High Elves AND Dark Elves Should Be The Other Races In The Slaanesh DLC - Total War Warhammer 3 

Spelling mistake fixed lol. anyways ELF TIME!

Dechala vs Sea Lord Aislinn vs Tullaris Dreadbringer would be a great DLC. Dechala trying to assend to Daemonhood with Aislinn and Tullaris trying to stop her.

I'd love to see Manticores Riders, Sea Dragons, Helldrakes, Maelithii, Disciples of Khaine, Endless, Tower Masters,Hydra (royal and spellthirster), Bloodshades and some heroes like Handmaiden of Shards or Black Ark Fleetmaster in the DLC.

Only if the Slannesh character is Dechala. Also, Morathi needs more cult of pleasure units

Dark Elves need access to Elven Colonies again. That's currently missing.

Honestly, an abroad-focused HE faction led by Aislinn returning back to Ulthuan, and a DE faction using the tumult to regain the Sword of Khaine, a la Tullaris, would be fantastic and easy to implement without stepping on too much lore or retconned Fantasy content

The dart elves are my favorite race in warhammer, can't wait to see them added!

No love for Norsca. Oldest 2 LL faction, which really suffers when it comes to units compared to newer factions.

Dark Elves need an Avatar of Khaine and maybe an alternate Reaper Bolt Thrower that has a shorter range but shoots a stream of bolts, like a machine gun. Other than that maybe a unit of assassin trainees that stalk and skirmish with poison shurikens and a chimera may be good enough.

That's certainly one way to look at it Nate, but if you look at it from the lens of DLC will be focused on updating factions that need reworks and content the needle shifts a bit. Personally I think the Slaanesh DLC will focus on game 1 factions with Vampire Counts and Norsca being the other factions. The line up will be Dechala vs Neferata vs Mona Mimn competing for an artifact. Al for Sea lord Aisalin I imagine that they're going to save him for a nautical themed DLC with Cathay and the Vampire Coast as the other 2 factions.

Think the potential dark elf dlc units could be: LL- Tullaris dreadbringer LH- shadowblade Lord- Hag queen Hero- Beastmaster Black ark Reavers- tier 4 hybrid Corsair unit with anti infantry and hand bows with better armour, leadership and stats. Essentially the champion version of corsairs from TT. Basilisk- Monstrous arcanum unit that fits the dark elf theme Sea dragon Raven Heralds - melee version of flying cav already in game as ROR since dark elves lack a flying cav unit

My guess is that it will be slaanesh, lizardmen & high elves. The first dlc has kislev & grand cathay, tww3's starting order factions, the second dlc has empire & dwarfs, tww1's starting order factions so going by that I feel like this one may contain both of tww2's original order factions

What I would LOVE to see is Aislinn vs. Tullaris vs. Dechalla, with a FLC of Araloth. Let Araloth be mostly for Immortal Empires with no real Realm of Chaos story, or more like a minor one trying to aid against Slaanesh from the shadows.

Yeah, I'm gonna go with you and give the High Elves and Dark Elves the joint DLC with Slaneesh. They could really use some tweaks and reworks to better bring the faction into Warhammer 3 proper rather than just ported from Warhammer 2.

High elves need some actual complex race mechanics added like the imperial authority or tower of zharr or something. Their influence is just a secondary currency that can be used to buy better traits and as a replacement for gold to change relations between factions. Their other "mechanics" are very passive or simple like vision from trade agreements and "extra allegiance points". They need something that is deeply political given how important politics is to the high elf court - custom dilemmas, missions, rewards, battles, ancilliaries etc.

I very much hope that Morathi gets her storm of chaos roster with this DLC. Would be the perfect opportunity.

In the Lizardman vs. Cathay DLC, I feel like the... Naval commander of Cathay should be in Lustria, on one of the unoccupied (by legendary lords) and face off against the Astrologer Skink leader

Agreed. And just like I REALLY want them to add Arbaal with the next DLC, with the Slaanesh DLC I'm hoping for Dechala. In fact, the 3 main one's I have wanted since launch are Engrimm, Dechala, and Arbaal for Chaos, and Ghorro's for the Beastmen.

Hero wise? I want a Corsair Captain unit that buffs infantry. Unit wise, some more Khainite Units would be nice and then some of the other beasties like Merwyrms would be cool. Edit - Oh, retainers. Small elite units, like Chosen, that have buffs to characters since Retainers were very important in Druchii society.

we already have n'kari buttfucking with elves in ulthuan. Norsca, vampire counts, pirates, tomb kings, bretonia... so many people needs more dlc than the base warhammer 2 races.

I hope the game introduces more Legedary Heroes rather than keep shoehorning in characters as Legendary Lords, or at least I think the fame has gotten more into a phase where this is starting to be more appropriate for most races (with some exceptions like Thanquol, Nagash, Neferata etc being exception). There isn not that much map space left to play around with without thinggs being too crowded either.

I think if Anointed of Asuryan is added it will be phonix guard units riding phonix, similar to Royal Hippogryph Knights . CA has a habit of converting one model into unit. So the rest would be some variant of Storm of chaos 'High Elf Sea Patrol' army with Merwyrm and skycutter. But if the new normal for DLC are 5 units, we are still missing 2. Maybe Sea Guard (elf 'spearma' with sword and shield?) and Sea Rangers (Shadow Warriors with 'something'?) So the Anointed of Asuryan lord or be Storm Weaver* (Archmage) with lore of Mist, Mist Mage* (Mage) , Sea helmet hero, And if you want to go all in, sea patrol riding small merwyrm monster cavalery

Dechala is the closest we could get to Khuresh, so... I'll happily welcome her! Meanwhile, Vlad is STILL the one who speaks in diplomacy, even when Isabella is the one personally leading a campaign...

One way to add pseudo-navies to all factions, such as the High Elves, is giving them a certain type of lord with pseudo-horde features similar to the Black Arcs. These lords obviously should be incapable to attack anything that is landlocked. In other words, they should be able to engage with other waterborne targets and ports.

If there is a Slaanesh DLC, this makes perfect sense.

Well that's a thing that should be. It's not Slaanesh without Elves being involved.

Honestly, I’m hoping it’s high elves and Bretonnia vs slaanesh. Dark elves are pretty well off at the moment imo, but. Bretonnia is in a desperate need of a rework.

Yep, I think this is like 90% sure. It juat fits to good not to do this! Esoecially if we will have this snake elf lady as a slannesh LL

Main reason I don't see the assassin or blackguard becoming legendary lords is because they'd make too much sense for 2 druchii legendary heroes. The executioner you could at least do something interesting with him, by making him a character that focuses around being a vessel/wielder for the Sword of Khaine and has abilities that limit its negative side affects if he's the wielder. Plus one of the things I thing the druchii need is a Hag Queen generic Lord to leader sister armies as their fun alternative to the default Blackguard/Executioner melee, but need a proper lord so your not dependent on title RNG. Unit wise I could see 1. Hag Queen Lord 2. Dark Pegasus Rider, make the unit a tier 3 cavalry and give the current regiment something special like poison and fire attacks. Further tweak the stables so everything but the doomfire warlock is knocked down a tier, making the basic dark rider tier 0, and either increase the firing arc or let the crossbow rider shoot while moving. 3. An Elite Black Ark Corsair, basically a higher tier version of the dual weapon one but it has a bunch of goodies such as strong range resistance and a couple "blade oil" abilities that let them make their attacks apply certain status effects, they can chose from. 4. Some higher tier artillery. Either say a reaper bolt thrower pulled by cold ones that can fire while moving, or a magic artillery sort of like a Casket of Souls, where you have a group of sorceresses on a focus altar chariot (think like the cauldron) 5. A shield and whip Blackuard, with poison attacks. Its just so weird the elite druchii have no shielded option when the basic druchii do, and it would fit so much that the guards for Malaketh and other elite have a tanky version that isn't damaging but debilitates fools who dare strike their master.

I'm hoping they make DE death hags/hag queens as a lord choice, instead or just a hero slot. I reckon beast masters should become hero's and not lords. Then they can bring heaps of Khainite units such as Urials executioners on horses, blood witches and axe wielding cultists.

given the druchi nature dart elf sounds like an interesting term lol.

I literally assumed as soon as we saw Slaanesh that it would be both elves as the Tzeentch pack has two game 3 races, The Nurgle pack has two game 1 races and so I'm thinking the Slaanesh pack will have two game 2 races! Dechala would be the perfect fit if we're getting pseudo-mortal-demon lords, and for the HE Aislinn would be perfect as he patrols the seas to protect Ulthuan (he could be anywhere) and for the DE Tullaris could be good fun even though he wasn't a lord on tabletop

I would say WoodElf and HighElf should be in the DLC because there are some missing units that they need to improve those two factions

The dark/high elves would make the most sense and would be cool. But honnestly, i hope it would be the bretonnians and the tomb kings because old world.

Slaanesh, dark elves, high elves. I'd like to see an endgame crisis of High vs Dark, big confederation and world war. Maybe introduce a Kainite faction, to make this more of a proper 3-way war

I would agree that those would fit thematicaly but notsca really really really needs some New units and a rework. Soon

While this is good, I think a better match up is cathay vs high elves vs slannesh. Sea dragon vs sea lord Aiislin vs dechala(dont know if she can swim 😆). I prefer the next dlc after that to be about blood, so khorne, dark elves (tularis) vs Vampire counts (neferata)

Agree with the vid. DE roster is gd. Just need a tweak for Morathi, overall DE rework (economic labour for them kinda trash atm). Malekith needs something to make him standout as much as the other DE LLs. Not played them much since they were changed. Not a fan of the rampage thing for cold ones. Having units go out of control when they get dmged isn't fun

Dark elves get faction rework focus, High elves get more unit focus, and slaanesh kind of in between

Duriath Helbane and dechala both tries to destroy Tor Elithis

I think Neferata and VC will be in this one. VC in big need of rework as well.

I really don't see a reason to give 2/3 slots in a DLC to factions that don't need DLC just because it fits thematically

I would like to sea a high seas campaign for HE. I tried that mod that added it and it was awful. Most of the modded factions are super under powered and just not fun to play with.

The problem with Warhammer 3 DLC races is that the main campaign map is too restricted. Where would the High and Dark Elves even start at? Same issue with most other races.

elves being the focus for slaanesh makes sense but that means i have to wait for more than a year for vampire counts or bretonia get updated :(

Elves are delicious to Slaanesh because of their immortality, they experience emotions for a longer time etc hence why Slaanesh desires them

Slaanesh vs Khaine.....bring in some end times Lore.

A thought, what if this current series of DLC is doing the Thrones of Chaos campaign roughly as it was originally intended?

We could give this Elven Faction a cavern system but make it by sea!

More Wood Elf hate... lol Great video

I wish we can get some High elves core with sword and shield soon ^^

That would be cool but I see Norsca taking one of these spots.

100% id be surprised if they are not

Dark elves should be in the khorne dlc, I will fight everyone on this

I know it makes sense but I can’t deny I’d feel a certain way if it were 2 elves with Slaanesh

Dechala vs. Aislinn vs. Tullaris

I’m hoping for high elves and brettenia

There's enough Elven units; Tomb Kings, Vampire Counts or another faction that's lacking variety is better

I know it would be thematic to have the high elves in this dlc but other then some of their more...boring lords they are doing well i would rather this dlc cover factions that desperately need love. the norscans maybe the ogres or lizardmen idk.

I rather have norsca and ogres in that update

I personally agree, I think that Slaanesh verses anyone but the two high elf factions would be a huge missed opportunity. I also hope that the Dark elves get the most attention in the DLC too, I've always wanted to play a Malekith campaign but as of basically their implementation into WH2 the dark elves have just always felt underwhelming. a huge part of that is the absolutely awful loyalty mechanic that's just been unfun/bad since it's inception, they fixed it up a lot with the Skaven so it's barrable. That pared with the fact that the slavery mechanic was really their only major faction mechanic and it had no depth made it hard to justify playing them. they basically felt like shittier high elves, and I already wasn't a huge fan of the high elves (I like my rats and lizard boys). That being said, I do understand that this is all just my opinion so I hope everyone takes this with a grain of salt, but I really hope that they do a really nice revamp on the Dark elves, because to me they're WH2's beastmen, just unfun and almost unplayable. I would love to play them because I enjoy the gritty edge lord theme, but yeah, just have never enjoyed their implementation. That being said, I also agree that they need more units, and preferably new units, as even their roster by comparison to the high elves is pretty one note, which is a real shame, and most of it just gets rocked by every other factions units. I would really love to see them brought into their own. I would also love to see Morathi become a sub faction of Slaanesh/Dark Elves it would really shake them up, and it only makes sense given the faction name and the lore.

You confuse 40k lore with fantasy lore. Elves souls do not automatically belong to slannesh like eldar souls do. There’s no soul crystals and there’s no curse. It is true slannesh craves the elves because of their beauty and artistry but the elves in general are very hard to corrupt and most of the time the slanneshy forces just get their ass kicked. Even in druki society slannesh does not carry much weight however the druki at times have enslaved slanneshi deamons in an attempt to cause chaos on ulthuan, including n’kari, yes n’kari is malekiths bitch. The elves and the lizardmen do need to be updated though as all other races have gotten way too powerful. They’re suppose to be the strongest and most versatile factions in the setting.

I played DE on tabletop and love them but... I don't think they're really in need of a DLC. It works thematically with Slaanesh and HE, but their roster just doesn't need anything else. Tullaris isn't very exiting, Khaine is already well represented in Helebron and the sword of khaine, wouldn't mind seeing him, Kouran Darkhand or Shadowblade as heroes. But Norsca, vampires and ogres all need a DLC more. I really hope CA releases some legendary hero packs to flesh out all the random heroes that are otherwise never going to make it in-game.

Please not another "assassin" hero inappropriately masquerading as a military commander. It's absurd how much you are willing to sacrifice lore integrity - and plain logic - for this funny thing called "coolness."

The dark elves are one of my favorite faction, but I don't think that they will get a new dlc. All missing characters are more legendary heroes of than lords. And there are absolutely no units left. I would rather see skaven with thanquol in the slaanesh dlc

KNIFE EARS

There isn´t really anything left in the dark elves roster to warrant a new dlc. i would prefer a different race than the dark elves that has more content that can be added, rather than getting a lackluster DE DLC just for the sake of theme.

official canon *exists Nathan: worthless piece of fan-fiction. man woke up and chose violence. I agree though. When are we getting battle reports....don't tell me you waiting for Old World because reasons.

please PLEASE no more high elf/dark elf/lizardmen/skaven DLC

Is going to be slaneesh dark elves and high elves is too obvious...

You seem to be confused about the lore - Dark Elves are not Dark Eldar. There are def Dark Elf and High Elves that worship Slaanesh - the High Elves have even had to purge the islands on ocassion of these cults - Malekith has to do the same. If they worship Slaanesh than they can become his champions - like any mortal. You can add Dark Elf City Guard, also DE Assassins are part of the Cult of Khaine

In terms of lords, the Dark Elves are in an interesting spot in terms of being divided into factions (that number less than the available lords). Morathi's in charge of the Chaos cultists, while Hellebron leads the Cult of Khaine and Malekith leads the central monarchy. Malus begins as part of Malekith's faction, while Lokhir and Rakarth are less part of one of those factions and more support pillars of Dark Elf economy, both being providers of slaves to Naggaroth. I suppose we could call them the slave trade faction? All the potential lords we can discuss, unless CA hits us with an unexpected move, are part of one of those three factions mentioned above. Kouran Darkhand is in charge of Malekith's personal guard, while Shadowblade is a Kahinite assassin and Tullaris is the champion of the Cult of Khaine. So which lord they add could be pretty relevant to the balance of power if CA decided to play on this faction angle.

While this may be the obvious choice, but I like to hear about a less obvious possibility. For instance, Cathay has a bunch of LLs they need to get out and Norsca an update. Could these two be paired up? It's interesting that khorne didn't get hinted at asking with the others. This makes me think that they haven't decided what to do with khorne. I'm guessing they are also working on a race pack and would use the khorne LL pack to buy time if it isn't ready on time. Otherwise Khorne may well be in the Slaanesh DLC. So could it be Slaanesh, Khorne, plus Norsca, Cathay or another race ?