10 Tips to play the Lizardmen Better! TW3

[@puhtoinen7036]

I just got into this game a week ago and I was really struggling. I've never played any Total War games before and your videos have really helped me. I just got my first Immortal Empires campaign victory with Greenskins thanks to your tips, now I'm going to try Lizardmen. Thanks again for the videos!

[@LordForwind]

Nice! Glad to help! GL!

[@R3GARnator]

For early game armies, I use Skink Skirmishers as screens for laser bastiladons, and seperate them into three groups to cover each-other with fire.

[@LordForwind]

Yeah that's the best use for them, they are essentially skirmisher

[@7heTexanRebel]

On point 3, saurus warriors actually do a substantial amount of thier damage as armor piercing and have stupidly high weapon strength so they actually do decently well against armor, especially the blessed version.

[@LordForwind]

it helps but their weakness is still armor piercing enemies

[@shorewall]

I try to do the slann ritual on cooldown, and save them. Once I have a critical mass of star chambers, you can recruit level 20 or 30 slann, which is a huge power boost. Star chambers also boost their heroes, so make sure to build as many hero buildings as you can. You'll be able to recruit super powered Dino riding heroes. 😀

[@LordForwind]

Yeah it can be crazy!

[@ryanharding6962]

Gor-Rok is the best faction to learn lizardmen. He is a very powerful hero (nigh un-killable later), non skink focus, and starts with Kroak. Once you figure out priority with Vamp Coast and Skaven aggression you've cleared the only real hurdle in his campaign (that isn't a certain dark elf). Overall they can feel really slow compaired to many other factions because there is not a ton of recruitment boost and units are expensive. If you make it through the slower early game however, they are very satisfying late game... that is, if you like the idea of a brick wall front-line and hordes of huge monsters supported by laser beams/magic raining from the sky. Biggest downside is their campaign mechanic in the Geomantic Web sucks and need a rework.

[@LordForwind]

yeah I dont like the web that much, they should buff the economy and scrap the web boosting it

[@GeneralFarmer]

Dude, i love your Salutations intro!

[@LordForwind]

Glad you enjoy it! Wanted something more than just hello or hi!

[@danielgloyd4529]

Surprised you missed this one when talking about holding off on recruiting Dino units. All the Lizardmen heroes eventually get dino mounts. Along with providing other useful army effects. Getting hero capacity higher along with star chambers to increase their starting levels is often more useful than just recruiting normal Dino units. A few exceptions are revivification crystals and solar engines.

[@LordForwind]

I don't usually go into specific build starts for items, and mounts, otherwise I'd double the video length!

[@danielgloyd4529]

@@LordForwind Fair enough

[@LordForwind]

dino mounts are amazing second only to dragons and thats because of the breath attacks@@danielgloyd4529

[@jamesk2325]

I keep bouncing off the lizards when I try to play them. But I think youve helped me identify my mistakes. Thank you!

[@LordForwind]

Glad to help!

[@Pyromaniac77777]

Great stuff! Regarding tip #4: have you seen Brilliant Stupidity’s all Dinos playthrough? If he proved anything, it’s that the cheaper Dinos are way underrated. 3-4 Feral Basiladons can do amazing work and aren’t that expensive

[@LordForwind]

I havent seen it but yeah those basiladons are strong

[@schwarzertee7586]

What I dont get is : People often talk about their armies like "early game I use skink this and that" and I am like "yea, but... I already got saurus units early game?" and even when I am expanding rather agressively I reach tier 4/5 settlements rather quickly (first 40 ish turns). Am I supposed to disband my army and hire new types? I don't get it. Also the AI is annoying me to no end. I form battle formations, send my troops into advantageous fights and the enemy just scatters. And suddenly the entire fight consists of me frantically trying to keep my units together so they dont get isolated and suddenly swarmed by formerly broken units. Fights that I win I kill/break the army rather quickly and mop up the rest. Fights that I lose I either lose because their units are better or because the enemy has so many troops that my units either get isolated and surrounded or take dmg cuz i have to walk them back again over and over again

[@LordForwind]

It really depends which factions you are fighting, skaven break and reform constantly other factions tend to just flee the battlefield.

[@lewvonos1485]

Made Bretonnia fight Wulfahrt through diplomacy - they really like the coastal settlement on the west :D I guess there are never the two same playthroughs!

[@LordForwind]

yeah every game is different!

[@mariuskroll829]

Another great video. I really like the Lizardmen Units, but their campaign feels kinda tedious.

[@LordForwind]

They should be more fun to play but are not that fun to play in my opinion.

[@mariuskroll829]

Nakai is not too bad, I really enjoyed the change in pace. By the way, for the vampire video if you havent recorded it yet, Ghorst can now inhabit magical forest, so you can start building up from turn 1

[@LordForwind]

@@mariuskroll829 nice! thanks, didnt catch that myself! Havent recorded it yet and unlikely to make it in, but nice to know!

[@LordForwind]

@@andrewstorrie3707 so strong!

[@OniGanon]

Saurus have such high weapon strength that they have as much AP damage as Red Crested Skinks, even though they're not an AP unit. Also tip 11: recruit Stegadons and salamanders.

[@LordForwind]

tip 11 is almost self evident, also recruit dino units!

[@dawuid1491]

"Trying to do skirmishing with lizardman is virtually iimpossible..." Oxyotl: ???

[@LordForwind]

Exceptions to every rule. He isn't a standard lizardman