Chaos Total War Warhammer Guide
T otal War Warhammer II is a bit of an oddity as far as Creative Assembly games are concerned, lacking the flood of DLCs that usually accompany every Total War title. Two years since launch, the game has only received a couple of large expansion, and a couple of Lord Packs. It took over a year for it to finally cross the threshold for us to make one of our DLC guides. As it is, there's only two Lord Packs left for Warhammer 2 before Creative Assembly focus their resources on Warhammer III, which has been in pre-production since last year but not formally announced yet.Total War: Warhammer has far more DLC,Regardless of how much there is, here's everything you need to know about 's DLC & expansions. Total War: WARHAMMER II - Rise of the Tomb Kings (£13.99) Warhammer II’s first DLC is also its best, bringing the undead rulers or Nehekarah to virtual life for the first time in history.
Rise of the Tomb Kings is a massive expansion, adding the Land of the Dead in all its sandy and pyramid-y glory and tasking players to find five of the Nine Books of Nagash to gain complete control over the eternal unlife of its eponymous rulers.The story takes place in the same map as the base game’s Eye of the Vortex campaign, but the addition of the Tomb Kings as a playable faction upends every other mechanic Total War relies on. Units require no upkeep nor incur recruitment costs but have caps that require the construction of certain buildings, allowing these faux-Egyptians to raise an entire 20 stack army in a couple of turns. Due to being a bunch of reanimate obsessed skeletons, Tomb King units are also impervious to morale loss and never rout, but unlike Vampires and their thralled brethren, retain enough independence and self-will to not immediately crumble to dust if their leader dies.Even better, the Tomb Kings have access to massive stone constructs that can wipe the floor with pretty much any flesh and blood monster in the Warhammer franchise,. Add to that four legendary lords, a unique Dynasty system to replace the research tree, and a RPG-like loot-crafting mechanic to equip your Lords, and Rise of the Tomb Kings proudly stands as not just the best DLC in the Total Warhammer franchise, but in Total War as a whole.HIGHLIGHTS:. Land of the Dead Map. Unit recruitment and upkeep system. Mortuary Cult loot-crafting system is novel.
For Total War: WARHAMMER on the PC, a GameFAQs message. So I started a campaign with Chaos on easy thinking I would have fun just. Warriors of Chaos Faction: The Chaos Gods have many names and aspects. For most in the Old World who are aware of such things, they are Khorne - the Blood God; Tzeentch - the Arch-Manipulator; Nurgle - the Lord of Decay and Slaanesh - the Dark Prince of Chaos. Kholek Suneater Chaos Lord Overpowered Build Guide At the start of your Chaos Faction campaign, you’ll have the option to choose one of three Legendary Lords.
Completely different experience from every other Total War faction ever.IS IT WORTH IT?Yes. Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Queen & The Crone (£5.99)The second DLC is less of an expansion, and more of a rounding up of things that.really. should have been there at launch. The Queen & The Crone adds new units, two factions, and a bunch of Regiments of Renown to the ranks of the High Elves and Dark Elves, finally adding the elite special units to one of the base game’s races.The High Elves expand their roster with the addition of the Everqueen Allarielle of Avelorn, while the Dark Elves get the Hag Queen of Har Ganeth Crone Hellebron.
Both Legendary Ladies are the heads of their respective factions, offering powerful bonuses based on their campaign performance. The Everqueen leaves lingering effects through every province she passes, buffing the region and bolstering public order while gaining strength when Ulthuan is free from enemy control, while the Hag Queen needs to constantly kill thousands of slaves in ritualistic sacrifices in order to keep her youthful appearance and maximum power.Those changes offer a higher degree of investment in the campaign than usual and are complemented by the new units quite well. The Asur gain access to the Sisters of Avelorn - mixed ranged/melee fighters - and the Shadow Warriors - ranger-like scouts who shoot undetected and fire in any direction while running. The Druchii, on the other hand, can play with the Sisters of Slaughter - poisoned whip-wielding lady gladiators that cause fear - and the Doomfire Warlocks - spellcasting magical cavalry that deals both magical and poisonous damage in melee.Those new units are more powerful than the base game’s standard ones - a gap that is only widened by the inclusion of the Regiments of Renown such as flaming lance Dragon Princes. The final additions are a High Elven Handmaiden Hero for Avelorn and a Supreme Sorceress army Lord for the Dark Elves, adding a bit more of asymmetry to what is overall a very balanced pack.HIGHLIGHTS:.
Avelorn and Har Ganeth new mechanics are very different from base game Elves. New units are devastating in the field. Regiments of Renown are mostly unimpressive, and hardly necessary.IS IT WORTH IT?Yes, if you are mainly an Elven player. I expect a Lizardmen & Skaven pack to be in the works now and bound to be released soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
Total War: WARHAMMER II - Curse of the Vampire Coast (£13.99) Arr, the high seas. Who doesn’t love pirate battles, where crew swing between decks with swashbuckling prowess and ships blow the crap out of each other with broadsides? Unfortunately for all of us, the pirate themed expansion to Warhammer II has no ship battles, so arrr, who doesn't love giant pirate armies fighting on the land like regular armies. Arrrr.Curse of the Vampire Coast was one hell of a curveball, taking a very minor aspect of Warhammer lore and expanding it to mainstream status.
It adds four new factions and their Legendary Lords to the game, from the crazed Luthor Harkon in Lustria to the mutant Aranessa Saltspite in Sartosa, and all of them are focused on living on the high seas with armies of undead people under their thumb.The biggest differential for pirate factions is their possession of a legendary ship, the personal vessel of their legendary lord. The big boat serves as a mobile base, allowing players to upgrade buildings and churn out units anywhere, granting a degree of mobility matched only by horde armies. Unlike horde armies, however, the undead pirates can conquer settlements or install Pirate Coves that syphon the money of nearby cities without any of the admin work, making this one of the versatile playthrough options one can have.The campaign also brings treasure maps for treasure, Infamy lists for stat bonuses, and cursed Pieces of Eight to unlock Regiments of Renown, keeping the pirate theme running strong.
Similar to the Empire in Warhammer I, players can also appoint Lords to positions in the hierarchy that benefit both that army and the faction, though loyalty is an ever present concern if you want to keep the scallywag in office.In battle, the focus is obviously on ranged units, with most of the roster possessing firearms of some kind. Zombie sailors and vampire pirates let out a wall of gunfire upon approaching enemies, while giant walking animated shipwrecks, mortars, and cannons let death fly from afar. Add to that a giant walking crab and a gigantic cannon bigger than a dragon, and the pirate faction is easily one of the most diverse and interesting ones in Warhammer II.HIGHLIGHTS:. Great unit design, especially visually. Every mechanic is tailored to be as pirate-y as possible.
Legendary Ships are a great idea. No ship battles are obviously inexcusable.IS IT WORTH IT?As novel as it is, this DLC can only be recommended if you like the idea of sailing undead vampires. The lack of ship battles or boarding doesn’t really capture the feel of being a pirate on the seas, and the DLC does end up playing as a normal Total War faction due to huge 20 stack armies fighting each other on land maps all the time. Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Prophet & The Warlock (£6.99) We all love Skaven and Lizardmen, for different reasons. Not me, of course - I love to kill Skaven and ignore Lizardmen, but I’m a High Elf player.
A lot of people do like them, however, and Creative Assembly finally found time to give those two factions their first cup of love cocoa since Warhammer II launched 2 years ago.The Prophet & The Warlock is a Lord Pack, similar to The Queen & The Crone. It brings two new legendary lords - Lizardmen prophet Tehenhauin and Skaven warlock Ikit Claw - with their new respective factions, adding in new units and mechanics along the way.The Lizardmen, as the religious, devoted, biological computers that they are, are all about order and orders, doing their best to fulfil a prophecy by following its tablets while preventing chaos in all its forms (but mainly Skaven) from taking a hold. Tehenhauin’s main end-goal is the completion of the Prophecy of Sotek, which will bring the serpent-god back into the world.Meanwhile, the Skaven are all about disorder and decay, spreading corruption left and right while killing and eating everything they can.
’s Chaos Warriors are a bad bunch, a horde of bullies whose fashion sense sits at the intersection of heavy metal and cosplay, and all they want to do is watch the world burn – and twist and warp – in honour of their dark gods.Want more battles? Check out our list of the on PC.They’re the villains of the campaign, the game’s antagonists, and though they were a pre-order bonus – although later extended to a free download for anyone who got involved during the first week of release – they feel more true to the tabletop game than any of the core factions, and perhaps even better at showcasing the adaptation’s strengths. It absolutely feels like DLC, the faction, don’t get me wrong.
The Chaos Warriors don’t have cities, they don’t trade, diplomacy is even more limited, and they’re always in motion, pushing forward, sacking, raiding and fighting. There’s very little empire management or building to concern yourself with.But here’s the thing: that’s all ancillary, and it’s the titanic battles and the Total War that makes the game such a good marriage of franchises.
Diplomacy is, as I said in my review, exploitable and shallow, and the empire building really just serves as the infrastructure that allows you to field more and larger armies. The Chaos Warriors don’t really have a typical infrastructure, though, so it ceases to be necessary.With the fat stripped away, the campaign becomes a chain of increasingly epic battles with few diversions or obstacles to the pace. The Chaos Warriors are at war, or on the cusp of war, with every other faction, aside from some of their fellow Norsemen, right from the get go, and from there their unholy crusade continues unabated.Fighting is the solution to everything. Their economy is entirely based on raiding provinces and sacking settlements, and surrounded by weak neighbours there’s plenty of opportunities to get rich quickly, making it easy to field multiple full armies very early on. And those armies can then go raiding and sacking, paying their way.
Working through their simple tech tree unlocks bonuses that mean even more cash can be generated by rampaging marauders.With everything subservient to war, the unit roster of the hordes of Chaos is appropriately robust. You’ve got your stalwart, heavily armoured knights that make up the backbone of the army, all covered in horns and spikes, accompanied by lightning fast hounds and a mixture of cavalry ranging from axe-throwers to chariots. More exotic units like dragon ogres and the hideous spawn of Chaos spice up the list, and can dish out quite the beating. The only notable weakness is the very limited choice of ranged units, but at least Chaos get some of them, unlike their pals the Vampire Counts.In fact, their ranged cavalry units work very hard to earn their spot on the list.
They have to get perilously close to the enemy to launch their javelins and axes, but thanks to their four-legged friends, they can dart off rapidly whenever a unit charges them, getting back behind the rows of knights, where they can continue to fling their weapons without risk.Armies can set up camp, building structures that get packed away when they move on and recruiting new units. As the Chaos Warriors, you never need to worry about breaking off a siege because an invader is marching toward a provincial capital, and holding back out of fear of over-extending stops being a concern.When they’re an AI foe, the Warriors are a big threat that usually succumbs to death by a thousand cuts. The faction is torn between multiple enemies and often finds itself surrounded by a large, international force. After a particularly tricky series of scraps with Dwarfs, the Empire and even some treacherous Chaos chums, I can sympathise with the AI. It’s hard to prioritise when you’re at war with an entire continent, so it pays to play deviously.Rebellion can be fomented by the spread of Chaos corruption, and the continent itself is always divided, someone – usually everyone – is at war at all times, making them a prime target for a Chaos invasion.
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That this is all framed by a story of powerlust and ancient, evil gods makes the insidious and merciless tactics seem even more appropriate. All those sneaky invasions and twisting of the land can be rendered meaningless after only a couple of bad battles, though. The Warriors’ incredible forward momentum comes at the cost of a safety net. There’s no expansive empire to fall back on, to flee toward to lick your wounds. It’s the most vulnerable of the factions. But it’s liberating as well – the all or nothing stakes.Despite the challenge of facing a whole world of enemies, this is a simpler faction to play, but I don’t think that any of the systems that have been stripped away could be called genuinely complex.
They add an extra layer of strategy and more things to worry about, sure, and perhaps the Chaos Warriors feel a bit shallower for their loss, but ultimately they are no less fun. Indeed, for anyone who favours Total War’s gargantuan battles above everything else, I’d suggest they are more fun.None of this is to say that Creative Assembly should do away with the strategic layer and empire management in future DLC or games. Some of the joy of playing the Chaos Warriors comes from hassling factions that do have an empire to worry about. Those systems still play a role in the Chaos campaign, it’s just that they serve the enemies of Chaos.It’s a novelty. And I don’t mean that as a pejorative. The Chaos Warriors are a focused, streamlined faction that show off the the best parts of Total War: Warhammer more clearly, but feel more Warhammer, with its unfaltering dedication to combat, than Total War.
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If I hadn’t poured countless hours into several traditional campaigns, where I was free to tinker with settlements and fret about the economy, maybe I would have missed that while marching out of the north with my Chaos army. I didn’t, though. Not one bit.The Chaos Warriors DLC is free to download, but today, May 31, is the last day. We’ll likely see it pop up on Steam with a pricetag in the future.