5 Campaigns for BEGINNER'S to learn Warhammer 3 with!
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The empire offers one great advantage for noobs: readability. If you're new, all these witch elves, changebringers and Tzaangors can be pretty overwhelming. But everybody knows what swordsmen and archers are supposed to do. Maybe you shouldn't expect to win your campaign, but you can expect to learn the basics of the game.
First timer plays Karl Franz and claims the starting province:
"Ah this is incredibly easy"
Meanwhile, Kazhrak, Festus, Vlad, Azhag, and Drycha:
"Confident, we like that"
@@paladinwright yeah you're assaulted from so many sides...so much to defend.
@baloneyandfunk5234 insert "SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS," uhhh Karl. . .they dead
@@paladinwright don't forget about kemler... you ain't completing eilhart as a region for a while
@notoffensivenpc8400 for me, Kemmler is always a hit or miss. But when he moves into the Empire I just quickly push him back to the fort. Truly no rest for the Empire
Kairos has to be a troll lmao that campaign bends you over and tells you how it's going to be
Literally gets spanked by everything to the north if you dont get steam rolled by oxy
Yeah, he must've forgotten about Oxyotl coming straight for you with 2 stacks around turn 10. And then Teclis is there as well
VERY TRUE, your tzeench ally is weak AF, the slaanesh faction to your right will attack you no matter what, Oxyotl will flood you with his skinktide, Teclis at the north might be weak early but will be a constant threat anyways. I dont know if ita better bcuz of the changeling dlc but last time i played i had a hard time even in Hard difficulty 😅
@@daxxgaming2567 Changeling is a totally different campaign. Honestly that one is so easy new people shouldn't play it because of how unique it is
@@jcbvickers i can probably handle Kairos campaign better if not for the ABYSMAL replenishment of tzeench unit/faction
Putting Kairos's campaign on here must truly be a Tzeentchian scheme to torture new players, because even on moderate-to-easy difficulties the Tzeentch campaign is one of the hardest in Total War. Complicated economy management, wars on multiple fronts, and the practical inability to use diplomacy makes this a wicked challenge of a campaign. I'd advise newer players to stay away
Kairos roflstomps once he gets rolling, but like Imrik in WH2 he has a brutal fucking start that a new player will find frustrating beyond words.
Its also very DLC dependent. Kairos without the marauders you get from champions of chaos is truly ridiculous, Kairos with cheap but usable melee inf before tier 3 / skirmish cav is hard but manageable
Trying to call any of the Warhammer campaigns "hardest in total war" is laughable. The hardest Warhammer campaigns are like average campaigns in most historical games. The legendary lord and hero mechanics are so poorly balanced you can have a legendary lord as a one man army when there isn't even anything slightly comparable in other total war games.
@@simpicusmaximusmfs havent tried totalwar:atilla and fighting the Huns, but you cant ignore the fact fhat Kairos IE is hard, try that shit in Legendary and tell me how you fared 😂😂😂
@@JarmamStuff Oxyotl is going to end any new player trying that campaign his ass rolls up with strong forces very quickly and your often not even done getting that first enemy dealt with when he shows up.
Recommending Kairos is a strange choice if you ask me. In my experience this is one of the more challenging starts currently in the game. You have three nearby factions that will all declare war on you sooner rather than later, which means you very easily end up in a situation where you're getting pummeled from all sides. And even when you figure out how to optimize the start the hurdle of beating Oxy is one of the toughest early rival battles. Not to mention you pretty much need the warriors of chaos DLC for the faction to be good, you're completely dependant on being adept at using magic, Tzeentch's eco situation is a nightmare for a new player, and you won't learn anything about playing with diplomacy or trading.
My first thought after Tyrion and a Lizard (I would personally pick Kroq'Gar) would be Malekith. You have a bunch of friends around and a fairly isolated position, Dreadswords have been buffed to be very reliable and Dark Shards are great and the more advanced army has great variety, and both your early rivals (Valkia and Grombrindal) aren't overly aggressive or super strong offensively but they offer a decent challenge when it comes to killing them off.
oh brother what game have you been playing? malekith is one of the worst starting locations in the game. yes grommbindal is easy to roll over considering early ap ranged is like the dark elves main strength but after that you either have taurox and cylostra tearing up the south and in my playthroughs Valkia routinely obliterates the dark elves to the NE. Sigvald also often becomes quite a problem and can easily take out what little remains of your dark elf brethren. i do agree Kairos is a very odd choice by Zerk.
I think it is more focused in easy diff. for beginners? Than Kairos position could be okay? I Just played him once and it was on Legendary - He was not the hardest but by far not the easiest. Truly a weird choice
Malekith...? Nah His starting positon is not that easy
Definitely agree with the doubt for Kairos. Constant two front wars are not beginner friendly.
Totally agree with you about Kairos. Kairos is definitely a hard one. When you want to play an Chaos Faction as an new player i would rather chose Azazael (Kislev will not instantly declare war on you) or Be'lakor, because His start Position is kinda good + with these two you can learn Hammer & anvil tactics because of the gifts of slaanesh. I would recommend to play Chaos Warriors or Kislev after Gor-Rok or Tyrion, because in my opinion, you learn with Gor-Rok and Tyrion how to manage your front line in an beginner-friendly environment
Play as the Elves?
This is just another Elgi scheme.
This is no time for short-sightedness, my guy
@@Brother_O4TSSHORT ?? there will be no playing elves.
@@Brother_O4TS SHORT??!!! No multiplayer!
@@Brother_O4TS Oh that's going in the book
@@Brother_O4TS
*Grumbling intensifies*
Cant believe kairos is on this. His start can be insanely difficult and one of the hardest in the game imo.
True. Although the video "Why you suck with Tzeentch" by Blake's Takes helps a lot. This is doubly frustrating since the other Tzeentch faction literally can't lose the game unless you actively try for it.
Already beat it with the choas fractions but ya KISLEV and Two headed 😎 bird 🐦 sick 😷 without some thought
Kairos is very much so not an easy campaign unless you're already really good at utilising your spells and unit positioning. Oxyotl will shred you if you aren't paying attention and aware of how to handle him
Destroy the nurgle faction, get a non aggression pact with the Slaaneshi one, rush force peace while you fight Teclis and also grab the -3 changing of ways cooldown from Kairos' skill line. After you have those, it's literally impossible to lose because you can choose who can declare war on you or not
@@rohan8243 The problem is when the slanneshi faction says 'Screw You!' and declares war on you anyways
every free campiagn
Yes, you shouldn't buy any dlc until you are bored of the base factions.
Seeing how Immortal Empires cost $180 without sales, I wouldn’t call any campaign free!
@@Astroman10 You only need to to buy WH3 to play immortal empires.
@@Astroman10😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@@nedimogul6935 oh I see they patched that. Good on them!
Kairos definitely not. His starting position is literal hell. If you want to make the most out of it you need to be experienced and kill Teclis first and just ignore the South Pole in the early game.
Chaos Dwarfs I would also disagree because they have complicated faction mechanics that no other faction has that can be overwhelming for a new player. Also if you are playing it wrong it will be punishing for you on the campaign map. Not enough gold or armaments. Also, you need to be constantly aggressive as Chorfs to gain labour. That is the biggest problem for the new players as far as I've seen. Many new players tend to play rather defensively and safe (which isn't good tbh) but going Chorfs is like throwing someone to the water to learn how to swim.
I kinda disagree with Grand Cathay not having a solid frontline. In my experience, Jade Warriors hold pretty well. I think Grand Cathay's armies are less forgiving if you're not learning to utilise the Harmony mechanic, rather than the frontline being bad at all
Yes, but jade warriors can crack under anti-infantry units, as do normal empire units. Stronger frontlines are much better at protectin against anti-infantry
@@NotInterXX Oh, definitely. But that's the case for most frontline infantry. Anti Infantry will chew through most frontlines anyway. But overall, I've found they still hold quite well even compared to High Elf Spearmen (Even costing the same, having more health, and being armoured). Yes, they're not the same level as Chaos Warriors or Dwarf Warriors in terms of defence or holding, but they're definitely a strong and reliable Frontline Infantry compared to most in my opinion. The argument I was making was that Grand Cathay's frontline is solid and forgiving, but a better point to make for Grand Cathay being less beginner friendly is that it also relies on specific mechanics in battle (Harmony and keeping units standing still to get buffs for example).
@@Dalinks337 cathays front line does not hold long and does not have great leadership. they will route pretty fast and they do not have a ton of armor.
@@prestonvarner611 I agree that they don't have a lot of leadership - not a bad amount but nothing to write home about. But I would say their armour is pretty substantial. They have the staying power, but needs the mechanics of the army to be utilised, which was my point before - The mechanics make the army less beginner friendly, not the frontline.
Are you kidding? How many factions have 50+ armored infantry at the start of the game?
That Kislev and Tzinch recommendations are very weird ones. These are one the hardest campaigns! Chaos dwarfs are just too complicated and overloaded with mechanics. So definitely not for the beginners. Here is my top 5 noob friendly factions list.
5. Beastmen. Very agrissive and straightforward army. The main selling point of beastmen is that you don't have much to manage. Their units are totally free, they don't have public order issues at all and they don't even need to engage in diplomacy. Just roll around, burn down everything and have fun! Pick Taurox or Malagor they are very powerful legendary lords.
4. Dwarfs. This is the opposite side. Dawi army is very tough and defensive: their infantry can hold the lines while missiles and artillery blast the SHEISSE out of your enemies. Low growth is a problem but economy is one the best. Choose Thorek or Grombrindal as your legendary lords and start completing the grudges!
3. Lizardmen. They have a strong versitile roster: great infantry, lots of flying units, skirmishes as well, some cavalry and a huge variety of large DINOSAURS. Lords and heroes are amazing too. Economy and growth are poor tho. If you are a big fan of DINOSAURS than play Kroq-Gar or Gor-Rok.
2. High Elves. Heavy missile focused faction but infantry, cavalry and monsters are very solid as well. Thier influence mechanics allows to recruit a very powerful lords and heroes with unique traits which can buff the whole faction. Units are kinda expensive but economy is amazing, you get a huge income from trade. Tirion and Alariel are absolute powerhouses especially with the sword of Khaine.
1. Greenskins. They don't have as much armor and leadership as the dwarfs, their missiles are not as great as high elves and skaven, their cavalry isn't as strong as French, their artillery isn't as destructive as Empire's but their versatility, their tactical performance are truly DA BEST. Because they are cruel but cunning and cunning but cruel. Their units are cheap, have some handy scrap upgrades and economy is surprisingly good for a faction that can't trade at all. WAAAAGH is very helpful both in battle and on the map as you get a factionwide buffs for trophies. If you want to paint the world in green than Grom and Wurrzag are your boys.
I don't know about chaos dwarfs as a beginner faction... They're very fun and diverse, but you need an understanding of what the 'good' units are worth before you produce them, you'll have to learn how to manage mines and factories, and you're always surrounded by enemies. And the slave frontline is not forgiving either, they run away very quick.
Perhaps they're a good try for a second campaign?
I'd disagree. With the hellforge they get some nuts bonuses to units and anything on their roster can be made into a powerhouse. Balancing the economy I think will be the most difficult part for new players. And the nature of the unit caps means you not only can use a variety of units, you'll be forced to.
@@sassyviking6003i’m a new player, I started like a week ago. I would not touch chaos dwarves with a 3ft pole. Lots and lots of mechanics I don’t get.
@@gir1573 I'm a vet of the game and felt the same way when I picked them up, but it's really not bad.
Basically a blend of Cathay, Dark elves and dwarves
@@sprintstothebathroomdaily2429 When the description is a bland of several different races it probably is that bad, we are discussing beginner friendly, Chaos dwarfs are not beginner friendly as they have a ton of advanced mechanics and rely on weak chaff to frontline.
The last time I played chaos dwarves I get waaagh form Grimgor in the early game. Not much I can do with the starting army when he come at me with two 40 stack
Another reason Empire, Dawi or Cathay aren't good for beginners is the understanding of how line of sight works, formations, and positioning to effectively field gunpowder units will be too much for a beginner to learn. Elf archers don't have that problem so beginners can focus on other parts of the battle.
This, 100%. I really struggled to get good at TWW and even dropped it for a long while, because a lot of experts will put gunpowder units in top-tier positions when it comes to value for the price, but they are incredibly hard to use for a new player that doesn't know how to create firing lanes. The High Elf campaign was the first one that I ever beat, and started to make me feel like I might be able to figure the game out.
Cathay has plenty of powerful archer units though, at multiple tiers too. Jade crossbows are available very early, and celestial crossbows are very powerful in the endgame. They only have two gunpowder infantry units, one of them has very short range and the other is a sniper, so LOS isn't that much of an issue.
Their roster is flexible enough that a new player can try gunpowder infantry without really relying on them.
Love your channel but this is objectively an awful list. Recommending Chaos Dwarfs to a new players is crazy. Those factions require a lot of resource management and planning. You have been playing this game for so long that you have no clue how overwhelming this stuff is for new players.
After playing my first campaign as astrogoth after some 100 hours on warhammer I was fucking lost
Chaos dwarf is fun but I felt like I wasn’t playing right the entire time lol
Few wierd recomendations imo, Kairos is a bit wierd as another poster mentioned. but tbh i think Lizardmen is also wierd with the criteria that you put out because they have quite a non-standard army.
If you want to learn the basics of total war, I feel Chaos Dwarfs are a horrible choice. Their economy is a lot more management than any other faction and their military recruitment works different to almost every faction as well. Hella strange pick
WTF those are weird choices!
Tyrion and Gor-Rok are ok but they're WH2 factions and no one trying the game is going to buy the full package at one!
Katarin and Kairos both got hard and challenging starting positions in IE.
Chaos Dwarfs on top of being locked behind a paywall are one of the most mechanic-heavy factions in the game and has unique and different economy!
The only fairly easy base-game campaign with well-rounded roster is not mentioned here which is Zhao Ming's campaign.
My thoughts exactly. Its a pretty elitist list. Like "You should spend several hundred dollars on this game before you even play your first campaign to have fun", which just isn't true. Should have only focused on basegame factions.
The Kairos campaign is brutal. I wanted to play Tzeentch, but was struggling hard to get back quickly enough to defend against Oxy, after taking out Slaanesh. All those regions are like 6 turns away from your capital, and by the time you reach the eastern edge, Oxy declares war on you. I know it can be done, but it is quite challenging. I plan on coming back to it, but am playing Belakor at the moment. Way easier, and i can still play with Tzeentch units and a better front line.
Saw a post about a stategy for the early game, of not putting any money into your starting province, as oxy will hit it hard, and instead investing in the slaanesh province first, as its more secure.
What I do with kairos is ignore the slaanesh faction, you can get easy non aggression by selling them a settlement so they won't attack you. Either the last nurgle one you take or by changing ways one of their settlements to yourself and selling it back, or selling them the last nurgle settlement and then changing that back to yourself. Go back and wipe them out with a second army after dealing with teclis and oxy. Obviously a new player isn't going to do this but just a suggestion. You can also use this settlement selling trick to vassalize factions who would otherwise hate you which is fun fun.
@@Zylos3 thanks boss, that sounds solid
To be honest, Kairos is the symbol of suffering first and happiness later. Kairos' starting position is a disaster on Very Hard (I'm not sure if playing on Easy - Normal things would be different).
A little bit of my experience when playing Kairos, there are 4 main problems I have to solve in the first 10 - 20 turns. Nurgle and Slaanesh Faction from the east, Oxyotl from the west and Teclis from the north.
If you decide to take over the entire Nurgle Faction, Teclis will clear the Tzeentch Faction and declare war on you, at this point Teclis will have a full stack on your sea/land and you will have a tough battle(1). After the battle, you will have to head to the capital of Teclis and deal with the garrison accompanied by more than half a stack of newly recruited troops, this siege is almost impossible unless you make the most out of Kairos (2).
(Tzeentch's army at the beginning of the game is a failure when it comes to sieges).
After that battle, disaster will await you in your capital, as you see Oxyotl has taken care of your allies in the west and is heading towards your capital with 2 full stacks. And if you don't do diplomacy first, Slaanesh Faction will also declare war on you at the same time and advance from the east (3).
Welp, at least that was my first experience with Kairos. On my second playthrough, I tried a new strategy. After conquering the second territory of Nurgle(The one located next to the sea), I signed a temporary peace with Nurgle, earned some gold from it and immediately headed to the capital of Teclis. At this time, Teclis's main army will be busy dealing with the Tzeentch Faction, so it will be unable to defend the capital. After capturing the unguarded capital, your job is to defeat Teclis's main army and return to your capital. Prepare for the slowly approaching Oxyotl.
(Also remember to sign a non-aggression pact with Slaanesh, in addition the remaining territory of Nurgle will also be a buffer zone to stop Slaanesh while you are dealing with Oxyotl.)
Hope It will help someone in need. If you have a better strategy, feel free to correct me xd.
I’m currently playing a kairos campaign myself, and I didn’t find it to bad tbh. Dunno if I got super lucky that oxyotl called in tiqtaqto into the war instead of the slann or kroqgar though
Noooo Kairos is one of the hardest starting campaigns in the game
Its up there with Franz pre 5.0 and the Kislev priest
Honestly, if you non aggression the slannesh faction, they usually give you enough time to deal with oxyotl and get back
@@AdamMcLaughlin-yi1dfI feel like Kairo is hated by the entire map. The slannesh always fked me in the ass if i dont wipe them out even when i pay for the non aggression pact
@@HaoThienKinh Coming from Slannesh, it should be obvious it will end up fucking your ass haha
Use the change of ways. It will be a lot easier for Kairos.
Recommending Kairos Fateweaver for new players is absolutely insane.
Out of all the Chaos Lords, Kairos is by far the most complex character, starting in a very rough position that forces you to deal with Teclis early on in your campaign, no easy task for any new player. On top of this there are many complex campaign mechanics such as changing of ways, winds of magic manipulation and unique build trees different from most other factions. The fact that you would recommend his campaign to new players makes me question your understanding of the game as a whole, that's how absurd it is.
I love Kairos, his campaign is very thematic and chaotic, but I wouldn't recommend Kairos for anyone who haven't already completed a few campaigns.
Nah guys easiest start is Skrolk everybody knows clan rats > saurus. Trust me.
I just started a new Skrolk campaign today and was surprised at how much easier it was than I remembered. Probably had some luck with Gor'Rok going after the dwarves rather than me, but two armies stacked with Plague Monks before turn 10 turns pretty much everything into mulch.
@@Ares42 nah honestly his campaign is so much easier than wh2, and I don't honestly know why.
Like a true skaven would say😂
@@Frederatorr Because everybody hates Skaven, and Lustria-Bowl is no more.
@@Frederatorr he has a few minor factions as a buffer between him and Gor-Rok in 3 instead of being right on his doorstep, gives you a little more time to prepare and get some decent units rather than trying to use Skavenslaves to fight Saurus which you were basically forced to do in 2... I think he even starts off at war with you in 2 as well, so he'll be on your ass almost instantly.
Cathay was my first campaign. Learned a lot and still learning.
Khorne is great, minimum amount of territory upkeep and basically just wage war. Super simple and easy lol
Are you learning by yourself or watching a video and playing along with it. Im struggling to pick up any lord and play cause i dont understand at all
@@lukegaming1154 high elves are great for pick up and go, easy to learn mechanics with them and the units are pretty humanistic. Khorne is also good, never really have to worry about territory upkeep, just keep your armies going
@@lukegaming1154please try Tyrion he overhaul the beginner faction and his campaign very forgiving if u make mistakes
Cathay is pretty fun. Just finished a Yuan Bo campaign. Hadn't played them since launch, and I ended up spamming Jade Warriors with Gate Masters in a lot of my armies.
Me, with over 2000hrs between wh2 and 3 and still refuses to use cavalry:
Neat, another zerkovich video🎉
Always good to have at least one fast harassment unit just to peel away their backlines, that said you can do the same with certain single entity monsters/lords
My friend plays with the exact same style as you do. He'll use monsters, fliers and stuff, but NEVER cavalry.
@@KnightMan222Gyrocopters are just flying horses with guns 😂
What's up with that, how come some people don't use cav?
@@Tuck213 Most of them aren't cute enough. Or they're meh.
Strongly disagree with this list in large parts. Kairos is one of the hardest campaigns currently, and he only has a good unit selection if you have the DLCs. Chaos Dwarfs campaigns are too burdened by the plethora of additional mechanics and unit caps to be beginner-friendly. Lizardmen don't teach players anything about ranged combat, and their roster is too single entity-focused to be a good representation of Order faction gameplay. Kislev faces way too many strong enemies early on, and needs a lot of time to get their economy rolling, while also suffering from pretty crap units in the early game.
Honestly, the only beginner-friendly lord is Tyrion. Strong economy, relatively safe starting position, and a roster that covers all the basics of combat in W3.
I do think it's good to try and find more options to offer new player than just Tyrion though, because not everyone wants to play Tyrion (I absolutely never would've got into this game if I'd had to start with him, I'm all about bad guys all the time... WH2 Queek was definitely not the ideal learning experience but I had enough fun to come back for more). That said yeah I dunno about some of these, telling noobs to play Kairos almost feels like a prank lol. I guess Greenskins, one of the non-gimmicky ones, might be another decently well rounded race for new players?
I also think rather than trying to find one faction that's perfect for everything it might be worth asking new players which ones they're interested in and then giving some context for what they'll learn from that. For example, if someone really desperately wants to play the Vampire Counts first, that's obviously not gonna teach them anything about missiles or artillery; but they are gonna learn a lot about cavalry and magic, and they're way less likely to bounce off and uninstall than if they force themselves to play High Elves even though it doesn't sound fun to them. So just making sure people know what their chosen faction will and won't teach them when they start the campaign could go a long way toward easing the learning curve/
Maybe a bit too heavy on the battle focus. I'd say Katarin and Kairos would be a massive issue for a new player in terms of wars they get in quite early. You take Fort Jakova as Katarin and you border Azhag and Drycha on what, turn 2-3? It will heavily depend on the player if they get into one war there or two. Drycha is a nightmare to fight on the battlefield. Throt will declare war by turn 10 I guess as well. Kairos needs to rush back to defend vs Oxyotl and Teclis after securing the east flank. When it comes to their campaign situation, these two factions (Kaarin and Kairos) are likely in the top 10 most difficult. Which is why I love them but for a beginner no way I'd recommend them. Cathay seems fine to me as a recommended campaign, Miao/Zhao are not too difficult, solid rosters as well. Dwarfs I would not call too easy based only on their simplicity in battle, a few of those campaigns make up for it with their difficult campaign map situations. For a new player: absolutely do not play Belegar 😂
5 mins in and still waiting for this guy to actually recommend a campaign.
Edit: Holy shit he recommended Kairos for new players lmao
Kairos?! For Real? My man Zerk just taking the piss apparently. Try a Kairos campaign without the champions of chaos dlc and tell me how much you love fighting Slaneesh light cav as an early game hyrbid infantry faction, just before you get the joy of fighting lizardmen's light infantry extravaganza
Kislev, are you joking?
I feel like new players are putting difficulty way down and also they are only going to play 50 ish turns before starting a new campaign. They can have a good learning experience playing kislev as they watch their kingdom collapse.
Kairos? I am not quite sold about that one. His position is pretty difficult, especially without the dlc (that new players probably won’t have). His abilities are also a bit complicated, as is his the range focused army (to a beginner at least).
I agree with Kislev, High elves and Lizardmen. I am a little on the fence about Chorfs and Tzeentch. I guess Tzeentch has barriers, but those can be hard to utilize
Yo these are some hot takes. Like yes, the Kislev roster is really good for beginners, but the start positions for alot of lords are brutal. I just straight up disagrees with Kairos, thats the hottest take. Way too leaning into magic, which for alot of beginners isn't super what you need to focus on when there way more fundamental parts of the game they are already trying to learn. I also don't think starting with super easy armies like dwarfs is a bad thing. Alot people need to that easy first step to grow into more complex factions.
Kairos also relies a lot on ranged units that are squishy and medium range. Elves with their stupid 180 range or silver shielded AP XBows are way more forgiving for a newbie.
Yes, Kairos is technically a 2-bird doomstack, but a new player wont know how to cheese with him like that, and even if the newbie did, what did we learn from that for general application other than 'magic = good'?
Honestly, these suggestions aren't great.
Kairos has one of the worst start positions in the game, and a new player can easily get killed off due to having enemies on both sides, as well as teclis and sometimes lizardmen coming from over the sea.. And Katarin is surrounded by strong enemies, azhag, moulder, drycha, norsca and chaos all ready to charge, while the minor empire factions and kislev die so easily and aren't much help. Both campaigns I've seen so many "help i'm dying" posts about, their relatively weak eco doesn't help either.
Also, your justification for not including cathay is a bit weak. Their frontline is honestly pretty solid thanks to the ying-yang bonuses. Not going to win any awards, but it's fine. And zhao mings start position is excellent, with loads of nice allies nearby, and economy is good as well, meaning you can have more armies.
Astrogath is a bad choice, not because of start position or anything, but because of how complex chaos dwarves are. They have so many different resources, so many ways to trade them, even 3 different settlement types. They're probably the most complex faction in the entire game. Really interesting and fun, but i'd never recommend them to a beginner for that reason, just too complex to start out with.
Tyrion/gor-rok sure. I'd include zhao ming and grimgor. Both have fairly simple start positions, good economy and not overly complex factions, as well as a fairly varied roster.
bro chaos dwarfs is such a bad campain to recommend for someone new, their buildings are so weird and its really important with them that u dont build the wrong unit or else u are fucked. (one goblin unit is so bad that u cant win with that as a new player and u dont know what is good as a new player)
Honestly some of these picks are really questionable.
The only ones I agree with on this list are Tyrion and Gorok.
If you're new player for WH3 here's a better list:
- Tyrion
- Gorok
- Valkyia
- Thorek
- Rakarth
All of these lords are in very comfy positions where you can think more clearly of your next move.
When you're new, you want a campaign that sort of funnels you in to going a specific direction.
Having too many paths can be distracting for a new player which is why these campaigns work so well.
I generally agree, except that I'd exclude any WoC character from that list by the sheer fact that they play very unconventional with their focus on Dark Fortresses and vassalization. Also, the whole Gifts of Chaos system is explained rather poorly ingame.
@vahlen
I agree with WoC settlement mechanics working a bit differently but they're a good start imo because they're strong. You'll learn to sack and occupy because you don't lose anything by sacking instead of any other order faction. Because of this you have a pretty strong economy and high level armies and heroes/lords.
They're among the most fun too when it comes to monsters and sheer power.
You'll get to play and coordinate attacks with allies too, form easy alliances and so on, where you need to work for it with other factions.
Their chaos boons system isn't hard to understand, pretty straightforward buffs you just keep activated and you unlock more of them to use at the same time via tech tree.
@@nyrva2876 The point of the video was to not recommend strong, mindless factions. Or factions where mistakes cripple you too much. Or needlessly confusing ones. WoC, despite being my favorite faction (Shock troops with protoss shield anyone?), sadly manages to all three. Doubly so with Valkya.
1. It is a rush faction.
2. One where recruiting an army of troops tier 2 needs manually controlling Lords recruiting every turn from 7 fortresses all over the place for 12 turns.
3. One that can't undo giving a mark, meaning your Chaos Warriors of Khorne with Halberds will have to shove their anti-large bonus in their arses when they become Chosen.
First time I actually disagree with a Zerk video. Kairos's start position is pretty hard for beginners and Cathay can teach all the fundamentals while having a better front line than empire. I would say dwarfs are good precisely because of their tanky nature, it teaches you basics and while you will have to adapt to less tanky front line for other factions, but that doesn't mean they arent good to learn the game with imo.
Would disagree on Kislev. Tough starting position. Hostile factions all around, need to know where to go first to secure the borders. You have vampires, tree kin and Festus at the South, orcs and ogres at the East, rats and huge amount of chaos factions at the North. It's too much for new player, especially a passive one.
P.S. not talking about easy difficulty though, i meant normal\hard and up.
I wouldn't recommend Kairos to a begginer. Greenskins are an easy faction to begin with. They have waaghs, cheap and strong units, and no difficult mechanics.
Dont agree with Chaos Dwarfs, the additional ressources, unit caps and upgrades might overwhelm a new player. Kislev is also a bit off, as you will be attacked from pretty much all sides.
Kislev as a starting faction? I pray for any new player that listens to this video
I mean Katerin is alright, not the easiest in the game but not exactly the hardest, and no convoluted mechanics with kislev for a new player to balance in the way that Chaos Dwarves or skaven do
@@ProFoolmaneven with said mechanics the chaos dwarves are far easier than Kislev, S+ tier roster even with shitstacks and all territory is green, easy start positions for all lords, build literally any building and your economy is fine, crazy tech tree etc, Kislev is getting wave after wave of Norsca and demons and chaos dwarves coming from red territory you can never advance into
Disagree with Kairos, though. The Tzeentch roster is absolutely amazing and the lore options are pretty good. But his starting economy is brutal, ie slow as fuck. Definitely switch him with Grand Cathay, specifically Zhao Ming. He has a better starting position than Miao Ying, ie no major threats nearby plus a friendly Gelt as neighbour. He also has better faction effects, ie +5 alchemist recruit rank and +15 melee armour.
Idea for new challenge video:
Finish the campaign of Kairos with only vanilla Tzeentch. No DLC stuff allowed.
I really disagree on Cathay, the peasants units may be weak but the jade units make for a really sturdy frontline.
Their start is also quite forgiving with lots of allies and relatively few enemies.
And the current version of harmony is really easy to understand and apply.
All in all, while my first recommendation would be Tyrion, Cathay would be n°2 or 3.
At the very least they're much better than Kislev or the Chaos Dwarfs which are either pretty bad with a weird hybrid roster and unfun mechanics or way too complex and locked behind a DLC.
Kairos definetly not... One of the challenging starts. A beginner could not reach the strong easy units that can carry battles. i kinda disapointed that you really rushed this vid and you didn't think it trough.
Personally I disagree his horrors are cheep and do well in auto resolve so if you can get two cheep armies and go of oxy ASAP then he goes down like a chump then the rest of the game plays like it's on easy mode as basically no one can invade your starting island
The community regards Kislev-Tzarina_Katarin & Tzeentch-Kairos as some of the most challenging campaigns.
Though Kislev got a little breather, with Malakai plugging the North up a little.
I can't recommend Tzeentch (Kairos) for beginners. You are surrounded. Especially by Oxyotl & Teclis. You have no idea about Tzeentch's cheat codes (changing of the ways) or which direction to take the research tree. And you can barely even support a second army early on
I would've avoided using any dlc factions or factions that lean on dlc's like Kairos. These are new players who are learning the game and paying for a dlc is probably out of the question until they know they want to keep playing.
kairos and katarina are really tough
Clearly Chad Franz is the best choice whether you're a novice or a veteran
I don't think there's anything wrong with recommending Cathay as a beginner faction. Yes they have a simple playstyle, but that will enable newer players to learn important mechanics like LoS and terrain without panicking over microing everything. They have everything in their roster bar monstrous infantry so it can all be experimented with at a player's leisure. Also think you sold their frontline short - Jade Warriors are some of the best generic infantry in the game, you can set them up and they'll do their job for a long old while without oversight. Zhao Ming also has a very forgiving start position, particularly now Gelt has been moved near him. I'd have no trouble suggesting him to a new player.
The Empire I'd hesitate to, but only because Karl Franz still has a very challenging start position.
Kairos!? WTF lol. Thats suicide. Its likely one of the hardest campaign even after the boosts, at least on legendary, maybe its easy on regular.
No, even on Normal/Normal Kairos has the toughest campaign in the game. Maybe Be'Lakor could make a claim to that title, but pretty much no one else.
I was with you for most of this, but I'm going to hard disagree with the Chaos Dwarf recommendation. Their early game is brutal since you can barely field any strong units, the economy management is way different and way more complicated than any other faction (which is not going to help a new player understand how the economy works for factions in general), and as a Chaos aligned faction, almost everybody hates you (including Grimgor). I have never played a Chaos Dwarf game where Grimgor didn't declare war on me by turn 30.
I would suggest Yuan Bo as a substitute. Your start position is way more comfortable and favorable with a good number of potential allies around, the edge of the map guarding your Western border for you, a standard economy and the balanced unit roster you were talking about, with the addition of a smattering of large single entities and flying units to cut your teeth on if you want to dabble in those.
To each their own though; everyone is going to have a slightly different opinion on this kind of thing, just giving my two cents.
Kairos? I dont know for lower difficulties but even Legend himself (and I also played so I could test it myself), at least in VH/VH, oxyotol has pretty strong armies making your start pretty rough for new players, you have also to fight slaanesh, literally tzeentch counterwich can be troublesome for newbies.
Can't say I'd recommend Kairos. You invariably end up in a a two front war against stack after stack of lizardmen which are pretty good against tzeentch. Even in the beginning you have to rush down the eastern parts of the south pole really quickly and then rush back west to confront oxyotl or you'll loose your capital. I wouldn't exactly call that beginner friendly.
Which is not to say that Karios/Tzeentch isn't incredibly fun with exceedingly powerful late game armies and campaign abilities. Just the beginning is really tough if you don't know what you're in for.
And good Lord Tzarina Katarin? Are you out of your damn mind? That has one of the most hard, and with Throt, downright annoying campaign starts in the game. Why would you ever recommend that to a beginner? I have over 2000 hours and find that one of the shittiest starts. Pre 5.0 Kugath is easier than this.
Chaos Dwarfs are also not for beginners since they have a completely different economy.
Truly some bizarre picks.
i think chaos dwarves are not beginner friendly for the sole reason of multiple currencies, yes they are very powerful but i think it can be very overwhelming to try to balance different kinds of settlements on a first playthrough
Faction that helped me learn best on how to play is tomb kings. They have a balanced roster with alot of chaff, mix of magic, chariots, constructs, artillery, and some cavalry. They have some of everything and if you lose, can rebuild army fairly quickly. Can do a bit of everything.
I wouldn't recommend Kislev for beginers at all. It is one of the most unsafe strating locations there is, they tend to get invaded from many sides at the same time and their economy is not great... Which limits de number of armies they can field to respond to threats.
Katarin campaign is just rough man. Good well rounded army, but the first 20 turn is so annoying.
Chaos dwarfs definetly not. The economy System is complicated for a beginer.also the starting pos isnt that easy either.
You forgot wood elves, excellent noobie faction
Kairos is a head scracher, only thing going for this campain is the position apart from that solid picks not sure if economy of cdwarfs isnt to big topic to understand
I think your commendations are a bit weird.
Chaos Dwarfs are very different from the other factions and probably not good to learn the game with.
Kairos has a very harsh start and pretty much requires that you own some DLC for him to be more manageable.
I'd recommend:
Miao Ying if you're have literally no DLC. She's a very balanced faction with simple mechanics and the Cathay army is fairly standard with all kinds of units to learn.
Tyrion if you have Warhammer 2 for the same reasons Zerk said.
Balthasar Gelt if you have Warhammer 1. He's got a save and easy start position with a strong ally nearby. The empire is a very standard faction that is great for learning the game with.
"Kairos is a good starter lord and cathay's front line isn't good. Chaos dwarfs, the most complicated faction on the campaign map, are also a good first time faction" Well, those sure are some takes you can have.
Beastmen is good for learning the game. Free army upkeep. Hidden encamp stance. Increased ambush chance.
i would almost agree except they only have one unit that actually is ranged and the only cavalry they have is light armored monsters that are really just used for taking out routers and disrupting weak backlines. they've almost as micro intensive as the greenskins
I am not sure, as the most powerful strategy by far is to run around only really taking ambush fights, at which point your swarming gors from all sides will rip through most anyone with ease. The faction is rather bush reliant because with low leadership and lack of armor your troops are just pretty explicitly worse in a fair fight.
I like Beastmen but I disagree. They're so unlike other factions that when you transition back to a more standard faction you'll struggle with things like upkeep and public order.
I strongly disagree. You mentioned criteria for why they might be "easy", but as Zerkovich mentioned when speaking about the Dwarves, this is not about just being easy, that's only one of the criteria, it's also about teaching you how to play the game. And since the Beastmen are one of the most unique race in the game with being the only true horde left and having cap units, it's a bad idea to start the game with them.
I agree with beastmen it's just an introduction faction with a amount of games mechanics. Once you have learn those basic skills you can move to a more advanced faction. Beastmen, to Ghorst to elf faction on the donut, this would give a stepped progression to more advanced game mechanics.
My first campaign was Ikit Claw, I don't regret it, and playing Skaven has taught me that routing isn't the end, and monsters are very versatile, however no flying and the only "cav" is war machines and the rat hounds, it was a riot and loved every second of it. From using the Warpstone for nukes, to embedding it with the Engineers, but the empire has taught me the importance of using heroes and imbedding them into armies and not just a lord and a doom stack of Poison Wind Mortars, a new goal for a new campaign.
I have to disagree with Gor-Rok & Kairos and Kislev over cathay ;
- skaven are one of the most annoying faction to deal with, always ambushing and invisible on the map it's a weird choice for beginners and also you're surrounded by enemies, bordeleau, markus, yuan bo, dark elves, skavens, vampire coast and kairos will also come for your ass at some point it's not beginner friendly at all when there is a multiple front wars and also the faction mechanic is sloppy and it's not a balanced army, very monster heavy, i rarely see anyone using cav or missile with lizardmen
- kairos start position is way too isolated, it will not teach a beginner how to secure its border and the roster relies on the DLCS too much.
And cathay is a much more beginner friendly faction, balanced army and good frontlines (idk why Zerkovich says it isn't, i've used jade warriors/halberdiers heavily even in the turn 100+), it is indeed an easy sit & artillery faction but it is the case only in the mid to late part of the campaign, early it touch and teach a bit of everything in early, bow / guns difference, line of sight importance, cavalry, flying cavalry, especially with the trade caravan battles, you have limited units to use in battle and you can add a ton of other faction units too, also while travelling you meet almost every faction possible and that's a good teaching experience without having any consequences on your campaign, you just lose a little bit of money and since cathay has such a good economy, it's almost free, it also teach about securing borders from chaos, the lightning strike importance against greenskin, allies / confederation, except the elves i don't see any faction better at teaching the game to newbies, it's probably even better than the elves.
I don't see how cathay is worse than kislev, considering that kislev you get invaded from 6 different sides while you are fighting almost alone, azazel north west, wulfrick and other chaos warrior from the west, archaon & daniel from the north, skaven which are directly above you, chaos dwarfs from the north East, Greenskins from the east with Azzag.
Not recommending dwarfs for the reasons provided, then recommending Itza is a very odd assessment.
Itza Saurus spam with E-Z-peezy, no friendly fire kroak nukes is one of the easiest, cheesiest and least tactically demanding campaigns in the game lol.
Doesn’t make sense man lol
My first ever faction I played with is dwarves in WH2, and then I assumed this game is just napoleon total war but with a fantasy paintjob
It’s made me realise the importance of positioning & proper formations, so that’s a grudging
Wouldn't Vilich be a better choice for Tzeench/WoC beginner friendly faction?
Thanks for the recommendations. But I question why you put Kairos as a recommendation as his starting location is easy to attack by sea, he's surrounded by enemies, and without Champions of Chaos or Shadows of Change you're almost completely reliant on winds of magic for your armies.
Tyrion I agree with as High Elves have an incredibly balanced unit roster, have a very defensive position on Ulthuan, and you have several High Elf allies including Alarielle and Batman and only really have to deal with minor Dark Elf factions, Dreadfleet, and N'kari.
CHOAS DWARF IS GARBAGE SUGGESTION
Kislev starting pos is a hell as well, a lot of enemies around , you really want to put a beginner against norscans chaos warriors, skaven,orcs,vampires... And their early armies not at all solid
I only got one answer to this video... SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS !!!
Tomb Kings I'd argue are a good faction to begin with. You get pretty much every single unit type but you don't have to worry about economy. It teaches players well on army diversity without bankrupting them.
You also fight a huge variety of enemies depending on your lord of choice. Unlike dwarves that can be stuck grinding against greenskins and skaven forever.
If there was a single free Tomb king, I’d agree with you. Alas, they are DLC only last I checked and paying extra for your training wheels feels like bad advice. Only the core factions should probably be considered.
@@g4manhere553Tomb Kings came with WH2 … since this video covers Immortal Empires, you need WH2 to play.
Problem with the Tomb Kings is their Crumbling mechanic may not be beginner friendly
@@Astroman10 they were not a base WH2 faction, they were a race pack DLC. also immortal empires doesn't require all 3 games, just WH3
@@dchumbo4207haha ok so they are a race pack DLC. I was wrong. But IE requires all three games! That’s the point and major complaint of it.
Uhhhhhhh Kairos has one of the hardest starts in the entire game.
Also Chaos Dwarfs are waaaaay too complicated for beginners.
You have to understand not everyone is a glue eater that can't handle the dumbed down mechanics of chaos dwarves. Try playing older TW games or Paradox games if you want to see complex mechanics for a beginner to grasp.
@@DJ-1Q84 'older TW games'
lmao
So I'm curious are you just a masochist or did you decide in this video to be deliberately contrarian?
We didn't have the same kind of campaign with Tzeentch, I'm always fighting off 2 full stack of lizardmen to the left and having to repeal Teclis' invasion far to my right. And that's not even considering Slaanesh to the far right pushing since it takes at least 4 turns of forced marched to bring Karos from the front line to deal with them... Never have time to bring my settlement and military building to tier 3 to recruit Chaos Warriors with Halberd to deal with the single entity dino the lizardmen have. I find it almost has hard has Nurgle
The Kairos recommendation is insane
Enjoy Zerks videos usually but definitely a miss here.
i absolutely wouldn't recommend karios as a first his start is very hard
Play as the skaven, throw yourself in the deep end and if you drown at least you'll drown the enemy with your sea of skaven corpses.
It's also such a nice change when you play a faction that has good infantry for once.
I think you missed a beat not recommending the tomb kings. They have all the variety and they are freely replacable - very forgiving if combat deoesnt fo your way while you're learning. They have easy mechanics as well, especially compared to the
Chorfs and Kislev who I think are both bad choices for beginners.
Kairos is pretty hard to play imo, I would have put Grimgor as a good choice, he's a beast and you get units so easily a defeat isn't really a problem !
Im gonna thumbs down Katarin, every time I've tried that campaign my allies all get railed and Festus just charges across my territory to kill Katarin like its his one true calling. Her army also takes too long to get interesting, all you can go early game is spam the blandest unit in the game, and Katarin herself is a more meh lord with her lore of ice magic just being mid.
The new northern Dorf lord has made Katarin's start way easier. You do need to survive until t3, but the risk of getting bodied early has gone down a bit.
I don't like Greenskins as a starting faction because the unit roles and power level are hard to guess. Is a savage orc boar boy big un a strong unit? What about a snotling pump wagon with spiky rollers or flappas? No clue.
Big = Good. Bigger = Better. It cant get much simpler
the kairos spot made me check if the video was by chance released on April 1st
If you want an easy bad guy faction archaon has to beit
Azhag. Starts between 2 potential allies thx to his diplomatic bonus (One of them being the goddamn von Carstiens). You will learn about leadership and how to use a balanced roster, quest battles and the sweet bonuses they give, and the greenskins especially have a nice easy tech tree/faction mechanic. Anything but Kairos lmao.
I .... actually have to disagree with Kislev and specifically Katarin as your first choice of campaign ^^'
Because that's what I did. A bloody n00b this was basically my first TW game and I picked Katarin in the RoC map as my first campaign. And I'm not kidding here, it took me 20 something attempts (restarting the campaign) until I finally made it through to the victory screen.
Kislev is so damn open that it's a horror trying to defend your territory with just one army, because you can't even afford a second army by turn 20 yet. On top of that, South Drycha, South East Azhag, South West Festus, North Valkia (an absolute Terror!) North North West Throt, a bit further Throgg, West Azazel.
So while your best interest is to shut down Drycha and Azagh to secure alliances with the Empire (btw good Chance Vlad shows up at your doorstep too) you'll get attacked by two WoC factions, Skaven and Norsca while you're at it and a novice in this game with absolutely scramble (and probably collapse) under that pressure.
So, no, Kislev isn't a good starting campaign at all ^^'
And even for Lizardmen, I'd actually say Tehenauhin (or Oxyotl with DLC) is "easier" as he starts in a very secure corner of the map as well. His campaign mechanics might screw you over a bit though.
Kairos, Kislev, and Chaos Dwarfs? This might be the worst list I’ve ever seen for anything in this game. You’re like a millionaire trying to recommend food to someone on food stamps
Lol cry me a fucking river
Kosssar armies fighting the chaos tide is not easy
Hobgoblin armies are not easy
And demon all ranged armies are not easy
For beginners
You're nuts to recommend Katarin for a beginner. That's one of the hardest campaign starts in the game, the only few that immediately come to mind as more difficult are Daniel, Imrik and funny enough the other Kislev factions: Boris and Kostaltyn.
Also you really need to mention that your recommendations are assuming that you have ALL of the DLC for every faction. You were specifically talking about Tzangors with Kairos, and those are a unit you can only use with the Shadows of Change DLC, same thing with Kislev without that DLC Kislev doesn't have Kislevite Warriors which again makes Katarin's start a lot more difficult.
Gor-Rok is a solid recommendation though. Perfect campaign for a beginner.
I kind of disagree about Cathay and the Empire. You don't really get good artillery until tier IV, so you do have to make do with standard tactics for quite a while, and on normal or hard battle difficulty, the infantry doesn't break that quick, at least the defensive ones. In my opinion, the empires biggest issue is actually how versatile the roster is, that does feel a bit overwhelming to me compared to pretty much any other faction I've played. Karl Franz' Campaign mechanics are also not the most beginner friendly, though that and his starting position issues are much improved with the latest patch. With Cathay, I think the yin-yang-stuff can feel a bit limiting on a first campaign, so for a complete beginner, I'd still recommend Tyrion over either of those, but I'd probably pick them over Kislev or - presumably - the Chaos Dwarves (haven't played them yet).
[edit:] Oh, and I almost forgot: I actually think the prologue of warhammer III (the lost god) is actually a fantastic introductary campaign. Its only issue is that it makes you want to continue with the realm of chaos. But if you want to play dwarves or something else not generally recommended, I would suggest to start with that - it's fairly short, and you learn all the basic elements of the game.
Just play Wurzag.
The economy of greenskins is the simplest out of all factions, and their gameplay embodies the total war basics, by the time you've familiarized yourself with the rock paper scissors formula you will have access to giants which teach you how single entities work, trolls which teach you how monstrous infantry work and their shitty artillery, which still teaches you how artillery works.
Savage Orcs are really good under Wurzag but aren't outright OP like other units and force you to strategize.
Meanwhile Wurzag being a caster type character, and one of the best, you learn how magic works and there is both the offensive stuff Wurzag excells at and the more subtle but decisive buffs and debuffs showcased by the night goblin shaman.
I'm teaching my father to play and Wurzag is making it all very digestible for him.
Kislev is really balanced, easy to use, but Katarin's start can be absolute hell depending on how fast Throt wants to sprint at the walls of Kislev. If you focus Azhag early on, then Throt can snowball pretty fast (ngl Throgg feels like the only one that got speedbumped by Malakai), and if you go after Throt, then Drycha might take stuff in the southern Oblast.
easy to use starting army, but there's a reason why people asked CA to swap the recommendation from Kislev to Cathay xD
1:14 I still remember picking Vampire Counts as my first campaign in Warhammer 1 and have no idea what I am doing even after 30 turns. Switched to Greenskins and immediately understand how the game works. VC is so bad for judging strength of units
Avoid Karl Franz like the plauge and play Tyrion or Grombrindal instead. I think the Dwarves do have some good things to teach new players. Specifically using line of sight ranged units like Thunderers or especially ones with low range like Irondrakes. Learning to use those types of units well helps a lot with other factions as well. Plenty of factions have similar units that you can't just put behind your front line on fire at will and forget about them. With the High Elves sure they have a balanced army but just using Archers and later Sisters of Averlorn behind a line of spearmen will auto win almost every fight.
Bought TTW 1 not so long ago. As my first race i took dwarfs but it got boring pretty fast. Something had to be changed so i took faction that is opposite for dwarfs - Bretonia. It worked, i'm having fun! Currently in the process of ruining an entire lore by "drastically reducing wood elven population in my area".
Tyrion yes pretty easy campaign. Dwarfs good in general for new players because they need at least some understanding from the start.Kairos definitely not for beginners you need a dlc woc just to be able to utilize his strong magic and without SoC dlc have no replenishment until turn 25 . Dwarfs of chaos definitely not for beginners pretty complicated economy army composition and etc. me with 1000 hours of game experience really struggled at the start . Their playstyle is unique army recruitment is unique they have army cap which only suitable for DOC and tomb kings. Grand Cathay is absurdly strong but for the begginers its a good starting point
Kairos is not a good start at all, it's pretty much the worst.
Your 2 strongest neighbours are Oxiotl that has super boosted chameleon Skinks and a minor Slaanesh faction, which is a hard counter of Tzeentch and ANYTHING ranged.
Tzeentch and kislev are some of the hardest to play, I'd replace tzeentch with Zhao Ming, and kislev with the Greenskins, playing wurrzag for example. Chaos Dwarfs are also a very poor choice since they take a while to take off, and they are one of if not the faction that has the most things to manage, so recommending them is baffling.
HE teaches defensive armies, but no arty dinamics besides their one piece, but yes easy first faction;
Lizardmen teaches monster rush faction dynamics, and they are juggernauts, meaning they tank as much as they deal damage, so easy starter;
Cathay brings full defensive formation tactics with artillery, but not as much coddling as dwarfs;
Greenskins teach Horde rush tactics with some starter in cav dynamics, so imo, deez iz da bestest.
Yeah, Katarin is much easier now as Malakai comes to take her role as the true defender as the world.
Before that, Katarin would still in Oblast in turn 100 struggling with Full might of Chaos and Demons and unlimited Norsca Monkeys and Chaso Dwarfs and even Vlad could pay you a visit from south.
So glad Gor Rok got a shout out. I love sending him and Kroak to wreck entire settlement garrisons, saving his army for field battles. 😂