I’m new to the game coming from Rome 2 and other historical total wars, and I don’t really understand magic much. I tried to create a balanced army but it didn’t really go too well in battles against any quality armies. So I just started spamming lothern sea guard and put em in guard mode in checkerboard formation and it works wonders lol.
I love how you don't teach a specific strategy or set-up, but instead talk about a mindset/a way of thinking that can apply to any situation. As a new player, I definitely needed this
Best shortcut / command most people don't know about is that you can select unit/units and then hold CTRL and draw a path with your right click on the mouse > which is especially great if you want to navigate some fast cavalry in between enemy units without engaging or colliding with them or also good for planning flanking path. Go try it out. I use it almost every battle if not every battle.
I have 1.5k and I still watched it. I was going to point out things he could explain better or other feedback but I'm pretty satisfied with this video. He really did cover all of the basics real well.
Starts video: Welcome to Estalia, gentlemen. I will not lie, the chances of your survival are small - some may even turn against your friends as living corpses... But you have my word that I will use my arcane gifts to ensure your bodies are given unto Morr's garden. This is the greatest reward, more than even gold, for the fate of your soul is an eternal concern! Now, come. Follow me, strike down the Undead that rise against us, allow me to find this eldritch amulet. I ask not for my own selfish studies, but for the good of the Empire!
You don't get to be grand-arch-wizard-mage-lord-magus-sorceror by being charismatic, you get it by being good at magic. It's kind of like being head of the department of energy, an extremely complex job, vital to the nation, important decisions, you hire OTHER people to give presentations for you.
One thing I would add is that not every winning Matchup is also a good one. Of course your Chosen will wreck Skavenslaves all day long, but it's still not a good Matchup when on the other side of the Battle Stormvermin chew through your army and your Chosen eventually rout. I find the newly implemented "damage value" extremely helpful for this.
Great guide overall, however I do think it is very important to realize after some time that not everything is just about the matchups. Several builds are based on the concept of carry units and support units (like hellblaster - carry, empire knight - support for the hellblaster to slow down the advance of the enemy), and I think that this is an important concept to understand as a beginner especially in multiplayer.
That will be a good and more content since zerk love multiplayer..doesn't care who's win or lose.. that what multiplayer about.. win win situation in my opinion for zerk and turin..
@@stepanvejvoda2725 Not trying to show of but as it happens i have played both turin and zerk and i must say that the single match vs turin was harder. I also think zerk would agree from what he always says on streams he doesn't see himself as a top mp player atm.
I think a really interesting series for yourself could be good and bad matchups with some tips and tricks for each faction. A lot of work though so I'd understand if you don't, I think that would be super useful for new players. Love the content pal, keep up the good work. 🙂
Love your content. What I would love to see more of: 1) Some online battles you play and loose. Even in defeat there could be much to learn from. Plus it makes your videos less predictable. 2) Some online battles you play as a good guy. It’s mostly Greenskins, Skavens, Chaos, Dark Elves all around. Not too much variety. 3) Some defensive builds you successfully deploy. Not every faction is best equipped for steamrolling over the oponent.
Zerk! Thank you! This vid was sooooo helpful, as I am a new player and struggle with exactly the points that you addressed here. I do wish that there was a handy, well-organized pdf for keyboard commands that I could place next to my computer--something easier to read than the big list in the TW Guide. Also, spells! I get overwhelmed with all the overlapping ability and spells symbols at the bottom of a unit card. I hope for TW3 that CA reorganizes this and implements design changes tomake learning unit powers easier for newer players. Finally, were that it were possible for beginners like me to be able to simply hit the spacebar to pause the game in order to make sense of all the info on the battlefield. Is there a mod out there that would enable this? If not, could you use your godlike powers to influence CA for these improvements? I love the customizability of TW; however, the learning curve has been daunting, honestly. Thanks again for making these vids. Sooooo helpful.
If you don't release the CTRL key after rotating your formation your army will walk. So if you want your army to run, either release control after rotating, or press R with your walking units selected
These are so good to watch! I'm getting the game for the first time, tonight! (With all the expansions). I've got an affinity with playing the Tomb Kings and Dark Elves - from what I've seen so far
I started playing the campaign a little while back, but I still suck too much at real-time micro-ing to try multiplayer yet (fine with battles but I'm currently too used to being able to pause or slow to handle maneuvers). However, one other thing that puts me off multiplayer is the rules/etiquette. Cheese may be fine in campaign but there are various things that appear to be frowned upon in multi and I wouldn't want to unintentionally be *that* guy. Some may be obvious (corner camping etc.) but others less so setting up towards the back of the map is sometimes just to take advantage of terrain/max the killzone for artillery, but could also be seen as artificially preventing flanking. I see limits mentioned on the proportion of large single entities/heroes/missile units etc. within a single army, but have no idea what they are!. Is 'stacking' of a particular buff acceptable? I' gather it isn't for fear/leaderhip debuffs but what about e.g. physical resists, ward saves, dmg buffs etc? Is there a guide to this sort of thing anywhere?
You can always join the discords and arrange a match to learn, drive.google.com/file/d/1blvwkYSM3l7KW2Zf6t2Nra4eY7MSjP4d/view?usp=sharing are the banner rules many tournaments use
Don't mind the "etiquette", no-one bothers with it in Quick Battles. People only use rules in multiplayer lobbies (in which they will state their rules, but there are rarely any) or tournament/community Discords which use their own specific rulesets. Besides that anything goes in Quick Battles, besides the hard-coded unit limitations set by CA themselves- you wouldn't be able to breach them even if you wanted to. Basically just follow your own gameplan and don't run like a coward, but I can guarantee you someone will use some sort of abuse against you or complain about your legitimate tactics eventually. And no there are no rules that ban the stacking off buffs and so on.
this was very helpful, i just started (as skaven cool rat people) and got clapped i am now the lizard pepel and with some basic advice managed to do pr good, up til turn 25 or smth, weewoo lol
Lets Appreciate This Battle Guide really help a lot for those who beginner and professional Total War Warhammer 2 players, and for those who didnt want to read a lot of guidebooks.
Dude. You are the fuckin man. I’ve been playing total war since I was in elementary school (first Rome 1, then starting up again with shogun 2 in college when I rediscovered the game) Do I love the games? Yep. Do I consider myself family with them? Sure. Will I watch this video anyway and take notes while I do it? YOU BET YOUR ASS!! Seriously every time I think you’ve covered all the topics you need to... you release another video. This stuff for beginners, the quick battles, the why you lost videos, the faction guides... You da real MVP
Yesterday i have changed the fate of my army from Decisive defeat to Phyrric Victory. Not a small feat i guess for a beginner. Battling is always good. Auto resolve is just bad...
Thanks for making this one Zerk. I've been sending every new player I come across to your channel for your videos and I'm sure this will make a great addition to those.
Its the replacement of the battle line mechanic with match ups that takes away a lot of the sense of satisfaction and achievement in modern TW titles for me. Great vid as always though Zerk.
The core strategy is to mix a few elite units with a bunch of "plebes" to spam and get in the way of the enemy. Eg 10 pikemen/swordsmen units mixed with cannons, handgunners, knights, Hippogryph lord, wizard. Just spread the pikemen all over the place while your firearms tear everyone to shreds. Same with 7 zombies, 4 skeletons, plus black knights, vargheists, terrorgheist, dragon vampire lord. Spread zombies everywhere, while your fast and flying creatures gang up on them from behind, routing them one by one. VERY fun 😂😂
Siege battles are annoying to everyone and are generally avoided outside of campaign, in single player it's mostly about tricking the AI into spreading out before focusing your forces on 1 or 2 gates.
Insanely helpful video with a ton of useful information for a noob like me. Does anyone know the mod he is using to draw those lines on the map like that?
You didnt cycle charge Chaos Knights in to Silverin Guard you just left them there. But then vs Swordmasters you did and you specifically say to cycle charge :P
Cycle charge the silverin guards is useless because they've got a defense versus large foes's charge which means that large opponent charging them don't get their charge bonus when charging them from the front.
Thank you for this video. I have watched several videos like this on battle mechanics and tips in Warhammer 2 but this video stuck with me the most because of how you clearly broke down battles as a series of matchups.
Thank you for making this video.. I am new to the total war franchise. Coming from starcraft and dawn of war makes this transition kind of rough. There is a lot more complexities involved in this game.
yes anti large is always applied when fighting large units but flanking is still a good thing to do because of charge defence (most anti large units have it) which negates the charge bonus of large units (cav and monsters)
Step1: Build a complicated and diverse army to strategize against the enemy.
Step2: Lose.
Step3: Choose lizardmen and create a dinoball doomstack.
Step4: Alarielle declares war on you and bring 2 full stacks of sisters of avelorn
@@iamvan7243 He was talking about MP!
I’m new to the game coming from Rome 2 and other historical total wars, and I don’t really understand magic much. I tried to create a balanced army but it didn’t really go too well in battles against any quality armies. So I just started spamming lothern sea guard and put em in guard mode in checkerboard formation and it works wonders lol.
@@marcgw496 Thanks man, trying this :D
I feel it. Gor rok steam roll
I love how you don't teach a specific strategy or set-up, but instead talk about a mindset/a way of thinking that can apply to any situation. As a new player, I definitely needed this
Best shortcut / command most people don't know about is that you can select unit/units and then hold CTRL and draw a path with your right click on the mouse > which is especially great if you want to navigate some fast cavalry in between enemy units without engaging or colliding with them or also good for planning flanking path. Go try it out. I use it almost every battle if not every battle.
Thank you!
Thats what that is?! im flabbergasted, i was wondering why the hell there was a Hangman MiniGame in Warhammer lmao
To me, that little "Armour Piercing" symbol always looks like those winged turtle enemies from Super Mario.
I can't unsee it now
@@battleland7263 Sorry...
The koopa. :-D
Loops troopas too iconic
Oh, now that's engraved now
Me watching this with 500 hours in the game lol
I have 1.5k and I still watched it. I was going to point out things he could explain better or other feedback but I'm pretty satisfied with this video. He really did cover all of the basics real well.
same lol
4800 here
@@neverending774 dang dude :D
1000
I can never have enough of Zerks excellent guides. Thank you good man.
Starts video:
Welcome to Estalia, gentlemen. I will not lie, the chances of your survival are small - some may even turn against your friends as living corpses... But you have my word that I will use my arcane gifts to ensure your bodies are given unto Morr's garden. This is the greatest reward, more than even gold, for the fate of your soul is an eternal concern! Now, come. Follow me, strike down the Undead that rise against us, allow me to find this eldritch amulet. I ask not for my own selfish studies, but for the good of the Empire!
You don't get to be grand-arch-wizard-mage-lord-magus-sorceror by being charismatic, you get it by being good at magic.
It's kind of like being head of the department of energy, an extremely complex job, vital to the nation, important decisions, you hire OTHER people to give presentations for you.
@@madlarkin8 Ironically it is implied that Gelt bribed his way into becoming the supreme patriarch, which is much more realistic.
Pog
"I'm gonna have to rush them, if I'm ever going to have a chance." Sounds like any balanced battle as Norsca.
Great video, btw!
Ohhh, a battle guide for 2021. I needed this XD
Got this game for free on epic a few months ago. I've never tried playing anything like this before, and this is easily the best series of guides.
One thing I would add is that not every winning Matchup is also a good one. Of course your Chosen will wreck Skavenslaves all day long, but it's still not a good Matchup when on the other side of the Battle Stormvermin chew through your army and your Chosen eventually rout. I find the newly implemented "damage value" extremely helpful for this.
The thing I took away from this video is that next time I play rock-paper-scissors, my artillery infused paper will win against those puny scissors.
Great guide overall, however I do think it is very important to realize after some time that not everything is just about the matchups. Several builds are based on the concept of carry units and support units (like hellblaster - carry, empire knight - support for the hellblaster to slow down the advance of the enemy), and I think that this is an important concept to understand as a beginner especially in multiplayer.
Did Zerk ever fight turin in multiplayer? Would be interesting to watch.
My money is on Turin. No offense Zerk, we love you. :D
That will be a good and more content since zerk love multiplayer..doesn't care who's win or lose.. that what multiplayer about.. win win situation in my opinion for zerk and turin..
@@mistercat141 Thats for sure.
@@stepanvejvoda2725 Not trying to show of but as it happens i have played both turin and zerk and i must say that the single match vs turin was harder. I also think zerk would agree from what he always says on streams he doesn't see himself as a top mp player atm.
I like Zerk, but it's just an objective fact that Turin would eat him alive.
Man, I really, REALLY wanted to see you try out that Dark elves vs Greenskins matchup. Fantastic video, learnt so much!
Easy enough, High Tier is better than Low Tier
So why are Grom Gobbos eating my Hammerers?
Because Grom buffs the absolute hell out of of Gobbos.
Because Grom gobbos are actually Goblins (Chosen)
Same reason they were eating my chosen
Because they're hungry.
It's just how greenskin are man... You can't predict what could they do to you...
Not a beginner but just wanted to add a comment for support because your videos helped me become a much better at the game.
Thanks! I just started playing and I am really struggling in combat. This is a big help!
I'm sure you're a true threat on the battlefield by now lmao
Q: What's a bad match up for clanrats?
A: Yes.
Looking forward to your vids on the factions in wh3 :)
Perfect content. Very nice smooth speaking. Always repeat what's important. Really enjoyable
Wow what comes before beginner lol, so much to learn, thanks for the great video!
Thank you for multiple, clear examples of the Matchup Concept! Not a lot of tutorial makers do that
Tbh started multiplayer a month ago and don’t wanna go back to campaign. And no I am not good at all, but at least I enjoy it.
Thx for content Zerk.
Same lmao
I think a really interesting series for yourself could be good and bad matchups with some tips and tricks for each faction. A lot of work though so I'd understand if you don't, I think that would be super useful for new players. Love the content pal, keep up the good work. 🙂
Gelt, random wizard, random witch hunter: walk 'n chill
Gotrek, random captain: guys slow down!
Fantastic video my friend. Thanks for the education!
Love your content. What I would love to see more of:
1) Some online battles you play and loose. Even in defeat there could be much to learn from. Plus it makes your videos less predictable.
2) Some online battles you play as a good guy. It’s mostly Greenskins, Skavens, Chaos, Dark Elves all around. Not too much variety.
3) Some defensive builds you successfully deploy. Not every faction is best equipped for steamrolling over the oponent.
Zerk! Thank you! This vid was sooooo helpful, as I am a new player and struggle with exactly the points that you addressed here. I do wish that there was a handy, well-organized pdf for keyboard commands that I could place next to my computer--something easier to read than the big list in the TW Guide. Also, spells! I get overwhelmed with all the overlapping ability and spells symbols at the bottom of a unit card. I hope for TW3 that CA reorganizes this and implements design changes tomake learning unit powers easier for newer players. Finally, were that it were possible for beginners like me to be able to simply hit the spacebar to pause the game in order to make sense of all the info on the battlefield. Is there a mod out there that would enable this? If not, could you use your godlike powers to influence CA for these improvements? I love the customizability of TW; however, the learning curve has been daunting, honestly. Thanks again for making these vids. Sooooo helpful.
unless you play on legendary you can just press pause and assign commands to your units or even queue up spells, just hit P
If you don't release the CTRL key after rotating your formation your army will walk. So if you want your army to run, either release control after rotating, or press R with your walking units selected
Perfect video, very well explained thank you
These are so good to watch! I'm getting the game for the first time, tonight! (With all the expansions). I've got an affinity with playing the Tomb Kings and Dark Elves - from what I've seen so far
Thank you for the advice!
I started playing the campaign a little while back, but I still suck too much at real-time micro-ing to try multiplayer yet (fine with battles but I'm currently too used to being able to pause or slow to handle maneuvers). However, one other thing that puts me off multiplayer is the rules/etiquette. Cheese may be fine in campaign but there are various things that appear to be frowned upon in multi and I wouldn't want to unintentionally be *that* guy. Some may be obvious (corner camping etc.) but others less so setting up towards the back of the map is sometimes just to take advantage of terrain/max the killzone for artillery, but could also be seen as artificially preventing flanking. I see limits mentioned on the proportion of large single entities/heroes/missile units etc. within a single army, but have no idea what they are!. Is 'stacking' of a particular buff acceptable? I' gather it isn't for fear/leaderhip debuffs but what about e.g. physical resists, ward saves, dmg buffs etc? Is there a guide to this sort of thing anywhere?
You can always join the discords and arrange a match to learn, drive.google.com/file/d/1blvwkYSM3l7KW2Zf6t2Nra4eY7MSjP4d/view?usp=sharing are the banner rules many tournaments use
Don't mind the "etiquette", no-one bothers with it in Quick Battles. People only use rules in multiplayer lobbies (in which they will state their rules, but there are rarely any) or tournament/community Discords which use their own specific rulesets. Besides that anything goes in Quick Battles, besides the hard-coded unit limitations set by CA themselves- you wouldn't be able to breach them even if you wanted to. Basically just follow your own gameplan and don't run like a coward, but I can guarantee you someone will use some sort of abuse against you or complain about your legitimate tactics eventually. And no there are no rules that ban the stacking off buffs and so on.
Can you do another whos the best for ranged units? Wasnt sure where to ask this at
this was very helpful, i just started (as skaven cool rat people) and got clapped
i am now the lizard pepel and with some basic advice managed to do pr good, up til turn 25 or smth, weewoo lol
Lets Appreciate
This Battle Guide really help a lot for those who beginner and professional Total War Warhammer 2 players, and for those who didnt want to read a lot of guidebooks.
Well now we have a video to recommend to every new player who asks for help on the reddit :)
played the game for years, this guide is great!
finally a video that makes sense.. thank you
Dude. You are the fuckin man.
I’ve been playing total war since I was in elementary school (first Rome 1, then starting up again with shogun 2 in college when I rediscovered the game)
Do I love the games? Yep. Do I consider myself family with them? Sure. Will I watch this video anyway and take notes while I do it? YOU BET YOUR ASS!!
Seriously every time I think you’ve covered all the topics you need to... you release another video. This stuff for beginners, the quick battles, the why you lost videos, the faction guides...
You da real MVP
Yesterday i have changed the fate of my army from Decisive defeat to Phyrric Victory.
Not a small feat i guess for a beginner.
Battling is always good. Auto resolve is just bad...
even in a clearly unfair advantage for your own side, auto resolve is just too much of a wild card lmao
Thank you, this video was superb
Thanks for making this one Zerk. I've been sending every new player I come across to your channel for your videos and I'm sure this will make a great addition to those.
Quality stuff zerk!
incredibly helpful guide, thank you so much. really really upset you didnt show the fight between the dark elves and orcs though
This was so helpful thank you for making this video.
I've seen all your beginner guides but by watching this will allow me to stray further away from a beginner.
Thanks for the Closed Captions.
Love your work by the way. Good
Luck in the new year.
Zerk this was a pretty good video my man. Keep up the excellent work.
Outstanding videos! You make amazing content.
7:01 - That Elf Lord going for glory! made me laugh.
Really nice and logical explanations! Many thanks!!
Learned alot thanks brotha!
Thanks for this! Very useful
I also started making save points every few turns, because i might 'blunder' on the campaign map :P
Good stuff. Thank you.
Strategy vids are always good for new and old players
i love the minotaur's for flank
Love this video and your content! Thanks
Great video!
1. Pick dwarfs.
2. BOX formation
3. Go AFK
Works 6/10 times
Its the replacement of the battle line mechanic with match ups that takes away a lot of the sense of satisfaction and achievement in modern TW titles for me.
Great vid as always though Zerk.
What do you mean?:)
@@MasterChiefPettyOfficer
That essentially it now feels like a series of little isolated scraps taking place rather than an actual battle.
ALT+LMB
You are my hero.
great vid thanks
The core strategy is to mix a few elite units with a bunch of "plebes" to spam and get in the way of the enemy. Eg 10 pikemen/swordsmen units mixed with cannons, handgunners, knights, Hippogryph lord, wizard. Just spread the pikemen all over the place while your firearms tear everyone to shreds. Same with 7 zombies, 4 skeletons, plus black knights, vargheists, terrorgheist, dragon vampire lord. Spread zombies everywhere, while your fast and flying creatures gang up on them from behind, routing them one by one. VERY fun 😂😂
Nice guide.
6:28 Eleven lord: "Ok. My unit's going to lose here"
You should do a video on seige battles specifically. They are seem much harder and annoying to me as a newer player than they probably are.
Siege battles are annoying to everyone and are generally avoided outside of campaign, in single player it's mostly about tricking the AI into spreading out before focusing your forces on 1 or 2 gates.
Insanely helpful video with a ton of useful information for a noob like me.
Does anyone know the mod he is using to draw those lines on the map like that?
This could help thank you
8:45 'they hit so goddamn hard they can beat the crap out of a dragon ' lol
"If you're running into a bad fight, dont"
*Laugh in skaven slave*
Great video dude, thanks
That: o Scheiße, caught me off guard xD
Thx alot for the video.
I love your vioce - I love your videos- I just love you as a person - pls keep doin this videos I love them
I need an advanced battle guide!!
good guide ! thx
Okay, the only problem is I don't know all the good and bad matchups. I'm super new so Idk the names of the soldiers I'm sending out lol
The "Oh Scheiße" made me Laugh so hard haha
You didnt cycle charge Chaos Knights in to Silverin Guard you just left them there. But then vs Swordmasters you did and you specifically say to cycle charge :P
Cycle charge the silverin guards is useless because they've got a defense versus large foes's charge which means that large opponent charging them don't get their charge bonus when charging them from the front.
Although I have 500+ hours I still watch it.
16:20 I tried to do this drag option because I remember it from Rome 2, but I couldn't manage to make it work? Do they have to be grouped?
They don't need to be grouped. You need to have them selected, and then hold alt before dragging them. (I do not know how this works in Rome 2.)
Do you use any mod for performance or colors or graphics because is like another Warhammer game looking at yours
Oi thanks for teaching me total war warhammer 2 from scratch
very nice
Thank you for this video. I have watched several videos like this on battle mechanics and tips in Warhammer 2 but this video stuck with me the most because of how you clearly broke down battles as a series of matchups.
this games so freakin cool lol
Me: -Proceeds to vomit from the sheer amount of info being told to my smooth brain-
Thank you for making this video.. I am new to the total war franchise. Coming from starcraft and dawn of war makes this transition kind of rough. There is a lot more complexities involved in this game.
Oh, bless you for this.
GOOD.
STUFF.
Hi, if you flank an anti large unit do they still have the bonus against cavalry?
yes anti large is always applied when fighting large units but flanking is still a good thing to do because of charge defence (most anti large units have it) which negates the charge bonus of large units (cav and monsters)
Did the beastman get rid of the Cygor in the 2nd game?
This should be an official video
This is the art of war
God i needed this so bad
10:10 XD as a german that was a nice one
Have you done campaign guides ?