NOOB'S GUIDE to TIKTAQ'TO

[@epicnessinacan]

"Don't test me on this, I have a three year old." Yea fair enough.

[@garrettlich7140]

Dont test me im like that three year old love paleontology

[@hustle6850]

Your videos are like the vampire counts. They replenish me immensely and slightly scare me.

[@Project129]

Now that you mention it I would love to see Isabella von Carstein and her immortal vampire hero brigade...That's still broken to all high hell in Campaign.

[@boppysenpai768]

@@Project129 How to create this: isabelle + 19 banshees, gl waiting 40 minutes till a battle is won

[@ianbailey4213]

Ok but seriously the replenishment for VC is crazy. If you have just 2 vampires (heroes) in your army and choose the "dominate captives" option post battle you can get your army healed back in 1 turn. They're the only faction I've played so far so IDK if it's the same with other factions.

[@johnmcmanus2447]

@@ianbailey4213 lizardmen can get 50%, i believe

[@SephBK]

"You can't have a Skink without some kink" Cody Bonds, 2019

[@codybonds]

I regret nothing.

[@mistryeag1e]

Immortal words

[@bryancornejo3672]

Wise words to live by

[@ds9150]

"You can't throw a rock at a mountain without hitting a Dwarf crapping in a cave somewhere" Fukin killed me

[@Sokaku5]

That one goes to the book!

[@dergotsch9284]

Thronebearers, let's march!

[@Nolan65775]

And so began the Great War of the Lavatory Cave Grudge.

[@SirMerlinux]

lol! That was just too good!

[@snowfox-xc1qq]

It's always nice reading a comment as he said the thing

[@marcusc9931]

Skinks do have human level intelligence - with the Slaan sleeping all the time and saurus min-maxed for combat, it's the skink who do most of the thinking in lizardmen society (kroxigor are surprisingly smart, but mostly so they could serve as skilled construction crews)

[@nickgennady]

Skinks probably make all the “art” as well such as totems and armor (it’s art-sy) right?

[@marcusc9931]

@@nickgennady yes

[@Some_Idiot_on_the_Internet]

"I have a three year old." Just wait until they're five, it gets so much more intense. My sister got my nephew a book all about dinosaurs, so now I've had to learn more than I ever wanted to know about them in order to satisfy even 10% of the questions he has. Obviously I can't definitively answer about the personal motivations of dinosaurs and their emotional states vis-à-vis being eaten/being extinct which makes up the mainstay of his queries but I can hazard a guess "they're not happy". Heads up, that is not a sufficient answer.

[@codybonds]

Currently I'm learning all about salmon runs. Kids are weird.

[@kristianwilliamson6527]

I show my 4 year old brother Warhammer 2 as the Lizardmen and that fully satisfies his need to watch giant, angry dinosaurs run amok and kill and eat things. Definitely the most fun Total War game for kids to watch.

[@InquisitorThomas]

So two months later and we're now getting Gor-ok and Nekkai, so much for being footnotes.

[@codybonds]

It's a good time to be a Warhammer fan.

[@Grr33nie]

@@codybonds And now Oxyotl potentially bringing the Coatl as well. Praise be to the Old-ones!

[@danconti5984]

"Before the Lizardmen could counter this with their Coatl unit" CA: so you like big flying snakes?

[@djurokatakomba8871]

Cody Bonds becoming SsethTzeentach of Total War

[@Haqua_]

Hey hey people Cody here "You can't have a skink without some kink"

[@alexanderrahl7034]

Dont insult sseth like that lol

[@kristianwilliamson6527]

Except with an encyclopedic knowledge of Warhammer which Szeth can only dream of having. Cody has all the secret knowledge.

[@scarlettvalkyrie2783]

Ahhh the meme lord. Literally his name was a joke that wasn't ever meant to make it past the editors in the original codex he appeared in.

[@Egalia_1]

Such an underrated channel for such amazing quality

[@Vherstinae]

I love that the legendary mounts are all named after Dinobots.

[@codybonds]

Mind = Blown

[@peterstoric6560]

Holy shit, I thought it was just a coincidence with grimlock but… wow…

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

2:40 I mean, you could argue that Tzunki makes sense since Tiktaq'to's in the desert and water is super important there, especially for the semiaquatic Skinks who're used to jungles and wetlands.

[@remito7839]

Tiktaq`to: *fielding an entire army of flying deathmachines.* Me playing skaven: *Places a single unit of Ratling Guns* "Your turn bitchboy."

[@Drakonslayer777]

We’re going to eat-consume good-good tonight!!!

[@Zayl1016]

Also great is how when you attack an army, unless you have artillery or some other immediate long range threat, the army will wait for you to come. This means you can position a small fleet of terradon riders just right over their front line and in one bomb drop, wipe out most of their army.

[@anticitizenjuan]

I don’t know wtf you’re doing here but I love it and want more of it

[@codybonds]

All I can think of is that Kenny Chesney song.

[@ThatOneMan830]

I find it hilarious that you mentioned Gor-Rok and now he isn’t just here, he’s incredibly strong.

[@codybonds]

He's a brick wall is what he is

[@veermudambi5795]

There was an unusually high number of attractive men in my lizardmen Warhammer video. Not that I’m complaining.

[@sassysauron2426]

Disclaimer: You don't require ripperdactyls to be effective with TTT. Just spam fireleech bolas terradons.

[@codybonds]

Just remember to include at least one ground unit or you get a huge morale penalty.

[@Sir_Olorin]

Some quality jokes here :D Love these guides !

[@joshuabuddo2803]

I kind of wish that Tiktaq’to’s mount was the largest terradon, would of made him much more distinguishable from the others, plus if you made him big enough he could have a unique aerial animation with other significant aerial units.

[@jeyysi]

No one: *throws a rock on a mountain* Thorim: Write that down! Write that down!

[@griffincrump5077]

I like the “don’t test me on this, I’ve got a 3 year old”

[@codybonds]

Who is 5 now! Time flies.

[@griffincrump5077]

@@codybonds it really does

[@griffincrump5077]

@@codybonds is your kid big into dinosaurs?

[@hellsing19945]

Well done sir you just made my day

[@coaiemandushman1079]

Smile friend, now we will get both Nakai and Gor-rok.

[@SaintAnimus]

Only 15K subs dude? You're going to explode sometime soon.

[@codybonds]

Hopefully not too soon. My wife says I have a problem with that already. And I'm glad you enjoy the channel, it's messages like this that keep me making videos.

[@jaronmalone3945]

@@codybonds oh dear, and you have only one kid?

[@ninaillingworth3947]

"It turns the opening moment of every battle into your own personal Apocalypse Now." Thanks a bundle; new player who just got all the DLC on sale the other week and have no idea which faction to play here and you just helped me pick.

[@codybonds]

That’s the idea behind these. Tell you who they are and why they’re fun!

[@purpleisthesneakiest]

if you care about pronunciation that much, hexoatl should be pronounced "heh-sho-tl"

[@GamerGrovyle]

Because fuck typical western pronouciations i guess?

[@CallanElliott]

@@GamerGrovyle Because some dickhead linguist decided that X doesn't have a standard meaning in English.

[@sitchreapotere1073]

@@GamerGrovyle English is the only language where an "X" makes the "ks" sound instead of "sh."

[@a_lethe_ion]

No? German too lol

[@peterchasten2790]

The amount of references and jokes about said references is amazing.

[@michaelkelley1787]

Hey someone remembers Dinotopia!

[@codybonds]

I feel like if you remember Saturday morning cartoons you also remember Dinotopia. Like the book we're now living fossils.

[@fumarc4501]

Love those books and currently hunting them down at any half price book store.

[@dubuyajay9964]

But no one remembers Dino Riders or Dinosaucers. 🦖🦕🐊🐢

[@jaronmalone3945]

Yup, who can forget the 15 hour long movies lol

[@medicyukisuna]

"So don't test me on this. I've got a three-year old" You got me. I laughed. Loud. Here's my subscription!

[@dragerien2]

I've started a campaign as Tik while my old roomy played Kroq'gar or however it's spelled. I fielded an army of two salamander hunting packs, a blessed carnosaur, and the cold one riders I started with, the rest are all flying units. This only bit me once when I had an ambush against me by four skaven armies. I had to hold off 10k troops with 270 XD It was a mess! I ended up out of ammo, running the ground units around the map to kite the mass of rats until it just became a "Select all, goon anything that moves as a unit" and just flatted out Queek and all the units that came, trying desperately to keep my ground units from running so I didn't lose by default XD

[@mistryeag1e]

I just quit cigarettes, and i haven't been hooked onto anything until I watched this video. Damn it Cody!

[@kronostheking9554]

I am watching this video in 2021 and find the Coatl comment pretty funny given that it was just added.

[@DM0407]

I came for an army guide, I stayed for the inter dino sexual etiquette

[@Tampenismall]

You get a ride You get a ride Everyone get a ride

[@Lightscribe225]

People may think the name is silly, but this is the same setting with such legendary heroes like Slambo, and Sukiyaki the Inscrutable, or my personal favorite, Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau.

[@yungmalaria]

Obiwan always makes me laugh

[@dylancarroll4623]

I didn’t get the 2:09 joke at first but to my defence we don’t call it that here, it’s noughts and crosses.

[@codybonds]

Where is that? I've never heard that name for it before.

[@dylancarroll4623]

Cody Bonds Britain.

[@codybonds]

Games Workshop is British! How the hell did they mess up their own joke?

[@SebHaarfagre]

@@codybonds Probably because "Nought'san-quros'es" is not as great a n.... actually... never mind

[@khamulthewack4732]

7:57 My God, I haven't heard anyone make that reference... well, ever. My life has meaning again.

[@Beriorn]

So yes, the scaled Top Gun reference can drop great balls of fire.

[@connorhiebert3479]

This video predicted 3 legendary lords in the beginning

[@saintofstories]

Least they didn't name the mount 'Ina Ro'

[@titanking9130]

Thanks to mods, we can get extra factions and legendary lords for already existing factions, so Arby can exist, so you can have lizardmen Aztecs vs magic Arabians....hurray for modding support

[@Troykt76]

God I love you videos. Keep up the AMAZING work

[@justinleblanc588]

Please make.more videos like this!

[@Flailmorpho]

I can't get over him being named Tic Tac Toe

[@theh2057]

All the characters they named in the beginning are in the game now

[@saltefan5925]

I'll be waiting for Alith Anar and his merry band of rice farmers.

[@codybonds]

Do they have weird hats or something? I've never played his campaign, I just remember him being voiced by the Disney actor twin kid.

[@saltefan5925]

​@@codybonds They are a high elf faction that specialize in ambushes and guerrilla warfare. He gets an upkeep reduction to shadow walkers (awesome hybrid skirmishers with poison attacks) and is the only non-skaven faction that gets the stalk stance with a bonus to ambush success chance. His faction also gains bonuses in ambush battles. On top of that, in lore, he is the last noble of a house that originally resisted the dark elves after they took over in Nagarythe. Running guerilla warfare and hunting down dark elves to the extent where almost extinct in Ulthuan.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

3:18 that's some powerthirst nostalgia right there.

[@derekthomas2940]

It's crazy how hard those bombs go on a group of 9 terradons, a skink chief and Tiktak'to himself.

[@juliengosselin4277]

Aw fuck me, I just realized the tic tac toh joke with the circles and crosses... Yep, this late.

[@codybonds]

You're welcome. I try and hide jokes in most of these.

[@juliengosselin4277]

@@codybonds Please stop, there are enough nails in my coffin...

[@Catalyst-xi6um]

You rly could not make this vid without putting ride of the valkyries in it :D So damn good !!!

[@codybonds]

I originally wanted Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins.

[@michaelnoctor1519]

Cody Bonds confirmed the premier Total War shit poster

[@ikitclaw1913]

OMG I LOL'd so hard when the TIC TAC TOE STARTS xD maaaaaaaaaaan!

[@forlineumtosino]

Every battle I play with my Tiqtaqto army I tell my friend 'It is time to fly over Rotterdam once more'

[@Zhentri]

I wasn't ignored, and I loved it! Once again, well done! :D

[@pedromoura1446]

I find it ironic that the talk about animal love was interrupted by a videogame ad that started with "rated m for mature" at first i was even convinced it was part of the actual vídeo!

[@codybonds]

The first trailer I saw for Beastars on Netflix I couldn't be convinced it was real.

[@pedromoura1446]

@@codybonds wait...are you saying it IS!?

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

At 6:55, you were going on about Coatls countering the weakness to mass ranged weaponry. Well, now we have Coatls, so care to elaborate?

[@alexanderrahl7034]

My current playthrough with this guy is my first real attempt at lizardmen. Half if every army consists of flybois and their sole job is to run 4 bombing runs on my enemies to wipe them out before battle even commences. Its working wonderfully lol

[@MedievalFolkDance]

Baron von Richthoffen - "I am lord of the skies!" Tiktaq'To - "Chupaah!"

[@face4659]

I dont usually comment on youtube but these videos are awesome, keep it up!

[@codybonds]

Thanks. I'm working on Nakai the Wanderer now.

[@kenners1993]

my favourite thing about this character is that the writers of white dwarf used to do loads of names for minor characters as jokes for the editors to catch and then update. This one didn't get caught.

[@aLmAnZio]

"Don't test me on this, I have a three year old." Lol, truest words ever spoken. Mine is all knowing when it comes to planets, space, the moon and stuff. I just can't understand how he can fit all that in that tiny little head of his!

[@malekiththewitchking2799]

Fast forward a couple of years and Tiktaq'to finally got the bonus to ripperdactyls. Even the new Coatl.

[@DimBarb1985]

Digging the vids man, keep them up

[@AurioDK]

Tiktak´To, the most misunderstood Skink in the universe, all he wants is love. He just doesn´t know it, so he bought himself a ride to compensate.

[@seano4822]

An Apocalypse Now reference? I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@omniominous4534]

Tchaikovsky and Warhammer. PERFECTION!

[@Jansie_NL]

TI love the Lizardmen names! Lots of them are Dutch words like Qaaseter = Kaas eter = Cheese eater (probably gonna butcher some of these names). Bahl'gehaqt = Bal gehakt = Meatball Besstel'bus = Bestelbus = Delivery van Cho'qomel = Chocomel = The Coca Cola of chocolate milk Flinq-Meppen = Flink meppen = To slap something pretty hard Friqan'del = FrikÁdel (frikadel) = It's our most popular fastfood snack at the Friettent. DO NOT TRUST A GERMAN WHEN HE OFFERS YOU A FRIKADEL, IT'S LIKE EXPECTING CRISPY BACON AND GETTING ENGLISH BACON INSTEAD!!!! (Also there's a linguistic division pertaining to the spelling of beforementioned snack. I am of the opinion that Frikadel is a name, to the best of my awareness the ancient texts written at the dawn of it's creation (somewhere in the last 50 years or something, fuck, I don't know dude... I do know you should get the Frikadel Speciaal though, no matter where you are.)and ages after. Therefore the Dutch grammar rules DO NOT APPLY!) And many more gems like those.

[@Harlow542]

Can we see a video of Archaeon and Skrolk please. :)

[@kdi17il]

The flight of the valkaryie part was my favorite

[@momentsofjoy3823]

Ok but why does kroq gars carnosaur and tiktaq'to's terradon have the same name as grimlock from transformers and swoop also from transformers

[@TheSunMoon]

That Daft Punk joke..😂 subbed!!

[@markusnavergard2387]

in lore, skinks are very smart. well so are the sauroswarriors, diffrence is that sauros warriors dont comprehend anything not related to being a warrior. Skinks on the other hand was made to be artisans,scribes, diplomats and basically anything not related to war or hard labour.

[@hutchy1k94]

One mount's called Swoop. Another's called Grimloq. Where the hell's snarl, slug and sludge?

[@olympusgolemoflight7198]

Slug is Slaaq, Lord Mazdimundi’s sweet ride.

[@thatdoppioguy1825]

I feel bad for people who don’t get this reference

[@EJFreelancer]

I always forget they changed Slag to Slug a few years back. Those darned delicate British sensibilities again.

[@gooeygo2515]

@@thatdoppioguy1825 what’s the reference?

[@thatdoppioguy1825]

@@gooeygo2515 In transformers there is a group called the Dinobots, the teams leader is Grimlock, the teams flyer is Swoop

[@voodooozo3755]

Tiktaq'to. The luftwaffe of lizardmen.

[@TheDeathMare]

Now that we have Coatls could you make a full flying army like you suggested here?

[@maxducks2001]

As someone who hasn’t played this game and this obviously doesn’t have the last DLC for 2, do Coatls improve this army so it can be the flying blender it was always meant to be? Because as stated in this video, it seems like the major flaw of the army was that it was all flyers and thus were annihilated by ranged units, and coatls in the tabletop counter that.

[@3mKay]

United Lizards of Lustria Air Force is here

[@bartezbayron3639]

Are you planning any material (speculation) about the upcoming dlc to Total War Warhammer? What are your expectations? What would you most like to see as an upcoming dlc? Your premonitions, maybe some idea for a supplement?

[@codybonds]

In the future you can reply in just one place. They all go to the same comments inbox for me. Personally I suspect Thanquol/BoneRipper with Eltharion - giving High Elves their Skycutters. When Warhammer 3 gets announced I'll release a supplement for the warhammer map video. I'm very much in favor of more race packs like Araby or Albion - I love the diversity of the armies and how different the campaigns feel. As far as my own predictions go: Kislev is likely the pre-order bonus or starting faction for 3. With Daemons. Chaos Dwarves and Ogres. Good guy factions are played 3x more than others, so CA has to stick one at the start. Others frequently say Nippon and Cathay will show up - but I highly doubt it as the map would just be too unwieldy at that point.

[@bartezbayron3639]

@@codybonds Ok :D Sorry for the spam and thanks for the reply.

[@codybonds]

No worries. Who do you suspect for the next dlc?

[@thinkwithurdipstick]

Cody Bonds are good factions really played 3x more? People love vamps, skaven, and greenskins

[@thegreatrainman2336]

HELMAN GHORST!!! You Mr. Are going places 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@codybonds]

What is his schtick? Isn't he the raggedy necromancer?

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

@Cody Bonds so where do I put the damn circles

[@codybonds]

On top of the enemy. Preferably when they're looking up at you and just begging for it. That's when you let loose.

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

@@codybonds mmh. k. and the crosses on top of their graves. makes sense thx

[@adrianbraun8661]

I missed the stukka sound @ 8:40

[@Jukrates]

Assaulting settlements with these is fun

[@llotusplus9479]

Coatl is finally coming! Tiktaq'to will finally suck less against ranged armies!

[@qualitymcbro8452]

"With a bangability score of only 1/3, this relationship is only legal in Alabama and certain parts of Northern Wales"

[@zackrodriguez6653]

Hell yeah, brother.

[@knedoshane]

You had me at Kalifa...😂🎉

[@kamk7465]

My KZbin recommendation is Working wtf

[@codybonds]

Then I'm glad it recommended me!

[@hermeshsmhs]

Looks like Avatar has a game?

[@KhornesfavoriteSquig]

Curious how well he does since coatls were added in the silence and the fury

[@taddad2641]

and as it turns out the reason he is in araby is because they were still planning on including gorrok

[@EJFreelancer]

Just realized we have Zwoop and Grymlok... when do we get Snarl, Slag, and Sludge? I want my Dynobots.

[@BioMatic2]

2:08 i almost choke on my food laughting at that.

[@TimeyWimey.]

Have you tried an aerial army since the last DLC came out? Did the coatl make an impact or was it not enough to make it viable?

[@codybonds]

You still have to have one infantry unit or the game gives you huge leadership penalties. But that Coatl is a nasty customer, it's ability to cloak entire armies is just nuts.

[@TimeyWimey.]

@@codybonds Does it cloak flying units? I just assumed that it only affected the units directly below it, but other flying units would be around the same elevation. Also, id still count it as full aerial even if theres a single skink hero hiding in the bushes all game.

[@MordheimSmore]

Honestly I'm curious how a noob's guide would go for Kholek Suneater, despite chaos warriors being a terrible campaign.

[@codybonds]

I think you just gave me the big joke for his. I've never tried him, is he the worst of the lot despite being a giant bird man?

[@jamesguthrie9454]

That is Sarthoreal the big chicken man. The changer of ways. And by that i mean the changer of straight into gay. Kolek is the reptile centuar that likes to drop the hammer. The others are Archeon the Neverchosen and Sigvald the magnicient tantrum thrower. Archeon was like, "God do this for me," and he didnt so Archeon responded with, "Screw you, i am going to go work your enemy because you are so mean." Sigvald was born when a chief raped his sister. Though Sigvald looks so hot, he is ice cold. He is all like "Rape daddy the sixth castle you built for me has fallen into disrepair just like the last five. Can you please build me a seventh one? Put it right on top of the others so i dont have to move."

[@MordheimSmore]

Chaos Warriors in general just aren't that enjoyable to play. They all start at the same place. Kholek is just the easiest to make jokes given his name, being a monster lord, and probably the only fun lord. Sigvald is good too, though.

[@robland3253]

Adding a couple of the flying spell casters from the skink DLC

[@overundercambodia8926]

Belegar... his campaign is seriously tough

[@richardschleenvoigt4374]

"I got a three year old" got you my like

[@codybonds]

Who is 5 now! Time flies.

[@DasHaydenator]

Arabian goggle unsuspecting foes is now my tactic for home defense.