NOOB'S GUIDE to ASTRAGOTH IRONHAND

[@rothern3761]

I'm so glad G.W. and C.A. are giving representation to such an underrepresented demographics. First we've had lord pepe on his mobility scooter, and now we have lord Astragoth with his Mobility walker. Truly it's only in warhammer fantasy that a toad too important to walk and a demonic dwarf too rock hard to even wiggle his toes can duke it out on a battlefield.

[@screamingcactus1753]

There are I think four different legendary lords in game who either can't or refuse to walk at this point

[@rothern3761]

@@screamingcactus1753 We've had at least one per game Thorgrim in 1 Mazdamundi in 2, and then later Grom Greasus in 3 And now we have lord Mobility walker

[@the_tactician9858]

​@@rothern3761 Add Thorek to that list.

[@BraydenDodman]

​@The_Tactician nah he starts off walking until you get his mobility anvil

[@discountplaguedoctor88]

@@Xtra_Medium Greasus was already mentioned.

[@giacomoromano8842]

What i like the most of the Chaos Dwarfs is how they are a mirror to their uncorrupted kins: they have a concept of Honor that needs to be restored if you mess up, the Iron Guards concept similar to the Slayers concept, they stick to their words and aren't treacherous or duplicitous, they respect experience and age, plus they are perfectionists even if not shackled by traditions and, to end it all, their faith in Ashut is no less absolute than their kins faith in the Ancestors gods.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

*infernal guard

[@Jefrejtor]

*Hashut

[@Michael-kd1ho]

Even their construction and engineering methods are similar. Unlike Skaven, they don't use warpstone, because they deem it too volatile and unpredictable. If a daemonic canon blows up and kills the crew, it's not because it was badly constructed, but becasue the crew were weak and lacked the knowledge to properly use it. And that hardly ever happens - unlike Clan Skryre having their warpstone gadgets kill half again as many skaven as the enemy. If it's made by a dwarf - Chaos or not - it will work as intended.

[@yamahadrag69]

I love how derpy his run cycle looks, especially since it distracts from the fact that he's genuinely terrifying! The moment I saw him I knew this was my boy.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

He's literally Waluigi; as deadly as he is goofy

[@ol_bagface8034]

Gotta respect a guy who instead of using a wheelchair, went full anime and grafted a mech suit to his body

[@onionhat745]

An odd quirk about Chorfs is that they seem to prefer living above ground. That's quite unlike regular Dwarfs.

[@averageeughenjoyer6429]

Need lots of oxygen for their forges

[@glasshoppernarration5165]

Underground is where they first met Hashut, in all his horrible form - they only send their worst convicts down there now…

[@alastortheworshipperofkhorne]

​@@glasshoppernarration5165 I wonder what Hashut looks like

[@lordwarlockthangwrath8662]

​@@alastortheworshipperofkhornea big, feiry Bull.

[@Jefrejtor]

​@@alastortheworshipperofkhorne like yo mama without makeup

[@grimdarhk]

Wooo a twopeat, let's see if he can do a hat trick!

[@TODDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

HA

[@chumbeat770]

Astragoth loves trains so much, he's made it his life's mission to become a living steam train, but his elders back in the day told him that his wish would only be granted if he can source the iron required from the blood of those shorter than him. him sacrificing the people who made his prosthetics were the first on his path to trainhood.

[@darthralin]

The problem with our modern society is that we've forgotten the importance of tall hats.

[@ImperatorZor]

In the 16th and 17th centuries England faced a growing problem: a shortage of wood. Its population was expanding, which meant more homes to build and more fireplaces, stoves and ovens to cook. It was also when Britain began to reach across the sea on wooden ships (which often got eaten by shipworms) and were armed with cannons. A ship of the line would have more than 60 cannons, each a multi-tonne mass of cast iron shooting spheres of cast iron. Casting all that iron required fuel. Forests were clear cut for firewood and farms, but demand increased. As such, people switched from burning wood to burning Coal, which England has a lot of. At first, they mined surface deposits. Then they dug deeper. But as they did so, miners would often face the problem of flooding. Mines could be pumped out, but doing so required a lot of time with horse. As such, a natural philosopher named Thomas Savery created a steam powered pump in 1698. Latter, in 1712 Thomas Newcomen invented the Newcomen Atmospheric Engine, which used steam to push up a piston and cooled it down by spritzing some cool water into the piston chamber, which reduced the pressure and caused the piston to go down. The Newcomen Engine was better and became the standard of mine engines in England for the Next Sixty years, even though it was by it’s very nature an inefficient coal hungry machine that was only really good for pumping out mines. Then Scottish inventor James Watt would refine the design between 1765-75. The Watt Steam Engine made use of High Pressure Steam and a reciprocating mechanism to discharge it, converting the thermal energy of the steam into kinetic energy that rotated a wheel. The Watt Steam Engine was useful in a much wider range of applications, notably factories far away from rivers and other forms of moving water. The system would be further refined the early 19th century by Richard Trevithick, who would among other things for a special application for use in coal mines. An Engine which could be hitched to a railcar and provide from it’s Location along said line the force to provide Motion. Locomotives would be mostly confined to Coal Mines for their first few decades until 1826 with the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

[@asd3601]

the more you know

[@mr_girr3488]

I appreciate this random bit of knowledge.

[@TheAlwaysPrepared]

Thanks 🙂

[@kyubii972]

I learned a thing today!

[@Kyle-ql9km]

Thanks, genuinely fascinating!

[@jacobschmidt2771]

TWO Noob's Guides within a week? You're spoiling us Cody 😅

[@discipleofdagon8195]

We have truly entered the age of Bonds! The Bond-age!

[@Southern_Crusader]

It’s that Chaos Dwarves efficiency… or one of them has him locked up in the production room to get their special videos done.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Dude is on a mech suit wheel chair, but he's still capable of kicking your ass! Dude is a chad, much like all Chaos Dwarf legendary lords.

[@erikthered7876]

You forgot to mention his best piece of lore, how it was he who gave Grimgor his nickname, "Ironhide". For you see during one intense and long Borc Breaking Session, a piece of Astragoth's Ironhand broke off, and thus did Grimgor become known as "Ironhide". Source- cryptic messages from my fever dreams

[@VoidDestroyer]

Lmao borc breaking

[@VoidDestroyer]

The chaos dwarf elite are becoming more sophisticated with their borc breaking technique

[@Southern_Crusader]

This DLC has me singing ‘Where there’s a whip, there’s a way’ from Lord of the Rings.

[@willcorrell7101]

Being a long time watcher and born and raised in Valdosta this was such a trip video

[@Monkeyman-qv1vh]

When you get a chance could you do a noobs guide on Grimgor you make these guides absolutely hilarious and Grimgor is my favorite character. I can only imagine the jokes you would have to mess with him.

[@muninrob]

I just went through his video list to get you the link - instead I'm going to have to say..... "Oi!! CODY!! Iffin youz dun give me a rite propah videah, I'z gonna Green Tide ya campaigns...... WAAAAAAAGH!!"

[@Nomadith]

Sadly this would probably need to wait until Grimgor doesn't get wiped out by turn 20. Fuck, in all my empire games it's skarsnik who lives and takes all the dwarf holds oddly enough

[@khuudylan]

@@Nomadith as I understand it Grimgor is an absolute monster in the new patch

[@Nomadith]

@@khuudylan ohshit? Good. Him getting confederated by skarsnik or destroyed by rats was just depressing

[@khuudylan]

@@Nomadith he has a new starting area closer to the chaos dwarfs

[@scottekanny7663]

Cody mentioning cable contracts made me feel as old as Astragoth himself

[@JodranL]

I don't even play Total War or know anything about Warhammer - but love watching these vids to hear the backstory on so many cool characters.

[@LEGrease]

You killed me with the Valdosta bit.

[@Lorddacenshadowind]

Man now I need to see a power armor fight between him and the Master of clan skyre

[@Tuboshi0815]

And an interception by Taurox with the brass chair

[@KrimzonFlygon1]

(Cue Ikit and Astragoth booking it and frantically screaming at their respective flunkies to open fire on Taurox)

[@overlordminigun6346]

Man I love the idea of taking a demon of one of the literal gods of evil and shoving it into my axe/sword/mecha/favourite pet/anything that could possibly need the power up to make said object that much more ludicrously powerful. Cus what else are they supposed to be used for?

[@Tuboshi0815]

Please don't shove anything into your pet.

[@lordwarlockthangwrath8662]

That's why Chorfs are my favorite chaos faction : they are the ones who dominate and exploit chaos for their own end rather than the opposite, Hashut himself being the exception of course.

[@the_dropbear4392]

A few things. Astrogoth isn't A high priest of Hashut. He is The high priest of Hashut. There is only one, he is the leader of the conclave. Also he's alot older than 400. Drazhoath has been the lord of the black fortress for 300 years and is probably over 400 years old. Astrogoth is much older.

[@tzar-platnum]

as somone qualified in the arcane art of tig welding i thankyou for the shoutout (btw a lot of welders I work with love yore channel oddly)

[@codybonds]

My wife’s uncle is a welding instructor, and I have two other relatives in the Sheet Metal workers union. You guys don’t get enough respect for a good weld bead.

[@VenGardGator]

Cody, you handsome beast, thank you for not blowing out my ear drums with the Thomas joke at 1:07. I'm so sick of people thinking LOUD AND DISTORTED = funny

[@Scarlioni]

That joke about drowning in the Rubicon....

[@TheDwarvenGameing]

I watched it already during the livestream! Great work!

[@H010CR0N]

You making that Thomas the Tank-engine joke means there will be a mod made to make that a reality. And I love you for doing it.

[@DaGreatDoofus]

That Valdosta, GA joke made me laugh cause I live there lol

[@codybonds]

It’s been shocking to discover how many people who watch this channel live in Valdosta. I would suggest we do a meet up, but then I’d have to go to Valdosta.

[@theinquisitor8112]

God, I love the economy mechanics of the chorfs. It’s satisfying as hell.

[@muninrob]

Cody: "Rock hard and ready to roll" Astragoth: *smacks his own groin with a warhammer* Now that the meme is out of the way, is that kill for power bonus a permanent, or a per battle buff? (Gotta get a new computer before I get TWW3)

[@codybonds]

Per battle.

[@muninrob]

@@codybonds Thanks, for both the video and the response meant a lot at the moment. (Add a gold star to your "bright spot on a dark day" list)

[@13emstr]

Everyone on the council is equal. But Astrogoth is more equal than the others.

[@HIDP00L]

1:09 ok we IMIDIADLY need a mod that changes iron demons to look like tomas

[@ThePelly]

Have you seen Choo Choo Charles on steam? I'm wondering how long it is before we see him menacingly wandering around Lustria...

[@danielbricker7204]

It should be mentioned that their god is a bit up in the air in the old lore and might just be an evil ancestor god

[@20storiesunder]

Oooh did not know that

[@GrandmaSwamp]

laughing my ass off at the Valdosta shoutout

[@BrotherBoot97]

2:56 As a native of Georgia, I get it. I ain't laughin, but I get it. Fuck...

[@codybonds]

If you know. You know.

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

Should've mentioned how that little shit has 5000(!) mass - 900 more than the Arachnarok Queen. Makes sense, definitely not broken.

[@JarmamStuff]

The issue here ofc being that our beloved spidermama needs significantly more thiccness

[@bigman2253]

i feel so called out being from valdosta.thats a funny ass reference

[@codybonds]

It’s the gnats. And the heat. And the flat nothingness forever in all directions. And the fine red dust that coats everything. And the humidity. And the being Valdosta.

[@mctbaggins2084]

Why would other Dawi drown in a river? Due to....shortness of breath?

[@Tanuki_Tales]

I honestly find it very incredulous that Ol' Asty survived long enough to become a grey beard.

[@TheCanadianGuy56]

I've never actually played a total war game (besides the space marine one that was mid), only played tabletop twice (skaven4lyfe) but I absolutely love videos like this, hilarity, a lil lore, and some memes, oh and "strategy" whatever that is.

[@coreybeddies4333]

ok I feel attacked, I live in Valdosta

[@codybonds]

You know why it’s there.

[@mguy5923]

You have my sympathy.

[@jonathanwatson4484]

I thought the dark elves are british, but now I am convince the chaos drawaves are 100% british, they have trains, they have a parliament and even do they use poor families to work in mines, orks are kinda british with that accent, so yeah they are british and try and convince me otherwise

[@thecommander7552]

Most Warhammer fantasy races have something British in them. High Elves are posh, and graduated from Oxbridge. Orks are football hooligans. Regular Dawi are Scottish, etc.

[@JarmamStuff]

Dark Elves are rebellious upstart whiny angstlords who dream of usurping their kin by any means necessary. Which apparently is GWs perception of Canadians

[@samueladelman6048]

The dark elves are obviously Americans

[@thecommander7552]

@@samueladelman6048 there's a confusing lack of guns

[@alastortheworshipperofkhorne]

​@@samueladelman6048 how so? Dark elves seem to prefer stabbing if anything the dawn zharr seem more American

[@ximbabwe0228]

I can't believe Valdosta got a shout out

[@Lorddacenshadowind]

So true, the real problem with politicians is their lack of drip

[@Le-cp9tr]

I find it funny chaos space marines are missing their dreadnoughts when the chaos dwarfs have this dude

[@SkittytheKid]

Lets go! All the tall hats!

[@ricardomora9913]

I hate the wilhelm scream so much, but thi goblin version hahaha I love it.

[@codybonds]

Did you see that a researcher found the original recording of it this week? You can listen to all of his takes from 1955 free online.

[@KnoedelSemmel]

Again a great video Mr. Bonds

[@eglewether5523]

He was originally named Ironpants but it wasnt commanding enough respect ... also there are dwarf sorcerers who turn into stone from head first, but we dont talk about those ..

[@roccorumiano5031]

All this talk of tall hats in politics with NO reference to Lincoln is criminal. Bro had that chorf drip with the fireborn build.

[@martind5653]

I am about to unlock Boris on my first campaign for Kislev, but the patch with chdwarfs drops tomorrow... Today actually. Any chance it will be save game compatible? (I just managed to convince Ostland they really don't want to occupy Praag entire game around turn 100)

[@PenguinIceDelta]

I believe they're usually compatible. You could just rush unlocking Boris by taking the 3 by force for 10 turns on easy... or unlock him via mod

[@martind5653]

@@PenguinIceDelta That would be cool, I want new quality of life features but finish my chaos realm campaign first. I needed myself reminder how to play also I was bit busy as Great Orthodoxy to repel norscan raiders, throgg, clan moulder, fecundited etc. I got lucky to get Erengrad at all before confederating all Kislev. I enjoyed my suffering so far slowly cleaning threats of Chaos around Kislev and Empire.

[@privateeyety5735]

Feeling spoiled with all these eps recently

[@Terminator-Plays101]

Here comes the baby with the walker

[@Xtra_Medium]

Yesterday I heard a Brit joke about chaos dwarfs being Warhammer Victorians and now I can't unsee it

[@bartwillems3843]

7:14 Damn it, now he's Waluigi... thanks, I guess...

[@Beanie3500]

Have to say, Love the Train comparison 😂

[@jacawandersmok9043]

uu now i cant wait for the Dawi zarr with obsydian axe

[@martinconway8174]

Gotta love a double bill

[@carsonalley1045]

The Valdosta joke was so good coming from someone who lived 3 hours away from it😂

[@hangebza6625]

I am still sad that we have no Bull Centaur LL

[@khylerbane4523]

3:10 “A thumb in every pie.” A Jack Horner reference?

[@ShiningRayde]

Absolutely missed the opportunity for 'It's a long way to the top if you want to rock and stone'

[@Adunapheth]

Hats for the Hat God!

[@bezretmet]

Hasshut, vorgund, zharr-Naggrund!

[@barbiquearea]

0:52 The greatest enemy to all dwarves. Stairs

[@lucastucker5402]

Doug Dimmadwarf, owner of the Darklands Dimmatower.

[@dreadedpixel9022]

Astrogoth vs Ikkit claw, the battle of the elderly fantasy cyborgs

[@8eewee]

Wouldn't a sorcerer die anyway once they got petrified above the belt? Not being able to go to the toilet is very unhealthy. Maybe I'm looking into this too much.

[@codybonds]

::waves hand:: magic

[@the_dropbear4392]

Well CDs make the armor foe chaos warriors. And chaos warriors don't need to eat. So

[@Johan_the_Marshal]

This is amazing

[@CallanElliott]

"The Chaos Dwarfs have no centralised government, but instead aee run by a cabal of the high priests of Hashutt" My guy, that sounds like a centrlaised govenrment to me.

[@guyman6004]

All chaos dwarfs sit at the same round table as equals, Astragoth is just more equal than the others

[@martind5653]

Oh they made Chaos dwarfs like Rome total war Romans? That's better than I ever hoped for, why we don't have that yet.

[@skeith1543]

Whose got better Power armor though? Ikit claw or Astragoth?

[@omegon2540]

Please tell me there is a taller hat chaos dwarf mod

[@captaineflowchapka5535]

doesn't the microphone have some interference ?

[@CharalamposKoundourakis]

The rubicon joke was inspired.

[@CobisTaba]

This is a funny sketch and trailer but not a noob guide…

[@discountplaguedoctor88]

Two Noob's Guides in the same day? Alright, did CA move the release date to the 13th or am I missing something!?

[@gazpachosam1368]

All Chaos Dwarfs are equal in the eyes of Hashut, some are just more equal than others.

[@OriginalVoiceBox]

Will there be a third video coming for the last lord sometime soon?

[@codybonds]

Hopefully by next week.

[@OriginalVoiceBox]

@@codybonds sweeet

[@khylerbane4523]

1:36 Any reason why this cloak of flayed incompetent acolyte skin isn’t in the game or on his in game model? Because that’s absolutely metal.

[@codybonds]

Right?!

[@ELITESrBAMOFOS945]

The spice..... THE SPICE MELANGE!

[@BIacklce]

the most powerful devious dwarf, whou used his genius to create a mecha-suit, so he can be as tall as the average human

[@dyinginfashion2558]

Where did all these cool cutscenes come fro? lol

[@jamesvoysey1707]

Oh my....what a week

[@blaster915]

YAAAASSS ANOTHER CHAOS DWARF!!!!

[@TheCrayonCrusaderOG]

I’m from Valdosta and I can agree

[@Juria1987]

This man knows how to get around, but can two mecha legs match the eight dawi legs of high king? Foot race time!

[@Dloin]

Dwarves without centralized Goverment... so Anarcho-Capitalists ^^

[@Criixus1]

The bull centaurs sold it for me

[@noahkatz5454]

Sounds like they serve the fantasy version of vashtorr

[@Nevalith]

....Power armor...Power Fists....strange run....Rubicon.... Primaris Marine Confirmed!

[@taylorjones1052]

Love that beard.

[@memesofwarhemmer7076]

Were is gordabackstaber the true leader of the chaos dwarf XD

[@EternitynChaos]

Not sure I approve, TW:W3 Chaos Dwarves seem to need taller hats

[@jacawandersmok9043]

1:00 choo choo

[@Wraith-lr6vt]

Zhatan the Black next???

[@taylorpayne1993]

Amazing

[@Ghouleh3133]

Hecking CHORFS!

[@joristurk]

Thank youuu

[@Sacorsanct]

1:10 wtf did i just see