Who To Play First In Immortal Empires | Total War Warhammer 3

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There are a lot of factions in Immortal Empires. If you own all 3 games and the DLC you’re looking at over 80 legendary lords across 23 unique factions and for the most part, every single one of them has a unique playstyle that you have to pick up as you play their campaign. To make things easier for everyone I thought I’d make this video where I’m going to go through every faction and legendary lord and give you a little info about them and their playstyle both in campaign and battle so you can more easily choose who to play first.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Skillshare Ad
1:25 Beastmen
2:32 Bretonnia
3:55 Daemons of Chaos
4:56 Dark Elves
6:35 Dwarfs
7:48 Empire
9:18 Grand Cathay
10:23 Greenskins
12:01 High Elves
13:44 Khorne
14:53 Kislev
16:12 Lizardmen
18:02 Norsca
19:18 Nurgle
20:18 Ogre Kingdoms
21:35 Skaven
23:06 Slaanesh
23:56 Tomb Kings
25:12 Tzeentch
25:58 Vampire Coast
27:16 Vampire Counts
29:18 Warriors of Chaos
31:14 Wood Elves
32:33 Outro
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[@ColonelDamneders]

Who are you going to play first?

[@Razielts1]

VLAD and ISABELLA the true emperors of mankind! ( And undeadkind too )

[@Darkmanmeister]

Ikit, obviously

[@deadEthan911]

High Elves

[@tikka7088]

The Druchii shall enslave the world! or is it Worlde..

[@vampireknight5821]

Karl Franz

[@tau2213]

Yeah, with so many new chaos armies all around, it's really hard to choose... Choose which one to destroy first with faith, steel and gunpowder! The nation calls!

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS

[@mohammadtamer277]

The rot will consume you

[@URKCEHinoSuu]

*SUMMONED!!*

[@Nr4747]

BRING ME TO MY MEN !

[@krixpop]

Death to the Heathen ! Reikland will prevail !

[@atomicLord97]

Damneders- "There are 23 factions and 80 lords" me- "I dont remember there being that many. are there that many?" Me after watching vid- "Jesus Christ, I hadn't really thought about how BIG this game really was gonna be."

[@66687lucas]

Buy every dlc and take a look

[@atomicLord97]

I currently do own every dlc, I've also bought all three games and their dlc's for a buddy of mine that wanted to play em with me... I've spent way too much money on the warhammer total war trilogy now that I think about it.

[@Mortem619]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand this is why it is melting your cpu. :)

[@atomicLord97]

Lolz

[@lancearguelles708]

@@atomicLord97 man i wish i had as much money as you. Or at the very least had you as a friend lol

[@Zwijger]

The reason the Empire is so popular and iconic, is because it's humanity. Human ingenuity, gunpowder, infantry and cavalry, pitted against a mash of all kinds of fantasy creatures borrowed from all kinds of fantasy and non fantasy worlds and countries, and it feels bloody amazing. Yeah they are "vanilla" because we actually have gunpowder and steel in our world, but in Warhammer, they epitomize what WE would be capable off when faced with demons, undead and rat people. That's the appeal, I love using guns and mortars to tear vampires a new one, I love obliterating rats with heavy cavalry. In LOTR, were you rooting for Sauron's armies at the siege of Gondor, with their Nazgul on Felbeasts, the orcs and trolls? Or where you hyped for wall mounted trebuchets crushing the armies of evil, the foot soldiers of Gondor who fought those crazy fantasy monsters despite the odds, with their city and wives and children at their back, the cavalry of Rohan riding to their death, just to take as many orcs down with them as they could? That's why the empire is cool.

[@Njordin2010]

Its always the most played faction in every game that offers humans and other fantasy or alien tropes because of what you just mentioned. Its easy to indentify with.

[@MM-fo2hp]

Aren't Dwarfs the most advanced race in the game ? i think the empires popularity is because of Karl Franz and it's lore , in your lord of the rings example i would root for the elves the same way i would root for the humans since their the good guys , and if the roles were reversed (orcs were good and humans were bad ) then i think we would root for the orcs . ithink our decision are based on what we are shown and how the story has made us empathise with the characters , regardles of their powers and race and look . the Kislevs ,Norscans and Bretonians are mostly humans, same as the empire but we don't see them being at the top , in fact in most polls Skaven is right after empire in terms of popularity and in some it even takes the first spot while bretonia is usualy somewhere in the middle , after many of the fantasy races like wood elves and dwarfs. so yea i think the reason empire is Iconic is that the Empire was Made to be the face of this game and was made to be Iconic , still this doesnt take anything away from its appeal . Empires lore is genuinely awesome.

[@Runeman40055]

I agree

[@chrissilva4573]

It’s popular because they’d have a goated starting area and it’s fairly easy lmao

[@Njordin2010]

@@MM-fo2hp you have some good points there and while i agree with some of them...

[@Kai-hn3ux]

In WarHammer 1 I marshalled the men, In Mortal Empires I summoned the Elector Counts, and now in Immortal Empires… I AM PRINCE AND EMPEROR

[@sworntoavenge]

You Intros were gold sir. But all the gold in the world will not save you from *GOING IN THE BOOK*

[@ColonelDamneders]

Literally took twice as long to do the intros than it did to do the rest of the vid

[@sworntoavenge]

@@ColonelDamneders your work is appreciated.

[@sanderwillems8603]

@@ColonelDamneders The simple "*BONK*... Cheese." had me rolling. Great stuff.

[@GutsOfRivia]

Virgin " creative " fan Vs Chad Empire enjoyer. Nice creative monster you have there I hope its cannon ball proof.

[@ekothesilent9456]

“Hans! Bring me my Hellfire Rocket Engine!”

[@Sludgefactorii]

nice rocket batteries *marches on your capital with 3 full black orc waaghs!*

[@Botar48]

*Me sending Wargheists to take down imperial artillery.* Well whadya know apparently they are! Though argument can be made I am also playing as Empire. Vlad is the legal elector count of Sylvania after all.

[@thadmeboy1129]

Nice cannon, hop2 it's dinosaur proof

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@Botar48 nice *canon* hope it’s Fire mage proof.

[@theingeniousone5141]

they really had to release immortal empires RIGHT ON COLLEGE MOVING DAY

[@Nr4747]

The Empire is really fun to play as for 2 reasons for me: 1. Karl Franz's voice acting is great, just the right balance between going ham and still offering some serious pathos. 2. The Empire is *the* quintessential combined arms-faction, it's just a blast to manually play with an army where every unit serves a specific purpose and the symphony of the teamwork is much greater than the individual parts.

[@Ryder2010G6]

Can t wait to grind 50 Empire campaigns in Warhammer 3 too

[@JolyItUp]

I’m New to the warhammer franchise, so this video was incredibly helpful and thorough. I feel like I actually have an decent understanding of each character and their motivation. So thanks!! Keep up the good work. Definitely earned the like and subscribe

[@OmegaSai]

Welcome to warhammer!! Glad to see new fans. It can definitely be confusing and alot to take in. If you have questions bro please ask away and ill help as much as i can!

[@Wakizashi25]

Took me literally years to have even a cursory understanding of the factions and how they all interact and feel about one another. It's such a deep poo. So don't just dip a toe, CANNONBALLLLL in

[@kevinbot1314]

SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS

[@papamags]

Welcome! This is alot but it's the most fun universe ever! I started playing Warhammer tabletop in 2009 and haven't looked back since- including the books the lore gets so deep and the people are so awesome

[@simpleman3898]

Me too. I'm new and wow quite a few options 😄

[@Skullcruncher44]

The archaon entrance is amazing

[@krogokdomecrackah8677]

Vampire Counts. I love them so much I have a 2000 point Vampire army with the Von Carstein as my Lords.

[@juliendrainville7131]

I unironically love Bretonnia far above any other faction. Idealized chivalry AND the Green Knight? Sign me up.

[@kylewillis9174]

Literally my least favorite faction

[@generalgrizzly7914]

Unrivaled Cav, peasant archer chess board backline with trebuchets and either Spearman or other lords as frontline. Additionally having pretty decent casting. I fucking loved my ME Bretonia playthrough.

[@spiffygonzales5899]

@@generalgrizzly7914 Unrivaled Cav. Unless you count the Empire, Vampires, Chaos, High Elves, and now Kislev. They suck. They've been sucking since game 1. Their cavalry is mediocre except for Grail knights (not guardians) and questing. Both of which are expensive. Their archers get outmatched by ANY faction with a decent amount of ranged. Their trebs have sucked ever since their accuracy got nerfed and they went from 4 models to 3. The Green Knight is is weak af since more than half the factions have a huge amount of magic or fire damage, and he's weak as heck to that. Their infantry is a joke. "Oh but that's Bretonnias whole thing" well whoopty friggin doo. Their thing is sucking. Yay. Their thing is SUPPOSED to be hammer and anvil. But unless you buy the joke of a Relique (easy to kill) they break incredibly easy. NOBODY is asking for them to be powerhouses. But when they can't even perform their role it's a joke. Their playstyle is predictable as heck. Spears, guns, and armor. Insta victory. Play as bretonnia against dwarves. It's a joke of a matchup. Seriously, foot knights. Game 1. Should've had them. And their lore is the worst thing about them. Apparently it USED to be good. But now their peasants get abused for the lols, the lords are supposedly chivalrous but all A-holes, and their entire Religion is essentially them getting tricked by an elf goddess who makes them protect the elf realm (despite constant wars with them?) all so they can become slave soldiers when they die... yey. Bretonnia SHOULD have been a high fantasy nation in a dark fantasy setting. What it ACTUALLY is, is a giant meme. Seriously, at first I thought all the "peasants are starving and taxed 90% plus they simp" was a joke... but it's the ACTUAL lore. Bretonnia sucks. Both in game and in lore. They need a massive update in both. Till then they're just dumb Empire.

[@generalgrizzly7914]

@@spiffygonzales5899 who the fuck hurt you so badly

[@IKMojito]

@@spiffygonzales5899 you're mad that a grimdark setting is grimdark? They're a play on Late Medieval France and Britain, ofcourse it sucks. You're not going to get a high fantasy society out of a the period of constant war and peasant slapping that come out of the hundred years war

[@cheshirefiend4130]

I think my first will either be Ghorst since I was always fond of the little weirdo (the fact he now starts with a Mortis Engine is also rather compelling), or Grand Hierophant Khatep since he was my favorite Lord in 2.

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

DJ Khatep gonna show these chaos kids the power of Darude Sandstorm

[@Krygex]

Ghorst is probably going to be my first Immortal Empires start too, since I loved playing as him in 2 so much. When I do buy WH3, I wanna see Cathay and the Badlands, and conquering them as Ghorst sounds like perfect way to see the East!

[@sergeyk9060]

We all love replenishing our armies in 1 turn :)

[@tituspullo3946]

Ahh Black & White. I really wish they'd continued that series. It had a lot of potential!

[@Yasir.alsaidi]

Amazing work put in this video, and I loved the creative transitions! Keep up the great work, we notice it.

[@acerboy8238]

this was a legendary video. great editing, it made me smile every time a different faction popped up

[@griddamus]

Thanks for this, just picked up the series and am a little bit overwhelmed. Having this as a primer of sorts is very helpful 👍

[@kingorpawn]

I found this video because I’m trying to decide if I want the game but the clips you make and put in are on point.

[@mattiaszenker7453]

I'm new to Warhammer and have been struggling to find a faction to play, as well as scratching my head over what to do after I lose my first army in the campaign. This was really helpful to put me on the right track.

[@berkin57]

Man, great thanks for creating this. Really awesome and informative vid. Since I say goodbye to my pc back when Total war Warhammer I released and couldn't play even the first. This sum up really rose my appetite.

[@Ilive4moneyable]

with the addition of plague knights and plague troops from Norscan men imngoing with kugath and infect cathay then the world

[@EyebrowsGaming]

Ku'Gath is still a Daemon roster, it's only Festus and the Undivided lords who get the new Nurgle Warrior units

[@Ilive4moneyable]

@@EyebrowsGaming what? THAT WOULD BE LAME AS HELL SO HOW DORS KUGATH GET THOSE UNITS?

[@cleshsesh6155]

@@Ilive4moneyable He doesn't, he's Demons of Chaos not Warriors of Chaos. Maybe in a later patch or something but it would kinda merge Chaos into one big faction.

[@Ilive4moneyable]

@@cleshsesh6155 So you're telling me I can't use those units for kugath?! Maybe the flc one unit I hope

[@stkelen9535]

@@Ilive4moneyable actually you should be able to recruit them if you will be allies with Festus.

[@callamthompson6609]

Have to say this is a bloody good video. Clear and about as concise as a person can be with this much content. Solid info and entertaining. Will be watching more

[@topturves9794]

Love the editing, another brilliant video!

[@DrBig977]

I was not expecting General Sam funk for this video but it was much appreciated

[@iielysiumx5811]

I did an archeon campaign recently and it was so fun. Having access to all the chaos gods rosters and being able to pick the best from any with archeon himself being a powerhouse it was so much fun to crush kislev the empire and bretonia

[@chrisberg2]

I went with norsca first and got bored quick then I tried out The Vampire counts with Manfred in his new southern vacation home. I must say I have never really enjoyed playing VC before now - it was a great location to start and I cleared all the way south and currently working my way toward my old home castle. The new raise dead recruitment is really nice because you can get late game monsters by turn 3-4. I might try out the dwarfs with the white dwarf and his new location. Volkmar and Grimgor will also be on my list of next to play. I love Skaven but I think I will save them for the next skaven dlc if we get one.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Nurgle,Slaanesh,Skaven and Dwarves are my main factions. I just love their playstyles,lore and asthetic.

[@downofdead12]

Vlad for sure. Played many campaigns with him, he is my favourite.

[@simpleman3898]

Why can't anyone make a video like this. Wonderful so much info....and funny 😄

[@SkyRiver1]

Thanks for "breaking it down" as apposed to "unpacking it." I always appreciate that.

[@BlueflameKing1]

Kholek, Taurax, and Nakai will be my picks for destroying everything for the chaos gods or the great plan.

[@NTJ666]

Some going that mate. Well done, great vid.

[@ThatBigRedBear]

This is my favorite warhammer 3 video. Thank you.

[@runeh3022]

Loving Malekith's new rules! :-)

[@frenchy2600]

Really loved hearing General Sam spell out edgy when you showcased the dark elves. You must be a man of fine culture

[@matykerogaming8691]

Absolutely brilliant vid fella, +1 subscriber

[@Piejeroo]

Yep, you did it... You made me lol at Bart's "Summon the Elector Counts" xD. Very good sir! Very good indeed.

[@patrickwetterlov7332]

Great runthrough!

[@let203]

The intros for each faction were awesome

[@bjpodcast7952]

not only was this educational, but the memes were top tier. i’m impressed

[@lucaschuirink4114]

I'm going for Nakai!

[@tauempire7507]

Summon the elector counts intro had me rolling!!! I love it ahaha

[@Aktuvor]

Loved the video made me laugh and informed me. Great job

[@AGO339]

for me, vampire coast, sartosa always will be my personal favorite ffaction

[@BESTGINGEREU]

Though I accepted early on that this video lacked some of the technical details about the factions and maybe missed out on pros and cons I might have wanted. I sat through it from start to finish because it was just fucking hilarious, gg man

[@lilzp9106]

Archaon the Everchosen. No soul, no matter how blackened or pure, shall see salvation. But this time I get to fuck up not only humans, but elves, ogres, daemons, vampires, pirates, lizardmen, dwarves…everything whilst having fun with the rework and feeling like an actual badass.

[@alexdavidson6937]

I'm torn between Vladdy Daddy and Grombrindal. Dwarves and VC are my fave factions.

[@Illevium]

That alliteration for Sigvald the Magnificent was beautiful

[@ColonelDamneders]

If only you knew how many takes it took...

[@ghost2031]

Nice and helpful video, thx.

[@Batman_the_bad_man]

Nice video! The game was almost Donezk loading once I was done watching it.

[@tookitooki]

I love it lol your humour. Good videos man tyvm

[@robertnoall8847]

Great video, the lizardmen intro made me laugh out loud, haha!

[@thelightlord6081]

13:45 yes, yes and yes. That intro was all i could have wanted. I miss It's Always Sunny so much

[@luioskattusch3497]

That must have been some work. Appreciate it man

[@aurasenpai8139]

Liked and subbed due to the memes lol goodwork.

[@goretog]

Whelp that Simpsons "Summon the Elector Counts" skit got you a new sub

[@SirCharles12357]

Nice survey! Enjoyed the humor. Still can't make up my mind! lol

[@opentile_minis8659]

crazy Ive been subscribed since you had less than 100 subs

[@LordVader1094]

8:08 You're not sure why? Well, that's probably cuz CA didn't give them much shine compared to all the flavour and depth they got in the lore and tabletop. Also when it comes to "least creative", I think the literal 1-to-1 Arthurian knights take that spot lol Love the Jerma edits btw lmao

[@dossicationstation7097]

These faction memes are absolute gold dude had my crying with some

[@J9lly]

the edits on this video were great, i lost it when the raving gecko popped up.

[@danielclarke1505]

great video!

[@Maartwo]

Thanks for this fun overview. I just got the games in the Winter Sale. I used to play Warhammer very casually with my non-casual cousins. I think the only time I beat one of them was using an army of Cold Ones lol. This game is bringing many memories!

[@InternetMameluq]

2:45: Wow, I'm impressed by that pronunciation, I'll remember that.

[@PKK_edits]

best part in kislev campaign is when u unite kislev and u realize its kisbin time

[@TyrantWarlord]

I have played as kislev one kisbillion times

[@saff1kill]

Belegar Ironhammer The Eight Peaks need reclaiming after all

[@ShadowWalker-ng1it]

Alternative Ogres description: "their empire runs on blood money...literally since they are mercenaries...actually no because they have the non-arguably worse mercenary mechanic in a total war game, so I guess you have meat?

[@Rich-in6ds]

Amazing Black and White reference! That game is begging for a remaster!!!

[@darthkraven3257]

Colonel, sir please as soon as you can, do the new campaign and battle guides for the Warriors of Chaos teaching us all about the new lords, heroes and units.

[@ColonelDamneders]

Coming next week including the dlc lords

[@darthkraven3257]

@@ColonelDamneders thanks sir

[@Barl3000]

Nurgle is my favorite chaos god, but his roster is not really my playstyle. Maybe I will try Festus or another lord with access to parts of the nurgle mechanics, but also access units other than only nurgle stuff.

[@jordanmanley9172]

I think I'll be giving Belegar a go for once, it's time to reclaim Eight Peaks!

[@zombiekillaps3396]

Probably gonna start with kislev because i really started to like them but i hated them in the ROC campaign.

[@tristengamache941]

"Cheese" 😂hands down best intro

[@minordetails2103]

Great job sir

[@Xingyi21]

Thanks

[@jameslittle]

Really glad to see you making these videos. I hope with IE it gives you the total war Warhammer bug again. I love your videos.

[@brokenthread8126]

the second i saw the black & white joke, i subbed.

[@ronnie5340]

Great vid

[@Blackdrama20]

1:26 OH MY GOD .. literally I miss Black&White *so* much... this is one of the games I wish it had a remake/reboot sequel whatever

[@julianthor4988]

Lol, the Sigvald section ist the best. 🤣

[@blbprime11]

6:35 That's a note in the great book!

[@grayrook8637]

My first was Ogres. Not the most complex faction, but that's a charm to me. The simplicity if beat face with uniformly big infantry is easy but also rewardingly conplex once ya get in the swing of throwing that fat around and cycle charging. Also cant tell if he is clowning or not on Ogres as a generally half baked faction.

[@undervine]

amazing content

[@drprodukcija2386]

Great video! "Immune to mom jokes"😂😂😂

[@garrettbeighley187]

Did they change boris tech tree to not require certain cities to unlock later techs? If not thats a big hamstring

[@VergaVenuda]

Before watching this i already know im gonna play the lizard chads, mostly curious on how tzeench and khorne flakes play

[@SaberDragon565]

Did not help me pick but I love the video and I love the information and now I want to play them all hahahahaha

[@ColonelDamneders]

Funny>Informative

[@matthewoneill8100]

I would play the 40 K games I’m new to this leaning towards either vampires or the green skins

[@jibcot8541]

Great video, but it still hasn't help me decide on my first IE campaign! Lol, I think it will be a Vampire Coast one as I recently bought that DLC but haven't played it yet, still trying to finish all the WH3 base faction campaigns!

[@theBeasman333]

Didn't learn anything, just here for the memes. 10/10, 5/5, 3/3

[@newmoonz1337]

I went with the Vampire coast and those lizard men were pain in ass.

[@brandonschieber1138]

Man I hope Denuvo is dropped soon or Empress doe her thing...I also fancy Nakai at the moment... recommendations for a fun, badass faction with minimal micromanagment in battle? probably one of the many Chaos factions.

[@Omenzy]

I love the memes for all factions 😂👌🏼

[@ondris11]

I will play Nakai the Wanderer. Love horde factions.

[@chrissilva4573]

my favorite warhammer ytuber

[@Pdmc2016]

The slann the myth the legend works so well lol

[@ColonelDamneders]

Ngl was pretty proud of that one

[@Ephigy17]

Died at the Kairos intro xD

[@chaos4317]

nice video love it = First Valkia