THE IRON CROWN OF ANGMAR RISES! Third Age Total War: Divide & Conquer V5 - Angmar Campaign #1

[@lionheartx10]

*The Iron Crown of Angmar Rises! Hope you all enjoy #1 of this New Series! Uploads every Monday, Wednesday & Friday!*

[@noblesseraizel3741]

HE HAS RETURNED! THE WITCH-KING ARISES

[@shadowwolf2608]

PSA for everyone, I won't be doing a story for this because I'm trying to finish college and have to finish Oxyotl and have ideas for two champions of chaos, and Kholek if LH still intends to revisit Kholek. However I may do one for the next DAC series. Edit: I've chosen to not do anything for Chaos Dwarfs simply because I have nothing ready nor do I have the time ATM due to college.

[@Ligizd]

Good luck with the campaign man! V5 is a bit harder then the previous version.

[@prezemp679]

Lionheart tip in case you are unaware but Morva Tarth can actually recruit Snow Trolls once you upgrade the walls, it’s the only way Angmar can get any troll units unless you take Gundabad. Might be worth building shrines to increase population growth

[@wargey3431]

Orc Carpets for sale ?????

[@kristiankepley5944]

Upon it sat a shape, black-mantled, huge and threatening. A crown of steel he bore, but between rim and robe naught was there to see, save only a deadly gleam of eyes: the Lord of the Nazgûl... now he was come again, bringing ruin, turning hope to despair, and victory to death. A great black mace he wielded.

[@darthkingedededbobo6117]

Lionheart winning a battle using only 3 units of cav??? well if that's was not a clear prove that he has sold his soul to Sauron for wisdom and power i don't know what is

[@FatherOfConqs]

Flashbacks to his Vampire Counts series from back in the day

[@gamemasterjamesproductions7470]

Let Darkness cover the World! Let the March begin!

[@HirYoshima]

It's april now.. 😂

[@kommando293]

Shadows of the Black Numenoreans 1 (Uploading these will happen later in the day. Sorry Lionheart. Work and all that) His black-steel armor was slowly being partially covered in snow and ice as he walked through the landscapes of Carn Dûm, his boots shoving the snow from where he stepped, his black-colored cloak of fur and cloth billowing in the wind that came through the mountains. The number of Black Numenoreans within Angmar’s slowly dwindling borders were not many, no thanks to the destruction of Numenor itself some many years ago but those that remained had either gone to the southern lands of the Southrons and Easterlings or had managed to survive north of the lands of the Dunedain before interpreting themselves into Angmar when the Witch-King made it. He walked with a band of other Numenoreans as they were simply waiting to see what the current lord of Carn Dûm did, now that ear had finally returned to Middle-Earth in the Third Age. They all looked very similarly to one another, similar enough armor with the black cloth and fur around them as they were considered by those in Angmar as the Darkblades since their armor and weapons were made of blackened steel. They came to the base of a black steel tower as the pendant of Angmar fluttered around as the Black Numenoreans slowly walked past the other Numenorean survivors as they came to their captain, a monstrous man that was shrouded in darkness. The captain of his men looked upon the figures walking before him when he rasped out, “Nemdar…” Nemdar stopped and bowed as his captain then asked, “What news do you hear upon the icy winds? Do we march?” Nemdar smiled coldly as the steel and ice that were around them as he said, “We do. We march south finally to destroy the remains of Arnor and retake the lands once held by the Witch-King. I hear from the orcs beneath our tower that we march within a forthnight.” The captain stood as the other Numenoreans around them held up their blades in respect as the captain said, “Then march we shall. With our lord to the south to take the southern lands.” Nemdar smiled slightly behind his mask as the group then filed outside to gather up the rest of themselves to prepare for the march.

[@wildmanfisher]

This series already feels like meeting an old friend after a very long time.

[@Valaraukar94]

In rode the Lord of the Nazgul. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgul, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dı´nen. ‘You cannot enter here,’ said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. ‘Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!’ The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! He had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter. ‘Old fool!’ he said. ‘Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!’ And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade.

[@LordChaosHavik]

In the frozen reaches of the North, the broken and scattered tribes of Men and Orcs that dotted the land had slowly been brought back together. Under the cruel gaze of Overlord Agandaur, the long dormant fires of shattered Angmar began to once more burn. With a sizable force under his control the mysterious creature that was the make of the Overlord began to set forth plans for his dark forces to fall upon the bandit lords and self appointed kings of smaller city states that had crept up in the time since fall of Arnor. In this way Agandaur prepared Angmar for an expansive campaign set to claim the lost lands they once held and prepare the way for the Iron Fist to once more take hold over the land. However the true dark intent of Agandaur was not to rule over these frozen lands, but to show that Angmar was once more worthy to be lead by their true horrid King. A king that for now rested deep in the lands of Mordor at the behest of and even darker master. Should the Witch-Kings gaze ever return to the north, no free man, elf, dwarf or hobbit would be safe. -A Stirring in the North

[@MapleKing-d2d]

I know you have probably heard of it, but a game called "War of the North" is a cool little chapter on what was happening to the North while the fellowship went south with the Ring. I personally enjoy it though it gets lots of hate. I think you would enjoy playing it on your free time. - Love Canada

[@shadowwolf2608]

I love that game, I just wish it had more bug patching than it received and some more non-campaign content. The biggest thing for me was a bug where the game somehow forgets what to do after you complete an objective and you cannot progress the game even if you beat the entire level.

[@dion6144]

So excited for this compaign! Love to see TATW back on the channel!

[@nikoszaxarias5200]

Hello, my friend, and welcome back to DaC! So nice to have another campaign after the marvellous High Elfs one. As you have some time that you haven't played, I repeat to you the row of the buildings that assure you a good economy: Mason guild - Town hall for free upkeep - Roads - Market. These are the first you build, then you progress to the other buildings, according to the orientation of the settlement, military for the castles, economy for towns and villages. Always build the Militia Garrison building in border towns, as it will provide a good garrison and always leave one unit of garrison in every town (which means that Litash and Carn Dum surely need a unit as garrison). The Barrow Wights have no upkeep cost, as they don't need anything, they are undead. However, they are not good garrisons, as they inspire fear and you might have rebellions, which are costly for you, especially in this early stage. Hunvorn, your Barrow Wight general, is better on the field and you should send him out for watch tower building in the North, so as to have complete vision. Drangu, your Orc general, can also do the same on the other side, you must exploit both of them at this point. Now, on the strategy. You have managed to get down most of the Rhudaur regions, which is very good. One region remains out of your control, Ettenmoors, with the castle of Cameth Brinn. It is exactly where you pointed out, south of Morva Tarth and Scyld's position - and, as a Castle, it is very importnat for you. In order to get it, Scyld needs every accessible unit he can have. And the High Elfs are no joke, way more powerful than you at this point. On the other side, Agandaur should leave Morholt and about half of the army and try to move northeast with Hunvorn and the rest of it to claim Angsul, which is right east of Carn Dum. It is an important settlement, as it is a Castle, where you will build up your armies to attack the Dunedain. Remember in general that having Castles as your borders is beneficial for you, as you will have better defences. More advice will come in the next episodes, according to the progress of the campaign. Please, don't expect from me a story for this faction, as by principles I don't write stories for evil factions. Though my well-known long comments with advice and strategy tips will always be present. Have a nice time.

[@liofalba]

I get copyright is a thing with merits, but it is a shame these can’t go with the classic LORT music

[@WolfMcCullen]

Happy to see you back playing DAC again, Lionheart! Looking forward to watching this campaign. :D Couple of things I've learned that might help from my own experience playing version 5: The garrison buildings only work if there is at least one unit stationed in the settlement. Leave it unoccupied, and the enemy can walk right in even if you have the garrison building. Beware the Gobbos! I don't know why, but the Goblins of Moria seem to have a nasty habit of betraying Angmar in the early campaign, so you might have another enemy soon.

[@goosemcduck7725]

So rises the witch king of Angmar

[@eatenbyghouls1849]

Interesting that they put agandaur in this, im all for it, he just isnt a canon character tho, he was the main antagonist in the lotr war in the north game made up just for the game

[@MercuryKnight5]

Always glad to see the place names from the old MERP modules by Iron Crown Enterprises from way back in the 80's. Third Age playthrus are like revisiting old friends for me. In the MERP lore, Morva Tarth was a garrison town for Northmen mercenaries serving the Angmarim puppet state of Rhudaur during the Witch King's wars with Arnor in the mid Third Age.

[@Anarchyttg]

Gundabad is 100 percent going to attack litash if you leave it undefended. I made the same mistake

[@CaledonianMusic]

more DaC is always good. Couple of notes I'd leave though Never leave your settlements without any units to garrison them. The AI has a nasty habit of betraying you or popping up out of nowhere to grab unmanned settlements, and rebal armies can attack settlements so another source of risk for ungarrisoned ones. Avoid having multiple generals in one army, the one(s) that aren't the army leader will pick up a trait "Ancillary General" that tanks their security and significanly reduces the unit size. From what I know it's to stop the player being able to create general doomstacks and just rolling over every enemy As the game progresses, try and keep a generals in each settlement if you can get free upkeep for them (for Witchknights, the default general unit, it the first level town hall). The reason being that corruption can become a big drain on you treasury but it is largely mitigated by having govenors. Govenors will also slowly gain traits making better at governing so try no to swap the m about either. Also it makes your towns much harder to take by simply having such a strong unit sitting there.

[@ziga4870]

So hyped to see you play Angmar! It's my favorite faction in the mod, played it many times even back when it was an orc faction. The best strategy for me was to be as aggressive as possible. Build only the most economically viable building like mines and the first tier of masonry to reduce building costs. And then just focus on units and give your enemies no time to even breath. The Hilmen unit is extremely cost effective, they're cheap easy to recruit, have 215 men in a single company and have a base attack of 4. Many times were they the mvp in battles even against dwarves. Wargs are also useful to have.

[@mikeh2989]

Love seeing DAC back on the channel! Angmar is a great faction in this version!

[@troygrindley3793]

Don’t forget lionheart, there’s a settlement on that island just west off Ered Luin 😂😂😂😂

[@aljufrirakib415]

It's good to be back here after 9 years 😌 since Empire total war

[@cosmicplatano3185]

Hey lionheartx10 I’ve been following u since I was 10 years old and I’ve always loved your content. I’m currently 21 so I’ve been rocking w u for 11 years bro.

[@lionheartx10]

Epic, thanks for following the channel and enjoying the content for so long! Which has been your favourite series?

[@jackmacgregor3143]

In the wise words of Count Saruman. I’ve been looking forward to this

[@Wolfeson28]

As you can see, my wizard powers are far beyond yours.

[@archabe]

This is way better and more lore accurate than Amazons bs show.

[@Caesar_1415]

It has begun! The Witch King will rise again!!

[@nickbunston7647]

episode 1 13 to 1026 at Morva Tarth in the Battle of the Savages 309 to 1467 the assault at Barcheleg in the Breaking of Men campaign total Deaths 322 to 2493 7.74 KDA

[@timhansen6951]

Garrsons its a script it only works if the enemy attack your settlement meaning you need a unit defending if there is no unit no one to defend no battle will take place and the enemy just walks in i dont remeber if it works if you attack a besigeing army

[@Ghostwarrior3500]

Today has been a good day for content and news for the channel. Super hyped and the intro is spot on. Almost a quiet sense of dread from it. ❤

[@peterpoulsen1210]

The world of man are over.. The world of the orcs has come!

[@roygrutchfield5715]

Mason's Hall buildings can be an expensive folly at the start of the game when money and troops are short. Best to limit their building to one or two key settlements which you can then invest. The reduction inbuilding time only pays off the later expensive buildings , whilst not have the funds to build at the start of the is more important. I suggest you start with income (farms), growth (farms & temple) and then recruitment buildings , before getting the Mason's Hall. Good luck, the start can be challenging surrounded by so many enemies.

[@billhaskill2343]

It is nice to see this new mod, Thanks.

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

A old darkness rises once more and the north trembles

[@Caesar_1415]

The Witch King remembers 😈😈😈

[@sullivanlaramie2901]

I don't know if this is my favorite faction in the mod, but definitely my most-played. The Iron Crown calls!

[@TheAntinazi4444]

Thought this was an izzy vid for a second haha

[@josefmoucka9584]

Why does Angmar has a lot of humans in unit roster? Can someone with decent lore knowledge explain? I mean, I get it in case of natives of Rhudaur, but I would expect, that the rest of Angmar's roster would be just orcs, goblins and trolls.

[@masseyfurguson8871]

Most of the Witch Realm was men, but probably more as +- 60(men)/40(orcs)% composition

[@FriskyChicken]

So pumped for this series! Thank you Lionheart!

[@lionheartx10]

My pleasure!

[@raptorgaming146]

This is a series that I have always wanted to see a witch king of Angmar can't wait for the next part

[@HeadCannonGames]

I miss the days of Man of the Hour

[@MakayuRonin]

Love your Divide and Conquer content, brother

[@lionheartx10]

Thank you! :) glad you do!

[@swiftythepig9546]

Whoop whoop 🎉 this single handily made my morning 🎉

[@baggelis_aikaterinis]

Godspeed for this new campaign! Though I'm afraid Elrod would be mad watching you play Angmar XD

[@akenon5901]

Seem to remember Morholt is an old word from north of France for the Grim Reaper..

[@percival1907]

So it begins…

[@AtomicLee]

Been a fan for a long time lionheart, and super excited to see this new Third Age campaign started! Just wanted to say I'd support the Palantir effect, I remember it from your Elrond campaign and its interesting to see whats going on in the rest of Middle-Earth!

[@Wolfeson28]

We return to Middle Earth at last! Great to see you getting back to this game.

[@ibccreamsoda3811]

Me encanta esta modificación para Medieval II

[@tulmir]

True Lion Heart has returned!🎉

[@mikkebullansen7461]

Dont know if someone said it all ready but ALWAYS recruit Barrow wights when u can they are 0 upkeep ( new thing in v5)

[@andreykuzmin4355]

"It has not escaped the attention of the Wise, that a new threat rises in the North. As Orcs multiply in caves of Misty Mountains and pits of Môrdôr, and reports of Man-high Orcs and Orc-Men harassing travellers at the Gap of Rohan, the tribes of Rhûdaur and Goblins of Mount Gram have a new leader. Strength of Mannish kingdoms in Eriador are long ago spent, and Hobbits and Bree-Folk are heedless about danger to come. What is worse, thete are rumors, that shapeless, old horror leads them from the shadows... the true King of Angmar has return.

[@GideonGleeful95]

An effective way to kill archers more quickly with melee troops is to tell your troops to move beyond the enemy archers. that way they will try and push through them. Once your troops are part way through the enemy archers, then tell them to attack them.

[@Kitek94]

That militia garrison building is literally taken from Spell Force: Order Of the Dawn game lol EDIT: so are some of the other buildings now that I looked back at it.

[@jonathanriley467]

I miss watching these videos! I'm so happy your doing them again 😁

[@jeremychau2322]

HYPE

[@willjackson4613]

Spies come from a specific building, I think for Agmar it’s either the dungeon or the inn, whichever one Agmar has. You have a limit for how many spies you can have at once and that is one spy per settlement that has the required building. Also, make sure you focus on the economy as much as possible early game. You do have to rush a little bit for higher tier barracks and stuff, as the ai will get those buildings quicker than you will think, and with no barracks event, you will have less incentive to build up the economy earlier. Mason Halls are good and the next building you should build after that should be the culture building followed immediately by the trade building line which is the best eco building besides mines, but mines are very expensive. Try to rush west as much as possible to claim the rebel settlements before the Dunidain and Erid Luin Dwarves claim them. The Gondor type settlements with the ballista towers are OP. South of Morva Tarth is a Gondor type castle and is an excellent choke point to stop the High Elves with. Have fun!

[@joeb303gaming9]

thought spies could come from the smokehouses too?

[@willjackson4613]

@@joeb303gaming9 it might be the smokehouse building, it’s been long enough since I’ve played Angmar, right now I’m playing as Isengard, and I couldn’t remember what name the developers gave the building for Angmar. Every faction has the same building, just with different ui and different names. Angmar could be the smokehouse, that sounds right, I couldn’t remember for certain what name the developers gave that building for Angmar

[@nathantaylor1479]

I know this is way late, but in Medieval 2, if an enemy unit wants to rout, but is surrounded, it will fight to the death and more of your troops will die finishing them. You just have to give them a path to escape and they will rout like regularly.

[@jmc5327]

I peep that Adrain Von Zeigler music... great fucking music

[@loganoldon8924]

Know a guy from my days in the peace core of the UN. Actually found a medieval battle dead pile of copses like that intro pic. Litterally asked a guy if we wanted a bone handle knife. Then said steer or deer

[@cambyses1529]

If your troops arent actively attacking something, please put them in free upkeep forts/towns etc. In early game that makes the biggest difference to your economy.

[@mason3460]

Yeah keep showing the map at the end of the special videos , it’s really interesting seeing how the other nations progressed and the new version might have updated where nations normally invade

[@adamramos9924]

Love seeing the map. One of my favorite parts of this campaign is seeing how the world evolves around you.

[@zagraf]

you never want to exterminate a village because the pop is already so low and it'll take forever to build back up. i'd only exterminate if the pop is in the thousands

[@orto_donta3160]

what is the name of song playing in background in section "campaign & faction intro"?

[@peterhe6699]

God help the dunendian if you can get anymore barrow weights those guys are vicious

[@Harte74]

No Tim? You need to contact the mod maker and tell him, that Tim is VERY important.

[@masseyfurguson8871]

They will soon know the full might of the Witch Realm. 👻 Imagine following that defending commander at Morva Tarth.. Inbred Rhudaur: Hey look arrows let’s go eat them!

[@actorman5000]

Agangaur is the baddy from War of the North right?

[@kostasbalaskas5731]

Let's go!!! 🔥🔥

[@coen.h4255]

The men of the hour event. Best thing ever.

[@marlonheiss5704]

wooo third age is back on the menu boys!!

[@jppauley9969]

The King is dead!! This does not bother the King over much !! Definitely like the map scout every 10 episodes! Do we have a like target for the first 4 episodes to get an hour special on episode 5? Maybe set elimination of Mordor as an objective? There can only be 1 Big Bad after all...

[@FatherOfConqs]

Is there a LotR overhaul mod for the Warhammer series?

[@liofalba]

Had a nice chuckle of a the Witch King going: "You know the use of savages is somewhat problematic, the correct term is Hill person. Only use Rhudari if you´re sure they´re not in fact Púkel"

[@SidoniusX]

Is there any tutorial how to download and install third age total war v5? and divide and conquere?

[@lionheartx10]

If you click the link to the discord for DaC there’s a whole channel for the install & guide there, I’ll be making an install video in about a week or so anyway so if you’re still struggling!

[@thefifthhobbit2092]

Great to see you back to DaC, btw it will take you 11 turns to get elites from Carn Dum, I recommend only going for military in Carn Dum so you have elites to deal with any early elites from the Dunedain and High Elves.

[@CalvinBrooks12]

I am excited to watch your new series and future ones. Definitely would enjoy watching you play the Dwarves of Ered Luin. Your previous series got me into playing DAC myself so thank you and good luck with Angmar! For note: The low supplies trait occurs when you are in enemy lands. It should become "Well Supplied" when within your territory. At least this was the case for V4.6.

[@roanook6581]

How do you turn on the banners over the troops?

[@loganjones1453]

Finally, one of my favorite content creates, making some content thats worth every second of watching! Your awesome and third age is still awesome!! Honestly it's still 3rd in my "best games of all time" category, as far as games go!

[@Biftapopoulos]

Super happy to see that serie ! For a bit of tips, you have to have a unit in the town/castle in order to have the garrison units spawning when attacked. Otherwise enemy forces will just immediately capture the settlement. Then, Barrow-wrights have no upkeep. They take very long to replenish, but they make for great shock troops. Also some traits are lost or gained depending on your situation. You'll have less movement range in enemy territory, and it'll show in the general's traits.

[@SilverViper219]

I'm sorry but what does the witch king voice say at the end of the intro? I couldn't tell no matter how many times I listened to it :/

[@lionheartx10]

"This is My Hour" Its from one of the extended scenes from ROTK

[@davitabulashvili-bucuyi]

wow, i was watching your videos in past. when you were doing third age total war videos

[@Thomas-we8hb]

Been looking forward to another DaC campaign ever since your High Elves campaign ended. And glad to hear there will be more to come.

[@tylerstamps4721]

I could never get this to work

[@Designer-Speech7143]

In case anyone is interested and wants more, the majority of music was by Brunuhville.

[@Wafflez0611]

Thank Christ you don’t just do uploads once a week. Huge relief to know I have pick me ups throughout the week

[@bollejansen]

What total war is this modded from

[@kylejones7102]

This is gona be awesome. I have to say it's kinda werid not seeing you personally on the screen though. Lol

[@goldyloks156]

So excited for this campaign, can you go over any keybinds you’ve remapped if there are any

[@suprferret1]

Awesome intro and so happy you're doing another Third Age series. I'll be playing these and your Bannerlord series to get me through paperwork each week.

[@DoubleTrouble-li5wi]

Glad to see the new Third Age series! Would love to see the FOW removal bits, they were fantastic in the other series.

[@TheMuddy407]

Every time i see this overhaul I wish more companies would give ip's to creative assembly

[@coen.h4255]

Great to have a dac serie!

[@skoomadegn1091]

❤❤🎉🎉

[@Orocarnii]

that intro was so epic!

[@BinkyTheElf1]

The loss of watchtowers and forts was a real disappointment. Are there mods in Warhammer for that?

[@Northumbrian26]

Wasn’t expecting to see DAC on a channel this big! It looks great!

[@sawney_bean]

Bro that intro !!!

[@corduyst9197]

Yes. A new devide a conquer. I was waiting for this sinds the high elves

[@Adam2kk35]

Love that you’re doing another Third Age series 😁👍🏻

[@7c28aravkulkarni4]

are u going to do more of this like with another faction i am loving this series hopeing for more