Top 5 Total War: Warhammer 2 Easiest Starting Positions

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  • @Prommy666
    @Prommy666 4 года назад +2622

    "Everyone who doesnt like Tyrion can basically die" - Literal motto of High Elves armed forces

    • @whoaitstiger
      @whoaitstiger 4 года назад +183

      _Heir_ _of_ _Aenarion!_

    • @Grivehn
      @Grivehn 4 года назад +97

      "I've had some blunders playing as Lothern' = Alarielle declared war each goddamn time and had to beat her into submission.

    • @Witch_King
      @Witch_King 4 года назад +46

      Given the fact how Asur Princes treat Tyrion it's not even a joke.

    • @tylerjustiss13
      @tylerjustiss13 4 года назад +30

      @@malekiththeeternityking5433 malekith is a biiiiitch boy

    • @ttvv88
      @ttvv88 4 года назад +84

      @@malekiththeeternityking5433 Malekith is the Kylo Ren of Warhammer.

  • @link670
    @link670 4 года назад +721

    14:40, "He's not a strong legendary lord."
    In the background Karl Franz misses so hard with Gal'maraz that a guy's head explodes.

    • @mr.silver5476
      @mr.silver5476 4 года назад +43

      You can actually thank a bullet for that one. Guy was getting pelted from the gun line.

    • @nickc4063
      @nickc4063 4 года назад +88

      14:36
      Why would you place the time stamp after what you want people to see?

    • @warhammerguy
      @warhammerguy 4 года назад +30

      It was like that anime trope where 2 characters strike and pass each other, then hold on the shot while both seem undamaged. Then one of them fucking explodes or is sliced in half.

    • @Buzzy_Bland
      @Buzzy_Bland 3 года назад +3

      14:44 “I’d like to debate that statement with you sir, come closer.”

    • @lonestar6709
      @lonestar6709 3 года назад +5

      He should have said, _"Not strong at first compared to others."_
      But fully kitted out, Karl Franz is a one-man apocalypse.

  • @LudietHistoria
    @LudietHistoria 4 года назад +175

    Nr. 5. 0:37 Naggarond
    Nr. 4 4:25 Clan Skryre
    Nr. 3 7:50 Clan Eshin
    Nr. 2 10:29 The Empire
    Nr. 1 14:45 Lothern
    You're welcome.

    • @R3GARnator
      @R3GARnator 4 года назад +2

      Without the context he provides this list is useless. You can tell someone Oda is the easiest clan in Shogun 2, but if they don't know about Yari Wall making their special unit the best unit in the game, it won't be.

    • @kylebrodie5860
      @kylebrodie5860 3 года назад +1

      Thank you

    • @romaboo9772
      @romaboo9772 Год назад +1

      Wtf ludi, please continue navarra campaign

  • @madzaisa
    @madzaisa 4 года назад +312

    I'm so agree on "cozy" starting positions. It's most important thing for me. I can deal with weak armies or Lords as long i'm not pressed to constantly running in circles trying to fight off enemies from every direction. Or can fall back to "safe heaven" home province if i make a mistake.

    • @AAGREEDYFISH
      @AAGREEDYFISH 4 года назад +13

      I agree, but please remember that the saying is "safe haven", not safe heaven.

    • @tarnyowl6068
      @tarnyowl6068 4 года назад +7

      I prefer heathen

    • @orarinnsnorrason4614
      @orarinnsnorrason4614 4 года назад +1

      Silvania as von Carstein is a decent start as well and would be my honorable mention coz I agree on this list.

    • @user-oq7gy3sr6g
      @user-oq7gy3sr6g 4 года назад +2

      i just finish my first compain as tomb kings on hight difficulty. first turens didnt go well, i losee my sphinx, and fucking orcs always murdered my shitty infantry. but i take it and win. thats was amazings expirience.

    • @kasimmorathi
      @kasimmorathi 4 года назад +4

      If by cozy, then I think Kroq-gar - who may not be in the top 5 easiest - should probably be among the top 10. It is the same sort of corner camp position as Clan Eshin, but with the added power of the fact you are putting top tier infantry (Saurus warriors) against utter chaff (Tomb Kings, Skaven) for the first fifty turns at least. Kroq-gar can field absolutely amazing Saurus infantry lines for dirt cheap with his upkeep reductions. You also have two amazing choke points in the form of Lahmia and Karag Orrud that almost completely secure routes into your heartland. Next, you have the magnificent Golden Tower landmark that really boosts your economy and a unique building in the dock location where Malus starts - can't remember the name of it.

  • @alpacaherder5680
    @alpacaherder5680 4 года назад +849

    im still convinced that the easiest is count noctilus. You start in the middle of nowhere with no active wars outside of 1 fight and you are free to do w/e the hell you want.

    • @JakeCWolf
      @JakeCWolf 4 года назад +156

      I honestly can't argue, and he can live off that one settlement for a long time too.

    • @mr.paperbag771
      @mr.paperbag771 4 года назад +70

      Tho it's super easy to fuck up

    • @Rui_Vuusen
      @Rui_Vuusen 4 года назад +144

      The problem with noctilus is, expanding is super difficult early on and you have to be extremely meticulous, you'll have 0 vampiric corruption in whatever settlement you hit first, unless you go for Harkon, and holding onto those settlements is a chore thanks to all the rebellions that will inevitably occur for the next 20 turns.

    • @mylkwagon
      @mylkwagon 4 года назад +18

      Sartosa feels way easier to me since you already start positioned to push north to the sword of khaine, establishing pirate coves along the way.

    • @stahliboi6249
      @stahliboi6249 4 года назад +62

      @@mylkwagon except you don't start anywhere near Lothern nor would you want the sword of khaine xD

  • @MapleLeafAce
    @MapleLeafAce 4 года назад +494

    I find that when you ally with a faction they basically become super passive and weak and never recruit their armies. Break off ties with them and suddenly they're fielding multiple full stack armies.
    Explains why my allies are always getting wiped out.

    • @AzureRoxe
      @AzureRoxe 3 года назад +31

      10 months late, but it also feels like having vision of them just prevents them from going wild for some reason.
      So many times I see some big armies running around almost instantly, but the moment you have vision of them, suddenly they're slow as hell and recruit like normal.

    • @morganlefevre7068
      @morganlefevre7068 3 года назад +18

      AI of this game is really extremely brocken, sometimes cheats harder than every people in the world and sometimes they will become passive as a statue

    • @MapleLeafAce
      @MapleLeafAce 3 года назад +6

      @Utter Tosh? yes you can set coordination targets but usually they prioritize their own tasks first, meaning they won't go after your target for quite a while, at which point the reason for targeting them is already nullified.

    • @xcrewx2
      @xcrewx2 3 года назад +12

      @@AzureRoxe The AI in the game just seems to spawn shit and sit in their main town.

    • @shenthekinkoumaster3369
      @shenthekinkoumaster3369 3 года назад +15

      old comment but still worth of reply. Legendary difficulty allies suck. Never ever form any form of alliance with them if you want them to help you. It makes them lose every single cheat legendary AI gets. They basically behave like normal difficulty AI.
      Instead form a non aggression pact and bribe them to join your wars. Much better result. Also if faction is confederable, you can ally them, wait until they get smashed, and then it's much easier to convince them to confederate

  • @meitynajoan5553
    @meitynajoan5553 4 года назад +536

    Gor-Rok is pretty easy in my opinion just say the magic word: KROAK!!!

    • @toggleboggle4601
      @toggleboggle4601 4 года назад +76

      You can literally disband every unit in Gor-Roks army, recruit skinks of any variety and you have a doomstack until Vampirates or High Elves throw single entity stacks together in 90 turns because Kroak is that strong. I am also shocked he didn't make the list, he either forgot or dinged Itza because of the swamp land.

    • @sofaking9404
      @sofaking9404 4 года назад +28

      While gor-rok himself is quite easy in combat his starting position is kinda ass. Hard to expand.

    • @joeyawiki3315
      @joeyawiki3315 4 года назад +22

      @@sofaking9404 it's almost like half of Legendary lord live in lustria

    • @fraserblakedayman
      @fraserblakedayman 4 года назад +6

      Yeah no ive had a campaign where clan skyre clan pestilence and the vampire coast all decided to declare war on me within a few turns of each other. And this was all while i was at war with clan fester 😅.

    • @knightshade3d51
      @knightshade3d51 4 года назад

      luvr ov chkn Im assuming you were playing vortex then if you were fighting clan skyre

  • @joeyfife6994
    @joeyfife6994 4 года назад +340

    This is your best "top x" video yet. Great editing. Informative commentary, with little to no stumbling on your words. And of course, the content itself is interesting, and helpful (as usual). These videos may be difficult for you to make, but the effort really shows, and it's awesome to see the progress you've made. Good job, my dude.

    • @darkspirit1911
      @darkspirit1911 4 года назад +12

      Scipio Africhungus Agree, such a noticeable improvement in quality, I remember in one of the first ones of these we had to convince Legend to use at least some random footage or like trailers of the game he’s talking about in top5 and he was like “nah that’s too much work mate” and now you see this relevant, edited, high quality footage. Turns out putting in effort pays off ;}

    • @DerRusher
      @DerRusher 4 года назад +1

      the top 5 doomstacks was better imo

    • @stahliboi6249
      @stahliboi6249 4 года назад +1

      That's just Legends usual quality

    • @timothylu1
      @timothylu1 3 года назад +1

      wholesome

  • @ICanHazRecon911
    @ICanHazRecon911 4 года назад +497

    "Nobody likes Clan Skryre. And you know what? That's okay, because.."
    *ZOOM IN ON SKAVEN FACE*
    Me: Ah, I see

    • @sicthemutt
      @sicthemutt 3 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @thanquolrattenherz9665
      @thanquolrattenherz9665 3 года назад +1

      because they got a spacemarines jumptrooper

    • @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489
      @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 2 года назад

      Can someone explain this meme regarding Legend and Skaven?

    • @Mango-cp1im
      @Mango-cp1im 2 года назад +2

      @@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489skaven are his most favourite faction i think because their playstyle is literally to use cheese tactics

    • @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489
      @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 2 года назад

      @@Mango-cp1im Aah, I see then he must like Balthazar Gelt a lot too.

  • @dac314
    @dac314 4 года назад +84

    "I'd probably give Karl Franz a 7/10"
    C is for Karl, and that's good enough for me!

  • @whoisswhoo
    @whoisswhoo 4 года назад +164

    ''oh geez im terrible here'' back at it again with them quality videos

  • @8TimeTurner8
    @8TimeTurner8 4 года назад +60

    I was starting to miss these top 5 videos

  • @danielfraiz74
    @danielfraiz74 4 года назад +131

    "You already start off at war with Australia"
    Damn we know now that the fires were actually warp fires from ikit claw

  • @spacesh1p583
    @spacesh1p583 4 года назад +2

    thank you, Legend, i've learned a lot from your Warhammer 2 videos and streams, keep doing what you're doing)

  • @tuffelmann
    @tuffelmann 4 года назад +426

    Top 5 Weakest Magic Lores. I'm very interested in your opinion.

    • @yodaiam9305
      @yodaiam9305 4 года назад +23

      Probably Beast and Nehekara are one of them

    • @helmutfritz3762
      @helmutfritz3762 4 года назад +9

      probably Nehekara/Light/Wild/Beast/Shadow
      Edit : okay i need to clarify i meant the skaven sorcerer shadow lore or whatever that thing is supposed to be

    • @rack548
      @rack548 4 года назад +30

      @@helmutfritz3762 Shadow isnt top 5 weak. I would rank it at 6th best. It has quite good debuff spells and super strong damage spell. In late game shadow is better than fire, but fire is better in early game.

    • @Grivehn
      @Grivehn 4 года назад +15

      ​@@helmutfritz3762 Id phase out Shadow for Metal. (I bet you forgot thats a thing.) Also Deeps might be one of the worst, and the new Eshin sorcerer lore. (good for pvp less for campaign) Goblin lore is worse than Orcish, although might still be out of top 5 worst. I havent played orcs so I honestly dunno.
      My tiers would look smt like this (for campaign, for pvp it'd look different):
      Top: Kroak, Fire, Death, Heaven, Big Waagh, Vampires, Life
      Middle: Light, Little Waagh, Beast, Shadow, Plague, Ruin
      Low: Metal, Wild, Stealth, High, Dark, Nehekhara, Deeps

    • @primalforlorn
      @primalforlorn 4 года назад +5

      Lore of deep wind spell have better damage than wind of death, albeit slower. It can destroy Phoenix guard if overcasted

  • @avengerXable
    @avengerXable 4 года назад +3

    very nice edits, thank you Mrs. Legend

  • @docholliday7408
    @docholliday7408 4 года назад

    Love your videos, top 5 are especially interesting. Thanks for the good work mate.

  • @UnkSol
    @UnkSol 4 года назад +2

    Just wanted to stop by to say thank you for this video. As a newbie to the game, it's extremely helpful to have some quick and dirty starting strategies for different starts.

  • @raileza754
    @raileza754 4 года назад +1

    Love ur vids, very informative and helpful! Keep the good work up as always!

  • @trapcardactivated1777
    @trapcardactivated1777 3 года назад +10

    "High elves get the best archers."
    Bold words from someone in zombie rifle range.

  • @Simmerian
    @Simmerian 4 года назад +26

    Honourable mention: Kroq-gar. Corner start, cheaper and strong Saurus into cheaper dinosaurs. Added to that he is one of the strongest LLs around in combat once on Grymloq, offers +4 public order all provinces with skills and items and starts with a Heavens Skink priest. Great stuff and great list from Legend!

    • @raikaria3090
      @raikaria3090 4 года назад +1

      Also he has a cozy neighborhood. Who's going to come wreck you? Khalida? She's dealing with corruption, not having a major settlement, being a Tomb King so mostly having Skele Chaff early that Saurus just smash, and her AI primarily cares about the Desert, not your Jungles.
      About the biggest danger is Queek; but he had to go through Khalida first to get to you, and even then, he's usually focused on going North because Eight Peaks.

    • @JustSome462
      @JustSome462 4 года назад

      Also when you eventually defeat Khalida you're pretty much safe, you literally just need 1 army to defend your entire faction, and the AI just can't handle dino stacks if you've got lightning strike

    • @Simmerian
      @Simmerian 4 года назад +1

      @@raikaria3090 Totally agree. Malus is nearby these days but not that hard to deal with either.

    • @karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547
      @karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 4 года назад

      @@raikaria3090 if your not playing ME Malus comes for you quickly.

    • @carldimayuga6419
      @carldimayuga6419 4 года назад

      Raikaria yeah, no, thats actually a bad thing. I honestly think Khalida can often be a trap if you beat her early on. Id rather crush Mors before they can ally with Eshin, or spread too much to Dwarven and Orc territory.
      And again: Repanse can ruin a Kroqgar campaign. Not because she’s an enemy, but because she can destroy the TKs and Vamps in the desert easily, and when she allies/confeds with the other human factions... lol

  • @Daz5002
    @Daz5002 4 года назад +1

    Legend I have to say your knowledge on this game is impressive. I love your videos for tips and ways forward.

  • @danieltadd
    @danieltadd 4 года назад

    id love to see a video on equipment synergy with various legendary lords and heroes. For example, I gave my Isabella vampire doomstack glittering scales which gives -5 to melee to everyone in a 40m radius. It stacks, which makes them completely untouchable in melee. Love these videos!

  • @greatyng442
    @greatyng442 4 года назад +4

    I like how you added some battle footage throughout the video.

  • @adamhadamcik385
    @adamhadamcik385 4 года назад

    really great video :D now I wish you did this with every faction :D...maybe an idea for the next video ? :D

  • @antares7382
    @antares7382 4 года назад +1

    Clan Eshin also get passive bonus to their gutter/night runners that makes them do extra armour piercing damage, turning them into surprisingly good ranged troops, available pretty much from the start. They can also move at pretty much cavalry speed when you stack some bonuses too.

  • @mynameispatrickandiliveund7628
    @mynameispatrickandiliveund7628 4 года назад +88

    im on like turn 100 with skryre and didnt notice you can scroll down on the weapon teams tab in the workshop

    • @Arthrexx
      @Arthrexx 4 года назад +7

      270 turns into a coop campaign. Didn't notice it myself

    • @savetheself8
      @savetheself8 4 года назад +2

      Took me about 120ish turns, I just ignored the units and didn't use them in my army smh

    • @chrisrawr6177
      @chrisrawr6177 4 года назад

      @@savetheself8 Indeed outside of the upgrade to the mortars the rest are nowhere near as good as the gunners/snipers.

    • @Macfierce1
      @Macfierce1 4 года назад +3

      I have played a few skryer campaigns and i just realized it after watching this now. lol

    • @yajamanvamsikrishna509
      @yajamanvamsikrishna509 3 года назад

      I knew it just now🤣🤣🤣

  • @Paskovitchz
    @Paskovitchz 4 года назад +7

    Totally agree with Malekith, but you forgot to mention one of the most important points you usually mention, being in the corner of the map!

  • @jommsnow
    @jommsnow 4 года назад

    Watched a lot of your content. Haven't heard you mention Alexander Total War a lot especially in the top 5 challenging campaigns. Great content tho, enjoyed watching your uploads.

  • @DeathSithe92
    @DeathSithe92 4 года назад +18

    Now do a video of starts that say their easy buf are actually VERY difficult, looking at you Mazdamundi!!

  • @KoiBoiRoi
    @KoiBoiRoi 4 года назад +67

    These are basically compartmentalized first 20 turn guides for 5 factions... nice.

  • @jojobuddamilch2061
    @jojobuddamilch2061 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for this amazing content almighty cheeselord!
    No seriously i really enjoy your videos and streams so keep it up. :)
    Actually i wanted to ask you if you could make a video about spending skillpoints the right way? I feel like i may be doing something wrong with skilling my lords appropiately ^^
    Thank you!

  • @shhhgrowing3531
    @shhhgrowing3531 4 года назад

    Awesome video, great b roll for each faction.

  • @Marcallaus
    @Marcallaus 4 года назад +13

    "Oh geeze I'm terrible here." Love them CC.

  • @wrakatere2907
    @wrakatere2907 4 года назад +5

    The subtitles for this starting was “Oh jeez I’m terrible here and today we’re..” which I find appropriate for this video in particular.

  • @kanishkashami
    @kanishkashami 4 года назад +71

    have you done a video about top 10 special buildings in the game?

    • @SmashingSnow
      @SmashingSnow 4 года назад +1

      I would love to see this idea as a video

    • @Ichorslick99
      @Ichorslick99 4 года назад +3

      Would be difficult... they do different things depending on who's controlling them.
      I would still like to see it though.

  • @TheMaDNiaC
    @TheMaDNiaC 4 года назад +1

    I expected Kroq-gar on #1. He starts off on an isolated corner, you can take your initial region and the nearby lizardmen region which also have some unique buildings and that's a very good start. You can just pick your fights from there.

  • @koetimoep
    @koetimoep 4 года назад +6

    Fireball and malekiths strike combo was beautiful.

  • @chrisstanton5034
    @chrisstanton5034 4 года назад

    Thank you Legend very cool

  • @GearheadK20C4
    @GearheadK20C4 4 года назад +4

    Do a top 5 warhammer 2 hardest starting positions vid next

  • @jpetras16
    @jpetras16 4 года назад +5

    Can you do top 5 underrated Total War dlc or factions? You're choice.

  • @hetzerviii984
    @hetzerviii984 4 года назад +78

    Top 5 factions for 'this is total war' in Mortal Empires

    • @Multiyuppp
      @Multiyuppp 4 года назад +1

      Don't know who the other 4 would be off the top of my head but itza has to be number 1. Almost impossible to siege vs gor-rok

    • @Daemonioros
      @Daemonioros 4 года назад

      I disagree on Dwarves. You have enough enemies in all the greenskins at the start. Don't want to add all the other dwarves to that as well.

  • @Nr4747
    @Nr4747 Год назад

    Fully agree on the Marienburg trap. I thought about not taking it as Louen Leoncour, either, for the exact same reason.

  • @AnAfinityForKarma
    @AnAfinityForKarma 4 года назад +39

    “Oh geez I’m terrible here”

  • @42carrotplonker
    @42carrotplonker 4 года назад

    Always like the top 5 Vids :)

  • @gamingtonight1526
    @gamingtonight1526 4 года назад

    Thank you. Will try the game again...

  • @jb2042
    @jb2042 4 года назад +1

    Nice, top 5 again!!

  • @tcideh4929
    @tcideh4929 2 года назад

    I always thought I was doing something wrong when playing Ikit cause I wasn’t expanding, thankfully I realised like you said that it doesn’t matter if you are gaining levels and food.

  • @Iris_n_Parti
    @Iris_n_Parti 4 года назад +12

    "They tend to not use the underway"
    Meanwhile in my Empire campaign, a Skullsmasher army attacks through the Southern Grey Mountains instead of attacking Helmgart head on

    • @hydroecho1044
      @hydroecho1044 3 года назад

      That happened to me once. All you gotta do is just build up your border settlements and then just fucking sit there. AI Greenskins are really stupid

    • @axelmuller7946
      @axelmuller7946 3 года назад

      Happened to me too. Was just lucky they jumped right next to uberstreik, so the Army in Helmgart was able to defeat them. But these Orcs are really a pain in the ass.

  • @Mistjeager
    @Mistjeager 4 года назад

    Might have been asked before but, what are your thoughts on the lixardmen faction called "the Last defenders that start out in the bottom right of the map? No flanks to worry about and if quick enough you may even have 2 provinces by the end of turn 10 with 2 really good settlements. At least that's my personal record. Looking forward to the next top 5 ^^

  • @apocolototh1948
    @apocolototh1948 4 года назад +1

    On skryre, I like to take a small gamble and do the lvl4 cheese on miragliano on turn 8 or 9(as soon as food is high enougth), because ai defending a city is dumb. Its early enougth that failing doesnt hurt too much, and having miragliano and skaenblight is real nice.

  • @gkrskll
    @gkrskll 4 года назад +6

    Although I agree that snikch has a pretty easy start, I think you forgot about the lizardmen on the south. In two of my campaigns with clan Eshin They've declared war on me and immediately attacked my south settlements. Now hopefully by the time they attack you would have dealt with the greenskins, but if you are at war with the dwarves they can be a bit of a pain in the ass

  • @TheLiam14141
    @TheLiam14141 4 года назад +2

    I'd say the Dreadfleet has one of the easiest starting positions. The only aggravation is starting at war with Caledor, but you can essentially ignore them after beating their initial force. Being out in the middle of the ocean gives you as much time as you want to plot and scheme where to strike

  • @ZaySaurus
    @ZaySaurus 4 года назад

    That "Fuckers." at the end always catches me off guard. I love it

  • @scattyork4176
    @scattyork4176 4 года назад

    Plus Ikitt Claw can conquer Miragliano somewhat early and safley, which is another 10 slot settlement with harbour and pastures, which are of course very beneficial for Skavens.

  • @jangiurg5295
    @jangiurg5295 4 года назад +1

    Watching Ikkit jetpack into battle never gets old.

  • @Karmolicious
    @Karmolicious 4 года назад

    When did you film this? Malekith is ranked as normal for me. (Although I had Very hard / normal settings)

  • @SZUPERhun
    @SZUPERhun 4 года назад

    When I played Karl Franz, by the time I got into Helmgart, it was always maxed out and couldn't take it out. You gotta pray to not be zerged by the orcs from north too. Does Helmgart always upgrade super fast or have they already patched it?
    Other thing is how do you do the empire helping mission fights on Legendary? Bot is always dying and the enemy comes about the same 2-3 units (I mean number of units) I have and they obliterate me because of the difficulty. Coming from behind makes it impossible to do.

  • @Admiralkirk95
    @Admiralkirk95 4 года назад +1

    I had no idea that clan skyre added the mortar, grinder and bombadiers into the worshop mechanic, wow

  • @tonyriemenschneider8745
    @tonyriemenschneider8745 4 года назад

    Can you do an in depth Tierlist of the legendary lords/ Factions

  • @IIIJG52
    @IIIJG52 4 года назад

    I have a question to your reikland section of the video. Ive played the empire a great many times, but im pretty sure that you cant go from Grunberg to Ubersreik or from Ubersreik to eilhart in a single turn, not without stacking a fair few modifiers at least, which you dont have that early on. So turn 5= dead empire rebels is a fairly tall ask id say.
    Am i wrong/misremembering ?

  • @Iris_n_Parti
    @Iris_n_Parti 4 года назад

    also you forgot that Marienburg in the Reikland campaign can lead to a domino effect if it is left all by itself. Couronne starts off at war with Marienburg and could end up conquering Marienburg followed by the fall of Nordland and then Ostland as well as the rest of the Empire factions if it is left unattended. This pressures you to take out Marienburg before the other Provinces intervene.

  • @groadmiraldonitz3459
    @groadmiraldonitz3459 4 года назад +50

    Karl Franz might not be 10/10 but BRING ME TO MY MEN and I'll show you.
    Always the dwarfs come to scorn us...

    • @Muck006
      @Muck006 4 года назад

      The one thing I wish Karl Franz would "copy" from Balthasar Gelt is the "favorable terrain: mountains" ... which makes "grumbling dwarfs" a matter of choice as to how you are dealing with them.

    • @groadmiraldonitz3459
      @groadmiraldonitz3459 4 года назад +4

      @Alistair Bolden I think the empire has a very flexible army composition. They're all around strong instead of having some excellencies. Their mixed arms tactic is quite strong against every kind of enemy and the only real threat are the chaos armored trains known as chosen ones.

  • @TheDrexxus
    @TheDrexxus 3 года назад +20

    I always found Repanse's start to be the easiest in the entire game.
    She starts with a landmark port that generates lots of money... She has 2 human cities right next door that both love her. You can get non-aggression + trade + military access, maybe even defense pact all right at the start. As soon as you beat your very first enemy, one of them wants to confederate.
    So you start with 1 city, occupy 2 more, confederate 2 more, and there are 2 ruins you can colonize. You get tons of land really quickly.
    Also, tomb kings tend to be pushovers for the most part, aside from the few armies that have intensely strong units like Settra's warsphinx. The rest just fall over.
    What is even better is you can send a lord without an army across the sea to discover tilea + all the brettonia factions and by the time it discovers them all, you will have finished your research projects that grant +100 diplomatic relations with every one of the confederable factions and +50 to all other human factions like tilea and the empire to secure tons of powerful allies right off and start mass confederation.
    Unless most races, your confederation grants public order instead of taking away from it, and you can do it rapidly to acquire those extra lands. Your only neighbors in brettonia are one settlement of orcs and 1-2 settlements of vampire counts in the form of red duke, and then 1 settlement for kemmler, you can wipe out the only enemies you have almost immediately and everyone else in the area loves the hell out of you.
    You expand faster than any other faction possible I think because of constant confederations and just such a strong start and weak enemies. By turn 30, you control a quarter of the world, have military alliances with another quarter, and can all work together to rapidly crush the greenskins and skaven. And, because of your diplo bonuses to elves and lizardmen, you can make military alliances with all of them as well.
    After a very short stint wiping out tomb kings, then helping allies mop up orcs, the only enemy left to fight is the dark elves. It is actually nuts how fast Repanse snowballs into a world superpower.

    • @victordavila9812
      @victordavila9812 3 года назад +1

      I think the same I m a complete noob and she is the only one that I have been able to finish the campaign with

    • @TheDrexxus
      @TheDrexxus 3 года назад +1

      Should try Clan Skyre. It was the first campaign where I conquered the entire world just because it was so much fun.
      They don't get the easy free expansions like Repanse, but after I take over estalia and tilea, I head straight to africa to conquer those weak skeletons for ridiculous sums of money.
      And by the time you head back to europe, you have numerous stacks of ranged infantry that can shred much larger armies with ease.
      Ratling guns and jezzails and artillery, its so so sweet.

  • @arcadius2569
    @arcadius2569 3 года назад +1

    Honestly, starting near the gold mines that are Estalia and Tilea is a game-changer. It's what makes Khazrak's start bearable compared to Malagor's. Even Carcassone tends to go for peasants which are easily wiped. The random greenskin hordes and temperamental dwarves are really the only worry. Unless you're playing Skryre. Then you have no worries.

  • @philipprovencher2622
    @philipprovencher2622 4 года назад +3

    Kroq Gar I would say has the coziest start positions in the game. In a literal corner of the map surrounded by factions weaker than him

  • @Darkpentagrams
    @Darkpentagrams 4 года назад +2

    What's your thoughts on the Dreadfleet starting position?

  • @kasvoeten6224
    @kasvoeten6224 4 года назад

    Can you make a top 5 video ranking your top 5 videos?

  • @kyht1333
    @kyht1333 4 года назад

    Do you put Ikit claw on a doomwheel?
    is he more effective on that mount than foot?

  • @arceuslegend4605
    @arceuslegend4605 Год назад

    In my ME Clan Skryre playthrough Tilea never really declared war on me. It got to like turn 100+ and their only notable feat was taking out the pirates of Sartosa but other than that they just build up a few armies and just vibed until I decided to finally kill them.

  • @HockeyWerewolf
    @HockeyWerewolf 2 года назад

    TIL that on the Forbidden Workshop you can scroll down on the weapons team section to upgrade other units. Skyre also happens to be the faction that I've played through most >

  • @TheDownrankTrain
    @TheDownrankTrain 4 года назад +5

    Top 5 OP enemy factions in total war games. Basically factions that either due to being naturally powerful, confederation spam or just getting hella cheats are a genuine threat to the player and pose a risk of causing a game over.

    • @remito7839
      @remito7839 4 года назад

      Dwarfs, Lothern, sometimes Naggarond, Grimgors Ardboyz, one of the bigger Lizardmen factions like Hexoatl or Last Defender and the Empire. Empire, Lothern, Dwarfs, Naggarond and Grimgor will most likely confederate massive regions rather quickly and with their legendary Lords and good income + AI cheats they will wipe most smaller factions until you are faced with 1-2 massive factions and a bunch of 1 Hit-Ko small factions.

  • @kamicat7847
    @kamicat7847 4 года назад

    What about The Last Defenders? I always found their starting location to be stupidly strong and easy, plus their town Temple of Skulls has extremely strong towers on a relatively small sized settlement.

  • @montsaint-michel9443
    @montsaint-michel9443 4 года назад +66

    Honestly I was interest in bottom 5 more than Top 5 startimg positions.

    • @Arthrexx
      @Arthrexx 4 года назад

      Clan Mors and that Goblin orc faction

    • @carldimayuga6419
      @carldimayuga6419 4 года назад

      Clan Mors is gotta be up there. Probs alongside his other Eight Peaks rivals. >_>

    • @ICanHazRecon911
      @ICanHazRecon911 4 года назад +5

      5. Skarsnik
      4. Skarsnik
      3. Skarsnik
      2. Arkhan
      1. Skarsnik

    • @johnmcmanus2447
      @johnmcmanus2447 4 года назад +3

      Dwarfs can be pretty rough since you have the Green Tide rolling in every damn turn with a full stack. It's manageable, but damn it gets annoying with the AI cheats. "You just lost your army? That's ok, have 5 more and go hit the Dwarfs again!"

    • @googlemademedoit806
      @googlemademedoit806 4 года назад +7

      I remember Clan Angrund being difficult because you literally NEED to take 8 peaks which is on the other side of the continent from your start position.

  • @SteefPip
    @SteefPip 4 года назад

    As far as starting Empire as Karl Franz, I would always go to Eilhart first because if you leave them with just Helmgart they wont have the money to raise a new army and you can deal with them as you see fit or just wait for the orcs to roll through and clean up after.

  • @bentownsend8737
    @bentownsend8737 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 brand new features you'd like to see in the next total war game

  • @ginobarone9505
    @ginobarone9505 3 года назад

    Idk if something has changed, but with the empire i've never even seen an ork, but the vampirrs always have me on the backfoot, they usually have Averland by turn 12

  • @ulfricstormcloak3015
    @ulfricstormcloak3015 2 года назад +1

    I bought the game less than 12 hours ago and started playing with Tyrion, and I'm loving it

  • @savior_protector1721
    @savior_protector1721 4 года назад

    Aa Karl Franz, is there a trick to getting Marienburg before Brettonia? Any strategy?

  • @BlingLingification
    @BlingLingification 4 года назад

    Can personally attest that starting an Empire campaign as Volkmar makes the beginning a lot harder. Since it takes longer to take out the secessionists, there's an increased chance that the Skull-Smashers will declare war on you and also arrive in Reikland while there's still one secessionist settlement left, and that's a real pain dealing with two full-stack greenskin armies plus a full-stack trash secessionist army (not impossible, just split them up, but still a pain)...especially if you only have two full stacks.

  • @ZlodeyDemon
    @ZlodeyDemon 4 года назад +4

    Wtf clan skryre? The simplest start. On 1 turn -> Tobaro -> Tier 3 build -> smithy for catapults -> 4-8 Plagueclaw Catapults -> capital of Estalia -> Miragliano -> recruitment 6+ Ratling Gun Weapons Team and 2+ Warplock Jezzails -> some on 15 turn we have full stack and go wherever we want (for example, to Clan Angrund)

  • @PhantomJavelin
    @PhantomJavelin 4 года назад

    Legend didn’t mention Warpgrinders as Clan Skryre, but if you should bring as many as your micro allows, IMO. Fully upgraded Warpgrinders are unbreakable, have regeneration, and annihilate elite infantry, cavalry, and chariots with over 110 AP WS on like 33 MA.
    Seismic Snare also acts as an even better Expert Charge Defense for its duration because it will snag every enemy that enters the radius, not just those in it at cast. It’s actually best used for charge denial, I’d argue, because it’s shorter than most other snares/nets.
    Skryre’s usual problems are a lack of frontline, but these things are second to none when it comes to standing in the front and killing everything in arm’s reach and locking up things that aren’t quite.
    They also break walls extremely quickly if that’s what you’re into.

  • @zmeygorynych8444
    @zmeygorynych8444 3 года назад

    Just realized you can scroll down on the weapon team menu in the forbidden workshop and buff poison wind mortars, etc

  • @ionescumarian6457
    @ionescumarian6457 4 года назад

    Do top 5 or top 10 legendary lord skill trees where you take into account how good a legendary lords skill tree is.
    For instance when playing as manfred 40 skill points seem so few because tjere are so many good things he has that you can unlock.
    Meanwhile when playing as belegar i struggle to find any good skills except the eneric ones like lightning strike

  • @shimmereyes8984
    @shimmereyes8984 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 best quotes during battles

  • @ianiskapetanidis9196
    @ianiskapetanidis9196 4 года назад

    a good tip for lothern is to start by recruiting a new lord have him recruit new units outside the settlement and make an ambush with Tyrion if the ambush succeeds it becomes very easy to end the dark elves by turn 5

  • @zg3671
    @zg3671 2 года назад

    I've always wanted a corner start position.

  • @MrFatbard
    @MrFatbard 3 года назад

    everything you said about har ganeth is exactly why i play her whenever i play dark elves, honestly mostly to blame is why their capital is not a port city, if that was the case she would at least know when you are destroying people she doesnt get along with

  • @unnamedshadow1866
    @unnamedshadow1866 4 года назад +3

    Malekith Campaign will 100% get much harder in Warhammer 3, specially if the Map expands further North, Sigvald gets a new starting location, and also Daemons of Slaanesh will likely start their invasion from the Frozen Wastes.

  • @orkabich9838
    @orkabich9838 3 года назад +1

    Why is it when i play empire campaign the vampires always take everything? Like i have to fight them or they just snowball every faction of reikland.

  • @darklordnoodlez9863
    @darklordnoodlez9863 4 года назад +2

    You didn't consider (or at least didn't mention) how much people rebel with Naggarond also if you don't deal with clan Rictus at the beginning they will come back super strong later

  • @entombed4200
    @entombed4200 3 года назад

    A newbie here. I actually did try karl franz campaign a couple of times and I find it strangely hard. (personally mazda, tyrion, and Kroq gar was easier for me)Unlike what u said I find orc taking underways to attack my undefended cities all the time and for some reason vamp counts somehow manage to destroy 3~4 elector counts by 30~40turn when my difficulty is normal. And it just might be my luck but the fastest event for confederation happens around turn 30. And honestly I have no idea how to take out Helmgart at turn 5 since the fort is defended by walls and high tier units while I have no artillery. Not to mention that the dwarves would suddenly attack me when I try to siege them out. Was there a patch that made them harder?

  • @mysteryman6918
    @mysteryman6918 4 года назад +1

    We need “top 5 campaign battle maps”

  • @robertharris6092
    @robertharris6092 4 года назад

    Good to see they made the empire easier. They were the first empire i tried and i just got bored with them being at war with 50 people

  • @vahzred7985
    @vahzred7985 4 года назад

    TIL you can scroll down in the Forbidden Workshop Weapon Teams tab to upgrade Poisoned Wind Mortars and Bombadiers.

  • @TheBigManWithTheBiggerPlan
    @TheBigManWithTheBiggerPlan 4 года назад

    Very cool.

  • @pakornwattanavrangkul2550
    @pakornwattanavrangkul2550 4 года назад +1

    My Skyre campaign slowly became Skyre vs the world as I had 1 agent go to into lustria to get the quest steps for ikkit and try and confederate with pestilence, then north to find craven tail, then back down to east to get eshin and mors. Eventually everyone that was not south east of me declared war and about 50 turns later an armarda of lizardmen and highelves came knocking on Estalia, about 7 stacks each. Managed to finally beat them all off at the cost of one minor settlement and went from 10k to 90k after all the battles were over.

    • @Grivehn
      @Grivehn 4 года назад

      My Ikit campaign (without Snikch dlc months ago) was similar. Confeded each LL so I ended up with basically 4 small empires, and needed to defend each of them. It was only normal difficulty though so I managed. But Id still consider that an authentic Skaven playthrough.

  • @gronthgronth2628
    @gronthgronth2628 4 года назад

    Sorry i ask but which patch is this? Im playing on the "pirate coast" expansion (just started) and i do not have Ubersreik on my Imperial campaign (13:51). Or is it some mod?

    • @franzluggin398
      @franzluggin398 4 года назад

      Do you have the game on Steam? There was an overhaul of the Empire recently which, among other things, added Ubersreik and Massiv Orcal as well as Elector Count mechanics, and if you can, you should definitely update the game to the latest build since they added a lot of content and nice quality of life changes since then!

  • @fake6430
    @fake6430 4 года назад

    Kinda suprised itza isnt on this starting with the floating nuke kroak is just beautiful

  • @Squall598
    @Squall598 3 года назад

    Can someone explain to me why waywatchers are better than swift arrow deepwood scouts? I've been spamming deepwood scouts and then kiting everything to death and everyone keeps going on about waywatchers, which while good with their range, I didn't find as strong. Obviously I'm using them incorrectly which is why I'm asking.