DISCLAIMER: This guide is outdated. I recommend starting with Boarskin + Bearskin into Foxskin right now! You can skip woodcutters until March 801 and max Boarskin and Bearskin to lvl 3 first. Forging a relic might be an incredibly strong win condition in longer games (802). (Last reviewed on December the 1st 2024)
I was totally playing this clan wrong. Thanks for the quick release on this guide! I was going boar for the passive healing, but with your method the dps is high enough that the healing lore is sufficient. Holy OP rush too xD Raven Hounds going to be deadly!
Foxskins go brrrrr. Great minds think alike xD. It's good to know that I wasn't alone on this. I tried going Boarskin for my first game with the clan as well: I thought early healing couldn't be too bad (so I played just like you!!!) and everything felt way too slow in comparison. Really looking forward to Hounds games already. Hounds + Raven + Snake could be BUSTED. Happy to read you comment once again
thanks for the guide... i tryed for a more conventional style... making foodbuildings.. but it's impossible.... so going full beserkers is the way to go.
Thanks afirar! Yeah I worked really hard for this, but I am glad how it turned out. Will be interesting how the meta about this clan will develope in the future.
Above average for sure. Sheep spawn in first circle is very likely now. Lucky? I don't know about that. Sheep were closed, lorestone wasn't on shipwreck tile. No Naströnd/Jötunn/forrest or Thor's Wrath to colonize. I'd take forrest over sipwreck any time of the day. Keep in mind that your clan is not reliant on any type of early advantage by spawn. You can generate the ressource you lack by simply going that Berserker + Foxskin. No Lore? - Go Boarskin 1st The clan's ability to adapt is what makes it strong. It's strong on every spawn IMO.
I had a spawn where all of the animals and dens were behind a whole tile wall of draugers. Each one had about 3-4 on each tile so it was a bit tricky but just kept chipping them down until I was free 😂😂
I tried going all wolfskins because of early food deficit (bonus food on defeating spirit wolf). Then I went a mix build with 1 of each so I could select what resources I needed. Neither of those really felt like I could effectively clear. I will certainly try this one because it looks and feels like the clear clan hound is supposed to be.
i've only bought dragon and eagle and immediately bought this new clan, its a lot of fun though you need a lot of management and it was a bit confusing at the beginning, but having 4 lvl 7 berserkers with relic is truly op
I couldn't agree more. Clan's super fun. Maybe the relic is not "viable" per se in your classic 3v3 tryhard mode, but I'll forge that thing 100% in my community games. Running around the map with a herd of animals feels like the true play :)
@@larsmanlive yeah i've a lot of 3vs3 with dragon in competitive but the most fun way to play is casual games, and hound is the best clan to play like that
Just out of curiosity, wouldn't be better to have 1 wolf, 1 bear and 3 fox? Bear has more defence and atk debuff + you can pick wood if needed on the occasion. Plus... why you are playing 3 vs 1 and 2 bots? O_o
1-1-3 should work as well. As long as you have enough dps in your comp. I tried recording footage for 6 games and after people left/did some dumb stuff online + crashes I settled on playing "hybrid". This way, it was also easier to highlight the "vanilla (PVE)" aspect of the clan, which is clearing the map and building your army. ~ Cheers!
HEY! Great video; was wondering though if you could do a current video for what clans are "feast", "Clear", ect ect clans and rank them to best at these?
very interesting, I also played standard with food and wood production and it was difficult. The way you do it doesn't look easy but it doesn't look difficult either. by the way, the new clan has already been weakened. I also think the dragon clan is currently far too strong.
Ah feel free to ask about anything! I am more than happy to help out. Hounds has 2 heal mechanics: 1.) The lore "Bloodthirst" (which heals on kills). 2.) The Boarskin Berserker who heals everything when he's wounded, starting lvl 2.
Please make a guide playing the first conquest mission solo with this clan and winning it. (on hard or brutal) Shipwrecks and ruins are not allowed for demonstration purpose. Thanks in advance.
observing how AI played (2v2v2) it seems 3x foxskins (coin gen) are indeed good, but instead of food they pick lore gen units, for less rushed game, food can be easily gathered, while coin and lore are more valuable? also it seems AI obsesses with markets, so they can quickly balance resources just from farming coins :))
With Eagle 100% Foxskin slow is deadly for Grif. I can imagine an even match-up with Lynx, but it's still too early for me to say for certain. Fire arrows are not be underestimated...
lots of commentarys, didnt read to see if someone already asked. this build works like building longboat, food, brewery when i got enough wood and free ppl is exactly what i do not want to do if i am correct? are there any things u would build, like one or two food or somethin?
I recommend not building anything apart from houses and brawler arenas. If you want to go for something unique, build 1 food building coupled with a forge for relic later.
@@larsmanlive i am more or less at the same conclusion, but just to make sure: i was thinking bout picking jörds, therefore just having 3 foxskins and go for relic instead.(?) (-> i mean like not goin for one decisive battle / playin it as a completly broken midgame harrasser)
@@Marpheus1-r6z This is what I usually do: 3 Bearskins, 2 Foxskins and 1 Boarskin (maybe 1 Wolfskin). Food Building (maybe even upgrade that) pick up enough "lore" with Boarskin to get relic asap.
How the fk do i use the boar skin ability ? Whenever i trigger it in tougher fights i actually need the ability in the boar gets insta deleted. Please explain ?
Nice guide! What I sort of missed, is how do you sustain wood? I saw that at the beginning you skipped a woodcutter camp as you found a shipwreck, but how did you get 100+ wood later without a woodcutter? Thanks!
Overall I really enjoyed the playstyle of the clan. There's only one downside for me. Why the clan of savages looks like hispster gang from 80? ( I'm talking about the characters gameplay models) Of all 4 "Berkserkers" Only one has ( short) beard. Boarskin and Foxskin look like they are not brutes, but just out of beauty saloon. Can't really get too immersive with that. But yeah clan feels fresh and unique in the way of leveling system.
Bahahaha amazing stuff. I never saw the Berserkers that way, but every time I am looking at the Foxskin I will think of your comment starting today. Maybe you can think of a mod in order to make their appearance more hardcore?
Before anything, apologize my English plz 😌 Hmm on 1 FOR all i was trying this : Rush 2 wolfs, and that was enough for clean 1 or 2 years (with a boar ASAP). and lore > full military. And i try 2-3 times an another early game with 2 point on science on Top, for axes et brawlers used on food or mining or something, and forcing on lore, to get 4 point ASAP But this playstyle is.. Ok, but take too many times for getting strong (approximately end 802/ early-mid 803) for a strong army (on late i like to play 1 bear, 4 wolf, and 1 or 2 wild boar) But after seeing your vidéo.. 😁i recognize this play still is strong, but on solo, you have to scoot Hard if you want farm all the things.. So for me scooting is a problem for getting stable on resource.. but i will try your game play 😌 Once again, i hope my English was correct, thanks for the vidéo 🫡
First of all I truly appreciate you for writing such a long comment despite English not being your mother tongue! Going top lore seems too slow for me personally! Scouting should still be fine despite not having an eco behind. Your Berserkers basically ARE your eco
Meaning that this clan are really rely on the map difficulty is it? cause if hard/ extreme hard or different map it just dont have much fox or wolf dent for farming (not plying for rank, just with friends and AI)
Hard/Extreme is better for this clan since that means there's more to clear. On "easy" I'd try to farm the neutrals before eventually finishing them off.
I have played the clan like this for a few matches now and the problem I encountered was, that I dont get enough crowns to expand my army after six berserkers. When I build the house to have over 16 population I encounter the problem that I have negative crowns income at that point. You seemed to have no problem with crowns. What did you do? I know that feasting works but I dont think I or my team can perma feast at that points...
If you feel like your lacking kröwns, you'll have to plunder more with your Foxskins. I don't see another way of solving that problem since going for trading posts/docks doesn't seem to be worth it.
Leo here, gotta say my macro is probably to bad to be able to play the clan like that... but thanks for showing it anyway :) Maybe i will try to get better at macro or i just wait until hound gets nerfed to specificly negate this tactic. To be fair, i find the mid-lategame with each zerker once and 4 bearskins pretty reliable in games with scaling teammates.
Btw what do you do if you cant tiledance? Do you just wait for your third beserker? Some map setups makes it impossible to tile dance since there is only a very slim entry.
Yeah the clan's micro intensive for sure. The thing about Bearskins, they are great later, but hella slow in early game. Both movement speed and dps are lackluster.
@@larsmanlive i actualy learned it quite quick, i did 2 games against bots and i had the baseline down. Iam very fast to understand basics of things. I have the issue that i hit a specificly cealing skill very fast but have massive problems improving ontop of that
How well does a brawler work as economy? they take double population so use double happiness lumber and food as well. Thier gather rate is 150% so i dont get how they are better than 2 workers gathering at 200%
answer is you need less buildings... so less upkeep and more efficient use of a foodtile. But i agree with you that it is just to bad. You need to spend coins on the brawler... making other brawlers and fighting units more expensive... and you need a lore upgrade... and cost extra population... The only reason you would do this is when you have only 1 foodtile available and there are not enough neutrals to clear anymore... but even then... is it worth it.. i doubt it.
thought about other advantage... you can have 2 brawlers going to the zone you miss the most... like food wood coins... missing coins and enough wood ...change brawlers to coins.... gives some flexibility.
Now that I've seen the guide, I'm pretty sure this is more for multiplayer purposes - which tend to end darn quick. I finish my games in 804, because I also put Gladiators onto the food producing structures. Quick question, tho. You build the wolf for "early sustain", why not the bear then? Because it lacks the DPS later on?
Exactly! All my guides are aimed for multiplayer. A Wolfsking early is needed, because your clan will lack food! From my experience, wood is not the problem!
@@larsmanlive Yeah I had lagging game. Tooday tried once again and it seems to be broken. No idea why lags affected it's healing, but now I just won 9 games in a row with him. It's broken af. I played with 2 friends, and they let me solo army of 40 warriors with my 10 barbarians level 4-7 and I won. WTF.
why spam out brawler arenas instead of pyres? doesnt the increase of population and +lore and more warband slots weigh out making brawlers faster? EDIT: nvm, I played a conquest map where shamans were available to everyone. it was also my first hound clan game xd
Ngl playing 1vs1 with friends I always go with 1 or 2 boarskins and the rest are wolfskins, that healing ability (lvl 3) of the boarskins it's rare to say something
Can this build be used in FFA? I found mid to late game difficult without going for that brawers workforce first, so you can gather stone and build your eco in order to support up to 8 berserkres in late, but clearing map start later (like late 801)
How would you rate double boar skin? Is it valuable enough to get the triple healing or should I work more on diversifying my guys? Also I’m thinking of splitting bear/fox skins for fighting enemies for the damage reduction and slowdowns, or would wolf skins be better for the dps?
Wolfskins/Foxskins for dps. Boarskin healing is not really needed as the heal from bloodthirst is enough. I am a huge fan of the Bearskin ability as your units might be squishier than you think in big 3v3 skirmishes. Maybe Boarskin can be value, but it didn't convince me so far. Maybe you can tell me more, after trying out some different Berserker combinations yourself!
@@larsmanlive Yeah Thanks, Could you maybe explain the details of bloodthirst a bit more though as I am a bit confused on the wording. Is the white portion of the HP bar the health that bloodthirst will heal? "Up to 30% of their max health" does this only apply below 30% hp or does the healing have a cap of 30% MORE than your current hp. EG a 65max hp wolfskin has 40hp, does bloodthirst apply and when filled should heal them to ~61? Thanks for your understanding and help man, and nice to see that Shiro sees you too :)
@@Kheays I think its that when you get the military xp from killing a single unit, the max that military xp can heal is 30% of max health. So killing wyvern for example, despite giving a lot of military xp, will only heal them 30% of max health. Correct me if i'm wrong but this is how I interpreted it.
ia wondering if skiping boarskin in early game doesnt slow you down, i can agree with having 1 wolfskin but dont know that isnt it better to have same ammount of bear and fox skins? the immortality buff looks strong enough to take more than 1 bearskin
I don't know...I've never had problems like that. Have you tried waiting until all units have been dead for 2-3 seconds and then picking them up by pressing "ctrl" ?
Did not expect a guide so soon! Was great, was having issues on how to play this clan, played normally doing food buildings, dock and what not, tried this and it does feel better xD How do you deal with blizzards for this build path?
Bearskins will take care of wood deficit and Wolfskins will take care of your food problem. If the map doesn't have enough ressources, you could build a fisherman's hut as an alternative somewhere.
I've seen a wonderful doc made a NG community member: docs.google.com/document/d/1pv2Ht1vJ_gciaw-NjHv9XB1S9jztvJRCNa-COw4Kpgk/edit I think this is pretty well done and might answer some questions you have.
After the big nerf of the foxskins.. no chance. and where the f do you get that much money?! if you have to scout (+upgrade) and make money for more brawlers you only have a chance, when the map is very big and there are some tombs to loot, because your enemys are also clearing the map.
Go for boarskin + bearskin into foxskin now. Money comes from looting with the foxskins after getting your boarskin and bearskin to lvl 2. You can always keep farming respawning neutrals without flat-out killing them.
There are Clans who heavily benefit form killing animals (or so called neutrals) in the game. Wolf gains food (after Spoils Kröwns). Lynx gains pelts. Eagle gets the ressources of the tiles. And now finally, Hound will be able to get either food/wood/kröwns or lore. For other clans in the game, it usually hurts their eco to invest into clearing. For the clear clans, they "gain" eco by clearing. If you have further questions, feel free to ask me anything!
DISCLAIMER:
This guide is outdated.
I recommend starting with Boarskin + Bearskin into Foxskin right now!
You can skip woodcutters until March 801 and max Boarskin and Bearskin to lvl 3 first.
Forging a relic might be an incredibly strong win condition in longer games (802).
(Last reviewed on December the 1st 2024)
Thanks for the update 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I was totally playing this clan wrong. Thanks for the quick release on this guide! I was going boar for the passive healing, but with your method the dps is high enough that the healing lore is sufficient.
Holy OP rush too xD Raven Hounds going to be deadly!
Foxskins go brrrrr.
Great minds think alike xD. It's good to know that I wasn't alone on this. I tried going Boarskin for my first game with the clan as well: I thought early healing couldn't be too bad (so I played just like you!!!) and everything felt way too slow in comparison.
Really looking forward to Hounds games already. Hounds + Raven + Snake could be BUSTED.
Happy to read you comment once again
@@larsmanlive there is another way to play it like an Ox-style, the second lore on top
@@mr.redshield1994 The FFA way
The thumbnail looks awesome. thanks for helping me get better at playing northgard. Hounds look really interesting!
Thanks a lot!
thanks for the guide... i tryed for a more conventional style... making foodbuildings.. but it's impossible.... so going full beserkers is the way to go.
Great guide as allways and also super fast xD Thx for it!
You re helping the northgard community so much man :)
Thanks afirar!
Yeah I worked really hard for this, but I am glad how it turned out. Will be interesting how the meta about this clan will develope in the future.
Beautiful guide! I've been getting into the hounds a lot more than other clans lately.
Awesome!
Supa Dupa tutorial is so helpful to learn the new Hound Clan. You are awesome for the Northgard community. BIG THANK YOU !
Appreciate you Dylan!
Nice guide for this new clan. But you got lucky to have sheeps and wreck ship. Would be more intresting to see how this clan do with a bad spawn.
yeah for sure
Above average for sure. Sheep spawn in first circle is very likely now.
Lucky? I don't know about that. Sheep were closed, lorestone wasn't on shipwreck tile. No Naströnd/Jötunn/forrest or Thor's Wrath to colonize. I'd take forrest over sipwreck any time of the day.
Keep in mind that your clan is not reliant on any type of early advantage by spawn. You can generate the ressource you lack by simply going that Berserker + Foxskin.
No Lore? - Go Boarskin 1st
The clan's ability to adapt is what makes it strong. It's strong on every spawn IMO.
@@larsmanlive anyway, itd be good to see how did you play this clan without boosts
I had a spawn where all of the animals and dens were behind a whole tile wall of draugers. Each one had about 3-4 on each tile so it was a bit tricky but just kept chipping them down until I was free 😂😂
Thank you for your guide lars everyone can now own in rankeds because this cla is busted 😂😂 needs a nerf imo what you think?
I tried going all wolfskins because of early food deficit (bonus food on defeating spirit wolf). Then I went a mix build with 1 of each so I could select what resources I needed. Neither of those really felt like I could effectively clear. I will certainly try this one because it looks and feels like the clear clan hound is supposed to be.
Do it! I am looking forward to your feedback.
Thank you for the guide. This clan is nuts.
It is! Once fully mastered, it's the most broken clan in game.
i've only bought dragon and eagle and immediately bought this new clan, its a lot of fun though you need a lot of management and it was a bit confusing at the beginning, but having 4 lvl 7 berserkers with relic is truly op
I couldn't agree more. Clan's super fun. Maybe the relic is not "viable" per se in your classic 3v3 tryhard mode, but I'll forge that thing 100% in my community games.
Running around the map with a herd of animals feels like the true play :)
@@larsmanlive yeah i've a lot of 3vs3 with dragon in competitive but the most fun way to play is casual games, and hound is the best clan to play like that
Good stuff Lars, glad Shiro shouted you out!
Thanks a lot, Winklebott.
Ngl, I really appreciate them for shouting me out like this!
Ty Lars for ur guide!
Thank you for your support!
Thanks for the video, it's super useful. Would really like to see a guide for the Eagle clan!
Thanks alot! Well I cannot promise anything too soon for Eagle but I'll try to make guides for every clan eventually :)
This Looks realy op
Seems above average, right? x)
Just out of curiosity, wouldn't be better to have 1 wolf, 1 bear and 3 fox? Bear has more defence and atk debuff + you can pick wood if needed on the occasion.
Plus... why you are playing 3 vs 1 and 2 bots? O_o
1-1-3 should work as well. As long as you have enough dps in your comp.
I tried recording footage for 6 games and after people left/did some dumb stuff online + crashes I settled on playing "hybrid".
This way, it was also easier to highlight the "vanilla (PVE)" aspect of the clan, which is clearing the map and building your army.
~ Cheers!
HEY! Great video; was wondering though if you could do a current video for what clans are "feast", "Clear", ect ect clans and rank them to best at these?
Hey there,
I've got an idea! If you ever catch one of my streams I'll do just that live. Just remind me via chat 😋
The new ai is strong for casuals like me- love it!
Same! Coupled with aggressive neutrals, the games can be quite challenging.
Спасибо за гайд!
Pада помочь!
Thanks for the guide! 😊
Happy to have your support!
Amazing stuff!
Much love!
very interesting, I also played standard with food and wood production and it was difficult. The way you do it doesn't look easy but it doesn't look difficult either.
by the way, the new clan has already been weakened.
I also think the dragon clan is currently far too strong.
Yes it has been nerfed a little bit. It's still one of the strongest clans in the game right now.
How do you heal your warriors? Is there a different way than druids? I’m newer to this game.
Ah feel free to ask about anything! I am more than happy to help out.
Hounds has 2 heal mechanics:
1.) The lore "Bloodthirst" (which heals on kills).
2.) The Boarskin Berserker who heals everything when he's wounded, starting lvl 2.
Please make a guide playing the first conquest mission solo with this clan and winning it. (on hard or brutal)
Shipwrecks and ruins are not allowed for demonstration purpose.
Thanks in advance.
Challenge accepted, will upload that today.
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observing how AI played (2v2v2) it seems 3x foxskins (coin gen) are indeed good, but instead of food they pick lore gen units,
for less rushed game, food can be easily gathered, while coin and lore are more valuable?
also it seems AI obsesses with markets, so they can quickly balance resources just from farming coins :))
Don't ever look at AI and learn build orders there. They cheat with ressources and population.
@@larsmanlive I know I know, just though it was cool to observe while playing other clans xD
What do you think about the clan? Can they actually compete against the other clear clans like eagle/lynx?
With Eagle 100%
Foxskin slow is deadly for Grif.
I can imagine an even match-up with Lynx, but it's still too early for me to say for certain.
Fire arrows are not be underestimated...
lots of commentarys, didnt read to see if someone already asked. this build works like building longboat, food, brewery when i got enough wood and free ppl is exactly what i do not want to do if i am correct? are there any things u would build, like one or two food or somethin?
I recommend not building anything apart from houses and brawler arenas.
If you want to go for something unique, build 1 food building coupled with a forge for relic later.
@@larsmanlive what about if i mine stone for altar?
@@Marpheus1-r6z
You can do that in PVE but it's too greedy in PVP ☺️
@@larsmanlive i am more or less at the same conclusion, but just to make sure: i was thinking bout picking jörds, therefore just having 3 foxskins and go for relic instead.(?) (-> i mean like not goin for one decisive battle / playin it as a completly broken midgame harrasser)
@@Marpheus1-r6z This is what I usually do:
3 Bearskins, 2 Foxskins and 1 Boarskin (maybe 1 Wolfskin). Food Building (maybe even upgrade that) pick up enough "lore" with Boarskin to get relic asap.
How the fk do i use the boar skin ability ? Whenever i trigger it in tougher fights i actually need the ability in the boar gets insta deleted. Please explain ?
You'll need a Bearskin lvl 3 to save your Boarskin from dying!
Nice guide!
What I sort of missed, is how do you sustain wood? I saw that at the beginning you skipped a woodcutter camp as you found a shipwreck, but how did you get 100+ wood later without a woodcutter?
Thanks!
Oh 1 woodcutter is enough. Just collect souls with your Bearskin later :)
@@larsmanlive nono, I'm pretty sure you didn't have a woodcutter at all, went below 50 wood, and somehow had wood anyway later on
At 5:07 for instance
Overall I really enjoyed the playstyle of the clan. There's only one downside for me. Why the clan of savages looks like hispster gang from 80? ( I'm talking about the characters gameplay models) Of all 4 "Berkserkers" Only one has ( short) beard. Boarskin and Foxskin look like they are not brutes, but just out of beauty saloon.
Can't really get too immersive with that. But yeah clan feels fresh and unique in the way of leveling system.
Bahahaha amazing stuff.
I never saw the Berserkers that way, but every time I am looking at the Foxskin I will think of your comment starting today.
Maybe you can think of a mod in order to make their appearance more hardcore?
Please consider touching grass
Before anything, apologize my English plz 😌
Hmm on 1 FOR all i was trying this : Rush 2 wolfs, and that was enough for clean 1 or 2 years (with a boar ASAP). and lore > full military.
And i try 2-3 times an another early game with 2 point on science on Top, for axes et brawlers used on food or mining or something, and forcing on lore, to get 4 point ASAP
But this playstyle is.. Ok, but take too many times for getting strong (approximately end 802/ early-mid 803) for a strong army (on late i like to play 1 bear, 4 wolf, and 1 or 2 wild boar)
But after seeing your vidéo.. 😁i recognize this play still is strong, but on solo, you have to scoot Hard if you want farm all the things..
So for me scooting is a problem for getting stable on resource.. but i will try your game play 😌
Once again, i hope my English was correct, thanks for the vidéo 🫡
First of all I truly appreciate you for writing such a long comment despite English not being your mother tongue!
Going top lore seems too slow for me personally! Scouting should still be fine despite not having an eco behind. Your Berserkers basically ARE your eco
@@larsmanlive Thx bro :) i'm gonna try ofc, i actually do the conquest. Pretty good for try more build :)
Meaning that this clan are really rely on the map difficulty is it? cause if hard/ extreme hard or different map it just dont have much fox or wolf dent for farming (not plying for rank, just with friends and AI)
Hard/Extreme is better for this clan since that means there's more to clear.
On "easy" I'd try to farm the neutrals before eventually finishing them off.
I have played the clan like this for a few matches now and the problem I encountered was, that I dont get enough crowns to expand my army after six berserkers. When I build the house to have over 16 population I encounter the problem that I have negative crowns income at that point. You seemed to have no problem with crowns. What did you do? I know that feasting works but I dont think I or my team can perma feast at that points...
If you feel like your lacking kröwns, you'll have to plunder more with your Foxskins.
I don't see another way of solving that problem since going for trading posts/docks doesn't seem to be worth it.
Leo here, gotta say my macro is probably to bad to be able to play the clan like that... but thanks for showing it anyway :) Maybe i will try to get better at macro or i just wait until hound gets nerfed to specificly negate this tactic. To be fair, i find the mid-lategame with each zerker once and 4 bearskins pretty reliable in games with scaling teammates.
Btw what do you do if you cant tiledance? Do you just wait for your third beserker? Some map setups makes it impossible to tile dance since there is only a very slim entry.
Yeah the clan's micro intensive for sure.
The thing about Bearskins, they are great later, but hella slow in early game. Both movement speed and dps are lackluster.
I just had a match, where i tried this tactic but lost both of my zerkers to the 6 fox tile due to a slim entry
@@derfirehawk5859 High risk -> high reward.
You don't want to know how my first 5 games with this clan went xd
@@larsmanlive i actualy learned it quite quick, i did 2 games against bots and i had the baseline down. Iam very fast to understand basics of things. I have the issue that i hit a specificly cealing skill very fast but have massive problems improving ontop of that
How well does a brawler work as economy? they take double population so use double happiness lumber and food as well. Thier gather rate is 150% so i dont get how they are better than 2 workers gathering at 200%
answer is you need less buildings... so less upkeep and more efficient use of a foodtile.
But i agree with you that it is just to bad.
You need to spend coins on the brawler... making other brawlers and fighting units more expensive... and you need a lore upgrade... and cost extra population...
The only reason you would do this is when you have only 1 foodtile available and there are not enough neutrals to clear anymore... but even then... is it worth it.. i doubt it.
thought about other advantage... you can have 2 brawlers going to the zone you miss the most... like food wood coins... missing coins and enough wood ...change brawlers to coins.... gives some flexibility.
Brawler for eco doesn't feel worth it IMO.
Just go and kill stuff :P
End of good Northgard days
The start* (?)
how to manage gold whit this clan ? since u dont build anything for it ? (im noob)
You pick up souls with your Foxskin. This Skin generated Kröwns!
Now that I've seen the guide, I'm pretty sure this is more for multiplayer purposes - which tend to end darn quick.
I finish my games in 804, because I also put Gladiators onto the food producing structures.
Quick question, tho. You build the wolf for "early sustain", why not the bear then? Because it lacks the DPS later on?
Exactly! All my guides are aimed for multiplayer.
A Wolfsking early is needed, because your clan will lack food! From my experience, wood is not the problem!
I just tried it on ranked, and I have feeling like someone broken sth with their healing. I'm almost not healing at all and clan is unplayable
I tried it myself after the patch just now. It's one of the strongest clans in the game right now.
@@larsmanlive Yeah I had lagging game. Tooday tried once again and it seems to be broken. No idea why lags affected it's healing, but now I just won 9 games in a row with him. It's broken af.
I played with 2 friends, and they let me solo army of 40 warriors with my 10 barbarians level 4-7 and I won. WTF.
How would you adjust for solo play? Hound seems rather starved for spare units to mine those 15 rocks to upgrade the scout camp
Actually, after playing Conquest, just Scout with Jörd's and kill people in early 802!
why spam out brawler arenas instead of pyres? doesnt the increase of population and +lore and more warband slots weigh out making brawlers faster?
EDIT: nvm, I played a conquest map where shamans were available to everyone. it was also my first hound clan game xd
No worries man!
Ngl, I had so many question marks when I first read your comment. I am glad things got cleared up!
Ngl playing 1vs1 with friends I always go with 1 or 2 boarskins and the rest are wolfskins, that healing ability (lvl 3) of the boarskins it's rare to say something
Maybe that's the way to go in 1v1!
i love 1 foxskin at least.. for dps.. but also slow ability... that way you can catch you enemies hero or units
@@marx1947 yeah or the relic, the beast form is fast and the terror can help a lot
Can this build be used in FFA? I found mid to late game difficult without going for that brawers workforce first, so you can gather stone and build your eco in order to support up to 8 berserkres in late, but clearing map start later (like late 801)
This guide is primarily for 3v3 and other teamgames. Just like with the Wolf Clan, you lack the population to scout.
How would you rate double boar skin? Is it valuable enough to get the triple healing or should I work more on diversifying my guys? Also I’m thinking of splitting bear/fox skins for fighting enemies for the damage reduction and slowdowns, or would wolf skins be better for the dps?
Wolfskins/Foxskins for dps.
Boarskin healing is not really needed as the heal from bloodthirst is enough.
I am a huge fan of the Bearskin ability as your units might be squishier than you think in big 3v3 skirmishes.
Maybe Boarskin can be value, but it didn't convince me so far.
Maybe you can tell me more, after trying out some different Berserker combinations yourself!
@@larsmanlive Yeah Thanks,
Could you maybe explain the details of bloodthirst a bit more though as I am a bit confused on the wording.
Is the white portion of the HP bar the health that bloodthirst will heal?
"Up to 30% of their max health" does this only apply below 30% hp or does the healing have a cap of 30% MORE than your current hp.
EG a 65max hp wolfskin has 40hp, does bloodthirst apply and when filled should heal them to ~61?
Thanks for your understanding and help man, and nice to see that Shiro sees you too :)
@@Kheays I think its that when you get the military xp from killing a single unit, the max that military xp can heal is 30% of max health. So killing wyvern for example, despite giving a lot of military xp, will only heal them 30% of max health. Correct me if i'm wrong but this is how I interpreted it.
ia wondering if skiping boarskin in early game doesnt slow you down, i can agree with having 1 wolfskin but dont know that isnt it better to have same ammount of bear and fox skins? the immortality buff looks strong enough to take more than 1 bearskin
Bearskins are slow though. I don't know if you can keep up with the Foxskin clear.
What’s with wolf skin? I feel like they heal way more than the others
Oh do they? I wasn't aware of that. They seem squishier, because of their high damage output compared to their health pool.
I wonder how you see the soul corps? and how you get them so fast. When i try to collect them, they act like it has cooldown.
I don't know...I've never had problems like that.
Have you tried waiting until all units have been dead for 2-3 seconds and then picking them up by pressing "ctrl" ?
Has the order of skins changed since the patch?
No!
makes me kinda aggressive when you dont use keybinds to clear the wolves...
sorry :P
Did not expect a guide so soon! Was great, was having issues on how to play this clan, played normally doing food buildings, dock and what not, tried this and it does feel better xD How do you deal with blizzards for this build path?
Bearskins will take care of wood deficit and Wolfskins will take care of your food problem.
If the map doesn't have enough ressources, you could build a fisherman's hut as an alternative somewhere.
Was lion removed from steam because I can't find it. So far I am really enjoying lynx clan
Try searching for "Cross of Vidar".
I can still find it in the Store.
What’s the difference between level 3 and level 7 I didn’t quite catch it no damage or armor increase
boar gets hp fox gets aspd wolf gets dmg bear gets armour
I've seen a wonderful doc made a NG community member: docs.google.com/document/d/1pv2Ht1vJ_gciaw-NjHv9XB1S9jztvJRCNa-COw4Kpgk/edit
I think this is pretty well done and might answer some questions you have.
After the big nerf of the foxskins.. no chance. and where the f do you get that much money?! if you have to scout (+upgrade) and make money for more brawlers you only have a chance, when the map is very big and there are some tombs to loot, because your enemys are also clearing the map.
Go for boarskin + bearskin into foxskin now.
Money comes from looting with the foxskins after getting your boarskin and bearskin to lvl 2.
You can always keep farming respawning neutrals without flat-out killing them.
What did you mean by "fourth official clear clan" or did you say something else and I (and the closed captioning) misunderstood? :)
There are Clans who heavily benefit form killing animals (or so called neutrals) in the game.
Wolf gains food (after Spoils Kröwns).
Lynx gains pelts.
Eagle gets the ressources of the tiles.
And now finally, Hound will be able to get either food/wood/kröwns or lore.
For other clans in the game, it usually hurts their eco to invest into clearing. For the clear clans, they "gain" eco by clearing.
If you have further questions, feel free to ask me anything!
But what if I have no shipwreck then?
Just build a woodcutter.
Could you do owl?
Yes, sir
is this strat out of date? or can u still play like this? or is the new strat better?
It is outdated, starting with boar + bear is spawn-independent and much more reliable.
I thought claws and jaws was a teaser for dinosaurs 😢
We've been bamboozled!
dose your military consume food ?
Yes, but that's barely noticable
I wonder what will come first - nerf to hound clan or avaibility on GOG platform xD
I hope that the latter will be the case :P
Gog?
@@Gjaku steam-like platform for games, short for "good old games".
FFA guide pls
For FFA just scout with your Jörd's!
Lars how do I play solo on this clan😂😂😂
Hard to say...
Scout with the help of Jörd's I guess?!
A GUIDE ALREADY ?!
Sleep is for the weak.
HOW U ALREADY HAVE A GUIDE JESUS UR A MACHINE
51 золотых с кабана это пиздец
It is! 😂
Guys this is outdated make your brawlers to bear + boar and do not build your woodcutter before winter
this clan seems broken af
Maybe it is :O
Slow skill is too cheaty
At least snake will have a contender for the most toxic ability in the game now x)