BATTLE GUIDE! - Total War: Warhammer Beginners Guide

[@danvocals123]

This video is fantastic and I want to really thank you for making it. It's so helpful. I'm not even sure you realize how well you made this. The breakdown at the beginning and then analyzing different faction units against other factions was incredibly helpful

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks man & you're welcome! It took a good while so I have an idea haha. Glad you like! Appreciate the comment.

[@andreimoldoveanu7376]

He literally changed how I view the game, his campaign guide effectively eliminated everything I was doing wrong in the campaign xD Great videos, thank you for the effort!

[@goodlyboony]

Oh my god, finally a total war warhammer combat tutorial on the fucking internet! And a very well done tutorial might I add. I hope you'll post many more tips and strategies for many days to come...

[@Zerkovich]

Will do Cap'n! And thanks.

[@blueplanetproject77]

this is my first Total War game...and even though i love strategy games...i absolutely suck at the battles in this game will be watching this video a lot thank you!

[@Zerkovich]

Practice makes perfect my friend!

[@snufflebunny539]

same here but i used to play rome 1 total war all da controls be different and the armys are so much biga AND THERES NO "go over there...kill everything that gets in the way" BUTTON

[@jcamirob]

First time eather at 2022

[@koatamaz]

3:46 “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” -Sun Tsu

[@OHGAS-rt5uc]

but what if you know the enemy but not know yourself?

[@joeycho929]

Hav been playing since medieval 2 and I just realize how bad I am at this game

[@Zerkovich]

Haha. Damn son! Time to up your game!

[@princeofrance]

me to man ! lol

[@1Korlash]

Ditto!

[@candlestyx8517]

It was a different game back then in all fairness

[@Khyrid]

Can't be worse than me, you could just leave your armies idle while I charge into them and I would still somehow lose.

[@naruto13450]

Zerkovich: "Hello There" Me: "General Zerkovich. You are a bold one."

[@silkaverage]

*Warmaster

[@rexnohxc8776]

Yo! Incase you haven't figured it out yet, if you put your battle line or whatever you want into a locked group, they will all move at the same speed, ex. trolls and chaos marauders.

[@joaquinmurciaballesta2911]

Really nice tutorial and very amusing! I'm spanish and I've recently taken the B2 exam. I'm glad I laugh with your jokes, as it means I know a bit of English at least.

[@Zerkovich]

Haha. I'm glad I can smash some international humour barriers!

[@Yarkoonian]

Keep it up, I know English is a nonsensical language

[@lemursteaks]

Bueno, amigo

[@rob3439]

Video is still helping people learn in 2024. Thank you 🙏 helping me not give up on warhammer. Such a cool universe and I want to dive in regardless of how bad I am. ❤

[@nathanrobbins-brown4038]

Oh my God thank you, you explained everything I needed to help me understand match ups and army composition that I've never quite grasped so well! Very well presented and structured, and you communicated everything so clearly it all now clicks. Thanks for the awesome instructional, liked and subscribed!

[@Zerkovich]

You're welcome Broski. That is what I aim for so glad it comes across! Appreciate the support! **fist bump**

[@wannabeiroh4658]

Thank you SO much for making all these guides, you made them AGES ago but I still think it's worth it to say. All of these guides were so helpful for me as I suck pretty bad at this game XD.

[@chrisbang9438]

You have the best and most complete tutorials by far!

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks man. That is what I aim for!

[@thevivid-cockney1764]

The level of play and understanding astounds me, Ive been watching lots of your content since I stumbled upon this channel and it's amazing. Keep it up!

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you Sir.

[@clumsyturtle8544]

I always come back to this playlist after spending some time away from total war warhammer. It's a great quick bootcamp refresher for tatics and what formation keybindings do what. Love it.

[@AshCreeper]

Man I needed this video. I restarted my empire campaign with this video in mind and now I’m winning battles I’d normally loose so far.

[@precido]

Probably the best Total war tutorial I've seen-great practical advise and put together in an easily understandable form-thank you

[@Zerkovich]

You're welcome and thank you man.

[@Zolfried]

in the fight with chaos vs empire, you had alot of smaller fights going 3v2 and 2v1 where you just clicked engage enemy army instead of flanking around and getting the surround :).. other then that.. a very good structured guide for people new to the total war franchise :)

[@Haiphong778]

Been playing Warhammer 2 for weeks, but I've learned so much watching these vids!

[@Zerkovich]

Good work son!

[@jamesguitard856]

Zerkovich, this Beginner's Guide series should be the official Total War tutorial. It's taken me from having no idea what I'm doing, to feeling like a real strategist on the battlefield. Great work!

[@Zerkovich]

Hahah thanks man. Feel free to let Creative Assembly know that :P That is the aim of my works so, glad it's doing something right!

[@FrogeFella]

This is extremely informative and surprisingly funny even years later, good shit

[@chaosmage525]

Man your's are some of the best total war warhammer guides on the Internet! Thanks so much hope to see more!

[@Zerkovich]

Well thank you very much Sir. OOOOOH you will!

[@PlayerONeSVK]

Finnaly THE BEST TUTORIAL with schortcuts everting love you !! Just bought game its helping me so much

[@Zerkovich]

Love you too son **fist bump**

[@kartiktraj]

I have been looking for videos with this level of quality commentary. Happily subscribed

[@Zerkovich]

Glad I can deliever! Appreciate the support!

[@Brilliantarrogance]

Dude you help me out a lot! I was loosing every battle because i didn`t know how to fight propertly! Amazing Video!

[@Zerkovich]

You're welcome homie. Thanks for watching!

[@moseshamlett3887]

Man this game has a steep learning curve indeed. Now that I have put about 20 hours in (my first total war game) I have gotten down much of the basics and at this point I can see your vids helping soooooo so much on getting to the next level of really wrecking this game. I have a friend who has been trying to get me into this series for ever and now I'm finally hooked lol. I can see myself putting thousands of hours into this game and its squeal.

[@Zerkovich]

Sounds like a quest for greatness! Glad I can aid you along the way good Sir! Knowledge and perseverance are the key with Total War!

[@geartweaker8518]

First session on this game last night, hope your videos can help me get back some of my self esteem 😭

[@patrickbraz9449]

You are the Very best Bro! These tutorials helped me a Lot, just watched four of your vídeos 🔥

[@tomasruzic6917]

Just bought the game. This video was very helpful and just what I was looking for. Much apreciated

[@Zerkovich]

No problem my friend. Good luck with it!

[@thatparadox]

This is exactly what I've been looking for, thank you!! So much makes sense now.

[@OsiRixxx]

Great guide dude, this info is soo usefull for me. First total war game, i was completly lost about a lot of this stuff. Thanks a lot and cheer from Argentina!

[@Zerkovich]

Glad I can help bro. Welcome to the battlefield son!

[@OsiRixxx]

Thanks!

[@immersivegamer7640]

Sir, your videos are simply great! Awesome narration, accessible, information packed and dare I say, humorous ;) Been playing the Total War since I can remember but was always very bad at them - time to change this thanks to your advice. Thanks and all the best mate!

[@Muledragon]

Thanks so much for this. Just having this information about how units match up against one another is a huge help. Video was well made and easy to follow too.

[@watcher8839]

Thanks just starting out and finding the whole game overwhelming,these guides are great 👍

[@sugarloaf4970]

Best guide I have come across, incredibly informative... Thank you good sir!

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks man. Glad to be of service!

[@Mithon81]

I forsee great growth on your channel. This is great!

[@alandmunk3h]

Troll Vomit @16:22 . Lol. Love that they brought that in from Tabletop Warhammer rules :D

[@AndreNMailho]

Thanks for the tips man, I'll try to use more strategies in my battles for now on. Plz do more videos like this. You can focus on each faction at time

[@Zerkovich]

As well you should! And I shall! Hoorah!

[@steves7373]

Another very informative video, Zerk. Great job covering some under appreciated basics.

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks Boss!

[@arcturion6995]

Thanks for your guides man. Motivated me to start playing TW:W again. :)

[@Zerkovich]

No worries dude. Glad I can help! Enjoy your slaughtering!

[@AnEnormousNerd]

The fact that the game doesn't tell you any of this is so frustrating. Thank you so much for explaining this stuff.

[@Asphyxious666]

Thank you so much, this improved my playing 100 fold

[@Zerkovich]

You are mutha frickin' welcome.

[@JoseLuisSalva]

Great Video and very good descriptions of the units 👌

[@dgsinf]

Just found your channel man so cool, binge watching like mad

[@Zerkovich]

Hahah, welcome to the family son. Enjoi!

[@beaniecrab7597]

A great video, loved the brain storming what units to pick against each faction section :D

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you!

[@DrogothWrath]

Thank you mate! This video has truly been educational to me! Much better content than the supposed manual the game had! :D

[@omgMerrick]

This is great -- just what I was looking for. I'm just playing single player at the moment but this is fantastic info for a newbie! Subbed!

[@Zerkovich]

You are welcome Homes.

[@BassBiest]

Hi there, thank you for your video. It was exactly what I needed. I now even win matches which are in favour of the enemy.

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

You forgot to tell them to strike with the pointy end! Otherwise, great tutorial for new peeps. And if anyone has any Lore questions, I have played TT off and on for nearly 3 decades and love talking Warhammer XD

[@rocksolidgamez5387]

To anyone who plays this game I would recommend chaos it's so fun

[@snufflebunny539]

IM A FUCKING ZOMBIE DRAGON FEAR ME GREEN SKINNED WREST;ERS FEAAR MEEEE AND MY ZOMBIE BATS!!!!!!

[@robbiet9176]

yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahh.......................... YOU HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY AS CHAOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RyderKnightly]

just started getting into warhammer because i saw the new one coming out, so i've stared with the first one. dude, you're a fucken lifesaver. its all obvious commonsense stuff but without knowing the basics im getting my ass kicked. you just saved me months of trial by error and many late nights. also, although she doesnt know it, my wife wont be getting pissed off at her man sleeping in late every morning- so she thanks you too :)

[@jyip24]

This is incredibly helpful. I look forward to videos like this!

[@Zerkovich]

They shall be done!

[@Bradatimrkonja]

I'd probably be lost without your beginner guides- it's probably why I was never able to get into total war games. Only one I really liked was Medieval 2, and even in that one, I mostly used auto resolve.

[@Zerkovich]

'Tis a game with a steep learning curve. But once you get a basic understanding of how it all works. Well, there's hours of war to be had!

[@mikeclarke3990]

Fantastic video full of great information, very well done!

[@MrHiglon]

This was just marvelous. Thanks dude.

[@Aziraal-Starhammer]

For some reason the way you talk/explain in this reminds me of the command adviser from Star Wars: Battlefront 2.

[@Zerkovich]

Haha, I'm curious now. I don't remember D:

[@Aziraal-Starhammer]

Zerkovich It's not a bad thing.

[@Bmore-gj1je]

Wonderful video! Learned a lot! Mind if I ask you what's the spec on your laptop?

[@theneighborkids2207]

I heard hello there "General Zerkovich" *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*

[@joelhaeberle7742]

I know I'm a bit late to the series, but since the announcement of Total War: Troy and news of Total War Warhammer e being delayed, I've been looking at the Total War: Warhammer series, and I have a question; Should I just wait for 3 to come out, or is there a benefit to playing 1 and 2 before 3, such as storyline or bonuses?

[@pharroahofgreece]

This video is exquisite, well done, bro!

[@Zerkovich]

You're welcome dude!

[@Loyal_Lion]

This is very well presented. Thanks! Could you do a guide to using magic at some point? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.

[@Zerkovich]

I'm actually like Mr Anti-Magic thanks to Dark Souls haha so I don't use it much. I should... but I just dislike it haha. So I'm the wrong person to ask. I'm sure someone has a guide on it probably. And thanks! :D

[@hotstonez]

Hell's teeth, boyo! You've saved me bacon! I'm finally getting somewhere in this damn game.

[@Zerkovich]

Hahah, that's a new one. Hell's teeth. Glad I can help you destroy your foe's! :D

[@matthinton19]

Going to this game from dawn of war was quite a learning curve 😂

[@JustinBellear]

3:05 was extremely helpful to me.

[@brewsweighin]

Very thorough and efficient guide! Subbed!

[@Zerkovich]

Very assertive and efficient comment! Loved!

[@DarkbloodSyndicate]

honestly Excellent Explanation. Clear and to the point. (Y)

[@maxvanbokhoven2943]

Thank you for the guide!

[@jonlinville313]

Thanks! I was wondering if unit formation has any bearing on combat. I noticed with archers, 2 rows deep and have them long covers a wider area, but what about calvaries and melee units? The battle video information and the movement information has really upped my game.

[@Zerkovich]

Good stuff. I'm not too sure in this game yet actually. If you have them in a long line, more of them will potentially engage in combat quicker, so do more damage quicker, but also take more damage quicker. Other than that I'm not sure there is a huge difference with depth.

[@rocksolidgamez5387]

Awesome guide I'm getting the game

[@Zerkovich]

As well you fackin' should!

[@giancarlog89]

I am playing the empire campaign, in fact i haven't played any other campaign besides a little bit of Bretonnia. But my question is this: is empire infantry capable of beating any other infantry? I think everytime they go 1 on 1 against any other infantry unit they will always lose, against dwarves I lost, against orks I lost, against other empire factions I lost. So is this a matter of the AI or is that the empire infantry will never beat nobody and will always need help from cavalry or missile units?

[@Zerkovich]

Hahahah. To a degree, yes the Empire infantry suck and are maybe a bit too underpowered at present. BUT, they're not meant to be great. The strength of the Empire is in their Cavalry and Artillery. Those things need to support that infantry. Most Empire infantry isn't Armour Piercing so will always struggles against Dwarfs. Greenskins have great Frontline killing power, so they can be difficult to withstand for anyone. But yeah, mostly that infantry needs support. Soften dangerous units up with Artillery and Missiles. Then Hammer & Anvil them in the back once they've engaged your Frontline. They best hope of having infantry that'll hold well, is probably Flagellants. I personally usually use a Frontline of them if I play Empire online or anything.

[@rifter78]

I've bought and played every TW, but the battles have always been overwhelming. Especially late game. I've tried not to hit the auto-resolve button with Warhammer as the battles are just too cool. But with the numerous new elements introduced, like magic, large and flying it seems even worse! (I found Rome 2 the easiest as they really simplified the unit variety) The in game tutorials have always sucked, the online unreliable encyclopedia has become useless. And with nothing but lets play's out there information is hard to come by. So thanks for taking the time and please keep them coming.

[@Zerkovich]

Glad to help Chief. More on the way! :D

[@AnnaelTallithiel]

I have one simple question sir. Do You think it's better to often disband units and recruit new more suitable for current situation? As an example I'm, currently playing as Vampire Counts and I'm in turn 110. I own only 3 fully upgraded provinces because I still suck in battles even when I saw Your guides for many times. I'm at war with Dwarfs and Border Princes, Empire provinces don't like me and Chaos is on the march. I have 1 professional army and 3 armies full of skeletons. Economy is not a problem, I have 8k income and 300k in the bank.

[@Zerkovich]

Yes. If you have that kind of money, spend it on something! Build some exciting armies and use some tactics! Best way to learn the game. You learn literally nothing about the game overrun everyone with Skeletons haha, as fun as that may be. Especially when you have some cool ass units like Crypt Horrors, Vargeists and Ghouls!

[@AnnaelTallithiel]

Thanks! After war with Chaos, only Bretonia and Empire in Reikland still holds. Chaos did the work for me. I have defeated Chaos and colonized everything :D Still I have really big problems when fighting a real-time battle with Vampires, especially siege battles. I've played only as Dwarfs before and because I'm a big fan of heavy infantry, it was very easy for me on Hard difficulty. I will need to learn more from Your guides. They are amazing anyway! :)

[@lewismartin4306]

Almost done with the game. Started my 2nd campaign and don't know what my available options for growth are. Without knowing a basic structure of what I'm supposed to be doing, it's frustrating. Shame as I would love to get over the learning curve

[@sim.frischh9781]

At my first attempts to run melee units into missile units proved quite unsuccessful until i started to use fast flanking melee units to get behind the missilers THEN bumrushing them with regular melee units. Melts the missiliers away like butter on a grill XD But i only play Single Player Campaigne currently, it´s a bit harder ot always have the right unit available because i might not be able to build it due to lack of research/buildings. Question: if i cannot get my hands on Arty with AP, is arty with burn damage a useful alternative?

[@PhoenixMaster123]

really helpful thanks. But this is why I sometimes get annoyed at online players who are nagging people to ready up so quickly as they dont give you time to analyse troops

[@MrWildtangent]

Great vid very informative. Thanks

[@dannee323]

Yo man big fan of total war and really enjoy your videos we should catch a online match!

[@trevor6607]

incredibly well done

[@supermonstah666]

so i am quite new to total war games and was wondering how to go about building an army to defeat a specific army. for example i usually try to make a melee centre of 3 to 4 units, one or two spear units on either side. one or two cav units on each outer wing. and some ranged up front that i move back later. now this works really well for most balanced armies or armies that are smaller. but yesterday i got attacked by a greenskins army made up of (i kid you not) 3 units of arrer boys and 16 units of ork boys. i had no idea what to do against them. my ranged units did wittle down some units but the ork boys outnumbered my melee fighters with so much that i was just overwhelmed. how do i go about these weird army compositions. do i run from them and mix up my army? i am playing empire by the way

[@doctorholiday9441]

More great work, thanks.

[@hotsalamigaming538]

Great video!

[@Ironwind1972]

What's the command to keep the stats up for each group?

[@HunterFrenzy23]

Great Vid! Nice work!

[@kookooma]

Oh great basic stydy!

[@Ken-us3xf]

First off, Awesome video! Helped SOOO SOOO MUCH! Quick few questions. First, what category are hero units in? Melee, large or in their own unique one? Trying to figure out if spears or swords are best to use against them. Another question, is the steam tank considered artillery/ranged or large/monster unit? BTW Please keep doing more of these vids delving into battle tactics and stats of the game!!

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks dudeski! Heroes and Lords are classed as whatever they're on. Feet, they're infantry. Horse, they're Cavalry. Wyvern, they're monster. I'm not 100% on that, but I think that's it. And steam tanks are considered more just a heavily armoured artillery I think. It's more about Armour piercing with that thing. Don't think Bonus vs. Large helps. And I plan on it!

[@ricardomokveld839]

do you know the differences between battle difficulties against ai?

[@Vugen18]

love that GoT ref ! :D

[@Zerkovich]

This video is so old I can't remember what I said?! ahah

[@DudeX01]

Great tutorials!!

[@MSordernature]

I won two campaigns and haven't realized you can see how many kills did a single unit hit

[@ebarahonab]

I wish I could like this twice

[@Zerkovich]

Hahah. Once is enough, thanks! :D

[@Polex411]

Are the war hounds considered a large unit?

[@adamliddle2060]

i wonder if all these tactics work in the tabletop game as well

[@thekingsown10]

been playing since shogun 1 and had no idea how bad i was at this game!

[@danjones7561]

Could you tell us what mods you run? please.

[@joaoleop]

nice video man! i was looking for this! can you make specifically for the greenskins? +1 sub

[@Zerkovich]

I may well do. And thank you!

[@MrLucasVelten]

very nice video mate

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you man

[@DarthBalrogTV]

Is it possibile to make multiplayer game as 1vs1vs1?

[@Zerkovich]

Unfortunately not.

[@tweeze123]

Whats difference between shock and melee cavalry?

[@Zerkovich]

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[@thekingof300]

I've never liked any total war game past like medieval 2 because they never did Calvary right. Even shock Calvary felt like wet noodles against even the cheapest and most lightly armored levy infantry. This game seems like they finally fixed that. They've made artillery super strong, and Calvary feel meaty and heavy. The only thing that i don't like is that melee units shred through each other a lot faster than they used to.

[@Zerkovich]

Warhammer 1 is all too quick yeah. Things have been slowed down in Warhammer 2 though.

[@Jesuslolowns]

You are a godsend

[@Zerkovich]

AAAAAaaaaaaAAAAHHHHHhhhh **holy choir** You are welcome.

[@Polored1066]

Just learned that hovering over the Weapon damage stats show a breakdown of the values. Lmao

[@archologyzero]

"BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!" B. MAYS