SUMMON THE CHAOS KNIGHTS! Slaanesh vs Wood Elves - Total War Warhammer 3

[@GaijinEncarmine]

Slaanesh is so fun to watch for the visuals alone. CA's artists went all out on everything - unit models, spell effects, animations. Slaaneshi knights might be the single drippiest unit in the history of WHFB.

[@tomayto70]

And they'd love to hear you say that.

[@brdjones3732]

With all these chaos vids, this is officially Turin's eee-vill arc and I'm here for it.

[@boozalm3715]

That was cringe. Throw yourself in the bin, thanks :D

[@oR3VoLUTioNz]

Good showcase of the Fiends! I rarely see them in Slaneshi armies.

[@sassyviking6003]

Which is a shame because they are super cool. But they are just so fragile for an expensive monstrous infantry.

[@joeyawiki3315]

Fiend won against every cavarly up to 1500ish point tho

[@spellbound1875]

​@joeyawiki3315 They don't consistently is the issue. The unit is super weird in testing, sometimes they win solidly against expensive cav but sometimes they trade worse than seekers. I suspect it's something with the animations. Even when they do well the fights run long. 80 WS on 12 entities is very low damage, so often you skip them for the AP cav options.

[@joeyawiki3315]

@spellbound1875 Yeah, I see the discussion on Discord that they should have 110 weapon strength. And in my opinion now slaanesh doesn't have any cavalry unit that trades effectively right now which is really sad.

[@gotmilk5899]

9:52 that was a pretty cool animation where the fiend of slaanesh threw the war dancer up in the air and pierced her with its tail mid air

[@sassyviking6003]

I do really love the dichotomy of slaanesh. Their daemons are insanely high damage and fragile, by far the most glass cannon of the 4 gods. But on the flip side slaanesh mortals are legitimately more tanky than Nurgle. They are the ultimate anvil for your high damage units to sandwich with. Plus also their copious debuffs and the lore attribute buffing MA which is the one thing whips lack. The whole army is just so synergistic and all the pieces feel like they play off each other beautifully. It's a really well designed list imo.

[@grimchimeran]

The fact that the whip infantry all have poison AND damage reflection makes them hands down the sturdiest Chosen in the game, perfect Anvil for the demonic Hammers of Slaanesh.

[@RawCauliflower]

Slaanesh mortals might be more tanky at a raw melee grind, but they suffer more agaisn't ranged and charge damage in comparison to Nurgle due to not having as high hp.

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

Slaanesh marauders are great first tier infantry for Daniel. Those first battles, they can chew through most enemies pretty well and give you a string start. Then later on they can still make a cheap and easy to replace front line that trade well with a lot of more expensive infantry units.

[@sassyviking6003]

@@RawCauliflower perhaps for sword and board but shield vs great weapon slaanesh are far more durable vs range with their chosen weapons. Also rember slaanesh infantry are faster to get into position and have that 5%phys resist, which isn't huge but also isn't nothing.

[@Quetzietse]

Wide Slaneesh is very good because it allows a lot of your units to be able to flank the less numerous foe, making use of the Slaneesh ability. .

[@krzysztofratajski9218]

When i see slaanesh infantry i can't stop stupid song in my mind. "Where there's a whip there's a way"

[@majormoolah5056]

Daemonic Lords & Heroes desperately need the +15% Missile Resistance all the other characters have. Bringing the big scary Daemons against any shooting is so suboptimal currently.

[@cinder8926]

Demons in general just need more resistances especially physical considering thats meant to be their reliance as they are squishy in pretty much every other way. Honestly believe they should have the same or close too the same as spectral units

[@justaguy-i1v]

@@cinder8926bruh lmao 😂 55% percent phys resist and 7k plus hp? Out of your mind lol. Would be incredibly broken

[@fkaliases]

@@justaguy-i1v remind me which ethereal unit is currently performing well? phys res is just glorified armor, magic attacks deal with it like AP damage deals with armor. and I'm gonna be honest, armor has much higher numbers in terms of actual damage reduction. What you're saying is effectively like saying a character with 7k hp and 110 armor would be broken, I'm sure there's lots of examples of completely unused characters with a similar stat profile.

[@renzbolado153]

@@justaguy-i1v it's not as bad as it sounds, besides the armor strengths that @fkaliases already pointed out, unit model size and animations also make up a big portion for why these demons get torn to pieces. At first I thought 15% was overkill but then I factored in most factions bring in at least some form of mobile, armor piercing / anti large unit anyway to deal with these specific threats. As much as I love to bring wulfrik up on his mammoth for example, it strangely his most glass-cannon build. On his horse, I can maneuver him easier and on foot I have more of an army to protect him with.

[@renzbolado153]

@@justaguy-i1v Like I had a game recently as skaven where one natty-buboe sharpshooter brought down skarbrand after like a minute or less of shooting. I expected to simply keep him cautious but I ended up just killing him. If it was a gatling unit it'd be understandable, but this sniper unit doesnt even have magic damage. Why as a khorne player, would I ever bring anyone other than valkia against factions that arent bound to melee restrictions?

[@johnarnold8485]

A devastating Slaanesh victory with no javelin cav and primarily infantry and Chaos knights... a truly magnificent timeline.

[@Khorothis]

"... getting ready to party on that back objective" I see what you did there

[@joaogomes9405]

Love seeing fiends, they aren't used a lot but they have the coolest and creepiest animations

[@TheMagicalPinata]

Going deep in the back sounds a fitting Slaanesh tactic

[@adeptusjoker7176]

You do a great job of still giving tactical advice, even if we might know it, since some folks might not

[@bigmcjones230]

Good video, but the screaming of battle was competing with your voice for the more ferocious fights. Was a bit hard to make clear of what you were saying sometimes.

[@Emanon...]

"Hellscourges" > "Whipboys" Not that those Slaaneshi freaks wouldn't enjoy it either way...

[@Zoey--]

Fiends of Slaanesh are my favourite unit in the game so I'm glad to see them frolic and enjoy themselves :D

[@BogleBogle]

Game sounds were a bit loud in this video. Great content though as always Turin.

[@robertabblebaum7813]

The Whips and Nae-Nae of Slaanesh, love to see it

[@Spirultima]

Hey Turin, would it be possible to increase your microphone volume a little bit? The balance is a little off in these videos.

[@Woodrow512]

He made a post about It yesterday, seems like he already fixed It. Im assuming this video was recorded before the fix

[@Spirultima]

@@Woodrow512 Aah. Good stuff, thanks for the poke, seems I missed that.

[@turinRTS]

100% correct!

[@turinRTS]

Will be fixed soon!

[@Woodrow512]

​@@turinRTSalways loved your engagement with your community, Big fan Turin, you're a real one!

[@SGProductions87]

I've played quite a bit of Slaanesh and find it baffling that Wood Elves failed to take Hawks. Slaanesh only has Daemon Prince and Furies to answer it and the Pavane of Slaanesh which should definitely be brought if you aren't bringing Furies.

[@nullbraintheconfused1993]

take a shot whenever he says cost effective :D

[@nikeaddict55]

Slaanesh being grindy you say? Thematic af

[@kattemallo]

Love the slanesh videos!

[@Itzak15]

This was really the perfect Slaanesh game

[@Lightzy1]

Why don't woodelves bring mass AP spears in this matchup? Seems to me they'd trade ok or at least hold most that can be thrown at them for some shadow magic etc. elite archers actually don't seem the best given the silver shields and high armor. Very interesting, wood elf stuff. Love it.

[@Exonarium]

I'm certainly no expert but eternal guards don't trade that well into basic marauders. Woodelves in general rely heavily on either ranged or cavalry, bringing an elite frontline like in this replay shown rarely works unfortunately, even less against a faction which has fantastic frontline units. It's just not very cost effective for them to bring elite since theirs might have good damage but usually trades pretty badly due to being too squishy.

[@MrBlueSleeves]

spears against a mass infantry build? Also GL getting past the marauders with those

[@Lightzy1]

@@MrBlueSleeves You're talking like the first thing you'd do is to send the spears against the marauders. You realize that you have to play tactically at least a little bit.. Eternal Guard have very high defense skill and AP damage, so while obviously they'll hold up well against knights, monsters, some lords etc, I figured they might be able to hold chaos warriors and even do some damage back, so they may be viable.

[@MrBlueSleeves]

@@Lightzy1 You realize both sides are playing this game tactically right?

[@R3GARnator]

Now whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it It's not too late To whip it Whip it good

[@christopherhayes1369]

That's the most phallic tower in TWW3

[@Bempiii]

Where can you see the slaanesh meta builds?

[@CuzinHomechill]

Audio still hella quiet on this one

[@sherpamcderpa1961]

Solid video as always!

[@ledzep215]

Maybe im crazy but it seems like Wood Elves always lose :(

[@Thoofdecay]

well played!

[@adamtrotter9612]

Always love some hard wood. You know what else I like? This video, then I commentated then im going to share it. Now I got me some really hard wood between that Slaanesh sandwich

[@bigsarge2085]

👍👍

[@MW-hv1cl]

CHAOS

[@jxj13]

My two main factions yes!!!

[@bouhbouh9408]

sound's too low...

[@eumaies]

Gg slaanesh op needs nerf! ;)

[@majiinbooh9936]

first

[@Woodrow512]

Not trying to bash you or anything, just curious, whats the point of being first and writing a comment about It? I dont get It, looking for answers

[@martingammill-beck5846]

​@@Woodrow512It's mostly just a cultural relic at this point. Like a meme, but more customary than humorous.

[@Woodrow512]

@@martingammill-beck5846 fair enough, does make sense to a certain extent. But I wonder, if thats what it's come to be, what was the reason It started being a thing in the first place? No need to answer back really, im just ranting at this point hahahaha, but thanks for the insight

[@majiinbooh9936]

it was an exciting opportunity bc i had never been on a video soon enough to have a chance of being first@@Woodrow512

[@Woodrow512]

@@majiinbooh9936 thanks for your answer! Good to know its something that can genuinely make someone feel nice. Hope your having a great day! (Or night, I know Im not, insomnia strikes again hahaha)

[@buttnuttz6119]

Out of all the 4 chaos gods, the Slaanesh faction seems the most fair while also having a high skill ceiling. Good faction

[@krakca]

been watching turin since he had sub 10k subs. the thing that always set him apart was making the underdogs work. and he still does that.

[@twitchEmailOkay]

from those builds Id guess wood elves will mop slaanesh