DOOMSEEKERS - The All New Slayer Army - Thrones of Decay DLC - Total War Warhammer 3

Doomseekers open up an All New Slayer Army option for the Dwarfs in the Thrones of Decay DLC for Total War Warhammer 3. Let's see what Doomseekers, Goblin Hewers, Garagrim Ironfist, Slayer Pirates, and a Daemon Slayer can do against the filthy Vampire Counts in this epic battle.
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[@DaThingOnTheDoorstep]

There is something funny about the "Goblin Hewer" having high damage, armor piercing, bonus vs. large, and a low ammo count. Everything you explicitly _don't_ need against gobbos.

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

But does it overkill Gobbos? Yes.

[@Veznite5]

Tbf, each shot is multiple projectiles, so the low ammo is a bit more than it seems

[@samfire3067]

Have You seen The size of groon. That goblin IS dense

[@The_People762]

You misunderstand, its not made to be effective against gobbos, its just meant to hew gobbos, obviously

[@jonathanschloemer6846]

No kill like overkill

[@gobbogirl713]

Many slayers met their glorious doom this day. A complete dwarf victory.

[@Corax92]

Would be an interesting mechanic for Ungrim campaign. The more slayers die fighting enemies, the more reward.

[@Deathbykittens11]

​@@Corax92 Every X# of slayer models that die, you get a free recruit-anywhere unit of slayers. Factionwide bonus to replenishment for all slayers. Alith-anar big target mechanic and job done.

[@toxlequa]

Slayah Piratz going to be popular

[@khelgarironfist3301]

Dying to zombies is not exactly glorious

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

@@Corax92 That was actually how they worked in the Warmaster tabletop game. Your opponent got VPs if they didn't die.

[@danman3268]

I cannot get over how badass the animation of those Doomseekers are when they swing their axes on chains. They're going full Kratos on those zombies.

[@khelgarironfist3301]

They look like them religious dervishes when they do it together

[@watzax26]

I expected them to start flying upwards😂

[@redsalamander9999]

8:52 That Daemon Slayer was so eager he straight up headbutted the Blood Dragon. No fear, no restraint, all action.

[@fcon2123]

Glad I'm not the only one that was entertained by the E. Honda flying headbutt.

[@arn1345]

Hear me out. Slayer front line. Miners behind. Activate can't die ability. Friendly fire your slayers. Competitive? No. Funny? Yes

[@milkandcookiesTW]

played some battles with Okoii where he did that to himself. poor Slayers lol

[@lamthaiquang827]

then those Miners feel shameful and became Slayers. Infinite Slayer Glitch :)))))))

[@cxfxcdude]

@@milkandcookiesTWlooking forward to seeing it if youre willing to share it Indy. Great work on this vid

[@duckheadbob]

​@@milkandcookiesTW That sounds like an Okoii moment

[@MrHellboy112]

oh boi, i already hear butthurt of MP community

[@maeburekaiser]

Slayers are such an interesting concept. A natural product of Dwarven grudges. What happens when your grudge is against yourself? You seek death.

[@koddaszol]

"I'll kick anyones ass! I'll kick my own ass!"

[@yonasshinigami4956]

Me irl

[@sirunklydunk8861]

I love how slayer armies went from "A meme" to "A meme but a meme that might actually function now." Also I imagine the rest of the slayers in the army won't be happy when they find out their commander is stopping them from getting their glorious doom

[@ThaLedg]

I Remember a time. It might have been Warhammer 1 where the same thing applied to Goblins. It was a meme until a player, with the suitable name "The Gobbo King" (and former TW yourtubee) turned it into a very viable strategy. I believe he even won a tournament or two... That's it for the random early Warhammer total war fact of the day

[@QuestionableObject]

Ungrim is going to be having an absolute romp with the new patch & dlc units

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

@@ThaLedg Nah Goblins were always legit since Skarsnik. I think it was the 1st or 2nd WH 1 DLC.

[@AliothAncalagon]

I think the biggest advantage of the Slayer army is the fact that the threat of a Slayer army even exists. Its so different from every other Dwarf approach, that it makes it a lot more difficult to prepare.

[@ThaLedg]

@@mcmarkmarkson7115 It definitly started as a meme build though. There are a couple of 5 or 6 year old Turin videos that showcase the first real Gobbo strats. I loved the dude's channel. He always brought silly and off-metaa stuff and caught his opponent's of guard

[@DarbyBellisle]

Doomseekers are literally a unit of Dwarven Kratoses

[@koddaszol]

-show up -get stuck in -do an absolute monstrous amount of damage -die This is everything I wanted from the slayer army in the DLC. Blessed.

[@sassyviking6003]

For sure! Like, they lost, but looking at how tattered the vampire army was, they did work. Fighting to the death instead of routing on units that do that much damage is not something to overlook.

[@aedaneke]

The squishiness is ok and thematic but definitly not impressed by the damage output in this battle, if they die so easy they should atleast dish out alot of damage in a fast way.

[@LoLaSn]

@@aedaneke Due to how laughably easy it is to kill them they lose to anything attrition related quite badly

[@Frenzybee0405]

6:20 Assert Dominance by T-Posing

[@QuestionableObject]

It feels like an eternity since I was last excited for anything Total Warhammer related

[@Nunyabusiness-ny4xb]

Kratos when he meets doom seekers: “You know I’m something of a slayer myself”

[@Otakahunt]

slayer* Kratos has slain many gods.

[@StofenThe1st]

@@Otakahunt Oh damn, Kratos would be a Godslayer then. Another title for Gotrek to aim for.

[@Nunyabusiness-ny4xb]

@@Otakahunt oh that actually fits much better thanks

[@darthplagueis13]

Thanks for showing the actual missile strength breakdown on the Goblin Hewer. That's always such a silly stat because as far as it is concerned, a single shot that deals 3000 damage once every 10 seconds is the same thing as as 38 shots that deal 32 damage once every 4 seconds and it absolutely is not. Imo, missile strength should just show the damage per hit, then have a times something multiplier after the damage number if a unit fires a spread of shots and show reload time as a separate stat. So, you know, instead of Missile Strength: 3K it would be Missile Strength: 32 x38 Reload Time: 4 Seconds

[@liamcullen3035]

@9:55 It looked like Garagrim was taking damage much faster than the attack animations of his opponents. My guess is he was taking damage from his own vortex ability. Probably needs to have the friendly fire turned off 😂

[@toggle3927]

Slow it down closer, it's just a terribly designed 0 armor character getting his butt reamed by single entity damage

[@liamcullen3035]

@@toggle3927 Ah, fair enough!

[@spellbound1875]

@@toggle3927 Not sure I'd say terribly designed so quick (though using the spin in SE combat was terrible). Bigger thing is the Blood Dragon lord is one of the few characters with enough buffs to pull to around 1k damage. In game 2 this was massive overkill and rarely worth it, in game 3 with the much larger health pools and unchanged damage values it translates to a significant boon in combat cost wise. This is a problem most foot characters have in a duel with the blood dragon lord, though 0 armor makes it much worse.

[@toggle3927]

​@@spellbound1875 Sorry we have years of data 0 armor no resists is a stupid design. LL Gotrek was maybe a third as effective as a basic lvl1 Dwarf Lord in combat and was completely unreliable. The blood dragon just brings clarity to the matter.

[@khelgarironfist3301]

@@toggle3927 always middling melee defence for dwarf characters for some reason, even the 0 armor ones. Combined with no defensive abilities to activate in panic or heal = you melt

[@vxm1917]

Those RoR Doomseekers are experienced Vermintide II Slayers. You can tell with the glowing skins and need to viking dive into patrols of armored elites due to their Armor Piercing and Anti Infantry traits.

[@Bladedwind]

Ungrim Ironfist is going to be a very fun campaign now with this new roster of Slayers.

[@toggle3927]

He wasn't given actual personal faction mechanics like fan favorite Gelt, nor was his landmark or starting province addressed. He still has a terrible campaign you can just out raise dead Vampire Counts now because of powercreep and latest faction reworks.

[@Bladedwind]

@@toggle3927 Never had an issue with his campaign start, personally. I just want to make Ungrim Slayer Doomstack go BRRRRR

[@unlimitedninja3635]

@@toggle3927 Yea but a slayer doomstack with ungrim became more viable and more badass

[@jobogriff1209]

​@@toggle3927what makes his campaign ass? I love a good Ungrim game

[@The_Fuse_Maestro11]

Well done implementing the 2018 God Of War music into your video of dwarfs that look like mini Kratoses with orange hair

[@Kahuna169]

Kratos called, he wants his axes back

[@R3GARnator]

You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round Like a record, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round

[@Manlikepegasus]

Slayers are the coolest thing ever invented for Warhammer. The concept is just so badass. You know for a fact that any chaos horde would shit themselves if they saw a slayer army like this coming towards them. End times would have never happened if the fyreslayers showed up. Slayers are the supreme big peen boys. Dwarfs in general are just the best. Grombrindal and Gotrek could solo the entirety of the chaos wastes together. Grimnir could destroy khorne and khaine. Slayers are the best boys.

[@Czzor]

Full complete slayer roster was my dream ever since ttw1. So happy to see its possible. They march for redemption unto glorious doom!! As a khorne fan as well, Grimnir vs Khorne will make the greatest warhammer art EVER

[@Manlikepegasus]

@@Czzor my head canon is that grimnir got lost when he decided to fight khorne 1 v 1. Thats where the slayers got the idea for taking their oath and seeking out the strongest opponents for their doom.

[@stalhein62]

Slayer Pirates Hybrid Infantry Deathblow Cool (for a Dwarf)

[@sassyviking6003]

I do love me a themed army. I'm glad that slayers can make it work, even if not completely optimal. It was down to the wire. There is something be said for fighting to the death no matter how bad you're losing.

[@CFX992]

That last Brotherhood of Grimnir slayer still fighting at 13:40 , dude was alive for a looooong time by himself, basically from 9:24 lol

[@khelgarironfist3301]

He's the big brother

[@ninethousandfaces2070]

At 9:54, I think the issue is that when Garagrim activated his Hurricane of Death, he also got pushed back by the Varghulf in that split second; you can see that the location of his model doesn't line up exactly with the effect of his ability. Thus, he got given two hitboxes because of that weird interaction, and only the vortex section was taking his stats properly, since you can see the moment they turn on the actual model and just outright delete him.

[@Czzor]

Watching that doomseeker spinning charge into the frontlines stirred something in me that ive not felt for a long time and i welcome it 😢

[@generalgrizzly7914]

Hell ya, it's a great day when indypride posts a battle video

[@comradestarbucks2726]

Possibly a hot take, but slayer lords and heroes should get a skill OTHER than immortality at rank 20.

[@user-sd9dk5ir7v]

faction wide permanent buff when one dies over lvl 20

[@lachlanmckinnie1406]

Definitely a good idea. Maybe a bonus skill that allows them to do massive damage to whatever kills them, and some faction bonuses.

[@TrustedSmokie8829]

Gameplay wise, that might be a hot take, definitely warm imo. But the lore makes it a rather cold one to me. I'm personally expecting some minor complaints should they have immortality simply because they're Slayers.

[@thanhhaitran9422]

Should renamed it as "Destined for a more glorious doom" or something like that

[@bleflar9183]

Maybe something called "Epic Saga" where if the lord dies his xp is spread among all other slayer lords.

[@seranonable]

great vid indy thanks for what you do

[@The28thNight]

I could be wrong but it looked like garagrim was pushed over a little by the high mass crypt horror when he used the ability into the hit box of his own ability causing it to hit him as well. Was this reported to CA cause that theoretically would be a pretty easy to fix bug but kinda hard to notice.

[@fizzbrew]

Yea that wasnt right. Definitely going in the book

[@calebbarnhouse496]

I mean thats possible it happened, but I kinda doubt it, for 2 main reasons, one, 4,500 for a single character to take is a whole lot from that abylity, and 2, the abylity would work the same way as it does on the basic slayer version, so you'd assume that means they'd need to run a check on if the model inside the AOE is friendly or not

[@bladewolf3173]

@@calebbarnhouse496 I don't know. It is a little hard to tell, but I think that garagrim lost a chunk of hp at least once during the animation and no one was swinging at him. At the very least, it was a visual bug since the crypt horror definitely pushed the model of garagrim outside the blue cyclone of his animation.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

@@bladewolf3173 it's certainly possible he killed himself, something definitely happened that was not supposed to happen, but I'm thinking it's possible that his spin attack just made it so that everything counts as hitting him from behind, possible in coordination with him accidentally hitting himself

[@darthplagueis13]

@@bladewolf3173 I'm not sure, but the whirl thing is supposed to deal a very consistent amount of damage over its duration, so I can't imagine it chunking Garagrim like that.

[@libertylemonz7145]

The Brotherhood of Grimnir gaining wardsave on killing enemies is actually a sign of Grimnir's disfavor that the slayers have failed to die.

[@jaspermooren5883]

Everytime you live, it means a MORE glorious death awaits! Slayers don't want to commit suicide, they want to die in glorious battle. A slayer that falls on their own axe is a great shame, a slayer that has fought in a 1000 battles is one of the most respected slayers. Assuming they actually fought honourably. They don't want to die, they want to live, but die trying.

[@inkeddecker9964]

that blue on the clashes looks really cool

[@Keln02]

Scaling is the new lever on which TW is higing I see 😂 As a design I can relate. When you finally get a new toy from code, you are going to use it. E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E.

[@manuelsoto94]

Those animations 😮, beautiful video mate

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

Good to see more stunties for choppin'. Good dropkick height, too.

[@dragerien2]

I feel like the cyclone ended up hitting him too, because he was pushed out of the AoE effect and was spinning next to the effect.

[@smilingbear7430]

The doomseekers best use I have found is as flankers to other doomseekers. You have them move around the flank and rear charge and then once both are sandwiching a high value squad you activate their whirlwinds at the same time. When you pull it off it is super rewarding

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@659009stan]

Oh fucking hell yeah! Perfect timing !!

[@kypskypsiryps1759]

Whirlwind of death is basically a death sentence on single entities. Because the lose all their eye frames and easily bursted down. 9:53 is an example of it.

[@saitama_9279]

I’m hoping the rest of the models for the dwarfs getting that visual change that the slayers seem to have gotten. The bigger noses are the most noticeable difference

[@joshmilner4864]

double fat bat has always been my fav build.

[@chainsawboy2388]

I find it kinda hilarious the the dwarfs of all factions have the fast artillery lol

[@khelgarironfist3301]

Technology my boy. Besides slayers are some of the fastest infantry too (in this game)

[@jaspermooren5883]

Well, "dwarves are natural sprinters. very dangerous over short distances", as a wise dwarf once said.

[@TheLostPrimarch2nd]

They..... THEY MADE A WHOLE UNIT OF MINI-KRATOS!!!

[@RockAndStoner445]

Certified Rock and Stone moment

[@kalashydra9016]

14:47 i think he took self damage when he activated his skill , could be a bug

[@unlimitedninja3635]

Those fucking Doomseekers charging at 4:25. I'm fucking in love holy shit

[@TCStink3]

6:23 ☑️Jacked af ☑️Loves rotating ☑️Short Doomseekers are literally Vernias

[@Cornerboy73]

OMG I can't wait to play with these Doomseekers, they look like a lot of fun )

[@timeforthehammer1401]

The dwarve roster is making me actually want to play this game again!

[@georgelazenby3607]

Long Drongs Slayer Pirates look like a unit of Catachan Jungle Fighters who didn't eat their greens as a child.

[@jordyvandersluijs4484]

such unique units, this is an awesome dlc

[@russfarr2001]

Great casting of the insane new units! I forsee rebalancing patches in the future....

[@Corben.TopMingerC]

Im really curious, what Anti-Aliasing do you use?

[@johnb8265]

I look forward to playing the Mario Kart Super Star music any time I pop Glorious End.

[@GrassMudHorseLand]

Chef kiss, them Blood Dragon Lord is still strong asf

[@mahmoudebeid3320]

the game has gotten so much better since release wow

[@harlorgin3005]

Hey Indy, could you please tell me what song you have playing in the first few minutes of the video? Love your videos.

[@milkandcookiesTW]

thanks mate! its Valkyries from God of War 4

[@simondiebolt5354]

The slayers look awesome!

[@aethewulf4787]

That blood dragon hyped me for Vampire dlc i fkin cant wait!

[@Icewolfnector]

God I can't wait for the undead FINALY getting some new stuff. Haven't gotten anything for ages now

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

Guh?

[@jimmyvanderpoel2522]

A Necrarch LL like Melkhior or Zacharias, with an emphasis on all manner of stiched up creatures and ofc magic. Or ( my personal wish ) a Strigoi LL, like Vorag Bloodytooth, for that thematic Ghoul faction ( Nightcourts ). Lahmians could also be interesting, but would be a bit the same as the Changeling or Slaanesh gameplay, with all the scheming and politics, since they rather be in the background pulling strings and using proxies. Multiple fun options ;)

[@Icewolfnector]

@@jimmyvanderpoel2522 A culture pack with like 3-4 Lords and some new units like what we got for the "Champions of Chaos" pack would be my dream tbh

[@jimmyvanderpoel2522]

@@Icewolfnector That would be awesome ;)

[@TheMrYadrian]

4:50 You may love them but for me, this guys are going to be menace as enemy. I still remember my day in WH 1 where two squads of slayers beat and shred my units to the point I was annoyed and tired.and now, we have even more unbreakable bastarda...

[@hamzaasif8136]

we got slayer ballet dancer before GTA 6

[@manfIesh]

First unit where those cartoony weapon trails look fitting

[@jaspermooren5883]

I believe you can turn them off, they are just very useful to see what's happening.

[@manfIesh]

@@jaspermooren5883 only arrow trails, now those i cant go without

[@alagass6466]

I want to see how the Daemon slayer does vs.. Well the big greater demons... :P

[@sassyviking6003]

I'd wager a whole lot better. Getting to use their BvL and no pesky armor to get in the way. As Grimnir intended.

[@DerOrk]

I couldn't spot it myself here, but have you noticed whether great weapon Slayers may have gotten death-blow animations in this update?

[@gplr1882]

I think the goblin hewer will be really strong in campaign, keep an engineer or two to keep it constantly fed with ammo

[@filterdecay]

i think a slayer run will be my first with this dlc.

[@thinkwithurdipstick]

The glowing blue runes are a bit much but I’m loving all the slayer love. Way under-appreciated part of the dwarf roster might be viable now

[@dougdimmedome5552]

Wouldn’t be a true slayer themed battle without them all meeting their doom.

[@samueljackson605]

that doom seeker special ability seems DANGEROUS in concept; run them into a suicide slot and unleash that thing? beastly. give this army a rune lord focusing on armor runes and blob this army up and it'll probably be super effective

[@Sleepingdruid37]

Officially most excited for Dwarfs in this DLC XD

[@Alej0xXx]

idk the the Slayer hero lowering basically having 0 melee defence while spining seemed unintended.

[@sushanalone]

A Martial monster like a Blood Dragon Vampire with the superhuman speed, strength and thousands of years of combat experience should in any case trounce a naked ginger bread smurf on any day. BD Lord: You seeked death above all, you earned that my hands, NOW SERVE at my feet as a minion!

[@TrueSTARbornFall]

Something something Grumble grumble Grudge grudge.

[@tobiashagstrom4168]

Slayers getting ward save from kills feels wrong. If anything, they should get increased damage, but also decreased ward save from kills, as they become increasingly satisfied with their contributions to the battle, and increasingly desperate for a glorious death.

[@darumanu9276]

That slayer lord instantly dying cause he tried to do an enemy attack against a blood dragon lord is hillarious

[@darkomihajlovski3135]

I wonder if the spinning animation makes it so the dwarfs malee defense stops working

[@RebelCannonClub74]

Scottish Kratos with a mowhawk

[@oldtoby4062]

They have a Yorkshire accent

[@TheWujuStyle]

Unless the whirling death thing is some kind of weird hitbox bug, seems like CA once again fail to learn from previous mistakes. They just fixed the bastiladon's attack animation fucking it over by giving it immune to flanking, how hard would it have been to add flanking immunity to whirling death for the duration of the ability?

[@nagashtheundyingking4404]

I will say these doomseekers look way better and the new version of the axes make way more sense to me then the old version honestly really happy to see more slayers in the game atlast tho personally more a tech/engineer man but hey I got Elspeth.

[@MeatDucky]

I slayed the like button

[@Ancient_Hoplite]

Maybe the collision box is increased for the animation and he took a lot of burst damage. He should not have dropped that fast.

[@greyslenderman7614]

Don't know if ungrim would be proud, or disappointed.😂

[@UnwordlyAcorn]

idk why Slayers dont have Physical-Resistance tbh; every other unarmored infantry unit and their mother does.

[@zadintuvas5846]

The Ancestral Thong got hosed

[@t0p31r4]

Demons slayers spin looks like Zangief 😂

[@Gandalfon]

If you have at least 4 slayers lords in the same battle in campaign it should be possible to keep the "can't be killed ability" active permanently 👀

[@Wvk5zc]

whats with glowing tattoo? Is that dawi magic in action?

[@elliottgaal9774]

You would think that the Doomseekers would have perfect vigor due to having the Rune of Doom.

[@DrakenhofTemplars]

Dwarfs vs undead yeah those poor undead indeed that's a definite diff matchup but also I think these lords will have no issues in an actual campaign

[@sawyeratkinson]

The only army I've cared about. Cranking up the metal on this one

[@Icewolfnector]

So in the end both sides got what they wanted, so it's win-win right?

[@casawi1986]

We should call them the the Disciples of Kratos, they have blades chained to their forearms 😂

[@letsplaysvonaja1714]

"generic" in regards to bloodline lords is a bit of a stretch they're about as "generic" as slann, greater daemons or daemon princes

[@dariusrose9909]

What's the soundtrack name at the beginning I know it's God of War? But which track?

[@milkandcookiesTW]

Valkyries from GoW4

[@dariusrose9909]

@@milkandcookiesTW Thanks!!!

[@The_People762]

Man glorious death seems insanely good, im not saying its overpowered or anything, but basically having refuse to die on slayers could be game saving/changing in alot of matches i feel like, plus its so badass and thematic so bonus points for that

[@darthplagueis13]

I guess the balancing thing is, it only works on Slayers. So you have to bring a whole bunch of Slayer units and keep them near the Lord for it to be worth it which in turn means you're spending a bunch of money on units that can die very quickly once they're no longer immortal. And since dwarfs have basically no healing, the immortality thing isn't as impactful as it is for LM or HE where you can use the immortality window to get a unit back into shape.

[@The_People762]

@@darthplagueis13 oh yeah, thats why i said i dont think its overpowered, the ability being exclusive to a certain lord and only effecting slayers is both thematic and makes it seem pretty balanced, but at the same time that kind of ability is a HUGE boon for a high killing power low survivability unit like slayers, being able to prevent them from loosing their effectiveness and killing power for 40 seconds could be devestationg against something like lizardmen or skaven deathballs i feel like, but without being able to see it more or use it myself who can say for sure

[@nullw8768]

LET"S GO

[@TheBICBOIChannel]

Does ungrim boost the new slayers as well?

[@milkandcookiesTW]

yes he does

[@TheBICBOIChannel]

@@milkandcookiesTW nice! Gonna be a fun playthrough with him and his son

[@Redneckkratos]

4:49 kratos has entered the chat

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

So the goblin hewer is a siege shotgun?

[@jarlgawain8876]

I would absolutely use a mod to reduce particle and light effects on units.