Why you MUST Coordinate your attack! - Total War Tactics: Warhammer 

I was a late arrival as well. Glad I put the money into it, though. I still like playing WH 2 more than 3, but that will change soon, I suspect.

@@avrivah1101 I haven't tried much WH2, tbh, just used it as a vehicle to play Immortal Empires. Will give it a try, though.

@@juanignacioayalarico9410 don’t the quality of life updates in wh3 are enough to play wh3 over wh2 also some factions and races got good updates in wh3 for example volkmars faction

@@juanignacioayalarico9410 definitely give it a try. I recommend trying elf factions. People generally dislike vortex but it's a nice 'alternative' campaign you might enjoy. Dark elves are way more fun in wh2. Give them a try

Check out elven plot armor’s videos as well. They both make great videos about tactics formations game mechanics etc.

as a very defensive dwarf player i second this!

Not an expert here, but: In my limited experience, slayers in reserve can really help secure flanks, and copters can apply some good flank pressure.

Look up the chevron formation

I personally put my most defensive unit 2x along with lord uptop and down on the flanks is cheaper/mid tier infantry. Which leaves a big hole between center and flank. Extremely good for melting enemy infantry from sides with guns or flame throwers. Something like this: = + = === * * * === The stars are flamers and ranged unit. Make sure not to leave big gap or enemy will close in on your troops and ruin your entire formation.

Bugmans rangers on Flank with slayers behind. Bugmans have Charge Def vs large and stealth..so cav wont know whats happened. Charles slayers in,pull Bugmans back through slayers and dead cav

We’re probably only going to see maybe one more update each for any of the non WH3 factions, they are a lot safer to do now imo

~ Sun Tzu

You pizza'd when you should have french fried

@@LARRY113Z awesomeness leaks out of you Sir

Khorne worshippers when I tell them there's more to battle than right clicking the enemy.

Just played Battlefleet Gothica for the first time against a buddy who’s played 40 hours. Lost the first match because it’s all unfamiliar and confusing. Second match, still no idea what anything does, but I WON. As soon as I understood that the map and terrain work a bit like Total War, I was able to perfectly coordinate a flank and rip his fleet to shreds. Did I have any idea what any of my ships were, or their abilities, or how to use them? Nope. But I know timing and positioning and that won the day.

Bonus points if it's a single powerful hero

@@Ellebeeby ohh facts for sure

It's highly specific. Usually the more DLCs a faction has got the less likely it is that the information is sti up to date. Factions that got introduced in a DLC are relatively stable (at least more than base game factions). From the top of my head I would say that Dwarfs, Empire and LM probably changed the least. Usually if you have such specific questions joining his discord is the best call. There are many nice people there willing to answer them.

Try 2 get ranged and arty with cav,than hammer and anvil on main battle line. Ranged focus..lords, units your units are ili suited 2 kill, cav,anything large and enemy Archers. Also shoot at units without shields 1st. When main lines are engaged feel free to može some Archer on flank or behind enemy inf fighting yours so u avoid rheir shielss

Not really, tiring is mostly a factor of time, plus you could just walk them

Maybe a tiny bit. Honestly running isn't that big of a drain, especially in the context of single player. Pessimistically, running that extra bit is like, another second or two per bracket of exhaustion.

What is group lock and how do I turn it on? I assume it makes the faster units stay within formation right?

Ha! For me its "Oi where´s my general gone?"

@@theunfortunategeneral during a campaign i fought the same battle 5 times. At the 5th i had a chance to win and almost wasted it because my thane lord was chasing of some skavenslaves outside of the walls of my city while the survivor of my army were dying. Fortunatly i brought him back! He was blowing up by some artillery in the distance. What hell of a match

Try and put your armies on auto guard mode. Go into settings and you can have it apply to all your units from the start. Same with skirmish mode for ranged. If all your army is defensive such as the dwarves they should be in guard mode anyway so they never chase down units. They are too slow to catch anything anyway. The ranged units for the dwarves are their key to victory.

Also with the new alliance system you can get your Ally’s units. Such as cav. Team up with any empire faction and build an embassy in their capital and you can get cav as the dwarfs or any other the empires units such as rockets and steam tanks. It’ll help free up your slow hero’s and front line to just sit and tank the damage while they swing way around to take out and distract the enemies artillery

@@davidring681 i've forgotten about guard mode. Thank you!

I love playing skaven, mainly ikit claw do my main armies are loaded with ranged. I typically have 4 jezzals, 6 infantry (usually 3 sword and 3 anti large) 3 artillery, 2 ratling guns, 2 doom wheels, the lord, a hero to counter the lord (ie a chieftain if I have a wizard), then the last spot is usually a monster or anothet hero. No army is perfect so it'll take time to get what works best for you. I play skaven very defensively so my infantry takes the brunt of damage so my infantry is laid out like a trapezoid with ranged inside. Basically put like 4 infantry up front and then 1 or 2 on each arm. If I do need to defend my cav is the unit to intercept the enemy cav, or a tankier hero.

Ratling gunners can often get away with just shooting approaching cavalry because they do so much damage. Failing that though, having ranged or artillery in an army is an inherent risk/reward situation that you just have to live with, you are sacrificing manoeuvrability for more offence. You probably want every two missile units to have a guard of at least one melee capable unit that is kept back to protect the flank until you can be sure your missiles are safe. Unless you're playing a faction like Kislev or Dwarves who's missile units are decent in a melee then you need more melee. For the Skaven, Skavenslaves actually make pretty good flank protection. You can just place them by your ratlings and forget about them, they won't be wasted sitting around since they don't do much damage anyway, you can freely shoot them in the back and not care and they're cheap as hell.

Don’t use infantry units put 4 plague priest heroes in your armies instead and use the vermintide summon much better than recruiting actual infantry

Plenty of options, depending on your army and the enemy's. Focus firing their cavalry with multiple units. Using Skavenslave guards to block the charge. Skaven have lots of summons- Menace Below, Packmaster rats, Plague Priest summons... save some uses to screen. Fliers are hard to block, but melt with focus fire on approach.

@@hereisjohnny1875 this is the way. 4-6 jezzails, 5-7 rattling gunners, some siege, maybe a few mortars, and like 2-5 plague priests. Set up in a defensive position and get the enemy to push you by hitting them with jezzails and siege.

To trick the AI. If the AI cant see a unit, they'll act as if it isn't there. It can lead them into moving their units into a disadvantageous position, or perhaps hide on of your injured units to keep it alive/regen.

Me: Okay, cavalry, move over to this bit of forest. We're waiting for the enemy to spread out so you can get in and bring down that artillery piece. Wait for my signal. Me, 4 minutes later: Why the hell are you standing in the forest, get over here and help the front line you dumb bastards Truly, I am become Thanqol

As Zerk mentions in passing if you give a padlocked group an attack right click each unit will try and attack an enemy in front of them, thus preserving your order of battle. Results can be a little off sometimes, but well worth experimenting with.

Get stack of broken unit. Win Tactics.

Kinda missed the whole point of the video then :P Not about clean frontlines its just a guide video. Its about using you army as a whole to overwhelm the enemy.

It's to teach beginners the basics. Not that complicated. Calm down.

tbh even in historic battles the ai tends to approach in a neat formation that has 2 or maybe even 3 lines (especialy in m2tw kingdoms) but then once its close it charges , players call it stupid but then again most people get close and then send their units to charge individual enemy units ,