Oh I should probably add and pin this. The mod for the camera and my hotkey bindings (gridkeys) are in the description for this video, those two simple "mods" will make things sooooo much easier
Really digging your Necron commentary (both this video and the Necron vs SM one) ; 3 friends convinced me to buy the game to play some 2v2s and FFAs but since I've never played a DoW game before and they're all sweatyhands DoW1 veterans I was feeling rly overwhelmed, and these vids are proving very useful ! Hope there's more coming soon :)
I usually go for 3 gens, 2 builders, necron lord, 3 warriors, SC, 2 flayed ones who can come to support the lord while he harrasses if needed, then port them back to the monolith to do the same later. Basically my lord distracts enemies and blows up gens/LPs while I build up my warriors, immortals and vehicles for an assault, adding gens at the same time.
Helped me out a lot. Went from being overpowered by standard AI to them not having a chance on earth. Seems like my playstyle was the issue. Winning seems like a much better playstyle lol
Will you be showing any online games? I haven't looked into the online scene for DoW1 much, but it seems interesting. I think videos on it would be neat!
That's really slow though. It took you 4 minutes to scout out the middle of the map and a total of 5 minutes to scout your opponents base. Intel is everything in RTS games; playing blind is a guaranteed loss vs a good opponent. That's my opinion from a life time of RTS games anyway.
Fellow guard main! IMO the best way to deal with them is either to stay around a turret/fortified LP, or to deck out your command squad with priests (I usually replace one with a psyker so I don't get trashed by Rangers, but you don't have to) so you can at least try to hold them back.
I absolutely loved this game! I just found my old copy and got an old laptop to start playing again but it looks like all online lobbies are down now? How can I play online with people? Thanks
Just found unification mod after not playing dow for 10yrs. Have you checked it out? I'd love to see some Guard builds as I played IG and Necron exclusively back in the day. Is there still a community that plays?
Hey i just started playing soulstorm again. What are the top factions in your opinion? I really wanna pick a main and wreck my mates at one of our throwback LAN parties. Thank you for the quality content btw 😇
If you're looking for a top race I'd say Orks and Eldar stand above the rest but Tau is another strong one however their early game can be tough. Dark Eldar are also incredible but they require a very different philosophy to play despite basically always having the same opener. It's outside of the DE opener that a good gut feeling really becomes the strongest asset
@@DarthNov So with Tau, stealth suits are great early for capping and uncapping things but don't try to all in with them as their damage is bad. Vespids and Commander micro are your key to early victory until fire warriors and vehicles come online. Dark Eldar always dark foundry never go halls of blood as warriors are terrible and while the archon is good he can't carry an overpriced underpreforming infantry core. For eldar, dark reapers and warp spiders are your friends, the farseer is best kept in a squad safely shooting and using her powers as she's fragile. Also fire dragons in a transport with fleet of foot are a powerful tool to go around lightning fast to blowup their everything such as LPs and Gens
@@DarthNov Hmm truth be told I'd probably go with Dark Eldar for getting your bearings. They aren't overwhelmingly micro intensive and don't really have any bad matchups, but even if you decide they aren't for you they absolutely will teach you the fundamentals of map control, decision making, map awareness, micro and aggression. These lessons they can give will translate into any race in different ways so I value them for newer players and rusty players wanting to get back into the thick of it.
Because they just get trukk microed to death, you're better off going wraiths on T2 once you get their research from summoning core(that sweet sweet shooting resistance). Best you'll get out of flayed ones would maybe be like... I dunno gen busting on a deepstike?
I played as necrons against someone online who was also necrons. They had way more power than I did. I watched back and his opening was to build 8 generators simultaneously for 50power each. Is this a cheat?
@@Kazrim That's a shame! I've only had UA for a few weeks but haven't had any issues other than crashing while using the mod. Base game seems to work exactly the same! Time to try again?
This is not that good of a guide for total noobs like some of us are. You're clicking fast as fuck using terminology foreign to us and not really explaining. I mean I can try and copy what you're doing but I personally like to know your process of thinking and your decision making.
Tips I've found while playing: necrons need energy. Build a lot of generators. Builders and warrior are free so build them early. Use destroyers when you get them, fast and deadly but fragile. Build obelisks, you need them. Use frayed ones to attack enemy base. Lord's teleport is spamable, use it to scout, escape and aggressive plays. Immortals are squishy and need cover. Pariahs are very tanky, use them as shields against elite units. Make sure to buy the warrior upgrade, it doubles your damage. Use spiders to quickly build more units, they instantly spawn without a build time. Pair up necron lord with Pariahs. And most importantly, be aggressive..
Oh I should probably add and pin this.
The mod for the camera and my hotkey bindings (gridkeys) are in the description for this video, those two simple "mods" will make things sooooo much easier
Does it work for dark crusade?
@@Monduras The camera mod at least will. It's been 10 months since you asked so this reply is more for others than you lol
Man, i miss the old dark crusade tournament videos on youtube. I remember a few great matches from World Cyber Games. Good game.
Oh man those old tournaments were wild, still shocks me how lively the scene remains to this day
Really digging your Necron commentary (both this video and the Necron vs SM one) ; 3 friends convinced me to buy the game to play some 2v2s and FFAs but since I've never played a DoW game before and they're all sweatyhands DoW1 veterans I was feeling rly overwhelmed, and these vids are proving very useful !
Hope there's more coming soon :)
I usually go for 3 gens, 2 builders, necron lord, 3 warriors, SC, 2 flayed ones who can come to support the lord while he harrasses if needed, then port them back to the monolith to do the same later. Basically my lord distracts enemies and blows up gens/LPs while I build up my warriors, immortals and vehicles for an assault, adding gens at the same time.
Helped me out a lot. Went from being overpowered by standard AI to them not having a chance on earth. Seems like my playstyle was the issue. Winning seems like a much better playstyle lol
Been wanting to play the necrons, their my favorite race, so thanks for the guide!
Will you be showing any online games? I haven't looked into the online scene for DoW1 much, but it seems interesting. I think videos on it would be neat!
Yes I will be, it's still rather lively online.
I've also got a few online replays I'll probably commentate on
That's really slow though. It took you 4 minutes to scout out the middle of the map and a total of 5 minutes to scout your opponents base.
Intel is everything in RTS games; playing blind is a guaranteed loss vs a good opponent. That's my opinion from a life time of RTS games anyway.
"Oh those are banshees, whatever"
As someone who plays too much imperial guard this quote hurt to hear XD.
Great video man!
Fellow guard main! IMO the best way to deal with them is either to stay around a turret/fortified LP, or to deck out your command squad with priests (I usually replace one with a psyker so I don't get trashed by Rangers, but you don't have to) so you can at least try to hold them back.
@@beefyblom holding the line is all the emperor asks of us. This will help me do just that!
@@kenshy10 It's what we're good at, we die standing
I absolutely loved this game! I just found my old copy and got an old laptop to start playing again but it looks like all online lobbies are down now? How can I play online with people? Thanks
I've been playing again recently and servers are up and people still playing all the time. Do you own the game through steam?
Just found unification mod after not playing dow for 10yrs. Have you checked it out?
I'd love to see some Guard builds as I played IG and Necron exclusively back in the day.
Is there still a community that plays?
Quality content, I immedietly subscribed, but damn you have too few videos. Waiting to ser more soulstorm content. Keep up the good work!
"Um i'm mean you know" video.
Hey i just started playing soulstorm again. What are the top factions in your opinion? I really wanna pick a main and wreck my mates at one of our throwback LAN parties. Thank you for the quality content btw 😇
If you're looking for a top race I'd say Orks and Eldar stand above the rest but Tau is another strong one however their early game can be tough.
Dark Eldar are also incredible but they require a very different philosophy to play despite basically always having the same opener. It's outside of the DE opener that a good gut feeling really becomes the strongest asset
@@Kazrim Thank you. It is between eldar, dark eldar and tau for me :)
@@DarthNov So with Tau, stealth suits are great early for capping and uncapping things but don't try to all in with them as their damage is bad. Vespids and Commander micro are your key to early victory until fire warriors and vehicles come online.
Dark Eldar always dark foundry never go halls of blood as warriors are terrible and while the archon is good he can't carry an overpriced underpreforming infantry core.
For eldar, dark reapers and warp spiders are your friends, the farseer is best kept in a squad safely shooting and using her powers as she's fragile. Also fire dragons in a transport with fleet of foot are a powerful tool to go around lightning fast to blowup their everything such as LPs and Gens
@@Kazrim damn thank you🥰 what would you pick if you were in my shoes 👞
@@DarthNov Hmm truth be told I'd probably go with Dark Eldar for getting your bearings. They aren't overwhelmingly micro intensive and don't really have any bad matchups, but even if you decide they aren't for you they absolutely will teach you the fundamentals of map control, decision making, map awareness, micro and aggression.
These lessons they can give will translate into any race in different ways so I value them for newer players and rusty players wanting to get back into the thick of it.
This guy's attitute is hilarous
Nice video. Do you have a Discord?
Heya! I do indeed the link for it is in the description friendo!
What are the best powers to pick from archives for my lord?
If you were facing Orks, why no Flayed Ones?
Because they just get trukk microed to death, you're better off going wraiths on T2 once you get their research from summoning core(that sweet sweet shooting resistance). Best you'll get out of flayed ones would maybe be like... I dunno gen busting on a deepstike?
2 builders build with max speed))
Yes, yes they do! Buuuut I tend to panic in difficult situations or be forgetful 😅 we all make mistakes here and there
I played as necrons against someone online who was also necrons. They had way more power than I did. I watched back and his opening was to build 8 generators simultaneously for 50power each. Is this a cheat?
Yes, yes that is.
@@Kazrim damn that's sad. Anyway I can spot it in-game?
@@radhanisthebold562 not really, tbh I don't encounter bug abusers often but I also don't play online nearly as much as I used to.
Just bought Soulstorm, this is a huge help as I love Necrons in lore :D
Any chance of build orders for other factions? I'm really trying to get into the game so this is perfect timing 😅
Yes, the next video will be up tomorrow afternoon mountain time (US) about 5pm at the latest
@@Kazrim ooh nice :D
You know, i mean its pretty cool guide you know, i mean. Yeah i like it you know, i mean
Requesting Doki doki literature club video please 🙏
Good video. Hope you make more.
Where should I put the Gridkeys file?
Go to the files for soulstorm
-profiles
-profile1
-and slam it in the folder called dxp2
Hope the hotkeys help friendo!
necrons are so good ❤️
"yeah i mean this is because i mean you know"
Can u make space marine build order and some tactics
necrons are a broken race bro. deal with it.
the video helped, thanks!
It just works.
Nice thank you
Please do more armys i beg !
You considering UA?
So I have used UA for like some race mods and such but it tends to break soulstorm badly enough that you'd have to clean install it like... 3 times
@@Kazrim That's a shame! I've only had UA for a few weeks but haven't had any issues other than crashing while using the mod. Base game seems to work exactly the same! Time to try again?
This is not that good of a guide for total noobs like some of us are. You're clicking fast as fuck using terminology foreign to us and not really explaining. I mean I can try and copy what you're doing but I personally like to know your process of thinking and your decision making.
Yeah particularly the process of thinking part.
That is so important for making students more plastic instead of following a cookie cutter.
Tips I've found while playing:
necrons need energy.
Build a lot of generators.
Builders and warrior are free so build them early.
Use destroyers when you get them, fast and deadly but fragile.
Build obelisks, you need them.
Use frayed ones to attack enemy base.
Lord's teleport is spamable, use it to scout, escape and aggressive plays.
Immortals are squishy and need cover.
Pariahs are very tanky, use them as shields against elite units.
Make sure to buy the warrior upgrade, it doubles your damage.
Use spiders to quickly build more units, they instantly spawn without a build time.
Pair up necron lord with Pariahs.
And most importantly, be aggressive..
Forgot a very important tip.
Make sure to use your turrets, specially to defend a plasma generator.