Barony of Loth Faction Guide for Songs of Conquest

[@italianspartacus]

Thanks so much for watching today guys! Quick correction: The Necromancer/Scholar will NOT retaliate when hit. Sorry, was hopped up on Sneak energy and spoke wrong! hahaha Also, Rats can be used pretty effectively in the early game in a large stack if you can get ahold of a small settlement and focus it solely on rat production. Combine that with the one wielder who buffs rats, and it gives you a solid means of accessing lots of rats quick. I still think they're better to fill in space on your army versus a focus though :)

[@Zaitekno]

Played a 1v1 against my friend as Brother Hillar, plague rats only and it was a blast ^^ I picked all these extra health points and extra damage buffs, and when stacks of 150 rats all get +3 health and +3 dmg per rat... oh boy, my friend rly felt that rat king apocalypse coming for his frog boody :)

[@Imp1981]

It's so much fun! Rats and Banes work pretty well together too. :)

[@assassin50150]

A fun use for necromancers is to get a five small stacks of them together plus some rats or cultists for initiative, then if you have enough order and arcane essence (3/3) at the start of the turn you can use strengthen essence on 1-3 of them (depending on your order and arcana skills) and get up to 32 and 16 arcana and destruction essence, which will let you cast arcane storm twice and fireball once, which can devastate an army before it even gets close.

[@Khelzugah]

This is the exact kind of video overview I wanted since I've gotten the game. What I gonna have to say though, after playing a few skirmishes with the Barony: The Necromancer is not to be underestimated. Not too go into too much detail, but the essences The Barony has access too allows for a pretty insane magic only army, using the necromancer as a sort of living batterie.

[@Sir_Bucket]

Esoecially since Arcana is really good to stop melee ennemies from reaching your backlines. If your necromancers are the only troops left, they can survive for a while while pushing back the ennemies, or using arcane storm to destroy everything

[@StormcastMarine]

What a game eh, they knocked the feel out of the park

[@Tentacl]

That they did.

[@chausser]

My favorite Wielder in Loth is actually Magnolia. Early game, the economy is great for helping to tech up fast. Late game, her + unit movement stacks nicely with the techs available to the faction that do the same thing. Watching legions zoom the full length of the combat map and kill three units before the enemy gets to act is *chefs kiss*

[@SlyMarb0o]

Cant lie, had this game on my steam wishlist for some time, but wanted to wait a bit. Yesterday I watched part of your stream, nostalgia hit me as my polish blood boiled (homm3 is basically polish national game after witcher) and I just installed it few seconds ago. Safe to say I will have to dealy some of my university exams

[@Yano83]

on small maps rats are crazy, especially with "rat hero" - they can rush everything. on large map where you can build final units, and oponents gets final units they probably wont do so good, but on small maps when there is no time to build everything rats are crazy scary

[@Sk0lzky]

They actually scale in the end game really well, especially if your wielder has some skills in casting in addition to melee offence. Invest research in stack size so they survive the initial ranged attacks and they fold dragons like origami

[@gamester512]

@@Sk0lzky I love imagining that dragon just standing there all regal, proud, and confident/arrogant in it's power, only for a horde of rats to suddenly swarm over the thing like a horde of locusts and within mere seconds leaving behind nothing but scaly hide and bone (which could then be reanimated as a skeletal dragon via necromancy)! XD The "King of (Fantasy) Monsters" slaughtered by mere rats of all things is hilarious to me, despite the fact that I've always loved dragons (of all kinds, I find mythological dragons to be fascinating just in general, regardless of their specific origin, from Nidhogg in Norse mythology, to Seiryu & Kohryu in Japanese mythology, to the classic European type of dragons). :)

[@Duke_de_Plata]

Nice guide, love how deep this is even though its early access. It is nice when a new game comes out that makes you actually want to play it and doesn't feel like a chore.

[@carlb1874]

Loved your stream yesterday bro! Took the plunge and bought it this game is amazing. Just gotta get some friends into it now

[@ksy5818]

Sparty you are a gem. I hope to see guide for other races too. You can also make unit and wielder tier list.

[@evilmiera]

What a great overview! I just started playing the game (almost through the Rana campaign) and this stuff is just fascinating.

[@denemessina8601]

Thanks for this. Great video, it has served me better than a review in convincing me that I want to get this game. I was on the fence about it, considering the fact that it's pretty expensive for an early access title, but the sheer amount of content for this faction alone seems to make it more than worth the cash. It's also nice to find a youtuber whose voice is pleasant and not grating! Subscribed.

[@gamester512]

I love how much this game reminds me of Heroes of Might & Magic III! I played HoM&M III so much as a kid, both alone and with friends via local multiplayer, and this game looks like a great homage/spiritual successor in much the same way that Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga feels like a Fire Emblem/Ogre Battle hybrid (and for those of you who haven't given Symphony of War a look, I strongly encourage you to do so, particularly as the devs are very active in watching and listening to Steam discussions, and they will often speak up to answer questions within a fairly short time frame, and they have also confirmed that they are already at work on Symphony of War 2).

[@paulmihaisolon8292]

Great video But I think Helpless trait means the necromancers can't retaliate

[@italianspartacus]

Correct :)

[@Tentacl]

Rana is the best faction. I just love them.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Love these faction guides, just what I needed for trying to get into some other factions

[@IamAcerbus]

Oooh! I never got that resurrection mechanic! I have only played them once, and I picked the guy I dubbed "The Rat King" and went full out on rats only. It was really fun!

[@munteanucatalin9833]

Barony of Loth has some insane strategies: 1. Rat Apocalypse. One stack of blessed bones, one stack of Seneschal and the rest just full stack of rats. 2. Aurelian Sanctum strategy - focus on making stacks of Oathsingers and necromancers with risen / legionaire as a meat shield. 3. Blessed bones / Legionaire swarm.... Focus on swarming your opponent via sacrifice. This is a valid strategy for secondary heroes

[@ELMITLON]

Dont forget, toxologists don-t suffer the range atk penalty if they move! 12:00

[@ochatarra19o]

we need faction guide for arleon an barya please!!! keep doing this kind of content :)

[@italianspartacus]

Barya is up in 7 hours and Arleon is on Saturday :)

[@Nik_M11]

Love your videos, would really like to see more like these!

[@italianspartacus]

Barya tomorrow! :)

[@dsqa8885]

Scholars and necromancers are generally very good with arcane caster build. For example hero with 40%spell dmg buff(I guess it will be nerfed),gets few singles of necromancers that can give u one psi arrow per their turn that gives a crucial dmg even on lvl 2 arcane perk

[@martink5124]

Great. Looking forward to other factions.

[@RukashuBR]

just bought the game, thanks for the guides

[@italianspartacus]

Glad you like them!

[@Sk0lzky]

Loth unironically OP, toxo+rats+that weird tanky shit + sick offensive spells = gg

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

Really liked the video, thanks. I'm thinking of getting this game, so your content will come in handy, surely. I hope they add more factions later. I think 8 would be a cool number, no? Also, somehow, Roderick of Loth reminds me of Eddie Murphy haha.

[@Bournesax]

Necromancer is not necromancy enough. Dont get the proper feeling from him, raising undead etc. At least if he had a passive bonus for the risen gained idk

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@Dannya8432]

This is fantastic

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Oooh, a necromancer faction. This will be tough to not love.

[@kimarous]

23:16 *Powerwolf's "Reverent of Rats" intensifies*

[@fo0liner1985]

you are really misunderstanding that "helpless" trait.. it's not that enemies can't retaliate them.. it is that THEY cannot retaliate.. its a negative trait.. also in case you didn't know, musician mbuffs stack.. so you can actually have several low stacks of musicians and stack their buffs up for the turn to all your troops, provided you have enough empty slots to spread them into..

[@mustafaoliwy282]

Helpless means he can't retaliate. Not that the enemy can't retaliate.

[@Tazx33]

Is the "How to build your city" section still up-to-date? I noticed that Banes didn't cost the celestial ore 1 month ago

[@DirkvanBoxtel]

Wish that unit breakdown screen showed names of units, not just on hover!

[@idodata9191]

[@moonsong92]

13:12 did you just interpret Helpless attribute backwards?

[@Muenni]

Is anywhere explained what +x offense or defense actually do? -50% or +20% damage is easy to understand, as is +1 HP or +1 damage. But how do offense and defense affect the damage dealt?

[@Muenni]

Is it just the difference between offense minus the opponent's defense as a +/- x% on base damage dealt?

[@ivanrojt1862]

I'm late but put the rana frog for example with 8 attack 1 attacks means literally 12,5% of attacks boost for unit in the stacks so it's Even more than 12,5, i don't know how much, un early si better flat 1 than 50% more, because they 50 is Made for late Game and flat for early and mid game

[@Muenni]

@@ivanrojt1862 I'm not quite sure I understand

[@ivanrojt1862]

@@Muenni lets Say that You use an unit with 4-6 attack, but that is the attack of each unit in the stack, so if the unit has 20 members the damage Will be between 80 to 120 (depending of luck), if You have 1 more attacks is 1*20 members so if 20 attack plus and the damage Will be between 100 and 140. If 30% attack the damage is going to between 5-8 damage*20 members and the damage is going to be between 100 and 160. It's depends of the how Many units is in the stack and the base damage or resist they have

[@Muenni]

@@ivanrojt1862 So when you speak of attack, you mean "offense", right? And that is just a flat damage increase per whole stack? So 1 stack of 100 rats will deal +20 dmg on top of their base damage if they have +20 offense (from the unit itself plus the wielder), while 10 stacks of 10 rats will deal +200 dmg on top - because the bonus is per stack? And then I take it defense is a flat substraction? So can units literally deal 0 damage against high defense? This should really be explained in the game.

[@Turnil321]

What do you think is this faction's biggest weakness? I think the fact that there only range units are all tier 2 (medium building) The order faction for example has range units for in all 3 tiers (militia, archers and fea queens)

[@italianspartacus]

That's unique to Arleon! I think it's their minimal ranged defense on top of their melee requirement, so you need to be able to mitigate that damage asap

[@atlantiswolf]

My main question is, do you fail missions if your main hero is defeated? I remember in HoMM games like this, if your main hero was defeated in any manner you instantly failed the mission, and it made the experience less fun for me.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

If I bring 3-4 stacks of Legionaries, I'll bring some cultists as well.

[@likealaddertothesun]

So on the Skills codex page it lists an "Available To:" section that has bunch of titles beneath it. I'm guessing these are Wielder classes? How do these work in game? Can you change Wielder classes as they progress or are they predetermined or what?

[@italianspartacus]

If you look at the weiders for each faction, those are the classes. There's a few per faction! So the character is a set wielder class

[@brutalusgaming8809]

I do not have friends that game online. Strictly thurs night table top. How replay able is the single player. Is the AI challenging or is it just a stomp once you know what you are doing?

[@gerouchkunov5377]

I don't know if my answer will help you much, but I will still give you my 2 cents. I love HOMM 3. That being said I am not overly good at it. I've always enjoyed the game as a casual player. I know I am not gonna be any different in SoC and I am playing the game on Easy (right now there are only two difficulties - easy and normal). Safe to say I am still getting comfortable with the game and did a few mistakes. The AI still kicked my ass very hard. The game carries itself on the wave of mostly die-hard HOMM fans and relatively experienced players. If someone is totally new to the genre and wants to try SoC then the game is absolutely gonna murder them and drive them away. At this point in time the game is definitely neither noob-friendly nor beginner-friendly. At least in my experience. I will still continue playing as I like a challenge and I will enjoy learning the game, but I just wished it was a touch easier and that the "easy" difficulty really was easy and not as punishing when making mistakes.

[@brutalusgaming8809]

@@gerouchkunov5377 Wow! 5 out of 5 stars when compared to the replies I normally get when asking questions in a YT comment section. This was exactly the answer I was looking to get. I think your reply is worth at least 10 cents not just 2. Thanks a bunch!

[@gerouchkunov5377]

You are welcome, mate! I'm glad you found my answer helpful. Also made me lol at the 10 cents comment - made my day! Cheers and stay safe!

[@Mitzterbg]

Its a complete stomp once you know what you're doing. The AI is simply too simplistic atm and there isnt much map variety. I'd wait more before buying it

[@asersorari6891]

hello,is there a way to plays on teams right now in Early access because i didnt find any option for that ,

[@italianspartacus]

Options > enable Co Op :)

[@asersorari6891]

@@italianspartacus thank you

[@dan34577]

hello,is this guide mostly correct anymore?

[@italianspartacus]

I'm working on updates but yes it should be like.. at least 80% correct - there are definitely some changes, but you'll get the right "IDEA" at least!

[@dan34577]

@@italianspartacus ok,thanks for your work

[@gemodemplay415]

I love this game, visually and conceptually, but I am so bad at it I only watch other people playing the game imagining that is me playing. I get the enjoyment out of theirs. It is sad but it is what it is, the game is too complicated for me, despite me finishing most of the might and magic heroes games.

[@Vindrael]

RIP bane legionaire combo... they change bane recruitment cost

[@yanfr0818]

Ran into a serious crystal issue when trying to run one stack of banes. It should be lowered to 1 unit of crystal per unit.

[@turbanheadless]

Idk, loth has got to be my least favourite fraction. Barya and rana provide way more interesting playstyles and even arleon has more to it than loth. Loth pretty much has no viable range playstyle and team synergies are limited, plus its only mid/ lategame tactics seems to bottle down to going in and outlasting the enemy. Perhaps this is intended, but it is not my cup of tea

[@garregalen83]

Oh they are not all undead :(

[@resonating6621]

I'm just here so the ai stops kicking my ass

[@ИгорьЦыганенко-ж4г]

Barony of Loth has the worst initial units of warriors. They have weak defenses. Only two arrows unit with a short range. The zombie that is spawned at the end of the battle is the weakest unit in the game. If not for the presence of walking legions and armored backbones, then this faction would have been in a really bad place.

[@machopi]

oh look, it's heroes 3 but worse and with extra steps

[@DeepeyeLV]

Think Coral is a she :)

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

Well I don't know! The undead from WarCraft III were cooler. Especially because they didn't need to use rats! If you really want to have rats as a unit type in your game, then create a rat faction. Like the Skaven in Warhammer Fantasy.