Hot Take: Racial Bonuses in Kenshi

[@ivandelcarmencampos5988]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember that hivers have a reduced chance of getting hit in the stomach because the model is thinner than the other races.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Oh my gosh, you're right. I checked the wiki and hiver's stomach hit rate is over 50% lower than a greenlander's stomach hit rate.

[@jaster9870]

Holy cow

[@bushidobros1671]

​@@jaster9870oh word

[@robrib2682]

its balanced by any overhead swing has a bigger chance of hitting the head unless you go for a prince (but they have 90 instead of 100 hit points and no arm protection from shirts)

[@wallabing]

Skeletons of course are too powerful. Fogmen, cannibals, animals wont eat them, and they can survive anywhere, any weather without food. When you have skeletons in your party, they should be the main tanks with the best gear and weapons with taunt on, always. And make sure that skeletons can heal themselves with repair kits themselves until they build up a high robotic skill, they will become utterly unstoppable and completely independent.

[@Aereto]

Skeletons have been my forward gate guards in bases so I don't have to worry about food, and just focus on repairs. The lack of head and feet armor is what prevents me from just bringing them into my expeditions, not to mention the incidents involving turret friendly headshots. Instead the Shek are my Expedition Tanks. For non-hazard routes, Tin Cans are used in place of Crab Helmets to squeeze as much damage reduction to build toughness and defense

[@thebandofbastards4934]

They are also the race that is the easiest to level due to their repair speed.

[@knightclub9668]

Personally ever since my first run I've refused to have more than like, 1/4th of my squad be Sheks specifically because of their abhorrent swimming speed. The Swamps and the Floodlands both become near impassable with Shek on your party as your stuck sitting there and waiting for up to 5 minutes to cross a small stream. God forbid you try and cross the southern wetlands with them. Legend say that a Shek baby was sent out to swim to raptor island. That Shek died at the ripe old age of eighty seven just as he reached the half way mark.

[@killax7]

They belong on guard duty.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Skeletons could walk underwater to a continent a thousand miles away, on the other side of the moon, before a Shek with 100 swimming could cross a small stream. Forget making it to Armor King with one, that ain't happening. It's for that reason that the Shek you can recruit in Squin as well as Seto are the only Shek I usually recruit, and most of the time my finished squad doesn't include Shek, they stay at the base as muscle. I have as many as five skeletons, two scorchlanders, at least two greenlanders (one usually being Griffin), and Beep. When I'm really late game I sometimes add Espher, but I don't tend to hit Tengu's Vault until I've really established myself, unless for RP reasons. Green stays at my base as a sniper. Usually in my endgame squad, I have Burn heavily armored using an Edge 3 Falling Sun, Sadneil using martial arts, Agnu taunt tanking using a Foreign Sabre, a reprogrammed sniperbot sniping, Mad Cat-Lon doing the same as Burn, with his old rotted out armor replaced with Masterwork samurai armor, my Scorchlanders both use katanas, one with a Topper and Katana and the other with a Nodachi and Ninja Blade, Griffin rolls with a Paladin's Cross and Short Cleaver, and an armor setup similar to the paladins but with the pants replaced with Samurai Legplates and blackened chainmail and a blackened chainmail tagelmust because it looks cool to have the black on white look, my squad leader tends to be a Greenlander, usually is a high dex glass cannon using an Edge 3 Falling Sun and Masterwork KLR limbs, and has a Meitou Longsword off of Valamon. Beep is a max strength industrial lifter arm Fragment Axe user (meitou axe gained by pickpocketing Esata, heavy save scumming often required), usually with KLR legs because unfortunately there are no lifter legs to make an even more insane strength rating. Beep really is the strongest!

[@PF2015]

never forget, you can carry skeletons on your party thru holy Nation territory and not get attacked.

[@robro2214]

I have only ever had 1 hive soldier die of a head wound and it was from a friendly fire harpoon and they had like a 1 in all stats, and honestly give soldiers = best

[@seamusfinnegan1164]

Honestly Greenlanders only getting those specific three bonuses kinda sucks and I feel does not perfectly fit with the lore but meh, whatcha gonna do? I guess there main benefit is if you roll up anywhere with Greenlanders your far more likely to get along with people, even modded in factions then with Shek, Hivers etc. Their essentially the Elder Scrolls Imperials, there good at the unlisted/nonexistant stat of diplomacy and empire management and you dont need to make special accommodations/resources for them compared to other races. If you get a hiver, there gonna become a cyborg, if you get shek, there gonna ruin your resource economy, if you get skeletons you need repair kits but probably needed those anyways for your hivers because hivers are too useful not to have, even if you have to hide them in the proverbial basement from the holy nation.

[@damackabet.4611]

if you have a human male with any race besides skeletons the holy nation doesn't actually give a damn. Just don't let them go off on their own, the holy nation might allow your "slaves" in their borders but only when they are with their master.

[@rizkyarya3086]

i mean greenlanders we're the original empire and they lost that empire due to a smaller skeleton force

[@Terminarch]

Fun fact. Scorchlanders eat less and heal faster. On TOP of being better fighters and better smiths and better ninjas and eating raw. MVPs. Hive soldiers kick ass early game. Fast, toughness bonus, attack bonus, double head hp, low hunger. They really fall off later but it's worth it. My go-to strat is to have one (preferably hive prince) sneak medic for every major battle. Losing one mediocre fighter to have a dedicated quick heal response and even picking someone up before a slaver or cannibal does? Absolutely amazing trade. Even if he goes down, patching up a few guys first saves lives!

[@ANukeWithLegs]

Greenlander with a Shek Harem

[@paulrogersgaming]

This is the most valid way to play Kenshi

[@myonlyfriendtheend4958]

Literally me

[@jogzyg2036]

Garru is obviously the best race in the game.

[@Alex-u6n5l]

"Faster run speed". "Ninja". "In the field". dayum

[@paulrogersgaming]

They get a science buff though!

[@conejoelrey666]

My one goal in life is to turn every skeleton, skeletoff.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Lmao

[@RealSkoolmaster]

your little word examples at the start.. perfect. Keep it up Paul. You are growing and gaining. Hopefully Kenshi 2 will be here soon and give this channel a 50-100k bump

[@Aereto]

Personal preferences Greenlanders: Cooks, Science, Farmers, Combat Medics Scorchlanders: Combat regulars, marksmen, and base gunners Shek: Combat heavies and martial artists Hive Prince: Commanders, Scout Medics, and Science Hive Workers: Farmers, Mine operators, Base Engineers and gunners Hive Soldier: Internal base guards and combat animal escorts Skeleton: Science, Robotics, Gate Guards, and Base Gunners

[@MedievalFantasyTV]

What is the difference between combat and scout medic? Also, why hive soldiers scorting combat animals?

[@Aereto]

@@MedievalFantasyTV Hive Princes have higher run speed caps compared to Human Greenlander both regular and augmented. With strength training, they can tend to the wounded and learn healing faster if by unfortunate circumstances your units are scattered or separated, and pick them up if imminent threats are present. They also have faster Stealth learning that can be buffed with cybernetics and clothing. Which is why I distinguish specific medics that carry the advanced first aid kits while everyone else use bandages or regular first aid to tend to the wounded in a pinch, then further separate for healers who can put up a decent fight to stay alive, and healers that either supoorts with ranged fire, or maintaining concealment until combat ceases. Greenlanders can be better armored over Hivers, but at times I also have them distinguish themselves from Scorchlanders who wield dexterity leaning weapons.

[@MedievalFantasyTV]

​@@Aereto Very clever. Will use those in my game.

[@MikhailSh-rv8wy]

my necropost: 1) Base: - Skeletons: turret-gunners [+also can be HW gate-guards]. - Green-rs: indoor-workers (cooking, science activities); - Scorch-rs: indoor-workers (smithing); - H.Workers: outdoor-workers (mining, farming, building) [+also can be turret-gunners]; - H.Soldiers: polearm gate-guards actually, there is no reason keeping them "at home", but still: - H.Princes: medics [+also can be scientists]; - Sheks: HW guards; 2) Expedition: - H.Princes: fast and stealthy supports (medical ninja crossbowmen); and - Sheks: slow and thicc tanks (AoE heavy weapon chads); or - Skeletons: also AoE HW tanks (but moreover acid/laser/gas-resistant) plus optional - H.Soldiers: moderate speed polearm damage-dealers/anti-animals /thread

[@Jarnsmidr]

I like the term "necropost". I'll have to steal that

[@falsinar]

The Pikmin sound leading up to the Hivers caught me off-guard.

[@melanclock]

greenlanders cramp my style cuz they are special boys and girls who wont eat raw meat

[@Trollogrefey]

Smh we all hate picky eaters

[@jacklarsen4578]

Don't forget skeletons being immune to lasers

[@lorenzopiccarreta8568]

This is content is superb man, totally worth it not making children for this

[@paulrogersgaming]

There's enough people in the world as is!

[@georgemurdock7670]

@@paulrogersgamingbut people=/=people Imagine your parents wouldn’t have born you cuz some african pressed out 12 kids while only been able to feed 3, we wouldn’t have your vids.

[@eloquenthillbilly]

Additional subjectiveness: I've been playing this game off and on for years, and I've come to absolutely loathe the Shek, their lore, and especially their dialog package. "Singing bad, smack thing gud! Me subhuman, must die to religious nut for my religious beleafs! For Krampus!!!1 Me dour and emotionally fragile, would be worse than Okran weirdo if not for big booba in Admag." I use them as general laborers, sacrificial stooges to save real people, and gate guards while running with Ells and Horse (because they don't have that annoying dialog package). I agree on the Hivers, humans, and finding a P4 unit early game is like finding gold. Good channel btw, keep up the good work.

[@zkillyatt1738]

So technically it’s not racist to say that one race is the best huh?

[@Kneejair]

No need to. Results speak for themselves

[@The24thWight]

Basically. My policy is that anyone who isn't getting a bonus to hand to hand is being given a crossbow. I'll break it down super fast. GreenLanders: Boring. Crossbow Cooking Unduly heavy backpacks. Adequate for most things but not great at anything. I keep em just in case I need a filler. And for whatever reason, I love hyper training their strength and making them my pack mules. Scorch Landers: Useful Weaklings. Smithing Sneaking and most importantly SHOOTING. Too valuable to risk on the frontline a properly trained armour smith can not only make themselves more likely to survive. But also help others survive. I love giving them something like the eagle's cross and holding them wayyyyy back. It's funny. Hive workers: Drones. Mining, Farming, hauling. If you like weaklings who do good work. They're adequate. But their weakness disgusts me too much to take them over almost any other option. I like to give them staves. Mostly because they're outside often enough that the malus doesn't come up often. Don't take them on raids. Unless you like losing pawns. Hive Soldier: Chadly. Give these guys something like a hacker or a saber and they'll serve fantastically as a second line of defense. They're not the toughest things on kenshi, but sometimes all you need is good enough. Hive prince: Science? Maybe? They're also good with crossbows as they can be quite frail. They're not a BAD choice at all certainly no greenlanders. Yet I find myself often offended by their pathetic HP pools Shek: They're great at fighting and eating not much else. I like giving them things like clubs and planks. Skeletons: Maximum survivability at a cost. Depression. They're amazing. I can't think of any situation where an immortal machine wouldn't be useful to have. Yet. They're rare. So treat them well. Bounus? Gurglers, smell terrible. Hideous. Cannibals, nice folks. Cook a good barbecue.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Hive princes feel a lot like Scorchlanders. Too valuable for frontline and best suited for ranged, stealth, or base work. Princes have that incredible hiver run speed too, but their lower HP is a cost.

[@Narkov96]

I like your content, keep it up mate!

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you for your comment! I'm glad you're enjoying the channel.

[@Elsneakakaze]

Soldier drones desperately need a helmet, even a mediocre one. But getting obliterated in 1 hit late game is annoying as heck

[@lsswappedcessna]

tl;dr Greenlander: goddamn mayo monkies and their... farming? Scorchlander: Being a greenlander myself, I'm not allowed to say anything negative about scorchlanders and their mad basketball skillz Hive Worker: BEEP IS THE GREATEST! Espher is pretty cool, too. He's like Beep if Beep were red. Hive Soldier: *picture of hive soldier with eyestalks that are bent downwards* silly goobers Hive Prince: If Florence Nightingale created a race (they're good at brain stuff, not so much at brawn stuff, which is weird because nurses have to manhandle their patients at times, combat medics especially might have to carry someone) Shek: Turns out Shussy Hentai was in Rebirth for overeating. Papa Cheddar didn't want her getting fat and sent her to the mines to work off that five course meal. Skeletons: *flashy ad starts* COME ONE COME ALL TO SADNEIL'S SKELETON REPAIR INSTITUTE! JUST ONE DAY AT SSRI CAN HAVE YOU FEELING BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF! WE FIX SEIZED SPROCKETS, DRY ROTTED HYDRAULIC HOSES, AND WE'LL EVEN TOP OFF YOUR OIL! SADNEIL'S SKELETON REPAIR INSTITUTE. CALL NOW AT 1-800-DEPRESSION" *flashy ad ends with a jingle*

[@durn863]

Bugs for house keeping Robos for manning the turrets Sheks for literally everything else dont even touch the human races. pretty much how I do it.

[@guhd4378]

heretic

[@h.f.v.1428]

Hiver drones with the hivers expanded mod, get the best looking armor in the game.

[@CrabQueen]

Pikmin hive got me lmaoing thank you

[@paulrogersgaming]

I was going to cut out that bit, but I thought.. Someone is gonna get it! I played so much Pikmin growing up.

[@johnfortune4302]

races looks>races stats

[@paulrogersgaming]

Valid

[@mels_sukses7810]

Hey are you forgot about fishmen race ☹️☹️☹️ 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

[@georgemurdock7670]

They are good for dindin

[@nullifier_]

Wait... where do you recruit hive princes? I have never crossed a single recruitable one in my 400 h of game

[@paulrogersgaming]

I see them in tech hunter bars from time to time, around the same rate that I see Hive Workers and Hive Soldiers.

[@jacktracy7839]

I don’t have a kenshi play through without my ruka

[@bouin91]

Wait. How do you not have more subs?

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you for the comment! I haven't uploaded many videos yet and that might be holding the channel back, but my hope is to hit 1k this year. 🙏

[@bouin91]

@@paulrogersgaming Dude, you're going to exceed that. Just keep doing what you are doing. 💪

[@rogaldorn5486]

The first few tries and the first attempt i took serious was a shek only and it went exactly as descrined by you. As you wuld expect, they ate like dragonball characters and i was constantly asulting settkenents or roamig drifter for either money to buy food with or thair medkits to either use or sell, return to a city like a swarm of locusts to devour everything thats edible but even citys with 2 or 3 bars culd not keep up with what in needet and i needet to take bigger and bigger risk or sack settkenents to live another day just to be off even worse in the long run. The story however hase a happy ending, all of us made it to Gateway after a runin with 2 nests of beakthinks wich started to look real tasty after pillaging shark and every Village in the swamp did not help in sustaining about 40 shek 😂

[@paulrogersgaming]

Lol you pillaged the map to feed all those Shek 🤣. Beautiful

[@TheDilden]

Though Scorchlanders only make up 20% of the Empire's population they are responsible for 85% of the Empire's violent crime. What did Lofi Games mean by this?

[@hideo1102]

Based. No wonder scorchlanders have stealing and stealth bonus

[@trunkmonkey8792]

one of my favourite kenshi youtubers

[@georgemurdock7670]

Who is the others?

[@FrankieWuzHere]

Scorchlanders ftw. Fast healing ftw. And heads up Scorchlanders are loved by the HN as much as Greenlanders :) Soldiers chest hit chances is a big weakness... And they stink at defense training sadly. Never compare a Hive Prince to a Scorchlander. Thems fighting words. Sheks are the "best" organic humanoid race however they level combat pretty dang slow so they are rough. Skeletons opinion is very well put.

[@tonywade7473]

I find this games lack of playable fish desterbing.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Recruit Prisoners mod

[@crabby6730]

I mainly use hivers (and scorchlanders if i feel like hiring one in my hive only bases to be the state mandated smith) i've been using the other races but i always return to the little buggers I usually keep the drones as gunners and turret users, they are naturally quicker with their whooping 32mph speed wich allows them to reposition quickly as well as tending the wounds of the fallen if im running a big party Soldiers are pure brawn, i also leave them be my miners and processors while the workers build and tend the fields, they are easy and straight to the point, that also means that if they get attacked while mining they wont die as easily as the workers princess tho, i actually like them more being melee warriors than gunners, even if they look as weak as the workers the 5 extra healthpoints compared to workers makes them noticeable less fragile compared to them, also, hive workers and princess have wooden sandals incorporated on them meaning they will attack faster than other races and armor combat speed penalties are a non issue, since the chest area is the area you want to protect the most to avoid KO early a merc plate or samurai armor will sufice, they will become absolute beasts in combat, good glass canons if you give them assasing rags the moment they make the enemy stumble they will ditch out like 4 hits before the enmy recovers, having the soldiers taunt and the prince with a hacker ripping the strongest guy appart is one of my fav strategies, when they are not in combat i leave them be the science guys and medics

[@aldrixlevy228]

I personally don't give a shit about race bonuses because I don't like minmaxxing in a goddamn single player game. I give a hiver prince falling sun and a skeleton an iron club. Simple as.

[@Toothydeere]

thanks paul

[@infernocop1009]

fucking epic

[@paulrogersgaming]

Glad you liked it!

[@johnmarcus8864]

Fkin gold! XD

[@samsonthemanson]

Shek heal slower

[@paulrogersgaming]

True

[@KyleSchneiderishere]

Hivers best race dont care what anyone says

[@howardyoo4070]

Oh man, I guess I'm racist now🤷‍♂️

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

Unreal how generation z gay you are

[@paulrogersgaming]

I'm a millennial lmao

[@vos3373]

Lol nice vid yo. Haha hope u don't get de'mon for this rofl

[@paulrogersgaming]

Likewise! I'm trying to keep the channel relatively clean, with a little cringe/edgy humor on the side of course. 😉