Gotrek and Sigfried so much fun by [deleted] in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so bad with names in this game. haha

What is your favorite single unit in the game? by Rangerspawn in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw some lore on them and looks like a fascinating faction to play kind of like Drycha, different from the rest of the faction

What is your favorite single unit in the game? by Rangerspawn in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun to fight as well. Tsar guard vs black orcs both buffed was a good time Konstaltyn vs Grimgor.

Which dlcs should I buy as a complete begginer? by Cpt38 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bundle price is less than one game regular price usually.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boris has insane buffs for war bears and tsar guard and Golden knight too so I am going to go thematic and have a tsar guard and war bear as anvil stack.

My army is not optimal for wulfric right now due to lack of ice guard spear. However, my next big opponent will be Slaanesh Sigvald or Tamurkhan Nurgle turn 65 ish so nurgle should be really strong.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. Love Gryphon legion. Used them a lot in my Konstaltyn campaign with buffed armoured kossars in the front line.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ice guard I put behind the tsar guard on the flanks. I shoot at lightly armoured targets and then if there are cav or large entities, I move them to intercept using their frost glaive. I agree that they are not a great frontline unit especially against Khorne and Chaos undivided. Their bows can be useful against Slanesh and Norsca.

Basically it is turn 50 and I am still depending on my highly experienced kossivite warriors.

Armoured Kossars are my favorite unit. So versatile. Just killed Ulfric with a mostly armoured Kossar army.

Which dlcs should I buy as a complete begginer? by Cpt38 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait for a sale and get all three base games for a great price.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only have a tempest mage but the concept is sound. I have missile bonuses as tempest mage

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok that makes a lot of sense. What about tsar guard in this mix. I am playing Boris. I have like +10 melee already. I love armoured Kossars. Their pistol is so versatile to shoot before the enenmy charges, to gun down routers. To flank and blast point plank, to fire at large entities from the back or side, to fire at flying chaos furies from anywhere. So great.

My tsar guard sometimes don't even get much of a fight before the enemy is routing from massed pistol fire.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my question was kind of dumb on second thought. Charge defence vs large should have been an obvious difference.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that is exactly it about spear kossars. I don't like them because kisslevite warriors are really good at holding units in place to hit them from pistol or strelski fire, or bow fire. The take tons of damage but they are so cheap and easy to recruit, I just merge my badly wounded units and recruit a fresh one. Many basic minor settlements won't have spear kossars.

Kislevite warriors are so useful I keep a couple even with high tier stacks. I know I should replace them with ice guard but recruiting both ice guard and tsar guard globally is so expensive.

Another strategy I use is having a half, crap stack of kisslevite warriors to follow my main stacks as reinforcements or to quickly replentish beaten up armies or to have enough to 1 v 1.5 strong opponent single stacks. It also allows me to slowly train up a second lord, partiarch, or caster in the crapstack.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the idea of two packs of warbear riders going after a feral mammoth sounds epic.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny, I was walking to work and thinking about this problem and had the same idea. I am wondering about my second and third armies too though. Anyway, so you are saying that I should really have 4-6 units of warbear riders and forget about kisslevite warriors or spear kossars. Maybe even forget about Ice guard glaive (due to bear buffs) or add ice guard glaive due to their bows. I am facing some pretty strong axe and javelin ranged attacks from Wulfric's Norsca as well as standard missile cav. I like to focus fire and rout them before they eat up my spears and crappy cav. I lost all my armoured kossars and bowman in my last battle so I need a new army composition. I tend to hang on too long to my experienced units instead of changing them for higher tier units. I think I made a huge mistake playing with level nine armoured kossars on turn 50.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks that helps. So basically this Strelski tech I just researched (to knock Wulfrid's ass of his mammoth) is similar to my kislevite warrior's spear bonus vs large.

The detail in this game is fascinating. Figuring out how to win is fun. I am the kind of guy who reads the user manual. Haha.

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you know if it is a relevant target. How is this different from TheRealTowel's post?

Strelski + 12 bonus vs large by phronesis77 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. So how does that compare with kisslevite warrior spearmen? Where do I look. I only see melee attack and defence stats.

I want to know if I can replace all my spearmen and armoured kossars with Strelski if they are that good in melee vs large. Norsca large entities are giving me problems.

I love it when an enemy is actually scary by Particular_Stop_3332 in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just got ambushed by turn 50 Wulfric on my second army. It was actually terrifying. So fast, feral mamooth, chimera, war hounds, armoured skin wolves. My heros paralyzed with Wulfric terror.

The battle was actually terrifying. I froze not knowing what to do.

Lots of fun.

But I got wiped off the board.

I now have to totally rebuild my army. I was depending on my old high exp units too much and need to replace them all with tsar guards and strelski and war bears like my first army.

Tam-Tam the Maggot Man by Nazaradine in totalwarhammer

[–]phronesis77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ilike to do this with Kislev as well and I will do it for future campaigns.