The Mantid Form An Unholy Alliance To Conquer Pandaria! | Age Of Wonders 4 - Episode 3

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0:00 Patch-y Intro
1:40 Prepare for Doom
14:18 Wrath of the Fey
25:01 Victor Over Duathadae
35:54 Seizing the Betrayer's Sanctuary
45:28 Saving the Puppet
1:01:53 War Against All Pandaria
1:18:31 Slapping Moira
1:30:24 Tome of Cleansing Flame
1:40:20 A Tyrant's Wrath
1:47:01 Unsafe Forests
1:56:55 Enthralling Empress
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[@Fableheim]

Hello everyone and welcome back to Age of Wonders 4! The Grand Empress returns in the official Patch 1.2 to wage war against all Pandaria, but first she had to deal with the revenge of the Fey at 14:33 and seizing from the Betrayer what rightfully belongs to her at 35:54. At 1:01:54, Jaina called Shek'zeer to war against the True Horde. Canonically, the Mantid knelt before the Avatar of Y'shaarj, but the Fear-Ascendant has freed her people from their servitude to the Old Gods. Warring against Garrosh has lead to Daniel joining in, but the Empress will yet stand against 6 opponents with the newfound might from the Tome of Cleansing Flame at 1:30:25 -- thanks for watching!

[@AngryGerbils]

You know, you could grab a hut expansion for your underground city and replace _that_ with a teleporter, so nothing of value is lost.

[@Fableheim]

I normally like to place my teleporters directly adjacent to the city, but that is certainly the most efficient way to do it!

[@Erligan]

Mystic Summoners with legion of Phantasm Warriors, sounds fun.

[@dylanvolckaert404]

I really like how you've added Moira Bronzebeard here. She's such a cool character and I can't help but cheer for her whenever I see her in WoW :D

[@Fableheim]

Moira was kind of a last minute "I need an Industrious character" choice, but she's definitely one of my favorite WoW characters. I know her son plays a large role in the upcoming xpac, so fingers crossed they don't do her dirty somehow. 🤞

[@dylanvolckaert404]

@@Fableheim yes indeed! New wow xpac means lot of inspiration for new playthroughs as well :D

[@Logan0503]

This is the first series of yours I’ve watched, and just wanted to let you know it’s been great so far! Looking forward to watching this over the next couple days. Also, I don’t know if they are in your plans at all, but in the late game you might enjoy the Warbreeds as some siege breaking/shock units. I did a Cleansing Flame build for my last game and Pyre Templars and Warbreeds were super fun together, plus I’m guessing that the Umbral Strider major racial transformation would look hilarious on them.

[@Fableheim]

I've gone back and forth on Warbreeds, inspired by the Mantid Kunchong, but I'd probably get Tyrant Knights instead for my Shock unit. I'll think about it. (:

[@Erligan]

You can't befriend a Dragon, if she refuses to do Diplomacy and wants to destroy everything and everyone, blocking one of victory paths.

[@Fableheim]

Ohhhh that change makes more sense, but Chosen Destroyers is still garbage on the AI. XD

[@scanix100]

1:05:55 You can dismantle a single provice by clicking on the central node and then recycle like button and choose dismantle, than you can annex a new province

[@Fableheim]

You mean the thing that looks like a building on fire? Wouldn't that destroy the entire outpost?

[@Erligan]

Names for Reaver Insectoids: Fire Ants / Bullet Ants, (not to original) Mantis Shrimps / Peacock Mantis Shrimps / Harlequin Mantis Shrimp, (the Insectoid tails reminded me of those, they hit fast and hard, could be other culture) Shooty Buggers, or some variant of it, (my favourite)

[@Logan0503]

1:40:46 I think you can actually get the Umbral Tyrant from the Rally of Lieges once you get an Eldritch Pact unless something has changed since the prerelease. PotatoMcWhiskey did a series where he got multiple stacks made up of them and the Tyrant’s Mark stacking was obscenely strong.

[@Fableheim]

That was actually a bug in the preview build, and the devs have stated that the Tyrants are intended to be unrecruitable. 😅

[@Logan0503]

@@Fableheim That both makes complete sense and is also very sad. I’ll have to test and see if Polymorph + Mind Control works. I also wonder if clearing Umbral Infestations with the first Chaos tree point that gives a random unit might let you get one, since there are other unattainable units you can get that way.

[@Fableheim]

@@Logan0503 I've been told both of those methods work. My luck with Call of Chaos is absolute garbage though. :c

[@donmartin3855]

1:33:00 When I heard of that sinergy between chaos and cleansing flame, I was reminded of how the army abilities for 9th addition 40k Deamons where discribed. The breaking down of reality strenghtning (cleansing) the unborne and twisting (burning) all others. PS: Wasn't there something with low tier units, chaos-empirium and (maybe) the tome of the hord that would work well with the smithing guild? For the legions of the immaterium are endless!

[@Fableheim]

I'm not too familiar with the actual rulebooks for WH40k but I'll take your word for it! As for your theory, there are a few synergies with Tier 1 stuff from Chaos, but I believe you're thinking of Impressment, the level 2 Chaos Imperium talent that grants +50% Experience gain to tier 1 units. Bonus exp won't be particularly helpful when they're coming out straight at Legend rank. To improve the combat efficiency of the Tier 1 legion, there's a combat buff from Chaos Tome of the Horde that gives Strengthened to all Tier 1 units on the field, and the Mighty Meek enchantment from the Order Tome of the Beacon that grants Faithful and +1 Spirit damage per Unit tier of the target. The latter might actually be insane with a proper Faithful build that can deal bonus damage per Faithful unit in the army; I might have to test it in the next playthrough -- thanks for getting the gears working!

[@scanix100]

37:10 Celestial have control loss immunity so it is the best way to go against madness build and also pretty annoying if you want to spread madness ;)

[@Fableheim]

Fingers crossed nobody goes Angelize for their Major Racial Transformation. XD

[@S_S_S_Aban]

It would be kinda cool if you "recruited" one of the heroes in your prison, just to then turn them into the Pumpkin Spice Deer later on, very on-brand role-playing wise too haha

[@Fableheim]

Hilarious *and* lore appropriate? Consider it done! :D

[@scanix100]

1:15:50 Tbh Eldritch Sovereign should have Umbral Shepard from the very start, it is so odd that they don't have it.

[@Fableheim]

Agreed! I think it was more of a balance decision than anything to just give them Umbral Immunity. :|

[@scanix100]

@@Fableheim They have umbral immunity, but not for troops, which is weird and that transformation is not helpful...befriending the umbral dwelling is the only way, pretty lame

[@Erligan]

Reasons to befriend Jaina: She is part of your pantheon, it's Jaina and she is in her Baddie Phase

[@Fableheim]

Welp, I'm sold!

[@scanix100]

1:40:44 Actaully polymorph still works, sadly you cannot get them via Rally of Lieges but if you are lucky you can get them from clearing golden infestation.

[@Fableheim]

I've never gotten something cool from the Call of Chaos but I'm glad to hear that the tried and true Polymorph shenanigans still work!

[@scanix100]

@@Fableheim Final ultimatum from subjugation tome also works if you polymorph and make them flee

[@scanix100]

9:30 to get eldritch pact quickly you have to boost the relation every 5 turns asap, it is the only way.

[@Fableheim]

I was holding out on sacrificing Pop for roleplay reasons but I gave in and made up a new roleplay reason. XD

[@scanix100]

@@Fableheim I know that, sadly they don't offer better option until that one is used. It is weird that you cannot buypass that somehow

[@okonkwojones]

@@Fableheimclearly that pop was just the Queen’s Consort and she was like “well I was going to chop off his head anyway…”

[@scanix100]

15:23 if you want to lower the time they besiege the city, because you can use the city defenses in the battle rather to attack them outside. Every turn under a siege you will lose 1 pop, so it is a way to make it quicker, still it should be instantenous not like 30 defense, it is so underwhelming.

[@Fableheim]

Ohh, I guess that makes sense? That would be more enticing if the Toll of Seasons was really hard, but it's pretty easy.

[@scanix100]

@@Fableheim True, it should be harder, at least they should generate more preasure according your army strength

[@HjalleCalibursChannel]

Something I found fun was a reaver run with as much mechanical units as I could. Golems, dreadnought etc. Maybe that could be a fun idea? I went enchantment, alchemy, construct, artificing, dreadnought and so on, you get the idea.

[@Fableheim]

I did that in the Drazhoath playthrough, and it was a lot of fun! The Dreadnoughts and Severing Golems hard carried me to victory, but I'm not sure how strong it would be now that they double-nerfed Tuning Kits in to the ground. :c

[@Erligan]

@@Fableheim Could try Attunement/Potential Mystics, Construct Maters.

[@sonadowfiend]

Early Game: if the stupid AI loses a *single* Unit, I will fight this battle myself. After Smithing Guild: Oh, I lost 2 Phantom Warriors and 3 Sunderers? Let me just resupply all of that in a single turn and not waste time micromanaging anything. Seriously, those boosts to Tier 1 Units can get absolutely outrageous for Chaos builds or Fabled Hunters. One of my cities was printing no less than 3 Legend-Tier Sunderers every single turn. Disgusting with a Demon Gate deployment location and Teleporter Pacts.

[@Fableheim]

This is the dream that I have for Archer shenanigans. XD

[@sonadowfiend]

​@@FableheimThough I suspect your Summon Chaff of choice to be Zealots over Phantom Warriors, the play will be much the same. You seem to often at least dip a toe into Order, while I tend to dip into Astral. It's honestly just so good to have *any* kind of Tier 1 Summon that exists as a member of your Race (thus inheriting your Transformations). As a fan of not only the Tier 1 Horde play style but also a Fury and Glade Runner aficionado, I'm looking forward to seeing what you manage to do with Tier 1 Archers. Shame that Splitting Arrows got nerfed to the ground, I do miss the easy 30% DPT increase 😂

[@kjcramer]

Hey man, love your stuff! You ever think about a Witcher themed play through?

[@Fableheim]

Thanks! Unfortunately, I'm not particularly familiar with the Witcher universe. 😅

[@AngryGerbils]

​​@@Fableheim Witchers are meant to be the ultimate monster hunters. They've undergone processes that mutate them, and use magic, meditation, and potions to enhance themselves even further. Their main thing, though, is knowledge. You can kill anything, as long as you're aware of what it is, and prepare accordingly. Also, the mutation process makes them sterile, and perpetually horny. You're now caught up on the basics. Edit, for more clarity: Witchers tend to be more morally grey. They'll hunt what's hunting you, but they expect to be paid for it. Also, while they do know magic, they're fighters first and foremost. Magic is supplemental, instead of being their main focus.

[@Fableheim]

@@AngryGerbils Hmm, this sounds like it could be a Materium-type faction. 🤔

[@AngryGerbils]

@@Fableheim The issue is that the process that turns a human into a Witcher leaves them sterile, so you can't have a race of them. Having a Witcher lead a faction could work, but it would need to be low magic, because Witchers use quick, small spells to aid them in melee. Things like the Tome of Artificing and the Tome of Alchemy would be fitting. The best bet for AoW4, though, would be to use a Sorcerer character, like Triss or Yennefer. I personally would vote Triss, but I have a thing for redheads. Magic in the Witcher is a product of Chaos, and Triss uses pyromancy, so it checks out. Also, a Witcher-inspired world would need a high world threat, because, well, Witchers _are_ monster hunters.

[@porterwright9955]

Hey, If anyone knows, is there a particular reason fabe doesn't sell remains?

[@Fableheim]

I typically don't sell remains because I play on Wondrous Past and hold out hope that I'll nab a Tomb that gives +Mana, +Knowledge, and +Souls (if applicable) per Hero in the Crypt. I'll still sell them if they have an item I want or if I'm strapped for cash.

[@Zathurious]

The Toll of Seasons is not the threat it was hyped up to be. Or are you just good at trivializing what's supposed to be a crisis?

[@Fableheim]

I'm going to have to say both. I still haven't tried it with High World Threat (not even sure if that would affect it), but the army can be stopped pretty easily. The biggest threat is losing population per turn while besieged, but as long as you're in position it is pretty trivial. :\