Apologies for the late video and anything not quite up to scratch here! I've been moving state over the past fortnight. Cheers for your patience and thanks!
no worries mate came out on time just got warhammer 3 played belakor on legendary diffculty very hard and was easiest campaign i had but needed this to actully be able to play other factions
This is an absolutely amazing video. I've played close to 400 hours across all the games now (which isn't much compared to many) and I've still not gotten behind a lot of the mechanics, and this video (and the first part as well) helped me understand a great deal, especially regarding resistances. However, one thing that might be crucial to a beginner i found missing: every model in a unit counts as it's own entity regarding _anything_. For one, each one has it's own pool of HP, which is why sometimes you find a unit with 50% of their models at 50% HP after being hit by queen bess or something, while at other times you find a unit with 118/120 models while being at like 20% HP because they were all hit a lot, but still survived with a few HP. And the amount of models a unit has also affects it's total damage output, as each one fires it's own arrows and hits with its own sword. A unit with 120 models can deal a great amount of damage. The same unit, but after half of them died will also only attack half as much and deal only half damage. And then, if a unit is hit by a projectile, if the projectile doesn't hit a model, it doesn't hit. If you throw a cannonball at a unit and it barely grazes the edge of a line formation, maybe only 2 models get hit and recieve damage. If the cannonball hits in the center of a square formation, there might be like 40 or 50 models hit, and each of them take damage.
Great comment with some great additions! You make some excellent points which would do great in a followup video regarding the number of entities and how deep/shallow formations can impact combat. I take time to script things to keep things as simple, yet broad as possible in an attempt to make few 'big' rules rather than the opposite which is a bit unfair for a newer player to remember. Always appreciate extra points brought up and may feature in a future video. Thanks again for the kind words and cheers for the sub!
I have only just discovered your videos after a year, but I just felt obliged after watching to praise the unassailable quality of your content. It's comprehensive, yet digestible. There are so many intricate features in this game that are hard to grasp without it being broken down in the way that you do. Thank you. ⚔
Thanks for taking the time to comment. A fair bit of effort goes into scripting/ordering things in the most logical sequence so it's nice to see it makes sense to someone in the end haha. Cheers for watching
I was just watching your teclis 20 turns stream and was thinking about this as I feel like a ton changed from 2 too 3 so thank you a ton man! Hope your move has been great!
Appreciated mate! A fair few things have changed, especially in terms of how magic resistance works now. Overall, it's a simpler system and makes for clearer hard counters vs daemons.
Thank you for posting this. It is quite helpful and I will certainly watch all of it when I get home. "Conjure some bs and hurl it at someone..." ROFLMAO!!!
No worries mate. I was hopeful this'd maybe help some folk out. If you haven't seen the 8 Unit Type guide I recommend that before diving into formations. Once you get a hang of battles they're amazing but getting comfortable can take a few campaigns
hello again iam here for a request can you make a manfredd von carstein 20 turn guide bec i feel the spot he starts in is fairly easy in the first couple of turns but gets really hard the moment khorne discovers you so i would appreciate a vid about that since i absolutely appreciate all your 20 turn guides
@@ElvenPlotArmour thanks bro and hope the moving part gets done relativly easily i moves houses a few times but never states so it would be alot harder hopefull it gets done
I still have no flipping clue how to play this game, usually resetting after 10-15 turns, never having completed a campagne. But this seems super usefull anyways. Thanks a lot, hope to find more "live" gameplays in the future. The "twisted sisters" (sisters of twilight" ) would be awesome to watch you play live for 30-50 turns. I know you did a 20 turns guide, but that's way above my weight class, and I'm not certain how to adoped this strategy to my low understanding of the game. Have a good one mate, catch ya later
Hey would love to help out. Will be doing a few more beginner friendly guides for factions I recommend for newer players. Will do my best to get it to you!
@@ElvenPlotArmour 😊 You almost guessed it =) The fact is that my real name is Roman, or Roma for short =) Therefore, yes, I know a little about the history of Rome, because i am named after him. And I was in real Rome, too, as a tourist. And the local Italians laughed when they heard my name, it was fun =) Moreover, I am a real Kislevite, that is, I am Russian and live in far northern Siberia. No kidding. I'm a little amused (maybe annoyed) by how intrusively the developers of Kislev units pronounce the letter R firmly. Another stereotype among others. And judging by the voice and tone, I think the Kislev units were voiced by hired cheaply Indians, not Russians or British =)
@@romarus88 That's awesome. If it makes you feel better Aussie accents are among the most butchered in American productions, though it's gotten better in recent years. At least Warhammer has the excuse of being fantasy haha
Hi! Thanks for the video! I have so many additional questions about projectiles, things the game doesn't tell you, for example the difference between crossbow and bow (my guess is both can shoot over people's head but the trajectory of crossbows is more flat so you need to be further away when you have a check board formation? or need completely free path?) Gunpowder probably is the most dependent on clear line of sight? and also better against smaller fast moving targets I presume? And the mechanics around cannons, rockets, splash damage, explosion damage etc.: is it fair to say that rockets generally are better against infantry and cannons better against structures and maybe large targets? and what happens if I increase the splash damage through buffs/tech tree on a cannon - will it even change something or are cannons always pinpoint? Thanks!
No worries, cheers for watching. arrows/bolts both function identically the same and are volley fired, but will aim straight at the enemy if nothing obstructs them. Normal bows simply have less AP whilst enjoying more range, though will deal lower damage against armour. Crossbows have the exact opposite, high AP - lower range. Hover over the weapon/missile strength icon and see the split. All units fire better with a straight line, but since gunpowder deals so much more damage it makes sense to use them for the frontline missile role. You've got the right idea about cannons and single shot weapons with low splash being an anti-single entity and/OR anti-heavy infantry depending. You generally can't increase splash radius - just deal more damage and at further range. getting veteran ranks typically also slightly increases accuracy too.
That's correct, if the stats kept changing it would make it difficult to make snap/informed decisions. This is mainly a concern if you have many more units and the enemy only has a couple of elite units left over. Cycle the tired units to recover, then charge them into the rear. totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Fatigue
Easiest way to picture it is: unit gets hit - reduce damage by armour - reduce that damage by % of resistances available. If the target has high armour, use AP. If they have high Physical Resist then use Magic Attacks/spells.
They're calculated at the same time, as both become a percentage. Let's say armour is a 100, and it rolls an average 75% non-ap blocked, and you also have 10% Damage Resistance (Ward Save) Now let's say the damage coming in is 100,000 (all non-armour piercing for arguments sake) and you have 1000,000 health. 100,000x 0.25(-75%) and then x0.9(-10%). Because it is multiplicative, regardless of whether you calculate the 10% first or the 75% first, you're left with 22,500 damage coming in.
@@muhammadsaduddin308 Yeah sorry I just woke up lol, 100,000 (original damage amount) times by 0.25 (or - 75% from the armour roll) and then times by 0.9 (10% Resistance) Whether you deal with the resistance or the armour first, the remaining damage is the same: 100,000x0.9x.0.25 Or 100,000x0.25x0.9 = 22,500
Ive been using youre formation design and its great but playing as empire I see it losing a good deal of effectiveness due to the lower range conpare to high elves. And then I though about playing VC and am curious if you have another formation type thats more suited to races with weak or no range capabilities.
Great point. This brings up matchup dependent considerations. If you need to quickly raise a crisis army versing vampires, then twohanded AP (great weapons) will be a rare exception that shields are not needed at all. Against High Elves, their weakness is artillery and being outmaneuvered by heavier units. Artillery is how you force them to you. Have 2-4 hellstrorm batteries and a couple units of demigryphs / heavy cav hiding on the flanks. Their bow range is where they *have* to get to to inflict damage. Now this is where you move your formation forward and send your cav around to disrupt and stop them fighting. In melee, they're only elves and your cav will rip them apart. So a) use artillery to force them to you and nuke their troops b) use cav to disrupt their archers c) move your ranged units into position and clean up.
ward save and all that; is it applied before or after armor reduction and ap? 5 AP will always be 5 damage regardless of having 90% wardsave and 150 armout?
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Apologies for the late video and anything not quite up to scratch here!
I've been moving state over the past fortnight. Cheers for your patience and thanks!
no worries mate came out on time just got warhammer 3 played belakor on legendary diffculty very hard and was easiest campaign i had but needed this to actully be able to play other factions
This is an absolutely amazing video. I've played close to 400 hours across all the games now (which isn't much compared to many) and I've still not gotten behind a lot of the mechanics, and this video (and the first part as well) helped me understand a great deal, especially regarding resistances.
However, one thing that might be crucial to a beginner i found missing: every model in a unit counts as it's own entity regarding _anything_. For one, each one has it's own pool of HP, which is why sometimes you find a unit with 50% of their models at 50% HP after being hit by queen bess or something, while at other times you find a unit with 118/120 models while being at like 20% HP because they were all hit a lot, but still survived with a few HP. And the amount of models a unit has also affects it's total damage output, as each one fires it's own arrows and hits with its own sword. A unit with 120 models can deal a great amount of damage. The same unit, but after half of them died will also only attack half as much and deal only half damage. And then, if a unit is hit by a projectile, if the projectile doesn't hit a model, it doesn't hit. If you throw a cannonball at a unit and it barely grazes the edge of a line formation, maybe only 2 models get hit and recieve damage. If the cannonball hits in the center of a square formation, there might be like 40 or 50 models hit, and each of them take damage.
Great comment with some great additions! You make some excellent points which would do great in a followup video regarding the number of entities and how deep/shallow formations can impact combat. I take time to script things to keep things as simple, yet broad as possible in an attempt to make few 'big' rules rather than the opposite which is a bit unfair for a newer player to remember. Always appreciate extra points brought up and may feature in a future video. Thanks again for the kind words and cheers for the sub!
One of the best explanations of resistances and etc.
Took a lot of time on this one so massive reward to have it help!
I don't even play TW. But I know id crush it after watching this
Only one way to find out
I have only just discovered your videos after a year, but I just felt obliged after watching to praise the unassailable quality of your content. It's comprehensive, yet digestible. There are so many intricate features in this game that are hard to grasp without it being broken down in the way that you do. Thank you. ⚔
Thanks for taking the time to comment. A fair bit of effort goes into scripting/ordering things in the most logical sequence so it's nice to see it makes sense to someone in the end haha. Cheers for watching
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I was just watching your teclis 20 turns stream and was thinking about this as I feel like a ton changed from 2 too 3 so thank you a ton man! Hope your move has been great!
Appreciated mate! A fair few things have changed, especially in terms of how magic resistance works now. Overall, it's a simpler system and makes for clearer hard counters vs daemons.
Love this kind of content. Highly appreciated
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I've been watching TW:WH streams for years and I've learned more useful numbers/info in this one vid than in all that time.
Thanks mate, a lot of love went into this one so it's rewarding to hear it helped!
Just dived in after half-heartly playing Warhammer: TW 1 many years back and find this video extremly helpful.
Welcome back, good luck!
Thank you for posting this. It is quite helpful and I will certainly watch all of it when I get home.
"Conjure some bs and hurl it at someone..." ROFLMAO!!!
Thanks for your generosity! Put effort into keeping it interesting, hopefully it keeps the pace up :)
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Really appreciate it. Thanks mate!
Fantastic videos man! Keep up the great work! You have become my favorite total war UA-camr at this point
Thanks for the kind words and viewership mate.
This is by far the best video explaining total war mechanics. Thank you!
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Appreciate the comment mate. Hope it all helps. Cheers and goodluck!
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Thank you so much for this video lol. I've been playing these games on and off for a bit, it's confusing without specifics to actually learn
No worries mate. I was hopeful this'd maybe help some folk out. If you haven't seen the 8 Unit Type guide I recommend that before diving into formations. Once you get a hang of battles they're amazing but getting comfortable can take a few campaigns
Nice summary!
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brilliant video, thank you mate 👊
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thanks man recently started playing this game and only thing i have been struggling with is the battles lol this helps a lot
Welcome aboard! Glad it helped!
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hello again iam here for a request can you make a manfredd von carstein 20 turn guide bec i feel the spot he starts in is fairly easy in the first couple of turns but gets really hard the moment khorne discovers you so i would appreciate a vid about that since i absolutely appreciate all your 20 turn guides
Thanks mate. I'm quite snowed under, moving state and behind in content, but I'll make sure Vlad is the first vampire I cover :)
@@ElvenPlotArmour thanks bro and hope the moving part gets done relativly easily i moves houses a few times but never states so it would be alot harder hopefull it gets done
Who would've guessed Malaysia had so much to do with combat in Total War?
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I still have no flipping clue how to play this game, usually resetting after 10-15 turns, never having completed a campagne. But this seems super usefull anyways. Thanks a lot, hope to find more "live" gameplays in the future. The "twisted sisters" (sisters of twilight" ) would be awesome to watch you play live for 30-50 turns. I know you did a 20 turns guide, but that's way above my weight class, and I'm not certain how to adoped this strategy to my low understanding of the game. Have a good one mate, catch ya later
Hey would love to help out. Will be doing a few more beginner friendly guides for factions I recommend for newer players. Will do my best to get it to you!
thanks man!
This largely applies to the older games too... I'm boldly guessing I'm speaking to a fellow Roman history nerd 😁
@@ElvenPlotArmour 😊
You almost guessed it =) The fact is that my real name is Roman, or Roma for short =) Therefore, yes, I know a little about the history of Rome, because i am named after him. And I was in real Rome, too, as a tourist. And the local Italians laughed when they heard my name, it was fun =)
Moreover, I am a real Kislevite, that is, I am Russian and live in far northern Siberia. No kidding.
I'm a little amused (maybe annoyed) by how intrusively the developers of Kislev units pronounce the letter R firmly. Another stereotype among others. And judging by the voice and tone, I think the Kislev units were voiced by hired cheaply Indians, not Russians or British =)
@@romarus88 That's awesome. If it makes you feel better Aussie accents are among the most butchered in American productions, though it's gotten better in recent years. At least Warhammer has the excuse of being fantasy haha
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Datkshards Almost Never actually shoot the Spearman they get close enough to shoot the archers
Rushing Spears up in formation with Darkshards is very key for Dark Elves. Especially in game 3 now!
Hi! Thanks for the video! I have so many additional questions about projectiles, things the game doesn't tell you, for example the difference between crossbow and bow (my guess is both can shoot over people's head but the trajectory of crossbows is more flat so you need to be further away when you have a check board formation? or need completely free path?) Gunpowder probably is the most dependent on clear line of sight? and also better against smaller fast moving targets I presume?
And the mechanics around cannons, rockets, splash damage, explosion damage etc.: is it fair to say that rockets generally are better against infantry and cannons better against structures and maybe large targets? and what happens if I increase the splash damage through buffs/tech tree on a cannon - will it even change something or are cannons always pinpoint? Thanks!
No worries, cheers for watching. arrows/bolts both function identically the same and are volley fired, but will aim straight at the enemy if nothing obstructs them. Normal bows simply have less AP whilst enjoying more range, though will deal lower damage against armour. Crossbows have the exact opposite, high AP - lower range. Hover over the weapon/missile strength icon and see the split. All units fire better with a straight line, but since gunpowder deals so much more damage it makes sense to use them for the frontline missile role. You've got the right idea about cannons and single shot weapons with low splash being an anti-single entity and/OR anti-heavy infantry depending. You generally can't increase splash radius - just deal more damage and at further range. getting veteran ranks typically also slightly increases accuracy too.
I may just have always been too busy, but it never seems like there are stat changes from Fatigue. Are they there, just not present in the stat cards?
That's correct, if the stats kept changing it would make it difficult to make snap/informed decisions. This is mainly a concern if you have many more units and the enemy only has a couple of elite units left over. Cycle the tired units to recover, then charge them into the rear.
totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Fatigue
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How armor and resistance stacked? Do the damage reduced by resistance first then armor or the other around?
Easiest way to picture it is: unit gets hit - reduce damage by armour - reduce that damage by % of resistances available. If the target has high armour, use AP. If they have high Physical Resist then use Magic Attacks/spells.
@@ElvenPlotArmour so it's armor first then resistance
They're calculated at the same time, as both become a percentage.
Let's say armour is a 100, and it rolls an average 75% non-ap blocked, and you also have 10% Damage Resistance (Ward Save)
Now let's say the damage coming in is 100,000 (all non-armour piercing for arguments sake) and you have 1000,000 health.
100,000x 0.25(-75%) and then x0.9(-10%).
Because it is multiplicative, regardless of whether you calculate the 10% first or the 75% first, you're left with 22,500 damage coming in.
@@ethanlikes64 you mean 1,000,000 x 0.25 x 0.9 ?
@@muhammadsaduddin308 Yeah sorry I just woke up lol, 100,000 (original damage amount) times by 0.25 (or - 75% from the armour roll) and then times by 0.9 (10% Resistance)
Whether you deal with the resistance or the armour first, the remaining damage is the same:
100,000x0.9x.0.25
Or
100,000x0.25x0.9
= 22,500
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Strategy? *looks at lone sorcerer lord with stacked resistances* “Magic everywhere in this bitch.”
Haha that's always an option!
Ive been using youre formation design and its great but playing as empire I see it losing a good deal of effectiveness due to the lower range conpare to high elves. And then I though about playing VC and am curious if you have another formation type thats more suited to races with weak or no range capabilities.
Great point. This brings up matchup dependent considerations. If you need to quickly raise a crisis army versing vampires, then twohanded AP (great weapons) will be a rare exception that shields are not needed at all.
Against High Elves, their weakness is artillery and being outmaneuvered by heavier units. Artillery is how you force them to you. Have 2-4 hellstrorm batteries and a couple units of demigryphs / heavy cav hiding on the flanks.
Their bow range is where they *have* to get to to inflict damage. Now this is where you move your formation forward and send your cav around to disrupt and stop them fighting. In melee, they're only elves and your cav will rip them apart. So a) use artillery to force them to you and nuke their troops b) use cav to disrupt their archers c) move your ranged units into position and clean up.
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ward save and all that; is it applied before or after armor reduction and ap? 5 AP will always be 5 damage regardless of having 90% wardsave and 150 armout?