Total Tactics - How To: Guerrilla Gunpowder | Total War: Warhammer 3

[@kyledabearsfan]

"says guerilla warfare, whips out tank" i support this, brings an American tear to my eye. I heard a bald eagle screech. Jokes aside, I actually love you gave the historical name of the combat style. I do love you brought in the Fabian style of avoidance and seizing the opportunity.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao I wasn't initially planning on doing Guerilla Warfare with this match I was initially gonna try some sorta World War 1 style thing but when I saw his army and the terrain I had to switch things up on the fly. Glad I could inspire my American neighbours to the south haha Much love from Canada bro!

[@kyledabearsfan]

@@MalleusGaming57 oh nah I'm not judging. It's hysterical. Best wishes 😂

[@GutsOfRivia]

tbf the steam tank is decently mobile.

[@jamesnunn8435]

​@GutsOfRivia right?! Actually blew me away how fast it is. It's like a bloody go-kart!!!

[@johndane9754]

Most people expect a pitched battle, but they typically don't expect this. A patient player who knows how to use his unorthodox build and denies the upfront engagement. The (supposed) confusion from the enemy player in how to deal with guerilla type builds also helps considering how uncommon they are. Which is awsome if pulled off but disastrous is not. That's the thing, if you can't take them all at once, you take them in pieces.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Absolutely and very well said! It’s very easy to make mistakes or even freeze up when faced with something unexpected, happens to me in these games a lot! Analysis Paralysis is definitely a thing, literally something they have to train soldiers to overcome. Cheers bud!

[@averylewis1753]

Rip my Army

[@averylewis1753]

Malleus showing me my place even with my best faction XD

[@MalleusGaming57]

Haha it was well fought buddy! I was extremely concerned for my army the whole time!

[@Velatus5978]

@@averylewis1753 You tried well, but you definetly did make a lot of mistakes in that game, I would suggest you if you truly want to improve give it a watch again and try to spot your mistakes, I know noone is perfect and making mistakes even when knowing what to do happens but there were definetly a lot of things that went wrong there, especially as just composition wise you were better situated then your opponent. Just a general tipp, you have to be more carefull with letting your units get isolated, like most of your high value stuff died because you send it in unsupported.

[@averylewis1753]

@@Velatus5978 I did and I can see alot of my mistakes as hindsight is always 20/20 mostly towards my panic near the end though the biggest "mistake" how ever was not hunting the outriders but until they revealed themselves i had no idea Malleus had them

[@Velatus5978]

@@averylewis1753 I would generally suggest you to always keep a fast moving reserve near your arty, empire knights are great for that, they work well against almost every to buy you some time to respond and are also fast enough to once arty isn't important anymore still affect the battlefield. Due to them having mass and such they are also better at stopping lord and chariots then infantry. And well you can kind of almost always expect an enmy that isn't dwarfs to have some kind of tool to go after your arty I'd they see you play empire. Also just learning and rewatching the video is already a great step, I am sure you are on a good way to learn!

[@EarlSoC]

It's criminal you're not getting 6 digit views. Your videos are easily the smartest TW content out there right now.

[@spangebobb3903]

I mean, total war is a pretty small and niche game franchise so there isn’t going to be many people watching content for it

[@Dammitom]

@@spangebobb3903 shut up and like and subscribe what are u talking about ahah literally tho thats how it works isnt it

[@MalleusGaming57]

Cheers bro that’s really nice of you to say and I super appreciate it! Hopefully in time I’ll get there

[@Aldor623]

God I love the Gunpowder focus of your Total Tactics series

[@MalleusGaming57]

Haha the intention is to cover more unit types but there’s just so much that can be done with the Gunpowder units! Cheers bro!

[@Aldor623]

@@MalleusGaming57 Yeah gunpowder are quite fun to play around with. Wondering if you got any upcomming cavalry ideas? Cav/gunpowder formation ?

[@MalleusGaming57]

@@Aldor623 haha I do have something I’ve been thinking about for a Cavalry army that fits in with this topic, I have yet to try it out and I have no idea how practical it’d be but I’m sure it’ll be at the very least hilarious 😆

[@veldanen]

I like your presentation, format and tactical+history knowledge. Very helpful! I play Kairos and Morathi, having flimsy units, this is very good to bolster my gameplay. SUbbed.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Thank you glad you enjoyed! I appreciate the sub and hope it helps you out, let me know how things go bud!

[@cweeperz7760]

Super cool vid, and loved the history bit My best guerrilla moment was hiding a few blasting charge miners in rear forests. Bombed them woodhugger Elgi sky high

[@MalleusGaming57]

Thanks buddy! I totally wanna look more into the historical aspects, especially Fabian. That sounds epic, I hate fighting against Wood Elves so using their own woods to blow them up is perfect!

[@4dealliance598]

1 thing i want to say: While this may not fit guerilla warfare strictly, the knights if the Black Rose work excellently as an "instant front line" in case enemy cavalry is particularly threatenu g, or if the player is unconfident in their ability to manage everything. 1 or 2 units of it can act as highly mobile shields, locking down threats while allowing your more delicate gunpowder units reposition.

[@RA-cp7zt]

I love your content and appreciate you switching back to the zoomed out view. The last few videos you posted weren't as strategically interesting for me, as I really couldn't follow what was happening. I really love seeing the unit positioning on the map and watching them engage from above. Thanks! P.S. would love for you to do a formation video focusing on specific factions and any unique units they have. Aka how best to use the dwarf flamethrowers, or brettonia cav, etc.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Glad you enjoyed this bud and thank you so much! That sounds like a great idea I'll definitely look into that cheers bro!

[@piotrwisniewski70]

Nice battle, reminds me to my favourite tactic from playing total Warhammer campaign I would hide my gunners and mortars in the forest, with gunners protecting the mortars, while cavalry with pistols would ride out to enemy, and draw them right into shooting range for mortars This way even stronger enemy would be quickly beaten up and defeated by a small force of few gunners, mortars and cavalry I even managed to defeated this way a way bigger army with steam tank once

[@AA-vr8ez]

New mod idea: War WAAAGHans. Boyz in a technical

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao I'd be so down for that! They can throw squigs at people or something

[@spacewizardtw]

Fantastic video! All of your tactics series are extremely well done!

[@MalleusGaming57]

Thanks a lot!

[@barrycabbageM34]

I honestly would've be a nay sayer that this'd work had I not just seen it, fantastic work.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Bro I was surprised myself 😆 thanks so much!

[@caelestigladii]

That one steam tank caught in the open charging in could have caused a lot of disruption among the missile troops. Without cavalry(you already destroyed them) nothing with enough mass could have stopped it.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Yeah it definitely could, I dunno I feel like I sometimes forget that the Steam Tank is still a beast in close combat, it's like in my mind it gets put in the "Ranged Unit" category and can't get out haha

[@caelestigladii]

@@MalleusGaming57 I feel you. It wasn’t until the landship got indroduced that it even occurred to me to use tanks in melee.

[@jasonstormsong4940]

Fabius mentioned. Underrated military leader.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Definitely gonna be looking more into his tactics and learning more of him.

[@ridvirgo1994]

With the mods for gunpowder, this is gonna be stunning. Faith. Steel. Gunpowder!

[@Sam-ey2ns]

that was surgical. awesome battle!

[@MalleusGaming57]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it! Those Helstorms had me sweating bullets the whole time I was so glad to take them out

[@kristofcsalanosi5757]

let's go Malleus next stop is 25k and then straight to 50k. I love the content, it's interesting and relaxing at the same time

[@MalleusGaming57]

Yeeee broski!! Haha I appreciate it bud glad you're enjoying the content and thanks so much for the support on this epic journey

[@bepper66]

Well if your opponent does not use his army and simply sends his Hero and cav into you without support, while wasting the amo of his 2! Hellstorms on the literal worst target in the whole game, then you don't need any tactics to win the match. At this point he already wasted roughly 5k of his 12k points without any effect whatsoever and without you having to do anything. The AI would win the match at this point. I love tactic videos and skirmish/kite has been an extremly potent tactic since Warhammer 1, but this showcase will result in a lot of frustration for anyone trying to repeat this. Kite is one of the hardest to execute playstyles overall and definitly does not work like this.

[@MalleusGaming57]

I would hope that people wouldn't try to replicate this exactly as guerilla tactics are dependent on ever evolving battlefield conditions. I see this as more presenting ideas and principles for people to think on and have in mind during their battles.

[@twistedmentality1]

I agree, in general this serves as a bad example of multiplayer tactics. The "noob box" is so often mocked for this reason. Some pro players have shown that if your opponent makes poor ranged targeting selection, you can win without moving a single unit

[@grilledflatbread4692]

I didn't expect an obscure picture of the Dominican Republic to show up in a total warhammer video.

[@MalleusGaming57]

haha life's full of surprises!

[@jamesnunn8435]

Ah man, I've gone and done it. I've hit the notification bell. I never do that lol.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao bro I appreciate it, hopefully you never have to do something so terrible again! Haha cheers buddy!

[@rabblerouserorc8649]

I thought we couldn't do Gorilla Warfare until the Monkey King DLC came out.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao don't tell him, he'll be very upset, might even start flinging stuff around!

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

I wanna see you use Ninja's in Shogun Total War, that'd be REAL guerilla warfare.

[@derkylos]

Or, use guerillas in Napoleon Total War. There's a peninsular campaign where the Spanish have guerilla line regiments, even...

[@MalleusGaming57]

That'd be so cool, I have Shogun but never really got into it unfortunately, I really have to try it out some day

[@purplekalmar2897]

would be interesting to see how it fares against other builds, like against cav focused armies, heavy spellcasting armies, etc etc

[@MalleusGaming57]

Yeah it'd be interesting, I feel like it'd be more improvising on the fly, seeing what the map is like and trying to adapt to the different conditions. This army was admittedly not designed for the purpose of Guerilla style fighting, I changed my plan immediately upon seeing what I was up against

[@carstein5696]

Could have improved the build by nixing a ironside for a life mage. If you have double steam tank I really don't see a world where healing wouldn't be fantastic. Also I uh. Don't think that pulling your outriders back to get plinked down by the long rifles without returning fire was the best choice. Coulda kept pressure up on the rear, especially with their own cavalry committed and their ability to stay away from massed handgun fire. Interesting build and battle though! The map definitely played to your advantage. The rockets were essentially useless because of their lack of vision on your ironsides.

[@In.Gy.]

Very cool! I wish TW supported this style of fighting on the campaign map.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Yeah it can be tricky to do all the time, I have had success though with splitting the enemy units up and isolating them through skirmishing and harassment

[@ThePastaSawce]

Reminds me of Mel Gibson in the patriot lol awesome job General!

[@MalleusGaming57]

Haha I’m gonna need more Tomahawks for my soldiers! Cheers bro!

[@maxmanoshkin5614]

That was pretty nice one! I wonder though why did you focus spearmen when they practically not dangerous instead of their missile units? With tanks and mortars. Is there any particular reason?

[@MalleusGaming57]

Partly was because I was trying to micro stuff back and forth all over and didn't properly see the handgunners, also partly I was trying to thin numbers quickly. Mainly too I wasn't thinking straight haha concentrating on the ranged would have been better, even charging into the snipers with my Outriders would have been better rather then disengaging but still being shot. That's why we learn though!

[@fake-inafakerson8087]

Vampire coast has more trouble with Guerilla tactics. "Hit and run" just works better than "hit and slowely shamble"

[@MalleusGaming57]

Haha I found that out with my recent Vampire Coast playthrough, they're just soooo slow!

[@samseloo4962]

Hey bro, i was wondering if you could share a bit about your next video ideas? I heard you talking about doing some elf videos which im super hyped for. You might find it helpful to look at Timurid and Scythian tactics. They were very skirmish cultires.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Hey man yeah I am planning on doing some stuff with the Elves, I've got a couple of ideas going right now, just figuring out how I wanna go about doing things. I'll look into those groups thanks, feel like those would be good for some dedicated skirmish/hit and run style vids cheers!

[@taurvanath]

Absolutely slaughtered.

[@taurvanath]

@@lucajustluca8257 👀 stop stalking me.

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao the crows fed well this day

[@taurvanath]

@@MalleusGaming57 my channel does Absolver videos 😭😭😭😭 bro was a fan of mine noooo

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao oopsies

[@quickpawmaud]

I have been playing with a Belegar Ranger army and burning down all the wood elf forests. Is great fun. Never used the guerilla tactics type stuff before. Is crossbows not guns though.

[@MalleusGaming57]

A Belegar Ranger army is something I wanna play around with, people certainly don't expect it from Dwarfs but you can get some really good deployment options with them. Gotta hit your target hard though, crossbows are still more than decent and probably some throwing axes for close up

[@quickpawmaud]

@@MalleusGaming57 I am playing a super long campaign with a friend he is Karl Franz and I am Thorgrim. I plan to cross off every grudge. We also are playing with a mod that changes victory conditions and rewards to be a little bit more interesting and are doing all of them. So far I have only Reclaimed the Realms. I have all 6 LLs spread around the map sadly Grombrindal was defeated before I could recruit him so will take him awhile to get revenge on the elves. Belegar just took the Oak of Ages and is fighting the Wood Elves still. Ungrim is fighting the Vampires to the east of Karak Kadrin. Thorgrim after finally finishing off Queek at like turn 60 is fighting Grimgor and Imrik to the east. Thorek is trying to not die to Kroq Gar. And Malakai is just kind of chilling as I got him last and the AI did not level up his ship at all. I feel like I am forgetting someone but I think that is everyone. Belegar and Ungrim have weird armies but Grombrindal and Thorgrim are mainly using Irondrakes, Organ Guns, Thunderers, and Iron Breakers. Thorgrim has 2 Hammerers as well. Belegar is him and his ghosts, 10 Bugman Rangers, then 5 Gyrocopters of different types. Ungrim is all different Slayers and a couple Grudge Settler Trollhammer Gyrocopters. The Ranger army has been amazing again Wood Elves and same with the Slayer army against the Vampires. I think my standard Dwarf army would not do nearly as well against the Wood Elves. It is about turn 70 and the Greenskin and Chaos Dwarf end game scenarios are coming at 100.

[@Navinor]

I like gorilla warfare :D

[@MalleusGaming57]

Oh man if the Monkey King ever comes out, everything's gonna change!

[@Navinor]

@@MalleusGaming57 True hahaha. 🤣

[@toledomann5800]

Pelo quadro que vc mostrou no inicio do video, vc fala portugues?

[@MalleusGaming57]

No unfortunately I only speak English and a tiny tiny amount of Spanish (like hardly any at all really)

[@stephenlyon1358]

My ancestory is that of the Picts in Scotland :P Think we wrote the book on asymmetrical warefare! Looking forward to the wood elf vid :)

[@MalleusGaming57]

Yo that’s awesome! I’ll have to do some research on the Picts for sure, I’m sure there’s a lot they can still teach us. Cheers bro!

[@nicolaymycl6575]

Is Malleus your surname? Is it of galician origin?

[@elohist7632]

Nice 😊

[@MalleusGaming57]

Thanks bud!

[@DamonNeri]

New to the game.

[@cyberpunk59]

Unfortunately, the fact that you know the army composition of your enemy at the beginning of each battles makes it counterable quite easily if you know the tactics

[@MalleusGaming57]

This was a versus battle against a friend of mine, all I knew was that he was playing Empire

[@arturomiguel4576]

You may be Spanish descent, but you’re saying the accent all wrong. Yo u need to say the l and a in the end stronger. So it’s sounds more like ya(with Spanish pronunciation not English)

[@MalleusGaming57]

Cheers bro, yeah Spanish descent but I don’t speak it, though I’m proud of my heritage for sure, I’ll remember to put the emphasis on the end there haha

[@Anthroprophagus]

Awesome Video, dude! Ever thought about casting some replays send in by viewers? U can point out some mistakes and offer some advice, your take on strategy is just really fun to watch! Ps: Am I the only one not getting notifications when malleus uploads? I hit the bell and everything :(

[@MalleusGaming57]

That’d be really cool to do yeah I’d definitely be down for that! Thanks for kind words Anthro I appreciate it as always!

[@LoremasterLiberaster]

ngl if it wasn't for the hill you wouldda been cooked

[@MalleusGaming57]

Omg yeah that hill changed everything, his Helstorms would have absolutely wrecked me. I wasn't even planning on doing guerilla style tactics for this but when I saw his set up and the hill I knew what had to be done haha

[@Dunleap]

what a waste of rockets on that tank, and cav in that charge on 2 hand gunners

[@Panz82]

you must be way more proactive with your outriders.

[@Angeloflight444]

Steam tanks are actually really good after the latest update. Great tactics overall, thank you for sharing! 🙂

[@Speshls]

gorilla warfare actually originated from the animal, the gorilla, and their never ending battle against human supremacy cool video otherwise

[@MalleusGaming57]

Lmao whenever the Monkey King shows up ohhh things are gonna change! Cheers bud!