, been playing a vh/vh campaign and sending them around the flanks into missile infantry or skirmish cav they pretty quickly delete the unit with minimal casualties.

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legend about manticores: micro unit that can’t stay in our command.
    Legend about feral mammoth: just watxh the world burn.

  • @TheSharingan32
    @TheSharingan32 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for this content. I always learn many things !!

  • @moonsong92
    @moonsong92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On mammoths. I believe that shooting eats at your vigour so shooting war mammoths will get tired sooner than non-shooting variants. Isn't that a factor to be considered?

  • @jakecain5107
    @jakecain5107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how he always goes into why Giants are bad just so nobody starts to think they can make them work

    • @emanuelevitale5325
      @emanuelevitale5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truth is in late game giants stack grants you a cheap way for autoresolving sieges. Which you tend to deal with a lot. Way better than other more expensive alternatives. Still. On manual battle they're a pain.

    • @jakecain5107
      @jakecain5107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emanuelevitale5325 that’s actually great advice

    • @futonrevolution7671
      @futonrevolution7671 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emanuelevitale5325 In manual sieges, it's a nightmare to even get them to walk through the city gates.

  • @brendanwilkens7853
    @brendanwilkens7853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always. However one mention is if you get surtha ek you could doom stack chariots imo especially if you send him south and kill settra and get the 100% chariot weapon strenght buff. They are not the best doom stack but very fun nonetheless.

    • @alexeyalexandrov7583
      @alexeyalexandrov7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He had a video with this doomstack, that was pretty fun indeed

  • @MatuschkaRossija
    @MatuschkaRossija 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just Modded the game for Norsca, so i could settle everywhere and played it tham on Very Hard.
    It makes the game much more playable!

  • @captainhindsight6994
    @captainhindsight6994 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope you're enjoying your break from streaming legend. Loving the content you're putting out

  • @Wing9061
    @Wing9061 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Frost-Wyrm - If you going to not Doomstack, These are good, You can make these work - Legend 2021

  • @Fejandor
    @Fejandor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You can tell the difference because of entity and unit sizes on the unit card". WTF, thank you!

    • @guyincognito1406
      @guyincognito1406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Click
      Double click
      Click and hold
      Repeat with right
      Hover
      Do these to any menu and you will know the way.

  • @clydedopheide1033
    @clydedopheide1033 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are better, more helpful, tiers. Thanks Legend.

  • @CollanCampbell
    @CollanCampbell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the catagories for Norsca here. So much more explanative than a,b,c,f, doomstack

  • @BadAxeEntertainment
    @BadAxeEntertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't know about the small/large icon on the unit card, and have been playing since day 1, lol.

  • @DireWolf-my6mj
    @DireWolf-my6mj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really hope that Norsca gets a major rework/overhaul in Warhammer 3. I've always loved the aesthetic of Norsca but I need more incentive than that to go through the pain of playing them.

  • @odin1185
    @odin1185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Skinwolves are amazing if you use them like flankers not front line units. There seriously the best unit norsca gets

  • @Owlr4ider
    @Owlr4ider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I genuinely thought the tier list would be:
    S tier : Mammoths(the good type)
    Trash tier : everything else including the lesser Mammoths

  • @Eli_Of_Rorikstead
    @Eli_Of_Rorikstead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope they rework Norsca. It is such a cool race and I have used a mod to give wulfric ship building which makes it so fun to play!

  • @sirgaz8699
    @sirgaz8699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If you mix Fimir with Berserkers they will melt through a front line like you would not believe; unfortunately you will be fighting range heavy factions so that's not all that important.
    Edit: I wish you could play as that norsca lord by Mazdamundi, just spend your time beating up lizards, Orcs and Vampires.

  • @luckyflynt1646
    @luckyflynt1646 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I searched for a Norsca tier list yesterday in case you already made one. and here we are today. how did you know?
    HOW DID YOU KNOW?

  • @Freeloader_420
    @Freeloader_420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Interesting, I was expecting the Champion units to be under "these are good" being only tier 3 and very good in melee compared to even tier 4 units of other factions. Tier 3 skin wolves should be under "you can make these work" IMO

    • @sev1120
      @sev1120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The problem is that very hard battle difficulty punishes melee infantry to such an absurd degree. Enemy units all get bonuses to leadership, melee attack, melee defense and weapon strength, while all your units lose leadership. This is why strong single entities and good missile units are so important on very hard battle difficulty.
      Marauder champions are good, but with the AI's cheats, you'll be going up against enemy artillery and powerful missiles by tier 3 when fighting the empire, or you'll be dealing when powerful Bretonnian knights, as they don't have to worry about negative mechanics like the peasant economy

  • @doktarr
    @doktarr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Ice Wolf Chariot would be soooo much better if the missile attack was 360 degree. The Surtha Ek doomstack would be really legit with that one change.
    The Throg Ice Troll stack is a legit low tier Doomstack. I have never regretted running it in my Wulfrik campaign. In a lot of ways it's easier to use than the mammoth doomstack. I don't know how much credit you want to give that, but it's absolutely a good unit in that context.
    As bad as the armored skin wolves are, it's even worse because you get the +1 hero capacity at tier 3, so you're usually building that building in a minor settlement anyway. So they're not even available unless you do something pretty inconvenient.

    • @Debilinside
      @Debilinside 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He doesnt consider faction/hero specific doomstacks. If you would do that goblins would be top tier with Grom :D But regardless, I agree, Throg ice trolls put the shivers in the ordertide.

  • @simontriggs3299
    @simontriggs3299 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bit late to this party but the "my Fimir Warriors couldn't catch the enemy archers" gave me a laugh - that is the job you should be using the Ice Wolves for.

  • @Catssonova
    @Catssonova 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the new list options. Feels better

  • @WelNep
    @WelNep 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking forward to the throgg campain in early 2022.... also a hero tier list ( with traits ) would be really helpfull, never know what hero to recruit so i end up just getting some ramdom combinations.

  • @anidontic
    @anidontic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro the thumbnail had me worried that all of their units were “you can make these work” and below

  • @jerrymouse1055
    @jerrymouse1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Small point about skinwolves/armoured skinwolves/ Norscan trolls
    If you just own Konquata (Albion's capital) and Altdorf (Which you should be or else you gonna have a hard time breaking through late game empire) and throgg's monster recruit time reduction (which is global)
    You can recruit normal norsca trolls, skinwolves and armoured skinwolves in one turn in global.
    Doesn't really justify these units in standing armies but useful for popping out a emergency stack

  • @lukedavey2080
    @lukedavey2080 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hope to see a building tier list at some point, I'm sure legend has some things to say on what should and shouldn't be built

  • @normanstorm8928
    @normanstorm8928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i believe the marauder hunters axethrowers are kinda like a one-two punch unit, whereas you have berserkers or champions glued behind them, let them throw their volley as the enemy units approach and then let the melee infantry charge right after, so you can make their shieldbreaker useful for your melee units

  • @robertsunshine
    @robertsunshine 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    amen on the fimir. god, i want to love them because they're stylistically interesting (like rock geese with arms lol) but they just ... don't do anything.
    if something fights them, sure, a fimir can smack it up, but it's so tedious to arrange, and i just don't have a reason to do it when it's more effective to even use the skin wolves.

  • @TheGreatMoonFrog
    @TheGreatMoonFrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You talked about Throg and the Warekin hero and how good/bad they are. I hate to make you rethink your series here but maybe including heroes and the legendary lords here would be good? Sometimes the heros/lords are what make a race/units work.

  • @johnvalliant261
    @johnvalliant261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If the armored skin wolves is tier 4 you should probably put them under never recruit rather than only recruit early since I don’t think you’ve been counting tier 4 as early game in these. Otherwise it looks good to me. Looking forward to more rankings / comparisons of whatever in the future, whether through tiermaker or some other format.

  • @immasword
    @immasword 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember berzerkers, javilin hunters and spears carrying me through my campaign, in the only warhammer campaighn i actually played all the way through, only ever got one mammoth and hardly used it.

  • @afrosamurai3847
    @afrosamurai3847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just crazy to me Norsca doesn't use a horde mechanic or something similar. 0 of the legendary lords build up a settlement in lore Throgg funnily enough being the closest while Wulfgar had aspirations at one point but absolutely does not. Also why is every campaign scenario negative in some way and happening all the time. How many times must I melt my armies bracers XD?

  • @psy2112
    @psy2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a suggestion for new tier lists. AI unit tier list, which units are the most dangerous/useful in the hands of the AI.
    Rankings could go from easy to fight to avoid if fighting if possible.

  • @MathWithAnE123
    @MathWithAnE123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i've found that feral mammoths are a great way to make a strong auto-resolve army that can be manually piloted for even better results, with great ease.
    i just stack them all in a big blob at the start, and throw them into the middle of the enemy army. they will all rampage and start chasing down any and all units that run away so it's basically zero micro needed. and they perform very well in battle. (at least on medium and hard battle difficulty, which is what i've played on with them) they're cheaper than the war mammoth and so are more easily spammed for your armies. i usually go with a couple of war mammoth doom-stacks and then just use feral mammoth spams as clean-up crews so that my doomstacks don't have to waste time running down fleeing armies and minor settlements.

  • @mrjellyfish6406
    @mrjellyfish6406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes I wonder what an easy difficulty tier list would look like but it's probably just one tier that's called "Yeah, why not"

  • @wesleygevaert7959
    @wesleygevaert7959 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Legend, not Norsca related. But did you notice female glade lords give +30% range once recruited?

  • @SD78
    @SD78 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Throgg with a doomstack of Ice Trolls is hilarious.

  • @Dennan
    @Dennan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    firmir isent really used to catch achers tho. if you buff them with throgg. they super strong and can take down any monster other mele based unit.

  • @goransekulic3671
    @goransekulic3671 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Has he done Beastmen? If not, what after? Ranking spells within Lores? That might be very interesting.

  • @gregoryshinn9805
    @gregoryshinn9805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another tier list

  • @alejandrobarrio8731
    @alejandrobarrio8731 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find some of them much better than the tier list. Ice wolves, armoured skin wolves or axe throwers where very good for me even in the last difficulty mode.

  • @juhapekkaruusala9038
    @juhapekkaruusala9038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fimir warriors, Manticores and giants: Man had no mercy!
    Mammoths: Only Mammoths!
    Norsca is doing great!

  • @Riwillion
    @Riwillion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funnily enough, in my very first WH:TW campaign in the first game, playing on normal difficulty, the Fimir warriors were the bane of my existence as the vampire counts. They absolutely obliterated anything I would throw at them and were an absolute nightmare to take down. I guess that is the one faction that they are super good against with their powerful melee, armor, and anti-large, despite being slow and vulnerable to missiles.

    • @houndofculann1793
      @houndofculann1793 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fimir have atrocious melee attack though so any VC hero or lord (except Necromancers) should wipe the floor with them

    • @Riwillion
      @Riwillion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@houndofculann1793 Honestly don´t remember if I even tried doing that, it´s been several years. Also not sure if the melee stats were the same for either back then. The Fimir were mostly crushing my grave guard that was making up the backbone of my armies lol.

  • @MaD_DoGXIII
    @MaD_DoGXIII 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hero tier list or how to skill up Lords & heroes (for legendary difficulty) series next please.

  • @asoldier3229
    @asoldier3229 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never thought I needed a LegandsofTotalWar "whining child" voice in my life but I do. Please do that more often 😁

  • @warhammerguy
    @warhammerguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The ice wolves being so low kinda caught me off guard.
    For a "hound" unit it is one of the best performing ones I know about and their frost attacks works great in synergy with slower but more hard hitting fast units like Skinwolves.
    I usually play on very hard or hard so it is not a "it performs good on normal".

  • @gwanael34
    @gwanael34 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way I use horse master is I cycle charge units that go out of formation with like 3 horsemasters. You surround them and charge from all sides at the same time it just deletes most infantry units. Even higher tiered ones.

  • @Nightmare_52
    @Nightmare_52 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think of the marauder hunters as javelin being "archers" and the throwing axes are very short range "gun" units

  • @curtisbrown547
    @curtisbrown547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of the lowkey crippling things about norsca is that one of their main gimmicks is frostbite, which lets you rout a unit, chase it down, an then shatter it quickly. too bad your playing on legendary battle difficulty and all of the units are nearly unbreakable!! they don't care if they're stuck in melee with you because they will almost always trade up while you will trade down, so naturally your units will also break first, and by the time their units break it's barely worth running them down anyway because they're already practically dead. I geuss norsca could be strong against skaven since even with the buffs they can still be routed too bad most of your campaign will be spent fighting empire, brettonia, an maybe dark elves

  • @Bozzemoggel
    @Bozzemoggel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I started to enjoy Norsca since i installed mods to make Chaos units recruitable as well, such as Hell Cannon and Chosen Ones...

  • @Powerofriend
    @Powerofriend 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Norscan units work well in semi blobs. Like Chariots taking the charge of a cav unit and skinwolves running in straight after them to help win the melee. Or Marauder berserkers inside of a unit of basic marauders so their rage mechanic has time to kick in. Just watch out for those AoE spells, dragon breath and the like.

  • @biaydzik4604
    @biaydzik4604 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beastmen next!!!

  • @darthcheesecake3392
    @darthcheesecake3392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be interesting to see a lord and hero tier list, maybe have a separate one for the LLs.

  • @hippy8011
    @hippy8011 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Legend! Love your vids. I was wondering if you're going to start streaming again? I love your skaven games, and would love to see you play some Ikrit now that the beastmen have been overhauled!

  • @ihavenomouthandimustmeme
    @ihavenomouthandimustmeme ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is very outdated now, would love to see updates to these videos in general since immortal empires. Norscan roster and economy are much more balanced and Throgg kicks absolute ass. Throgg ice troll doomstack with a fimir sorceror is top tier now. Throggs trolls are superior to fimirs in every aspect thanks to their regen. Ice wolves are also far better than other cavs in my opinion. Marauders are still trash though.

  • @marcus1116
    @marcus1116 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    War Shrine don't have a missile attack, correct me if I'm wrong... So they are more expensive nad weaker.

  • @vladokalaba2640
    @vladokalaba2640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In preorder DLC: norsca rework and Southern Realms

  • @Chocolouf
    @Chocolouf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I want a LegendofTotalWar face meme Tier tanking.