How to win the HARDEST Campaign in Warhammer 3!

[@LyubenV]

I've found that the third settlement, where you went around them, can be done easily as a direct fight. Instead of attacking the settlement, attack the lone guy recruiting outide. When the battle starts, all their reinforcements will come from the side. Use your cavalry to occupy the lone lord while your main army just moves up to where they spawn and kill them as they arrive.

[@Vanadium]

Jep thats how I also easy win such battles but I would say thats something not everyone could do and you need to be good at it because you want the next settlement fast so casualties are not an option

[@ryanfitzpatrick1327]

I actually just killed the lord quickly to get Kostaltyn tons of EXP without killing the whole enemy army, then we got exp again when we beat them for real. New lvl system is great to get strong early by taking big fights.

[@RustingPeace]

yea and when you got the settlements you go to east and take the settlements

[@PlayWithL30]

@@RustingPeace you can't take the settlement to the east it's just too risky I have made like 3 campaigns trying to fight the druzhina from the north she always got confederate by Katarina... And you loose erengrad

[@blinkey9962]

You can also just corner camp in the corner which is furthest away from where they spawn. What happens is that all their archers stack up, so when you then charge them your polar bear will get hundreds of kills and they won't really be able to shoot.

[@marcusc9931]

The campaign got harder now with three out of 4 new chaos legendary lords dropped into areas around you. I'm currently stuck because I went to war with the skaven rather than with Kislev, so now I'm very stretched north-south, and two lords aren't enough to cover that much ground, getting my cities repeatedly taken by chaos.

[@lucianheart3727]

Appreciate the guide, though why anyone would wanna pick this mangy dude over the other legendary lord options is beyond me lmao

[@davidlubkowski7175]

for the rasputin vibe thats it

[@lucianheart3727]

@@davidlubkowski7175 that is definitely the vibe, true

[@markengstrom3494]

I think the patriarch doom stack is reason enough alone

[@TheDragonageorigins]

Because Boney M-Rasputin 10hour version.

[@GyroGarrison]

I prefer the dude over the ice queen

[@Brian-WolfmanJack99]

Invoking really helps get you those supporters. I'm only playing on Normal mode but I chose to ignore the armies of Kislev and just go north with Kostaltyn. Taking on chaos forces will win you the hearts of the Kislev people and they will all be a lot easier to confederate.

[@mrhyde9063]

I don’t know why but I struggled with Katarin’s campaign a lot more.

[@MethaneHorizon]

I'd agree, but I'd say that's more so due to having a worse financial base area. However both are Uber hard in comparison to Boris. Though with the Chaos Dwarves coming that may change.

[@Dejawolfs]

yeah, i had more trouble getting up to speed with Kataryn campaign too. once you got 3 patriarchs decently leveled up with Kostaltyn you're pretty much set. 20% ward save FTW. oh and booting demons of chaos early is a must.

[@ngocanhnguyenho6788]

I have to say that war with kislev factions is bad choice. A frost maiden early is a must. You should go north, fight Chaos and Norsca, then you can allied kislevs minor factions, confederate them and dont have to fight 2 or 3 fronts. Build a doom stack of 8 or 10 bear patriarch, then destroy everything.

[@TheMoriShow]

I really love these kinds of videos. So far there are just so few campaign oriented videos out to explain strong starts.

[@devilsmessanger]

any and all content from Zerky is always welcome . nice to have something to watch after the work .

[@Leomarvinman88]

Took forever to win this on Very Hard. For me, after taking Fort Straghov, I went straight to the Sea->Took out Chaos Undivided->Back to the Sea->Went straight for Skrag. Used Northern Grey+ Southern Grey Mountains as my base, and Empire Factions provided a buffer zone vs Chaos which overran Kislev proper. Had a lot of fun, but became overwhelmed with all the enemies mid-late campaign. Good to know via your video there is another viable alternative! As always thank you for the content! Enjoy it immensely!

[@adrianaslund8605]

Kostaltyn was the first one I picked back in the Realm of Chaos days. He's fairly strong. I went for no spellcasters because he doesn't like them. Only patriarchs.

[@Gunner3K]

Personally I started with invoking the motherland mechanic of Ursuan, helps with supporter generation, attrition to enemy armies and an army ability, theres another one that give all armies 5+ attack, awesome guide 👍

[@marthlink5015]

I've had this REALLY annoying setup where i finally took out the ratmen, the Demons of chaos... sailed into my land and just marches around... I can't really catch him cause i can't really support three armies, i cannot lure him into an ambush~ I cannot match his march speed even with anqs,perks in campaign move speed. and so im HEAVILY annoyed that Full marching nonstop bring ZERO penalties to anyone's army- i had to completely restart my campaign because if at any point i do not chase him he attacks a settlement- if i defend said settlement he Marches away. And here we begin an endless cycle and waste of fucking time of Demons of Chaos... I thought i hated skaven, or maybe even ordertide Dwarves, hell even the finicky Elves randomly declaring war and sailing across the map to come fight you usually where you're unprepared. But this map and his starting area and campaign...is pure. Madness~ no wonder all He sees is BETRAYERS~

[@caret_shell]

0:39 Come on Kostaltyn, you can do it, pave the way, put your back into it, tell us why, show us how, look at where you came from look at you now!

[@WillCarter1976]

Ko-Ko-Kostaltyn lover of the Kislev queen. They put some poison into his wine... Sorry. It's all I can think of when I see him in game. I mean can you make him Rasputin any more please? Lol.

[@CommanderTavos99]

Always do the extra recruitment slot first! =D

[@lukaskovac6778]

I also though, that +5 growth is not that useful

[@CommanderTavos99]

@@lukaskovac6778 I do it as a second focus, to get to the 5% extra movement range

[@komessandtomikcoll2154]

The 10% ammo is a must especialy early game with tons of kossars

[@CommanderTavos99]

@@komessandtomikcoll2154 I usually get the enemy's killed without needing that, since u have really good lords / starter units

[@komessandtomikcoll2154]

@@CommanderTavos99 Yes but its just free BoP and that makes the army losses trigger faster

[@zortesh]

I found his campaign insanely easy, mostly because of how good the patriarchs are, and how easy it is to amass a large number of them.

[@Адама-ю5б]

It is , but anything that it's not a brutal melee commander it's extremely difficult for casuals

[@Theo-fb7kj]

He was the first lord I played in warhammer 3.. it was a complete suffering.. Turn 50 and I was still doing the same thing defend my citys.. expand of complete 0 cuz for my 1 army there was at least 5 of chaos armies all after me.. and ofc every city I managed to get that could reach level 5 I was lossing them before they could reach there.

[@shyvini4026]

He was my first campaign! I lost castle Alexandronov fife times, tried to take over norsca twice and failed both times, never used the ice court mechanic since I wanted to safe it for a tzarina campaign, confederated all of kislev by turn 90 and had always some kind of invasion running through my land. By turn 100 I was able to afford four armies and was in a never ending war with the Vampires, the Chaos deamons, Nurgle and Slanesh. It was awsome!

[@serhatcan8489]

200 hours with this game and I still couldn't figure out how you move the army without ruining the formation just like u did at 1:50 . Someone pls teach me that stuff.

[@Darca1n]

Put them in groups then click the lock icon, this will lock their formations so you can move them pretty freely without needing to redon the entire thing every time.

[@josstroeven2380]

kislev was my 1st campaign and man did i struggle, ended up losing the souls race at about turn 220, didnt give up tho and had alot of fun with it.

[@Kodiac]

I really love videos like these we really need more of them. Especially from you, if you would not mind to make some more of course.

[@davidk.98]

I like to kill Clan moulder instead of declearing war on Ehrengrad. I can get my high Tier buildings there and i can get Ehrengrad to build it up a little Bit before i confederate Them later

[@Gelthon]

It's way easier than the other Kislev Campaign. You can just conquer Norsca with a few Kossar Stacks and win the race with the passive supporters buildings. You get enough devotion from fighting Chaos. It actually felt like one of the easiest campaigns...

[@Flachmatuch]

I disbanded the elemental bear after consolidating the first province. Worth it

[@dengodengo0987654321]

14:00 It's sad, only 3 provinces for the chaos realm campaign, if you get more, you'll be overwhelmed by the demons, in a total war game, in a world conquest game.

[@mandu6665]

Kostaltyn with 18 Patriarchs and a Frost Maiden is the nastiest and strongest doomstack in the game. Very, very easy to get as well.

[@Brisingr2392]

Hardship is rare in Total warhammer campaigns, so rare it's appreciated

[@kommissarantilus3742]

i don't know about playing him but he is a pain to fight against as chaos undivided

[@marthlink5015]

Ironically~ i started as Undivided and he was being an absolute bitch- or just decent first hurdle into the mid-game. When i swapped to Kolt~ seems Undivided wanted to pay me back for that,and just marched around my territory with no way for me to catch him even with attrition he was causing so much corruption and order penalties i couldnt really ignore him- besides he'd siege anyplace i left. he was more of a shithead than ogres ,orcs or Ratman.. and i really don't ever wanna see the Skaven back.

[@spoonyofsalty1167]

personally for the second battle I would suggest using your cavalry to draw the army over and then hiding all of the rest of your army

[@rockstar450]

My original settlements are getting attacked… this run you just got lucky.

[@obesechicken13]

This is on normal/?. Results may vary on harder difficulties.

[@kevinkelly1755]

Hi there. Do you have any videos or information when doing the battle for a daemon soul. I seem to lose too much fighting my way to the daemon prince.

[@chonahli3367]

Having done both, I felt this campaign was a lot easier then Daemon Prince(even with migration strat), my issue with Kostaltyn campaign came more from him having almost nothing unique going for him vs starting with Katarin. Also I used slightly different tactic, with a 2nd single lord army as bait to lure their armies out of settlements and into field battles, but this is a real good guide tho!

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

i played katarin, demons, miau ying and khorne and if i had to order them for difficulty i would say khorne easiest then demons, katarin then cathay. the campaign with cathay is easier but in the last battle you will learn that every unit can run straight through your dragon guard even a dog.

[@havocgr1976]

Ah Hobo Rasputin, havent played that one yet, but I ll wait for the next patch.

[@hurleveur9606]

I don't really agree with this, rushing Erengrad is the best strategy in my opinion, you dont want to get your frontline with the norscans open (taking your first province is useless as kislev) and Erengrad makes so much money + gives you access to high tier, so kill of those guys then go for Hell Pit and come back for your fellow starting enemies (every time I tried this they didnt even attack me once on legendary) It does mean that you fight a lot of major city battles, but at the start they wont have many units defending Erengrad if any and you can easily just attack trough the forest. + You say you can't afford another army, but you don't need a full other army, just getting a lord for nice level ups and reaching settlements easily is the best thing to do (and you find more items) Your biggest mistake was not invoking anything before losing 100 devotion though, it does not go into the negative so just make sure you barely have any when you war dec them. (if you invoked you would only have lost like 40 instead of 100)

[@Greenhead24]

I love it do more races when you can

[@Phatcaulk69]

Yo zerk. You need to do more campaign first 15 turns guides.

[@AlexLorentzenloganjamesalex]

Would like to see one for Katarina as well

[@TheMrYadrian]

Can you make Slaanesh faction campaign guide?

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Now knowing where the new CoC lords start, this campaign has become much harder

[@RoccaFelipe]

Kolsta my dear drunk fanatic ! LOVE THIS CAMPAIGN

[@SHlTTER]

Your logo is often blocking the turn time. *It's a youtube problem in fullscreen, you're solid zerk

[@Lollopo997]

you should have gone for hel pitt when you had the chance

[@laserpuppy1388]

This is the only campaign I finished 😅 didn't think it was to bad... just had wulfric of the legions of chaos going crazy on my coasts (got a bit fatigued by realm of chaos and minor settlement battles so I'm back on wh2)

[@potbellygoblin2495]

I mean. Just get ur province and just head up to norsca with another army of Kostas. Ur in the red for like 3 turns but only barely. U get supporters from fighting chaos and using invocations. U can just get the rest of kislev from confederating with out any work

[@GentleMouse]

I actually found that Boris was very much significantly more difficult than Kostaltyn's, good video though.

[@SnowdogTW]

I thought Katerin had a harder start, just because it feels like she has a huge disadvantage in the pope race

[@Greenhead24]

Borris would of been nice to see how to get him easy too

[@AurioDK]

I chose to lose the battle for supporters and gamble on income instead, went just fine. Glad I did too because I could have another army prowling early on and it helped immensely. Nothing serious happens if you lose that race.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

what happens when you lose?

[@AurioDK]

@@thanquolrattenherz9665 Nothing, you just dont get the automatic confederation.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

@@AurioDK depending on the situation you are in this can be even a good thing.

[@UndoubtablySo]

kostaltyn kinda good tho, but u really gotta capture erengrad

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

You win it by becoming a travelling murder hobo. I burned the rivals down why they were busy buggering around. Honestly, I have no idea why so many complain about the chaos stuff, it's really easy to teleport around the world murdering everyone. I trapped Katrina in the chaos realm. Good times.

[@Haiphong778]

Ah thank god for this. I've been needing a guide for Kostyltine!! His campaign is so much trouble.

[@g3ar75]

Would love a guide on katarina aswell, her start is annoying AF

[@Merknilash]

Katarins campaign is insanely hard too so I’m surprised this is much worse In my Katarin campaigns it’s a race to put down the rebels and take Praag while also fending off Baersonlings and dealing with the chaos incursions as Kostaltyn and Dracchnya inevitably crumble

[@havocgr1976]

Yeah Katarin is hard too, too many enemies all around, but I beat it.Rasputin just by looking at it looks way harder.

[@zunjin]

I’m going strong in my current campaign.( 120 turns in and got all provinces in Kislev ) but the game keep crashing in my current battle. Legendary so don’t got any older saves to go back too :( But yeah, confederate and get patriarchs on bears for your main Rasputin stack

[@caixinxin5938]

He is the EASIEST campaign i have played. Ignore the demons and kill empire. Empire factions are very weak even on the hardest diffilcuty. You have no vision of the demons. No body attack u except demon prince and a few minor norsca. Befriend all kislev factions. After you conquer all of empire, you will conferderate icecourt. Depends on if you are lucky or not, you will have a third of the map with maxed out buildings. In short, konstaltyn only have norsca and demon prince as an enemy. As long as you do not take norsca land, nobody will declare on you.

[@Pinkerton000]

Is it really the hardest? It was my first, and so far the only one I've played more than like 20 turns. I suppose it was pretty difficult with the never ending invasions and the lack of a major city at the start, but I was kind of hoping that the difficulty was normal for the game...

[@georgiosioannidis4637]

you wait till patch 1.1 and win while enjoying campain

[@LucidDreamexe]

Oh.. This is the hardest campaign?? I uhh.. didnt realize when i picked it first. I ended up chasing Chaos Undivided back north, wiping them out, and taking all the norscan mountains for myself. Been keeping ahead of Confederated Kislev and crusading farther north and even into empire lands to help them fight incursions and ogres. I've really not made it easy for myself have I?

[@Garycarlyle]

Looks easy compared to Nurgle for example ive not tried this one yet.

[@phoenixblaze5491]

step 1: load game. Step 2 crash. Step 3: mald. Repeat this for is my experience. I havent lost yet

[@martinlysy]

I really dont understand why you are merging units.

[@komessandtomikcoll2154]

Im sorry but if you think Kostaltin has a hard campaing maybe you are playing him wrong. He buffes one of the strongest and most common heroes in the game, he has a good start to gain supporters (unlike Katarin) and he himslev isnt garbage (unlike the deamon prince) and imo his start is easier than Mia Ying

[@anteep4900]

Hardest campaign? ha, ha, HA!

[@jlg3991]

JEEEEFFFFFERY

[@czareknowak5805]

Patriarch Doomstack

[@Адама-ю5б]

Hardest konstantyn wtf . Brutal bonuses ...

[@bright2734]

Warring with kislev is the poor choice for this campaign as you can easily get free confederation after destroying some norscans and Demons of chaos, ez confed for praag and the druzhina enclave

[@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva]

1:28 - And let's be honest, if you can't even penetrate past the Lebiya you weren't going to have much pleasure in your campaign.

[@Darca1n]

Unfortunately this guide doesn't work anymore since minor settlements no longer have walls of any sort even with the garrison building, woo...

[@shawnfoogle920]

you shouldnt just get a free win by standing in a square capture point tbh. it should be that and kill at leasr 50% of their army... i dont play tho wish i did i just found this and 2 and i love it

[@3mKay]

Kostaltyn is always far ahead of me as Katarin in the Court supporters race, pretty annoying, granted I didnt have the religious building in every settlement, but I shouldnt have to, just to win the race, I reduce his supporters every chance I get and he still leads far ahead every time

[@lukacrc]

Hey mate, maybe you can help me with an answer: what does the speed number in a unit card means?Let's say it's the Elemental Bear, who has 48 speed.What does that number measure?What is the unit of measurement for that number?It's meters/second, or meters/10 second, or meters/minute or it's even meters?I looked all over the place what is the unit of measurement for that speed stat and i did not fiind anything.

[@grimshat]

I found this campaign to be easy. Just make a bear doomstack asap.

[@alirezarezaei2976]

Wait what happens to your main territory why there is no province capital in it? All of the cities seemed to be minor settlements Is it normal in WH3 or a bug?

[@davidk.98]

Sadly it is for kislev. Praag, kislev and Ehrengrad are the only major citys they have

[@shawnfoogle920]

but how is this the hardest lol

[@Адама-ю5б]

If people don't get a 1 men army that does the entire campaign by itself they call it " extremely difficult "

[@zacchris532]

lol wtf? I found this one the easiest. The Ogres on the other hand me lord, took me 3 goes before I figured out how not to starve to death

[@ryanjones6384]

NGL, thought this was a Tariff meme when I clicked on it. ...gonna watch it anyway.

[@alexfeder9328]

Kostaltyn is the hardest????????????

[@MrSaintVehementus]

what hardest? kislev campaigns on legend are easiest ones. First few turns are tough thats it.

[@faeezf]

Erengrad capture method is a kind of cheese hehehe

[@charleslister8465]

Not my choice of character but good guide :)

[@senorquakes]

Kostaltyn is the hardest campaign? It was easy as hell. I did it on hard/hard and finished on turn 161. Daemon prince is the hardest start location but if you play smart its not too bad. Kostaltyn is easy tho you get to confederate Ice Court for free around turn 80-90. Then you send your army of patriarchs out to close the gates all over your territory as they open. Piece of cake.

[@5thbulletofjhin333]

"Easy as hell" and "Hard/Hard" don't go on the same sentence boy.

[@senorquakes]

@@5thbulletofjhin333 the narrative campaign we have rn is simple. I just don't leave my home province and defend it with one army while Kos is in hell until I confederate ice court. By then my neighbors were spread so thin I rolled through them. I don't use auto resolve tho I fight every battle. I been playing total war since the first one, Shogun, came out when I was like 10 so maybe it's just me but I have no problems with kostaltyn tzarina Katerine is harder imho.

[@komessandtomikcoll2154]

You can also just win by Domination (very hard/very hard)turn 160 and i only have goldtooth and northern provinces left

[@edwardrosenquist1970]

I disbanded the bear after the first battle, too damn expensive, could barely afford a full stack even with out it

[@Merknilash]

The issue with the bear is that they’re really garbage

[@SubFlow22]

Don't care until ME is released.

[@Vanadium]

As a Khorne player who only take the sledgehammer approach I dont understand the concept of waiting a turn if you could demolish something instead. Closing rifts? What that a free ticket to smash some different people and sack them :D

[@WoizertheGreat]

why would you want to though?

[@AxtonLennox111]

I'll save you 15 min You use mods and God mode

[@ShinForgotPassxXx]

No crying about rifts or WH3, this is a guide for people who have the goal and will to win the game.

[@marijndeleede2156]

Honesy I don't think wh3 is hard. Way less than wh2 at least and that is a pity. This campaign on legendary only took me one try to get it steam rolling, while for campaigns like imrik or morathi I stopt counting the failed attempts.

[@suriil9875]

Mmmmm.....Monkeys.

[@hotelhopper681]

Me - new player - Karl Franz 😂😂😂 I cannot with this campaign I have spent a lot of time losing repeatedly. Is the first one 🥲