This is the exact guide I’m looking for… something to help me get started and feel happy with my campaign and be able to thrive. Also not too in depth where I can’t wrap my head around because I haven’t played enough
Pretty new to the game, and new to the new campaign map even more so. So this is a pretty good guide for me. Is there a way to remove the "glow" effect from the armies so I can actually see what's going on? (In battle)
Thank you so much for making these guides. They are so thorough and well put together, as well as being fantastic for new players like myself. Love the format and your style.
I've used this and this advice is great! I don't know if you mentioned this or not but Galvbaraz has a pretty good unique building, that unlocks Bloodreapers (and +1 to their capacity), 250 income, 100 skulls per turn, and a 10% bonus to skulls from kills for all armies
Dude this is the guide I've been waiting for. I haven't played the Total War series. Actually I played Shogun but that is one of the earliest in the series. It's advanced so much since then. I love this faction but couldn't quite figure out how to build it economy wise. I would raise and take settlements and then was too poor to do anything else. Now I know I just need to focus on Deff Gorge, which helps tremendously with upgrading my army. Also I didn't realize that having garrisoned armies hurt your growth as well. I'm going to make changes and get out there and be the great terror i know I was meant to be! Thanks again for tremendous work here! This was the instructional guide I wish was enclosed when I purchased $300 worth of game & DLC's via my Game Pass -chuckle-
Well glad to help, I wouldnt advice doing Skarbrand first though, try lizardmen or dwarfs first, much easier to learn the mechanics, Skarbrand is hard even with experience.
Having a blast with Skarbrand. Tomb kings really can't stand up to even a mediocre Khorne army. I had to use the blood host much more sparingly in the new start location.
@@LordForwind Yeah I learned that the hard way. Late game they were using some burning skill that would disintegrate my units. My next playthrough I am going to wipe them first.
your guides are the best so far i found, would be nice if you wanna add something on top of your content) in battle strats/builds/play style you can use to max your fraction bonuses
I'm not that great a min maxing to be honest, also a ideal comp doesn't exist in game really since counters are a thing. Thank you for saying the are good though!
Hey man I'm really thankful for your in depth videos, they helped me out a lot so far with learning the game! was wondering if/when you might be doing a video on the Dark Elves?
Odd.. A lot of the units you've shown aren't available to me. Are they locked behind DLC perhaps? Like the marauders, they are nowhere to be found on my building browser screen.
@@LordForwind I checked the CoC reviews and saw some people mention that all the added units should have been added free, so I guess they are locked out for me. Enjoying the campaign so far, but a bit more variety would be nice indeed.
This might be a dumb question but is it possible to directly recruit an Exalted Bloodthirster as an army Lord? I'm about 100 turns in and I've only been able to recruit Heralds of Khorne. I never got around to looking this up but when I was playing last night one of my Heralds was elevated (seemingly at random) to an Exalted Bloodthirster. Is this the only way to get these? Would the Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh factions have a similar thing with obtaining Exalted Great Unclean Ones, Lords of Change and Keepers of Secrets?
More accurate I think to say that Khorne hates sorcery. Magic is basically controlled and channeled Chaos and those who are devoted enough to Khorne have abilities that can only be described as supernatural. Either Khorne is a hypocrite or he's ignorant of that. The effects of high winds of magic reflect this pretty accurately I think.
Hey what lords feel impactful as skarbrand? Im new to the game and i love an impactful lord ofcourse good unites also but i love impactful lord most any advice what to try?
@LordForwind sorry to bother you but when you say demons you mean daemons of chaos? And the vampire lords are they vanpire coast or vampire counts?And i did try tyrion idk why but he get boring tbh sorry im still only few days in the game
@@othmanalmesbah5257 no I mean the chaos God factions although warriors of chaos are powerful lords as well. Either counts or coast but I would say avoid coast until you understand gun units better
I've only played as Valkia (Khorne wise), which I understand plays a bit differently, but: Forsaken and Warhounds suck. I feel like they're just additional muscle and can't be relied upon to do much aside from "look good."
Hello. It's an ok guide. I do not see why you downplay the The Skull Throne mechanic. It's a huge boost, gift 2 free units of Bloodletters thar are invaluable. When figthting factions with ranged unit summoning a bloodletter on top of ranged is invaluable. Plus with research it becomes cheaper and more powerful, with more summons. I use it at cooldown. You also left out commandments, which at mid to late game are great boosters to your army or armies. The Destroy! commandment gives 1% Melee Attack to all armies. For an aggressive faction you recommend a pasive start. On first turn I first use The skull throne and then I take Skarbrand right next to red area of influence of Top Knotz army, on the road, and only after that I incorporate the hero. This way after defeating army you can also attack Agrul Migdhal and raze and summon a Blood Host, and after the I force march toward North to take Galbaraz. The same first turn I start the diplomacy game. I join the Malagor war against vampires for around 6k gold/favour. He always blows up Sunken Kernach and leaves it in ruins. Next turn i advance towards Galbaraz and in encamped stance only then I start recruiting 3 more units. Usualy a mix of Bloodletter and Marauders Dual Weapons. Right after I take Galbaraz Wurzag shows up on road to colonise Sunken Khernach. After I take Galbaraz I recruit 3 more units. Next turn I hit and destroy Wurzag because he is in Forced March stance and can't flee. Wurzag defeat trait bonus is a great bonus for Skarbrand (10% physical resistance). After that I go and finish vampires and focus on greenskins on North. On highest difficulties you can wait until wurzag colonise Sunken Kernach and hit him when he is weaker, and until then clear up Top knotz armies that show up around south. At the moment I rarely use blood hosts because of bugged hidden supply lines. The blood host i use it to raze to get skuls Gronti Mignol and fight some battles in north. I disband it around turn 8-10 when i start raising the 2nd army to take Floating Village and take care of southern Greenskins and Tomb King and more. the 2nd army I started it with 6 units, a mix of bloodletters and marauders dual weapons with a Herald of Khorne general and after taking Floating Village and facing other armies I recruit and grow the army on the road as bloodletting grows and I see fit. I use Harbinger of disaster and Clan Moors as allies as they are helpful and keep clear flanks as you rampage with 2 or 3 armies. I always colonize major city and sack/raze small settlements. The main rat clans (the legendary lords) are good allies in mid to late game as they take care of flanks as you cannot advance in 360 degrees radius. I also recommend Thorek defeat trait as great buff for your main armies. I never lost Skarbrand and I usualy fight the battles myself as I usually get half of loses I get on auto resolve. I rarely recruit an army and stay with it in a settlement. If I have I have to defend at some point I recruit some unit and with the local garrison I match the number of unit or go under the number of attacking army. And imediately after battle I disband so I don't have to take the money hit more that 2 or maybe 3 turns. I prefer to recruit Herald generals and turn them into Bloodthirster generals at level 15 because of Siege attacker. I also recommend use of at least 1 Cultist in every army because of replenishment boost and 3 bloodletters and 1 bloodthirster summons each, 4 free units. To increase capacity i build wherever I can the Mortal Servants chain of buildings. You can build that in minor settlements also because it goes only to tier 3. On Skarbrand I prefer to go blue line to get replenishment, campaigh movement and upkeep reduced bonuses and also lightning strike and Claimer of souls. Next I focus on Rage Incarnate line followed by red line to boost bloodletters and skullcrushers. Never forget to get Missile and Spell resist. Till level 50 i fill up the yellow line to boost Skarbrand. Don't put points on red line after Kill for Khone until units start reaching rank 7 experience because there are useless until then.
In my defense, this is a guide for people learning the faction. I don't do move by move guides unless it's needed. I only dereccomend the skull throne because learning players overuse it early and then loose tech progress. Great tips though!
I took the instant teleport from a khorne cult and landed in northren nagarond.. 100 turns later i control the entire north with malekith and archeon as my bitches… sadly this gave rise to the order factions who are now much stronger position…
The only issue I have with this faction is trying to hold major settlements....the garrisons are the absolute worst until you upgrade the settlement to its upper tiers.
@@LordForwind when I watch other people play as khorne they always control a huge chunk of territory. I thought you were supposed to just March across the globe sacking, raiding, and razing moving from battle to battle.
Honestly in the last day or 2 I've restarted this campaign. I really like Khorne but I struggled with the order in which I take out who. Those damn Top knotz need to be wiped out first since orcs are beefy and really melt my army if I'm not careful.
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Finally a good skarbrand guide. Skarbrand loves his skulls but his accountants hate him
pretty much!
In their defense he's not an easy guy to work with.
Hello lord forwind! algorithm brought me here. Thank god they led me here. Thanks for the guide!!! looking forward to the future videos too :)
Welcome aboard! Glad the Algorithm is helping me for once! Also glad to help, let me know if you have any questions!
This is the exact guide I’m looking for… something to help me get started and feel happy with my campaign and be able to thrive. Also not too in depth where I can’t wrap my head around because I haven’t played enough
Glad to help! I hope it helps you get better at the game!
Pretty new to the game, and new to the new campaign map even more so. So this is a pretty good guide for me. Is there a way to remove the "glow" effect from the armies so I can actually see what's going on? (In battle)
Your videos have been super helpful. I always go through your video before first playthrough of any new faction I haven't played before.
Glad to hear it! Make sure to ask any questions you might have!
Best vids in depth for total war for sure. Unbelivable these isn't watched more.
Share the word then! Thanks for saying their good.
Shockingly little subscribers for how well and in-depth these videos are. I definitely am one now.
Thank you so much for making these guides. They are so thorough and well put together, as well as being fantastic for new players like myself. Love the format and your style.
Glad to help! I'll redo them as factions get released and updated
Just started playing IE and had no idea what each faction does. I plan on running through all your vids, thanks for all the help!
Glad to help! Ask any questions!
Awesome tips, helps to explain a lot of mechanics that aren't that clear such as the bloodletting
Glad it was helpful!
I wish this video was the first one to come up when I looked up a guide!
Well every like helps others find it
I've used this and this advice is great! I don't know if you mentioned this or not but Galvbaraz has a pretty good unique building, that unlocks Bloodreapers (and +1 to their capacity), 250 income, 100 skulls per turn, and a 10% bonus to skulls from kills for all armies
Thanks! No, I didn't mention it so thanks for doing so!
Dude this is the guide I've been waiting for. I haven't played the Total War series. Actually I played Shogun but that is one of the earliest in the series. It's advanced so much since then. I love this faction but couldn't quite figure out how to build it economy wise. I would raise and take settlements and then was too poor to do anything else. Now I know I just need to focus on Deff Gorge, which helps tremendously with upgrading my army. Also I didn't realize that having garrisoned armies hurt your growth as well. I'm going to make changes and get out there and be the great terror i know I was meant to be! Thanks again for tremendous work here! This was the instructional guide I wish was enclosed when I purchased $300 worth of game & DLC's via my Game Pass -chuckle-
Well glad to help, I wouldnt advice doing Skarbrand first though, try lizardmen or dwarfs first, much easier to learn the mechanics, Skarbrand is hard even with experience.
@@LordForwind It's too late, I'm already hooked on this wrecking ball! Going to learn every thing I can about this faction! Skulls!!!
@@Streetbroker have fun
Having a blast with Skarbrand. Tomb kings really can't stand up to even a mediocre Khorne army. I had to use the blood host much more sparingly in the new start location.
It's so easy fighting them early game!
@@LordForwind Yeah I learned that the hard way. Late game they were using some burning skill that would disintegrate my units. My next playthrough I am going to wipe them first.
@@Streetbroker yeah tomb kings are late game faction
your guides are the best so far i found, would be nice if you wanna add something on top of your content) in battle strats/builds/play style you can use to max your fraction bonuses
I'm not that great a min maxing to be honest, also a ideal comp doesn't exist in game really since counters are a thing. Thank you for saying the are good though!
Hey man I'm really thankful for your in depth videos, they helped me out a lot so far with learning the game! was wondering if/when you might be doing a video on the Dark Elves?
This weekend, doing to try to do dark and high elves on the same day since they are both popular, im saving them for the weekend! Also TY!
My mans cannot be stopped
👍 yep
I'm waiting for your Nurgle one. Cool guide!
Planned it for next week.
I was looking for a "hammer and anvil" type of unit roster for a first IE playthrough. Looks like khorne may be it
Britannia or slaanesh are your hammer and anvil ones more
khornes blood/skullcrushers and minotaurs of khorne are good for that role
Khorne is so slow that is more like using 2 anvils
Odd..
A lot of the units you've shown aren't available to me.
Are they locked behind DLC perhaps?
Like the marauders, they are nowhere to be found on my building browser screen.
Very odd, I dont think the champions of chaos dlc effected the monogod factions but maybe it did? Honestly I think its likely a bug
@@LordForwind I checked the CoC reviews and saw some people mention that all the added units should have been added free, so I guess they are locked out for me.
Enjoying the campaign so far, but a bit more variety would be nice indeed.
Same here i’m playing base game no dlc and a lot of units are missing.
This might be a dumb question but is it possible to directly recruit an Exalted Bloodthirster as an army Lord? I'm about 100 turns in and I've only been able to recruit Heralds of Khorne. I never got around to looking this up but when I was playing last night one of my Heralds was elevated (seemingly at random) to an Exalted Bloodthirster. Is this the only way to get these? Would the Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh factions have a similar thing with obtaining Exalted Great Unclean Ones, Lords of Change and Keepers of Secrets?
Yep once they get high level they can be restarted with better stats basically! So to answer the question no, you cant directly recruit them!
Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed and thank youA!
More accurate I think to say that Khorne hates sorcery. Magic is basically controlled and channeled Chaos and those who are devoted enough to Khorne have abilities that can only be described as supernatural. Either Khorne is a hypocrite or he's ignorant of that. The effects of high winds of magic reflect this pretty accurately I think.
He and his followers are a bit hypocritical for sure, they dislike it if people use magic but demons are usually acceptable as far as I understand.
Hey what lords feel impactful as skarbrand? Im new to the game and i love an impactful lord ofcourse good unites also but i love impactful lord most any advice what to try?
Any of the demon ones or vampire ones. Plus Tyrion of the high elfs and grombrindal of dwarfs and grimgor ironhide.
@LordForwind sorry to bother you but when you say demons you mean daemons of chaos? And the vampire lords are they vanpire coast or vampire counts?And i did try tyrion idk why but he get boring tbh sorry im still only few days in the game
@@othmanalmesbah5257 no I mean the chaos God factions although warriors of chaos are powerful lords as well. Either counts or coast but I would say avoid coast until you understand gun units better
In a way knorne is a very complex faction, but in another sense it's the most simplistic
yep!
Thanks for the guide.
Welcome welcome thanks thanks
I've only played as Valkia (Khorne wise), which I understand plays a bit differently, but:
Forsaken and Warhounds suck. I feel like they're just additional muscle and can't be relied upon to do much aside from "look good."
Depends on who you are fighting, early on they can be solid dmg dealer
Hello. It's an ok guide. I do not see why you downplay the The Skull Throne mechanic. It's a huge boost, gift 2 free units of Bloodletters thar are invaluable. When figthting factions with ranged unit summoning a bloodletter on top of ranged is invaluable. Plus with research it becomes cheaper and more powerful, with more summons. I use it at cooldown. You also left out commandments, which at mid to late game are great boosters to your army or armies. The Destroy! commandment gives 1% Melee Attack to all armies.
For an aggressive faction you recommend a pasive start. On first turn I first use The skull throne and then I take Skarbrand right next to red area of influence of Top Knotz army, on the road, and only after that I incorporate the hero. This way after defeating army you can also attack Agrul Migdhal and raze and summon a Blood Host, and after the I force march toward North to take Galbaraz. The same first turn I start the diplomacy game. I join the Malagor war against vampires for around 6k gold/favour. He always blows up Sunken Kernach and leaves it in ruins. Next turn i advance towards Galbaraz and in encamped stance only then I start recruiting 3 more units. Usualy a mix of Bloodletter and Marauders Dual Weapons. Right after I take Galbaraz Wurzag shows up on road to colonise Sunken Khernach. After I take Galbaraz I recruit 3 more units. Next turn I hit and destroy Wurzag because he is in Forced March stance and can't flee. Wurzag defeat trait bonus is a great bonus for Skarbrand (10% physical resistance). After that I go and finish vampires and focus on greenskins on North.
On highest difficulties you can wait until wurzag colonise Sunken Kernach and hit him when he is weaker, and until then clear up Top knotz armies that show up around south.
At the moment I rarely use blood hosts because of bugged hidden supply lines.
The blood host i use it to raze to get skuls Gronti Mignol and fight some battles in north. I disband it around turn 8-10 when i start raising the 2nd army to take Floating Village and take care of southern Greenskins and Tomb King and more. the 2nd army I started it with 6 units, a mix of bloodletters and marauders dual weapons with a Herald of Khorne general and after taking Floating Village and facing other armies I recruit and grow the army on the road as bloodletting grows and I see fit.
I use Harbinger of disaster and Clan Moors as allies as they are helpful and keep clear flanks as you rampage with 2 or 3 armies. I always colonize major city and sack/raze small settlements.
The main rat clans (the legendary lords) are good allies in mid to late game as they take care of flanks as you cannot advance in 360 degrees radius.
I also recommend Thorek defeat trait as great buff for your main armies. I never lost Skarbrand and I usualy fight the battles myself as I usually get half of loses I get on auto resolve.
I rarely recruit an army and stay with it in a settlement. If I have I have to defend at some point I recruit some unit and with the local garrison I match the number of unit or go under the number of attacking army. And imediately after battle I disband so I don't have to take the money hit more that 2 or maybe 3 turns.
I prefer to recruit Herald generals and turn them into Bloodthirster generals at level 15 because of Siege attacker.
I also recommend use of at least 1 Cultist in every army because of replenishment boost and 3 bloodletters and 1 bloodthirster summons each, 4 free units. To increase capacity i build wherever I can the Mortal Servants chain of buildings. You can build that in minor settlements also because it goes only to tier 3.
On Skarbrand I prefer to go blue line to get replenishment, campaigh movement and upkeep reduced bonuses and also lightning strike and Claimer of souls. Next I focus on Rage Incarnate line followed by red line to boost bloodletters and skullcrushers. Never forget to get Missile and Spell resist. Till level 50 i fill up the yellow line to boost Skarbrand. Don't put points on red line after Kill for Khone until units start reaching rank 7 experience because there are useless until then.
In my defense, this is a guide for people learning the faction. I don't do move by move guides unless it's needed. I only dereccomend the skull throne because learning players overuse it early and then loose tech progress. Great tips though!
That's perfect! Thanks for sharing your experience
I took the instant teleport from a khorne cult and landed in northren nagarond.. 100 turns later i control the entire north with malekith and archeon as my bitches… sadly this gave rise to the order factions who are now much stronger position…
Yeah thats an issue but also probably a smart move in general
I just noticed watching this I don’t own the chaos warrior DLC
I was wondering why I didn’t see some of the units in my play through XD
Yeah the dlcs add quite a bit
@@LordForwind I know what I’m buying myself this week!
@@Roamingfirebat good idea!
I literally just attack everyone with this guy....best campaign ever! Lol
Try taurxos its almost the same but better I think
@@LordForwind yea I'm in a campaign with him right now too
@@kevinharvey9500 have fun!
If teachers taught like this in college, notes would be easy, tests would be A's.
Its how many of my teachers taught and I enjoyed it.
The only issue I have with this faction is trying to hold major settlements....the garrisons are the absolute worst until you upgrade the settlement to its upper tiers.
Yeah well that's khorne not so good at holding lands, great at conquering them.
@@LordForwind when I watch other people play as khorne they always control a huge chunk of territory. I thought you were supposed to just March across the globe sacking, raiding, and razing moving from battle to battle.
@@kevinharvey9500 Yeah thats the idea, but you also want a couple of recruitment centers that get you top level troops!
Good guide Ty
Glad it helped
Honestly in the last day or 2 I've restarted this campaign. I really like Khorne but I struggled with the order in which I take out who. Those damn Top knotz need to be wiped out first since orcs are beefy and really melt my army if I'm not careful.
Yeah its rough, blood hosts and ambushes are the best bet usually
I think that also when it came to assigning skill points I was probably putting them in the wrong lines first.
@@AM-uo2kf Blue is best, then red usually then yellow, and any personal tree comes when you can get it.
It's "waaaaah" not "waaag." They are screaming "War!" But cannot say R.
And it's "Halberd" not "halaberd"
Interesting
I thought all you needed to know was attack and then attack more
Oh it would be so nice if that was it!
Khorne kills furries! I mean beastmen xD love his faction
Khorne kills everything including his own people, so beastfurries barely rate a mention
be more confident on mic my dude awesome vid
Thanks for the tip I think I fixed it in later videos the clipping issue, but in terms of volume its max out.
Are you mad englishspeaker? Are you make a guide for Skarbrand? Skarbrand is no need a guide, he just need a SKUUUUUUUUUULSSSSS
All for the throne of course!