ARMY MOVEMENT! - Total War: Warhammer Beginners Guide

[@dowddash]

ALT + LMB just made me enjoy the game way more. I kept dragging to move my entire army and trying to line it up so they just moved forward was such a pain.

[@Mrchivo33]

That and shift+rmb which is a must for cavalry

[@Peagaporto]

I still have the problem that when I do this the faster units in the backlines outrun the front ones, anyone know how to solve this?

[@scimitaradp]

It Should be the easiest thing to do, but without this guide I would never have figured out. Thanks!

[@ThatGuy-ww8kt]

Whenever I do it on Total War: Troy it works.... but then my controls get fucked and the middle mouse button doesnt work and instead of the left mouse button allowing me to select my armies it makes them move as if I clicked the right mouse button... and the right mouse button also is the move order... so basically when I use this control it cripples my entire fight .... and I wish I knew why

[@udozocklein6023]

@@ThatGuy-ww8kt question: did you minimize the game?

[@NinjatoBlade]

300 hours in and I didn't know half this shit LOL

[@Zerkovich]

Haha. Time to level up!

[@pinoarias8601]

you and me both friend.

[@molten5181]

Composer Viktor same

[@Orosian5]

Very useful. Thanks, Zerkovich.

[@3000ToMaS3000]

Composer Viktor vddf

[@AbsurdistAsian]

Damn, been playing RTW and MTW for years, and now TWH, I only know like 1/4 of these. Most useful I've found so far: 3:11 Alt + LMB 4:47 Shift + RMB

[@popcornfilms1]

Boss

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

I needed to know both of those. It was a pain moving my whole army and I definitely needed the second one because i try to move my cav at the flanks, they go straight to the point and end up getting stuck on an enemy unit

[@Tavohl]

I remember playing the first total war and just suffering due to the controls being so difficult. Probably played for two hours tops. But now I understand it better and getting hooked on warhammer version

[@RazeMengsk]

Recently I've wanted to purchase Total War: Warhammer and I've been looking at some videos about it. I have to say that your beginner's guide is very well done and taught me quite a few shortcuts I didn't know even after playing some of the other Total War games.

[@Zerkovich]

Well I'm glad I can set you up to conquer your foes good Sir! Thanks!

[@lorenzoherreros6641]

@@Zerkovich whats the shortcut to select monsters and monster infantry? control+??

[@predwin1998]

There's an additional way of forming (unlocked) control groups. When you press G, it automatically forms a group bound to the lowest number (1) and counts up from there. But you can also press Ctrl + *Insert number here* to pick a number yourself. Which might be useful if you, like me, prefer the 2 (or any other number) key over the 1 key. This works in almost every RTS game btw, not just Total War.

[@miniwarmonger788]

ive played this game like a total noob until now : D Great Work mate

[@kingconan4crom]

The guide that stepped my game up three-fold :)

[@symphonyforeveryone5978]

5 years After this video is out and still it made me finally learn how to move in formation, was using the good old "move one unit at a time strat" until now :D So thank you for saving me 10 minutes in each battle trying my best not to pause each time

[@anarchy....]

thank you very much. im new to TW and have been looking for a troop movement guide to no avail.

[@Zerkovich]

No worries Champ!

[@thehardcoremaniack]

same here, thx for the well made video.

[@treegreg1]

super helpful! had trouble finding something like this!

[@phaerius8265]

I've played 15 hours and locked groups is a game changer. Been micro'ing super hard with pauses to make sure my infantry don't blob. That and ALT + LMB are great to know.

[@Asitoth]

Subscribed. I've been looking for a simple "How do I control my army" video and yours was great.

[@sungodrah]

man cant say enough about this series of videos for this great game..just pro quality ,in depth and cleanly made..awesome sir..:)

[@Rat-King27]

Mirco moving my armies was my biggest challenge, this has been extremely helpful, I'll be coming back to this often.

[@archangel3591]

Great guides as always! I'd just like to add another neat little trick. By pressing the Shift key you can issue multiple orders. Example: Make the Cavalry go around their units and press Shift and they'll charge after finishing their first order. So you can make orders in sequence.

[@TuringMachine001]

Also: if you double-click a unit, the camera will pan to it. Really useful when you see an idle or damaged unit in your unit list and you want to locate it quickly.

[@ash072]

This helped out so much! I went through half the orc campaign without shortcuts and unlocked groups! I was getting irritated they wouldn't stay in formation! Appreciate it!

[@Zerkovich]

You madman! You're welcome.

[@mariuschristensen1600]

Sweet stuff. Spent over 1k hours in the previous total war games and another 500 on Warhammer, checked out all your vids, lots of shit I didnt know. Fantastic series, don't stop making em.

[@Zerkovich]

Glad I can improve the Veterans a bit too! Thanks Boss

[@antoniogouveia2239]

Long time Total War player and still learned some new tricks, thanks for the video man!

[@Dr.Q_PHD]

Thank you for finally being the one to actually talk about movement and the keyboard shortcuts in a total war video. I have been continually frustrated with trying to figure out how KZbinrs moved their entire armies and keep their formation as well as how to draw a path. If I may ask, how do you show the path your army will take in advance when you tell them to move from point A to point B on the campaign map? I will find I tell an army to go forward and they decided to wrap around a mountain and I had to manually keep selecting where they should go but in small distances.

[@Zerkovich]

No worries broski. And I believe holding SPACE will do as you desire.

[@Zerkovich]

Oh in Campaign you said. Ummmm not sure on that one.

[@Giesus3]

Thank you for adding the keybinds on screen and for also editing out all the time waste in the middle of stuff and keeping the guide to the actual key binds and their uses. Really appreciate you not wasting time, and making a very informative guide.

[@scottycas7313]

Been playing Total war for awhile now and this is the best controls tutorial I have seen yet. I had forgot a few of these controls and with micro management being a little more intense in this version of Total War this info really helps.

[@Zerkovich]

Appreciate that JB. It is a bit more micro intense indeed!

[@echomjp]

I went out of my way to learn what I could about movement, yet even then, a couple of things stood out in particular from this video. Shift right click and drag (or however it was you did the curved path) was something I've always wanted in Total War that I am very glad is actually in the game. Holding alt when giving an attack order to do a melee attack without enabling melee mode is also useful, and I could see it being used when I decide to run down archers with skirmisher cavalry. Year and a half since you made this video, but good work regardless.

[@Zerkovich]

Glad it's still useful! :D

[@mistarecoil6926]

Thanks ! couldn't figure out the curve around order, got it now

[@Zerkovich]

I hope you curve your way to victory!

[@caronphilippe4200]

I m not an english native speaker but i find your tutotiel very interresting and i find it very well explain it. Great job. U gain a new subscriber continue your great work.

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks dude. Glad I can help!

[@caronphilippe4200]

It s possible to translate your advice about army movement and battle guide in french to share it with french community ?

[@bcoyle77]

This was fantastic. I've watched a bunch of videos where I saw people using all this kind of stuff, but could not for the life of me figure out how to do it in game. I'm new to TW and this really helped me a lot, so thank you!

[@Zerkovich]

No problem bro.

[@vigitant]

This is by far the most useful game guide of yours I've seen so far. The others were helpful, but I've been playing campaign for a couple years now for TW:WH 1&2, and didnt know half this stuff. Thank you very much for the quality guides. Hell, I might even venture into multiplayer to see how badly i get my ass handed to me.

[@Pops1970]

This is the best video I have watched for the game by far. This is the kind of stuff that most people don't even know they can do.

[@liammorris1018]

Finally a video not full of drivel and straight to the point. Played total war since the first never felt the need to move my army in better ways until warhammer so thanks for the info.

[@Cypherwraith001]

Just figured I'd heap some gratitude on the pile, the group move info is a lifesaver.

[@bogser8998]

Oh my god. I missed so many of those commands and thought they have removed them but its just changed. Thank god for this video. I love moving my army with the ALT+LMB

[@Zerkovich]

I heeeear dat

[@Muledragon]

This is really excellent. I'm not completely new to TW but I didn't know most of this. I've been fumbling around trying to control my armies for a while now. The more of these videos I watch, the more pissed off I am that there's not a decent battle tutorial in the game itself.

[@edgartonian-yy7oj]

brilliant!played for years and still didnt know half off this!!

[@Synaps4]

For people new to the game, I fight with groups and here's how I do it. Group1: Lords& wizards, group 2, center front line. Group3: left front line, Group4: right front line, group5: all archers, group 6, cav or monsters. group 9 flyers, group 10: artillery. I set my army up like this in every fight pretty quick and this lets me maneuver it easily.

[@CenturionCajun]

This video is immensely helpful. I was finding myself ending up with a jumbled mess in larger battles since I could never keep my troops in a decent formation. These shortcuts should help a lot. Also, it would be just like Orcs to ruin your tutorial with a vortex.

[@lemursteaks]

I finally know how he does the “single click- different targets” thing. SUPER USEFUL

[@GigioR]

After trying an failing to understand the game, this has given so much hope to actually get good at the game!!!

[@adamkarman5266]

another tip: when you right click move/drag a selection of units, they will arrange themselves in formation on the map in the order that their Unit Cards are ordered in the bottom Unit Card panel (unless theyve already been locked in place in a locked group) IE: Spear card - Spear card - Spear card - Sword card - Sword card - Sword card You can rearrange the unit cards when the units aren't in a group, maybe you want spears on each flank of your sword line so in the Unit Card Panel you would put the Spear Unit Cards on either side of your sword units Unit Cards IE: Spear card - Sword card - Sword card - Sword card - Spear card - Spear card usually i do this during deployment, it makes right click drag/moving multiple units a bit more organized

[@PhoenixMaster123]

thanks SO much. ive always wondered how youtubers move their soldiers in such curves and complex ways

[@desireepierey2651]

0:42 TO DEFEAT THE HUNS! !!

[@ershin_chaos5815]

so sad not many people liked this,

[@TESkyrimizer]

DID THEY SEND ME DAUGHTERS

[@generalmortars7557]

Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow!

[@JohnDoe-pc1qf]

Why so few likes? Shamefur Dispray!!!

[@Drebolaskan]

Great guide, most other videos just spout out jargons and nonsense assuming you already know all this stuff but actually finding a guide on the topic is rare.

[@emrysmyridden]

locked groups ordered to attack will attack the the first target which gets within range not necessarily the target they were pointed toward when you initiated the order. this causes problems with maintaining the line against an uneven number of units and if you arn't paying attention can be blobed and blown away by say one or 2 lord/hero units . also archers within a locked group will usually target individual units and not say focus down the enemy elites.

[@tex4096]

Buts its also good due to them not just bloobing upp attacking the same unit when your frontline collides with the enemy.

[@korvinusmorkhel8062]

I'm a TW veteran and hell I didn't even know most of the actual movement keybinds nor methods, incredible guide, thank you very much. - I was literally adjusting my formations through small groups of units or specific units in specific directions cause otherwise the unit depth would go to all hell.

[@kaos6822]

I have been playing total war games since the initial game came out and I didn't know most of these... Well done Sir.

[@Zerkovich]

There's a lot that's easy to miss!

[@doctorholiday9441]

Amazing video. As a new player to total war this is by far the most useful video I've seen yet. Thanks!

[@Zerkovich]

You're welcome Chief and thanks! :D

[@Ryan-gk1bd]

Just got into Warhammer recently, Thank you so much for this!

[@GregSteer]

The handiest video so far, thank you!

[@mattxander8976]

You’ve opened a whole new world of flanking and formations to me! Thanks!

[@QuestionableObject]

I'm brand new to Total War, having just bought Total War: Warhammer in the humble monthly bundle and these guides are super useful :D

[@Zerkovich]

That's what I'm here for! :D

[@Elrohof]

Literally watched just 10 of your videos and I saw an immediate change in my campaign play. Sure, the formations and such are unnecessary against BOT enemies, but SOMETIMES it literally gives me a win against a 1 to 10 odds of winning, which I'd never pull off before, as I typically struggled even in 3 to 2. All in all, amazing content, so glad I'm subscribed now!

[@Zerkovich]

Glad I can help broski. :D

[@dogeclark2265]

You are a godsend!!! I was so damn frustrated trying to pick total war games up and not being able to figure out the whole army movement and was manually doing formations... yikes

[@tiagopassarela]

Very useful info here, thanks for the video!

[@MrRavenXavier]

When you're right clicking like that to move one unit you actually don't have to worry about hitting "R" for run if you "double" right click. I tend to always do that since 90% of the time I want them to run. If need be I'll toggle them to walk since hitting R multiple times cycles between run/walk.

[@MrRavenXavier]

Backspace also cancels orders.

[@lachimheigrim5770]

Excellent work sir. Clear, concise, to the point. Much appreciated.

[@Zerkovich]

Chears!

[@accusedrocko8915]

Thanks zerkovich just made the game even better your vids are great very clear and fun to watch. Hats off to you

[@Zerkovich]

Well thank ya man.

[@MicahTheZombie]

If you press the alternate mouse button, it cancels a movement comand. so pressing lmb if you're using rmb, and vice versa. This is a bit quicker than pressing esc or dragging your cursor off the screen. However, this will deselect the units. In order to keep your units selected, hold ctrl while pressing the alternate mouse button to cancel the command but keep your units selected.

[@justinpeterson7246]

Been playing total war games since Rome 1 and I learned so much from this video lol. Thanks a ton mate!

[@Zerkovich]

You are welcome Sir.

[@Castlefrost2296]

Thank you for this guide good sir. This made my Warhammer 2 gameplay alot better.

[@sim.frischh9781]

B for artillery because A is taken and B for "Ballistic" fits anyway. The base controls seems the same as Windows, so not much to remember. Nice vid, great help since STEAM just finished downloading my game XD

[@p5eudo883]

What an incredibly helpful guide! This is going to make the game much more fun for me.

[@prozock_649]

This video made me enjoy the game so much more, thank you!

[@chargeshottyftw2632]

Jeez, you're a life saver. This'll save me from so many headaches. I feel stupid for not looking this up earlier lol.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

thank you. took me two days to find this info. I knew someone had to of covered it somewhere.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

I'm back for a recap.

[@yomamasaccount]

@@D00M3R-SK8 it's time for another recap,no?

[@Pickatimatrina]

Most important Total War video ever made ❤

[@Dahom_205]

الف شكر 💜💜💜💜 أخيرا لقيت أحد يشرحها 🖤🖤

[@verynuggable]

Your videos are genuinely useful mate. Seriously, I'm a bad player, but now I'm slightly less bad

[@Zerkovich]

Hahah progress!!

[@dave063]

Adding to the chorus of thank you's, and as a TW newbie, this information was very helpful! Thanks.

[@Zerkovich]

Haha, thanks man. And everyone else! I'll be dropping some guides on other parts of the game soon too.

[@renatoschmidt7066]

Great video, it's going to help a lot of new players. A how to battle step-by-step, with tips and tricks on units, flanking and tactics would be greatly appreciated as well. Perhaps a series of videos on how to fight against X faction with a Y faction. I don't see anyone doing it.

[@Nightbanekaizer]

Thanks for this. I'm years late but this will make my PVP experience better.

[@JorgeGonzalez-qr8yb]

Have been looking for a video like this for a while. This is super helpful. Thank you!

[@Anvilarm07]

OMG just bought Total War: Warhammer on sale from Steam and this is a life saver. Now if i could only figure out how to move the camera around and make my cavalry charge. LOL

[@abepagodafromsa6260]

Thanks for the guide! I am new to the Total War series and am still wrestling with the controls a bit. Most of it is my fault, but keeping all the shortcuts straight is daunting.

[@Zerkovich]

You're welcome Captain!

[@The1Dijk]

Great stuff in all these guides Zerkovich! Learned a lot. Thanks very much!

[@Yenn-Z]

mavericks mavericks lmao that cracked me up how the just actually assumed the weird formation. this video helped a lot with TW WH2 thank you!

[@Haze_OneX]

Excellent stuff mate. I started playing today, and this is just what I needed. Cheers!

[@ancientappalachian3405]

Astonishing the game designers didn't release an excellent tutorial covering everything for all the new players drawn to "Total War Warhammer". Perhaps superb contributions like Zerkovich's movement tutorial will inspire the designers to get on the ball and add a comprehensive tutorial soon.

[@Zerkovich]

Word!

[@75338]

03:54 sonofab... that was the exact thing I spent some time looking for after picking up TWH

[@dcsmith111]

I put my armies into sets of regiments into battalions each battalion is grouped with at least 4 to 6 regiments if large army 2 to 3 if small army. Each grouped battalion has purpose sometimes spear and artillery are grouped swords and monsters are grouped and archers are grouped to front with spare units in front or back. Depending on archer units use calvary to but that's all grouped in one large flanking battalion or two flank defence battalions from left to right of army ranks.

[@RypienGT]

Once again, for a new player like me this was awesome.

[@TheWaldfreak]

Really late, but absolutely amazing guide!

[@skmo7072]

Love your videos - thanks for the simple, clear information and humour! I have massively upped my game -

[@giwrgosroumeliwtis4938]

i hope you become the next big total war channel in youtube...good luck to you my friend i hope you the best. you are doing amazing so far!!!!

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you kindly comrade. I'm on it ;)

[@TechnicalHotDog]

That ctrl right mouse movement is going to change my life

[@BittermanAndy]

I'm sure I've seen videos where people do the "multi-unit advance, attack whatever's in front of you" without setting up a locked group for it - they just drag to select multiple units, do *something* (not sure what), and it happens. I can't figure out how they do it though, and it'd be so useful to know, but without grouping.

[@satchel5909]

Thank you! Was looking for ALT+LMB. Kinda think that sould be the default. Googled but only found grouping wich didnt do the trick. Now I will enjoy this game alot more!

[@Zerkovich]

Wooooo!

[@ljga02]

I dont know this gentleman, but the game need to put this in the Tutorial, is a very good explanation and easy to understand for all new players like me. I know bad english I'll not apologyse :) Good video bro.

[@BakedTerranaut]

Thanks for all of your vids man. I know I'm late to the game, but your efforts are much appreciated

[@FluxFreeman]

Thanks for this, just finally getting into the game now that I can run it...this is a huge help

[@Zerkovich]

Wooooo! Welcome to the family son.

[@RetroCreepy]

oh my god the shift+rmb is a gamechanger. the whole time I've been playing Ive been wanting manual pathing

[@kevinsteelwing66]

I'm just starting to get into this game. I must thank you, very well done video

[@Zerkovich]

No worries homie

[@Havok121212]

Thanks! Alt + LMD makes life so much easier!

[@dominicomucci3014]

Cool video. Another better way to cancel a move you dragged out is to click the left mouse button!

[@Wineblood]

Alt + move as well as locked groups picking their own targets will probably be my bread and butter for the next 10 hours of gameplay

[@UnnamedFear]

13:10 RBM + LBM is the same effect

[@VoltanIgor]

Great guide, goes to favorites. I managed to find most of this through experimenting but the specific path order was new and I am sure it will be very useful.

[@Zerkovich]

**fist bump**

[@fullfire55]

Great guide! Had no idea that you could drag their formations forward all together. One question I do have is how to you get your missile cavalry to follow a certain direction while attacking a certain enemy? I can't seem to work out how to get them to attack someone without them moving up to them and stopping.

[@Zerkovich]

Unfortunately they do seem to be a bit stupid and do that. Getting unnecessarily close to their target when they've got plenty of range. Just have to be careful and keep the Skirmish ability on.

[@nmnm8124]

YOUR ONE OF THE BEST TOTAL WAR PLAYERS, AND ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN KZbin ALWAYS SHARING YOUR IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO RANDOM PEOPLE FOR FREE

[@Zerkovich]

Just trying to improve the community man!

[@hamsterminator]

JESUS CHRIST. That's a lot of controls to remember.

[@ducminh7568]

yeah, if you used to play other strategies game like AOE or starcraft, there is nothing new about the shortcut

[@thepurplepanda4]

@@ducminh7568 Myer, as the greatest strategist evar there is no challenge to these bizarre controls! Hrr hrr hrr The commenter was joking, 2 years ago

[@bigworm3886]

I bought this game in May - it takes around a month to feel comfortable with these but its worth it

[@obamabinladin1134]

@@bigworm3886 you dont have to use them all,the ones u find that best helps makes it easier to manage your army during engagements

[@xilllllix]

i watched this when i played wh1, watched it again when wh2 was released, and i'm watching it again before playing thrones of britannia! i have no doubt i'll watch this again when romance of the 3 kingdoms comes out later this year

[@Zerkovich]

Haha! I'll probably have to do a new one for 3K! We'll see.

[@staleg7903]

Thank you! I have watched a few of your videos on Total War: Warhammer now, and they have helped a lot - seeing as I am new to the Total War series, but an old Warhammer miniature gamer and felt lost but wanted to play :-) Very well produced (thanks for not adding music!), and very informative, I'm going to follow your videos. Cheers from Norway :-D

[@Zerkovich]

Well thank you my Scandinavian comrade. Glad I can help!

[@demoulius1529]

This video is brilliant! The game very poorly explains stuff like this so im suprised they dident include a link to this video :) very nicely done!