THIS IS WARHAMMER! - Raging Bull Demon vs. Laserbeam Death Ray Dragon Lady - Total War Warhammer 3

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This is Warhammer! Taurox the Brass Bull the Raging Bull Daemon faces down Elspeth von Draken the Laserbeam Death Ray Dragon Lady in this Thrones of Decay DLC battle on Total War Warhammer 3.
Elspeth von Draken Empire battle Gameplay - Thrones of Decay DLC - Total War Warhammer 3 Immortal Empires
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[@RahnUnatco]

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[@GamePat96]

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[@milkandcookiesTW]

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[@milkandcookiesTW]

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[@GamePat96]

@@milkandcookiesTW Thats great to hear, so it wasn't for nothing :)

[@sirunklydunk8861]

"At least he doesn't cheat on his wife" Man now I'm imagining Taurox as an amazing family man who after he gets home from rampages picks up his kids from daycare, lets them play at the park, and helps his wife with dinner.

[@baltazarmime9740]

He seems like a rather personable guy if you can get past the incessant rage and murderous grindset and the hooves

[@Never_heart]

This made me imagine a Bestigor in a stereotypical 50s style dress greeting Taurox and the kids when they come home.

[@charlesman8722]

“Daddy can we have a fleshhound?” “ONLY IF YOU DO ALL OF YOUR CHORES FOR A MONTH!!”

[@charlesman8722]

“Daddy can we have a fleshhound?” “ONLY IF YOU DO ALL OF YOUR CHORES FOR A MONTH!!”

[@iupzor]

i can see him washing the dishes, slowly, khemri TV playing in the background

[@papazoulou9326]

5:50 I really like the fact that the charge killed models on impact instead of throwing the units around only for them to get back up again. I know it's a bug, but it was great.

[@milkandcookiesTW]

not a bug! if you fall far enough in this game you will take additional damage/outright die

[@papazoulou9326]

@@milkandcookiesTW Didn't it lead to a bunch of issues for certain maps ?

[@milkandcookiesTW]

@@papazoulou9326 only one i can think of is when chariots go over the rice terraces on that Cathay map. if they get enough speed and air they can get one shot by the fall

[@papazoulou9326]

@@milkandcookiesTW Fair enough then

[@KartarNighthawk]

​@@milkandcookiesTWResulting in Skaven doomwheels suddenly becoming a lot more lore accurate in at least one clip I saw...

[@samueljackson605]

All that brand new shiny firepower don't mean jack if your front lines can't protect it from the charge factions. Lot of Empire lovers going to be fuming when they watch those gun lines shatter from heavy cav and chariot charges.

[@parkerconnolly2484]

Agreed I saw a reply from when the chaos dwarfs first released where they faced bretonnia the dwarfs were surrounded before they could use really any of their ammo

[@kapitankapital6580]

As it should be. Empire definitely has tools for holding off charge factions, you just have to make sure you're covering all bases.

[@jazzy4830]

@@kapitankapital6580 That's always been the empire playstyle, they are a balanced, combined arms faction. You will lose against a competent opponent if you lean too hard into the skew.

[@MySuperPowerIsITouchGrass]

​@jazzy4830 if only the AI could actually put pressure on your backline...... would make campaign more interesting.

[@samueljackson605]

@@MySuperPowerIsITouchGrass I mean.. they can, it just takes an immense amount of enemy units. Slaanesh factions actually aren't too bad at it tho when I think about it but yea, dedicated backline harassment isnt it's strong suit

[@KartarNighthawk]

I know it's a petty complaint, but Taurox still not having access to Khorne minotaurs bothers me.

[@sassyviking6003]

It's not petty. All the other marked beastmen have been added as they were introduced. It is only a matter of time.

[@TauroxTheBrassBull]

SAME

[@Greyknight1575]

It looks like minotaurs now have their faction color correctly apply to their model. I remember a few units in the beastmen suffering from this problem before, hope its fixed for all of them.

[@aziouss2863]

LAZOR attack is for big monsters and single entities. It is a waste vs chaff. 2 lasers kill the ennemy lord basically... AND she has DEATH MAGIC. This lady is bonkers op at sniping.

[@piotr7805]

Honestly that minotaur bug with some polish would be an AMAZING effect on some demonic creatures.

[@snicit8471]

So I finish this video an I get to play perfect timing Indy. I love you.

[@joshmilner4864]

what a perfect way to wait for release. i should have brought milk and cookies to celerbrate.

[@QuestionableObject]

I really appreciate the addition of the bars for the intensity abilities

[@digga5257]

Warhammer has come along way since you did the siege of kraka drak and feel like it deserves a revisit!! One of the best siege videos

[@HansAlRachid]

I love the lighting in this map, wish it came up more often in campaign - absolutely one of my favourites.

[@xScadonx]

"vote with your wallets" yes, thats absolutly what i plan to do. Voting with the wallet can be done in more ways than just boycotting and this time CA earned it for me to get my money for this DLC. Despite bugs etc. Love your work too, keep up the good work man ♥

[@pjadtron9415]

That lazer breath attack doesn't miss at all, wouldn't be a CA DLC if something wasn't broken

[@Never_heart]

Don't forget that some factions just don't have any hard counter to the Thunderbarges. So this DLC has a few of those OP options

[@thibautl334]

thunderbarge absurdity made that lady go under the radar

[@KartarNighthawk]

Several things given the Thunderbarge.

[@acannon2700]

A useful breath attack? Wow

[@loowick4074]

​@@acannon2700 Anything that is remotely dodgable or doesn't one shots enemy troops "Unusable"

[@sbraypaynt]

2:16 Didn’t register how fucktangularly huge that herdstone was until I saw the models. Sigmar preserve us.

[@generalgrizzly7914]

Awesome replay Indy, as soon as the mod is back up you should do a multiplayer battle on the Karaz-A-Karack mod map to celebrate the new dawi changes. Preferably 4v4 Dawi vs Skaven or Greenskins.

[@verxus9497]

Awesome videos please keep it up!

[@matichotujec6266]

Love your vids man!

[@tankjr84]

Just noticed that when the griffon takes a hard hit, there is a puff of feathers. Has it always been like that? 9:17

[@cohortConnor]

Empire would’ve won sooner if Elspeth pursued Taurox and the wizard before they rallied. Literally just had to avoid the Ghorgon until breath recharged.

[@Timo-tm6rj]

yea or at least chased the mage and taurox with those outrides and knights. i almost thought he threw the whole game because he wasnt microing at all in that situation

[@loods2215]

Those Knights of the Black Rose are amazing

[@roscoerosario6992]

Heard you drop that VSM. Sounds Indy's cooking with the Two Time.

[@jond7691]

You're not alone with wierd glitchy textures. I've just had it on Plaguebearers of Nurgle in the first battle of Malakai's campaign

[@Layo81]

I don't come here for the vids, I come for the DOW 2 music.

[@redsalamander9999]

13:25 When you're fighting a boss and the boss goes 'we're not playing fair anymore' and glitches out to kill you instantly

[@zerg0s]

Bruckner seemed to do pretty good in this video? Sure, he didn't really get much gold value, but he distracted taurox a bunch. Plus, without his 3k death fire the ghorgon wouldn't have routed at the end.

[@MySuperPowerIsITouchGrass]

That video title sounds like AoS lore drop lol (btw rip BoC).

[@jakewright1932]

The only dodge I've seen on Elsbeth's breath attack is a gobbo on a squiq hopper.

[@Grinnerz1]

I haven't gotten it in game myself yet but the minotaur visual glitching was in one of the pre-release campaigns I watched. I think it was RuinousInsight's Tamurkhan but it might have been something from Monstersabound.

[@SebHaarfagre]

Elspeth is a lot of fun in campaign. The long and short victory are extremely underwhelmingly easy, however if you turn on ultimate end times and all factions (with diplo is probably a good idea) and follow the "be war with nobody" goal, you're set for an epic campaign Edit: Did mine on VH, with only a slight boost to AI in battles (I think it affects auto resolve too? Which can be tiresome. At least the stat boosts). So it should be fun even if you've played a few campaigns before. At one point I had a naval invasion from the Black Pyramid into Myrmidens, I went out at see to meet what I thought was 2 or 3 armies, it ended up being 6 or 7 and a lot of manual battles there 😂 The same thing happened after taking revenge against the Chaos Dwarves, set up a base in the mountains near Cathay. Went south to clean up, saw 1 greenskin army, went to clean up. Saw 7 (!!!) more, spammed backspace, had to REALLY min max both movement and stances and manual battles and AI turn vs my turn, to save that army lol (I did not kill all their armies with that army, no way, they also had Waaagh! and it was not my main army, I got to kill 3 or so and then they brought 2-3 more armies in) Also no idea how they were so hidden. Had Outrider + Vagabond + Ferrymaster (always keep them on one hero in the army) The new Master Engineer lords are also nice and to be honest should be better for ALL armies, playing Wissenland & Nuln. I kept confederated lords and Empire Camptains (mostly due to lvl) and only realized later how absolutely amazing Master Engineers are for gunpowder armies. (They also get extra movement in addition to route marcher!!!)

[@iforgotmyname1669]

This entire game goes to the Ghorgon, that thing got into the empire and just made Khorne proud.

[@Dramn_]

Yea I do wish there was maybe like 5 seconds after a battle ends before the thingy shows up

[@TotalTryFails]

Love that Warhammer is back on the Menu! CA needs to keep on this track and the community will be with em till the End Times!

[@jordy4054]

that elspeth kamehameha is INSANE

[@holypilgrim8497]

If anybody with those glitchy models like those Minotaurs sees this, usually verifying your game files will fix it. Have had it happen in updates in the past for Warhammer 2 and 3. Usually caused by a corrupted file.

[@raynightshade8317]

I wish the other Dragons Breath attacks were unique like this one

[@mvb8263]

I would really like to see 2v2 battles, where both take the same faction but they have different roles in controlling the army. It's a shame with the battles to only see a single centre piece when you have such cool models!

[@pokinginpractice9108]

Am I the only one to turn my camera around and play from the perspective of the other side? Not only does that prevent sneaky backstab, but I also feel more in control that way.

[@bigworm3886]

Are we sure that wasn’t heavy machine gun fire coming out of the dragons mouth?

[@xDXDThomaS]

Used your affiliate link! Been following you for 7 years now, you are still my favorite TW youtube

[@Kollektivable]

Of course on release date my PC is broken and has to go to Friend to fix it. I really hope he figured out the Problem fast ....

[@lovebus00]

Does her breath attack beefit from that scaling spell mastery ability? It IS classified as a magic missile. Curious if it does literally double damage at the end of the battle vs the beginning.

[@Serzha]

It seems like flying units are just constantly forgetting their orders, which is... infuriating to say the least.

[@darko-man8549]

Lol, the spawn twisted minotaurs would be a fun mechanic

[@mrjellyfish6406]

Now this is podracing-I mean Warhammer!

[@bigsadge747]

ive had a similar issue where minotours were just invisible. super annoying

[@rayjames5511]

I love the breath attack CA please don’t change it

[@rayjames5511]

They already nerf it😞 Why are Dragons so weak in total war warhammer 3

[@Willb0t]

that charge was incredible, great camerawork as always!

[@sophisticatedredneck1743]

The option to buy separately is awesome. I’m a huge 40k fan but love strategy games so I play total war. I’m a huge fan of Nurgle ams chaos as well as the skaven and lizard men. I just don’t like everything? Lots of DLC I bought gave me access to things I don’t necessarily care to play. The ability to buy what you want instead of a pack is awesome and I’ll happily be picking up the Nurgle side of the pack and not have to shell out extra money cause I don’t necessarily enjoy dwarf or empire playstyle

[@patriickmoreiira]

Just bought the DLC through your link Love your vids just keep the awesome work! Greetings from Portugal

[@milkandcookiesTW]

thank you mate much appreciated!

[@Stuka_Ace]

TY M&K. Plzzz keep it up! Left click touch... affiliate link.

[@Isabingus]

fek I just got the DLC not even a minute before I saw this video, would of gladly supported you but.... :x

[@redbowl5887]

Damn wanted to see more laser death beam on single entity.

[@Gelwain]

Good lord, Eslbeth is absolutely bonkers.

[@Maethendias]

it really IS a shame that most battles DONT have this ambiance elsbeth saddle is like, THE MOST WARHAMMER THING i have ever seen can we talk about this oversized furniture on a dragon lmfao

[@frankytoad12]

That Beastmen player should've won... didn't have to kill Bruckner, and should've committed the Gorgon at the end instead of trying to run it away.

[@spartan662501]

Jesus. That breath attack is busted.

[@floflo1645]

it looks like you can not dodge the espeth death ray unlike other dragons, even if you nerf the damage it would still make by far the best breath attack

[@chinoYochino]

watching while downloading dlc

[@garethhood9775]

Downloading as we speak😊

[@Zayl1016]

Taurox, as brutal as he is, is appreciated as an underdog in mp battles.

[@DarkStorm-kb4dw]

13:24 okayyy dude, when is the line of sight fix dlc ?

[@Ulfberht59]

Nice

[@semi-useful5178]

Fate of Bjuna should probably be replaced with another spell because I don't know anybody that actually likes it. It could be interesting if they pulled Death's Door from WHFRPG, it is a fun buff that prevents the target from dying. Could be some interesting synergy for tolls and the like.

[@jamesclements4462]

Would lobe to get into the multi player with this game but no idea what I'm doing hahah

[@FoogleBoogle]

grenade launchers were always op now gets a buff. How about the actually weak factions gets some buffs

[@thegreatbookofgrudges6953]

12:40 light of battle on bruckner

[@Terminator-Plays101]

Yeah half the time my minators don’t even show up in battle there just invisible

[@tylercox2875]

Ah yes the medieval 2 meta 5:30

[@denharte8670]

My INT build casting Comet Azur at any boss that kills me more than three times:

[@bigredmarchingon3200]

My first opinion is that makai should be a true horde faction.

[@freakymoejoe2]

I wince when I see a carmine laser wasted on chaff instead of nuking single targets

[@Josh-qu1gs]

Good fight

[@74arcath]

30min to go, hype

[@thereeldeelsteel]

The commentary is what I keep coming back for. Best on YT

[@Machina_EX_Machina]

It's here🎉

[@andyw.1164]

How do you combat lag in multiplayer. 2 gig Google fiber in a tech city and games with friends in the same city are unplayable

[@milkandcookiesTW]

thats a bit weird if you're in the same city and both have decent internet, but TW does not have good mp infrastructure. unfortunately i dont really have tips to mitigate the issue. i've had similar issues with people from the UK, but I live East coast US so its not as surprising

[@samueljackson605]

that wasted breath attack when Theodore had the Bull locked down was painful to watch; everything was RIGHT THERE..

[@jobvermuyen5382]

Yeah. Also when the empire player put elspeth solo against the ghorgon for too long, even though there were many units idle nearby which could support her

[@frankytoad12]

yea there were a few really silly mistakes on both sides.

[@XeroKarma]

watching this while steam says its gonna take over a year to install thrones of decay

[@ven3558]

The fact that the doc still gets made fun of to this day is amazing. I love the gaming community lmfaoooo

[@aethewulf4787]

I just have to post how much i want Vampire counts dlc,and animation updates for vampire lords and heroes :3333

[@arcadia9589]

Taurox vs. Elden Beast

[@boskoterzic8411]

i got 2 questions,why do snipers have a million ammo and why did you leave the gorgon on the hilltop to keep getting shot by those snipers if u moved him just a smidge down those snipers would be useless utill they move from one end o the map to the other

[@snakeoo7ca]

Probably due to their lower unit count

[@raynightshade8317]

Please take Theodore on foot sometime so he can break some backs

[@milkandcookiesTW]

will do for sure!

[@robbiemarra1012]

Yo @milkandcookiesTW please do more videos like this. Idk if you do or not I'm a new sub but I will watch and updoot these fucking constantly

[@milkandcookiesTW]

hey welcome! yeah this is pretty much what i do here lol, there are hundreds of videos just like this already up, and more will come :)

[@lucnederhof2107]

How the f do you get this map?? This looks insane

[@milkandcookiesTW]

its called Heart of the Dark, its in your map pool, no mods. was first introduced in wh2 with Silence and Fury/taurox

[@sassyviking6003]

I get beastmen are kind of the comic relief faction. The redheaded stepchild GW have mistreated for ages. But the idea of them is cool. Fragile but adept hunters and expert ambushers. Hit fast, hit hard, hit from all sides. Who needs fancy armor wjen you're an apex predator?

[@baizuo_6246]

I dont really see how they are comic relief. Especially when you have orks

[@sassyviking6003]

@@baizuo_6246 they just embarassingly fail at everything they do, and GW writers are far from subtle about it. I guess comic relief isn't quite right, maybe punching bag. They are not well regarded by GW and their lore, rules, etc reflect that.

[@baizuo_6246]

@@sassyviking6003 yeah punching bag hits the spot.

[@sassyviking6003]

@@baizuo_6246 to your comment about orcs though. In 40k they definitely oc upy that role, and I'm not trying to say fantasy greenskins are always played serious, but if we're measuring pure silliness skaven is wjere I'd turn for fantasy. Fantasy orcs and goblins generally have a more serious and cruel interpretation than sci fi orks.

[@sercravenmohead3631]

They’re actually really good in this game, probably some of the most underrated lords is Malagor. I use to play them when I know someone was gonna do ranged because they excel at closing the distance.

[@MyTomServo]

If Ghorros Warhoof is anything to go by I would think he probably does cheat on his wife.

[@ragedgrunt]

jesus 70% of taurox health for something you cannot dodge seems pretty steep, that's kind of ridiculous. Damn Elspeth's abilities just carried that, I mean, sniping taurox like that with one hit from flying is way too much, but something has to make the pricetag worth it I guess

[@mathiasrryba]

like with SoC and Kislev becoming super OP until they got fixed

[@keithoshei6683]

I feel like they should do a slight damage and acc cut and increase the dragon cost

[@adustygreasyandsweatybonnet]

Make it so it can be dodged ffs

[@kubka4]

Not sure where you got the 70%, but ok... I think the dmg is okay, but it should be dodgeable at least a little bit... But at the same time, normal breath attacks are so bad at hitting SEs that maybe it's not really possible to make it effective and not undodgeable...

[@alonsoisraelolveramartinez3509]

and Tuarox being an OP asshole is fine?

[@sergiomartin221]

wtf was that charge? did they change it? that damage is old total war level

[@gadyariv2456]

Did they fix the age of reckoning issues on lunch, cause all I care about is the dawi, and not point on spending my outh gold if it's broken.

[@milkandcookiesTW]

no, fixes to a system like that will come in first hotfix/patch after launch. im 84 turns into Ungrim campaign, the Age of Reckoning issues are annoying for confederating Thorgrim and the requirements/grudge resolution rate gets a bit silly later on. But its still been a very fun campaign, hasn't dramatically impacted my experience

[@gadyariv2456]

@@milkandcookiesTW thanks. appreciate the replay. I'll still probably wait until it fixed.

[@riccardo393e7]

Yeah is really good I love it Please CA turn again To SOC races… please

[@Wes1013]

looks like your video card is overheating. I've seen that effect before when this happens.

[@milkandcookiesTW]

it may be a file corruption issue but i dont think its a performance/hardware problem. temps look fine and not having issues with any other unit or any other game. its just Beastmen minotaurs on this particular playtest. loaded a bunch of separate battles to test it out. hopefully wont be an issue with the main build launching today

[@Wes1013]

@@milkandcookiesTW maybe try a GPU stress test, if that reveals no problems I agree you can rule out hardware. I used to see this exact "exploded geometry" when running 3dmark on an aggressive overclock.

[@user-sd9dk5ir7v]

​​@@Wes1013 nah that's just a warhammer thing which happens. It's also really common if you got some texture mod conflicts only then it's a way worse version where the corpses just start taking up the entire screen with flickering triangles.

[@alel1234]

1:18 DrDisrespect, avatar of the chaos gods

[@ptavangar]

Shouldn't the BM have khornbulls and the cockatrice in their roster?

[@milkandcookiesTW]

yes they should. there has been internal push to get that to happen from creators

[@UllyrWuldan]

Well I tried to use the affiliate link Indy, but that company Xsolla jammed up my card with a random charge that made the funds insufficient.

[@ricardorodriguez2343]

I just never got an email yet with the code 😢

[@milkandcookiesTW]

bizarre. if you can give me a bit more detail i can pass it up the chain to CA/sega. let me know what the issue is

[@UllyrWuldan]

@@milkandcookiesTWYessir, so I followed the link to Xsolla. I transferred the 22.95 to my Apple Card, then Xsolla charged 35 cents to the card and asked me how much it was for. I then answered 35cents. They said that was invalid and now I can’t use my Apple Card. I’d love to muse your affiliate link, been watching you for years and enjoyed every single video.

[@UllyrWuldan]

⁠ Yessir, so I followed the link. And clicked Steam, went to the card page and used Apple Cash. It then charged my card for 35 cents with no warning, and asked how much they charged it for. I answered 35 cents and that was correct. They did not return the 35 cents, and now the card can’t complete a purchase because of insufficient funds. I don’t know why they can’t just sell me the game without nonsense, seems scammy. Anyway, I’ve enjoyed this channel for years and would love to use your link. You’ve never made a bad video.

[@ricardorodriguez2343]

@@UllyrWuldan mine was similar except for some reason the payment is on hold and won't be released till Friday. Could just be a thing with my bank. Which is why I haven't gotten the email with the key yet.

[@hawkburton4758]

Taurox = Dr Disrespect

[@rubric-eo5yj]

that breath attack deals wayy too much damage and is undodgable

[@loreofmetal5604]

the laser looks awesome and is probably going to get nerfed into mediocrity. i hope there is a mod that restores its original state..

[@user-sd9dk5ir7v]

Honestly good. Im not a pvp player i only watch but its so easy for us singleplayer nerds to buff things via mods that I'd rather have ca keep things balanced for the mp guys.