Turning Kroxigors into KroxiGODS in Total Warhammer 3

30 settlements. 30 turns. Unfathomable quantities of suffering. Nakai sucks. Kroxigors are mid. And I regret my life choices.
This campaign was actually a lot of fun though lol. I'll probably be doing more of these speedrun style challenges in the future.
Edited by Sev
All Music In Order of Appearance:
• Masked Dedede [Remix]
• The Legend of Zelda: O...
Lets Make This Right OG Version (Furi OST)
Harmony - OSRS OST
Boris Slavov - Quirky Bones DOS2 OST
Millick Meadows (Day) - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 OST
Divinity Original Sin 2 OST - Mead, Gold & Blood
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Colony 9 (Day)
• Pokémon DPPt - Cynthia...
Attacking Divine Beast Vah Naboris (Nearby) - The Legend of Zelda BOTW OST
Persona 5 OST - Price
A Picture in Motion (Furi OST)
Minigame - Parasail - Legend of Zelda BOTW OST
Fire Emblem Three Houses OST - 6. Fodlan Winds (Rain)
Winter - Vivaldi
My Only Chance (Furi OST)

[@directrulefromgamerchair3947]

That "merging the kroxigors with infantry" thing used to unironically be a thing you could do in the tabletop game, not even joking.

[@spiritofthegorg6950]

I remember the charge through skink mechanic all the way back in 6th edition (even in the WD supplementary before the army books came out) scored me a rank 3 finish at the local tournament❤

[@directrulefromgamerchair3947]

@@spiritofthegorg6950 Man, this takes me back to the days where the Stegadon was a metal model that didn't fit together properly and High Elves were utterly busted lmao

[@MithrilRoshi]

@@directrulefromgamerchair3947 It is unironically cool seeing these stories of vets in the wild.

[@perrycarters3113]

@@directrulefromgamerchair3947 *reads 'back to the days'* *Looks at old, busted up metal stegadon model sitting in its GW briefcase* *ages 500 years*

[@loupdeguerre]

@@spiritofthegorg6950 I used this exact tactic in total war on sheer reflex the first time I played lizardmen, and I still used krox with skink to this day xD

[@directrulefromgamerchair3947]

"They're funding a proxy war against themselves, like no government has done. Ever" welp he's doomed, guys. it's been fun

[@additionalstupidity]

Going for the world record any % CIA watchlist speedrun

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

To do that you just have to search up how to build a home-made bomb

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

I am legally obligated to inform you that that was a joke

[@MrDiego121979]

The Romans are crying right now

[@bookkeeper7]

@@MrDiego121979 Romans be like: let's build half our army out of war tribes with absolutely no loyalty, that we have been fighting for 300+ years straight. No way this goes wrong. !!!! Warning: a vassal has declared war on you !!!! Warning: your capital is under siege !!!!! Warning: Your capital has been destroyed !!!!!

[@thesnagglewolf]

This Nakai slander will not stand. You better be careful or he's gonna wander his way to your front yard.

[@The_Industry]

Look, I love Nakai. He's my favourite character in Warhammer, and, based on his feats and simple logic, should probably be the single most powerful combatant in all of WHF (and potentially AOS as well). But... Aside from his ability to effortlessly create a god-tier economy, he is absolute trash in-game. For a character who should be a greater-daemon sized, unkillable, unbreakable, inexhaustible, being who is either the straight up manifestation of Lustria or the reincarnation of a war god (or both), with thousands of years of experience, and a sentient weapon containing the spirit of the aforementioned war god, he is so incomprehensibly mediocre (and small) it genuinely hurts.

[@darkyuraptor3315]

@@The_Industry agreed

[@Gabronthe]

Nakai's fine. It's just Kroxigors that suck.

[@tomsebire9758]

@@The_Industry i agree he was my first campain in wh3 and it was fun to use him but then i used other lizardmen like oxyotle and the i found out he is dog shit sadly i hope they give him a rework any time soon

[@thesnagglewolf]

@@The_Industry yeah goofs aside I don't fully disagree. He definitely feels better than he was in 2 but for who he is as a character he feels like he needs some love.

[@catsndogs98]

0:39 you know, its kind of lore accurate. Nakai doesnt build infrastructure he just kind of murderhoboninja his way out of the jungle, wrecks face, and then leaves. Like some kind of rampaging armored bulldozer.

[@somnius2519]

Sometimes reasonable Kroxigors must do unreasonable things.

[@directrulefromgamerchair3947]

Doing a Kroxigor run is better as literally any other Lizardmen LL lmao

[@dragonriderxx7888]

A generic krixogor lord is better choice for a kroxigor stack

[@etuanno]

I really like the chameleon LL in the southern wastes (forgot his name).

[@shorewall]

@@etuanno Oxyotl

[@thetaleofzulu3693]

Why's that?

[@dovahkitty4401]

​@@etuanno i got you Oxyotl. Hes alot of fun for skink stacks

[@hafahya6545]

18:00 That map, so beautiful yet so nonsensical. I guess you can call it brilliantly stupid

[@darkyuraptor3315]

Nakai was done real dirty when it comes to incorporating him to the game. I know many other races and factions need updates, but I can't help to think Nakai REALLY NEEDS one.

[@deckofmanytoyboxes8845]

Constructs only tomb kings? Incredibly difficult...but technically possible

[@additionalstupidity]

Currently finishing up a High Elf infantry only campaign as well as Dwarf Gun Only. I will eventually cover the Tomb Kings but it's probably a while off considering how much awesome shit is in the next dlc

[@deckofmanytoyboxes8845]

@@additionalstupidity I just tried the challenge recently and it was hard, but I, unlike you, am very bad at the game so I wanted to see you take a crack at it. Love your videos man keep it up!

[@andreasottohansen7338]

@@additionalstupidity Dawi firepower? Oh lord, this get's my beard all the way to the floor.

[@olafthemoose9413]

Didn't Zerkovich try something like that and it was veeery hard?

[@deckofmanytoyboxes8845]

@@olafthemoose9413 maybe? I dont usually watch zerkovich

[@AmbushIntheDark]

The nonsense layout of that map was hilarious

[@skiefyre123]

Well you see directly under that waterfall is extremely porous silt sitting directly above an underground aquifer......

[@alfadasfire]

Well, at least he CAN recruit kroxigors now. For the longest time he couldn't. Couldn't recruit temple guards and some other dinos, I forgot, either. So there's that I guess? But yeah, Nakai does need a "bit" of love.

[@larsdragerl]

I sincerely hope the next DLC adds stuff for Lizardmen and reworks Nakai.

[@Sid6point4]

Florida crocodiles on steroids

[@Primal_K]

With low enough stats that they still get yoinked by the Florida Man

[@thecappyking]

Can confirm

[@mranderson9553]

gonna be honest id rather see a kroxigor on my porch rather than a gator

[@NewkTheGeckgoat]

It doesn’t help this challenge that Nakai is indisputably and undeservedly one of the worst lords in the game. Because they just forgor he existed. It sucks, I think he has two of the most annoying quest battles in the game currently. Especially the defense of Itza. It’s a great idea but the AI literally runs their lords in and dies and if either of them dies you IMMEDIATELY fail the mission, and you can’t save one of them before he dies because you’re all the way across the map and as a Slann he runs in to Melee vampire depth guard and dies immediately almost every time. I’m not sure how I managed to fumble my way into winning this battle at one point, retried it recently and I ran it dozens of times and each time the slann dies immediately almost.

[@TheStrongNerd]

There's a mod that lets you autoresolve story missions. Helps a lot for me because I hate fighting the lord kroak mission because it's super boring.

[@randomcanadian6690]

Im playing gor rok, I find the best way to play that mission is to send 3 or 4 of your stronger units over to your ally to help while you deal with the main army

[@Kaiimei]

I think that's the idea, everyone forgets about Nakai until he wanders in during a crucial moment in a Lizardmen-based book to save the day a la Gandalf, then wanders off again.

[@Wanderer-nw2so]

I still think the lizardmen need another rework to everything, but I wonder what that DLC would have to be? Maybe they could make a legendary lord and put him in ind or kuresh?

[@ZeroFormLak]

Total war Archaon 2 campaing is somehow better than his

[@Andy-iq6rk]

There is two things i consistently hate in this game, the horrid sieges and the incredibly uneven diplomacy, seriously if you got positive on it you will be payed in pocket lint but if you got red for it even by a few they will steal your kidneys and wallet, bleed you dry, it's insane.

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

Yeah, its like all of the AIs are conspiring against the player to fuck them over

[@Smilemonster1912]

They literally are conspiring to kill you. Another example of player bias is how if the AI is at war with the player they will send their armies across the ocean to kill you even though they have a nation they are at war with on their doorstep. That is how i ended up having 9 factions that i didnt even border, all sending armies at me at the same time even though i only had 4 cities as bretonnia.

[@jtd2117]

I've been binging your Total War videos, and was sad that I've watched them all. Just seen this and it made my day.

[@Her_Sisko]

I almost died when bro was roasting the design of that map, the waterfall specifically killed me

[@the_angel_eye6804]

That "pick up the vase" level of being angry at the pathfinding hit home for me

[@mrsquid1555]

They're just workers and builders leave them be!

[@additionalstupidity]

They're calories. Nothing more and nothing less.

[@Thebigchung]

I remember doing this on my own. Love me kroxigors, I’m glad you did this idea :)

[@Max-ek4dn]

This style of vid is so nice. The genuine hatred for the games mechanics mixed with a clearly well thought out script/jokes is awsome

[@gataylor6982]

Thank you youtube for playing this next under half an hour of its upload

[@PandaWolf525]

Really shows you how bad a unit is if he has to turn down the game difficultly

[@additionalstupidity]

I do actually think Normal battle difficulty is about the same difficulty level as very hard in most cases (in manual battles). The AI is dumber but it also makes better decisions in terms of the pacing of battles. It dosen’t wait until you've slaughtered half of it's army with spells before moving up to attack you like the VH AI often does, for example. In this case, I turned it down to test it out because I kept hearing that it was actually harder and also I knew I'd be auto-resolving a lot of super easy battles with a low casualty replenishment rate. Basically, if you fight every battle manually it's the same, if not harder than very hard. If you autoresolve a lot though, it's dramatically easier.

[@bigquazz3955]

@@additionalstupidity I've been saying that for awhile now, but people like to shit on the idea of hard and normal being harder than very hard. On top of ignoring your wizard while you destroy half their army with spells, but the AI on very hard is also prone to sending their forces in waves even when they have overwhelming numbers.

[@Big-J0211]

Bro your war hammer videos are the only reason I got the game and now I have 300 hours please keep posting incredible content like this we all love it

[@grudger95]

I legit love Vivaldi's Winter. Well used in the video, imo. I've loved the "Idea" of kroxigors ever since I first saw them but have never stacked them like this before. This video was enlightening lol. Great video fam

[@lakincz2359]

My man making my day again and again with these videos. Much love man. Greatest warhammer 3 videos ever.

[@KenoughsEnough]

I just thought yesterday that I missed your videos. Yay! Great post.

[@mctbaggins2084]

Dude...I am subscribed now. This was too much fun to watch. And your background music is my jam. So double sub.

[@michaelblevins1651]

Honestly They should make Kroxigors with that are The Temple guard version of kroxigors Like imagine Kroxigors in golden armor with massive swords or hammers as opposed to the ones we have now

[@ilikethewaysnrubberthinks]

kroxigors aren't guards.

[@user-kt4to5xs9l]

Aren’t they just the builder caste and general laborers? They only have some semblance of intelligence thanks to skins being nearby. They are not warriors, they are just strong

[@M12Z0]

That start scared me. The moment you started to gain territory with 2 armies hope found it's way into my heart. That massacre of the Skaven was legendary

[@ReinaSaurus]

ladders, stairs, siege towers or even shovels would be a better option than the front door here 🤣

[@conqmommyover9000]

"We do not have a lot of gold, but we spend a lot of gold. Which is not the best combination" sounds like my life 😂😂😂

[@majorgillis4082]

This warhammer content is what I live for

[@dragontamer2474]

17:28 mans got the thunderdome!! 2 armies enter one leaves! I love this map idc how buggy it is the map is glorious and is super fun because it's elven forest but cut in half distance wise!

[@40kVallin]

Gods I love your videos. They are so wonderful to watch. And I´m amazed how you beat some of the early battles with like a Lord and one unit.

[@additionalstupidity]

It's less about playing extremely well and more about making as few mistakes as possible. Just taking the absolute minimum number of unfavorable fights and using every resource at my disposal is the real trick to it. After ~15 turns of that, you're *far* stronger than the AI due to your levels, unit ranks, economy, etc, improving faster than theirs.

[@VioletWarden1023]

We’re getting Through the great plan with this one boys!

[@captainservoofzetasquad4509]

Furi's soundtrack is so good, always love hearing it.

[@spikedemon42]

The rage about getting through 2 gates was so funny I could feel your pain 😂

[@GlizKhalifa]

This, and this alone, makes me want to actually try a Kroxigors and heroes only Nakai run. I'm positive it'll be hell. But I'm also positive it'll be all kinds of fun if I can get through the slog.

[@HALO_-ks6dp]

Fgreat video really enjoy watching your stuff

[@jammyjimmy666]

You had me at Kroxigors

[@brycewoodard1098]

43:30 "Like No Government Ever Has Before..." "Ever." *distant Kroxigor scoffs*

[@AusartheDead]

Love hearing Quirky Bones by Borislav Slavov playing at the 16 minute mark

[@dragonfan9818]

All I can picture at the 48 minute siege battle is just a field view of Brilliant Stupidity just being the commander looking at these lizards turning their heads left and right not understanding where to go.

[@The_Industry]

2:37 You say that, and they definitely should be close to that size (maybe 15ft), but in game, they are a truly pitiful 10-11ft tall. Everything Lizardmen is smaller than it should be: Saurus should be like 8ft, but are just under 6ft; Temple Guard are basically the same size, when they should be even bigger at 9-10ft; Oldbloods like Kroq-Gar should be even a little taller than that at around 11ft but are barely over 7ft; Gor-Rok should be like 50% bigger than a Temple Guard at 13-15ft, but is less than 9ft; Dread Saurians should be the height of city walls, not the height of regular Giants. And as for Kroxigors. If they are massive, bipedal saltwater crocodiles, they ought to be (in order to be taller than Gor-Rok, which they should be) at least 15-16ft tall and weigh between 2 and 3 tonnes. And Nakai should essentially be a bipedal Deinosuchus, and be well over 20ft tall. Instead, Kroxigors are around 10ft like most other monstrous infantry, and Nakai is barely larger than Grimgor.

[@H20Hybrid]

Was that some OG Runescape music in the beginning? and then the slow evolution into stressful climactic strings. Dont sleep on this mans soundtrack

[@Skaven_enthusiast]

Love the vids, and I’ll still love em wen you blow up

[@injiktoplqktor]

Kroxigor earthbenders: *exist* All other races: 40K universe seems chill

[@coolcolorado127]

The OSRS soundtrack that blesses my ears during all your videos elevates you to top total war creator imo

[@jasonbounds8551]

Legitimately started laughing out loud during the 2nd gate rant at the end 😂

[@seardrax527]

I actually had some issues when I saw brilliant not put the campaigns at max difficulty but then I remembered the second part of his name so now the tension of "can he do it?" came back

[@ichmh1871]

fun and entertaining vid ... thx man

[@TheOracleofClocks]

A Lizardman focused video? Finally, some good fucking food

[@beatzdyer]

New vid had me SPRINTING to my laptop

[@Armore2]

3 days ago? Damn, must have missed it. Fun video, as always, thanks for the entertainment.

[@MrKylljoy]

The overanalysis of the fluid physics on the cathay map is top tier. There is just nothing else to talk about, Nakai is just a second role in his own campaign

[@alfasolmega4458]

Suggestion: WoC but with only non-Daemonic units, and we get to see you make Aspiring Champions into gods

[@ShardtheWolf]

I'd love to see this. Aspiring champs are so good with a filled out tech tree

[@cookiecreep9204]

The Furi music makes it, gotta say. Great choice!

[@TheFirstHoneyBadger]

Video Idea was good, Your Voice was good, the content was good, the Kroxigors was good, but the FURI remix song was just f'ing awesome dude.

[@tunafarrell2067]

I felt your pain with the gate pathing.

[@Zayl1016]

Lisa the Painful? More like Kroxigors the Painful. The unit that hates you.

[@craftycraff6083]

Loving the more “free form” video style. It reminds me of my favorite series (Skaven slaves). My input would be to forego the turn competition restriction and go full on the one unit type challenge.

[@Dracowinges]

Our brain boy strikes again! Huzzah!

[@Dik2BG]

I felt the frustration with them going through the gate on a primal level

[@benlarbiskandeer2099]

awesome video seriously

[@lmao_nope]

12:15 "One of the best victories of my whole career" - Yup, blob and pray, the true greatest strategy of Total War.

[@captainducktape689]

I personally am a pretty big fan of Nakai. His campaign is the one I have played by far the most of, and the only one I have technically finished- endgame crisis and all that

[@Reptilebrained]

Nakai's game mechanics are so bad because the devs wandered away from his faction in favour of more chaos

[@electricVGC]

crazy to see a challenge where you can't even go only, that's wild would love to see some tomb kings

[@Southerly93]

Fun fact. Croxigors regularly have their weapons chained, or otherwise attached to them so they don't just drop their weapons and resort to just being wild animals in the form of body building aligators

[@ANDREALEONE95]

Nakai: wanna have Norsca Tribes experience with Lizardmen?

[@Dragonseer666]

Average fighting against skaven experience: That is a bad idea. I take that back, you have more armies than I thought, maybe that is the right move for you. That is a fourth army. Okay, we have a problem here. Or do we? We don't.

[@morjin4859]

I know you weren't talking shit about Nakai the Wanderer, he's coming... give him some time... you know, it's a bit hard to get places fast with all the wandering, he needs to sun himself for long periods of time, not to mention all the skinks who are there to bestow him with the golden drip

[@davidring681]

I literally just finished this campaign. You can get them really buffed and down to 2 turns by mid-late game. Also don’t sleep on the blessed ones. They have double the charge bonus. And perfect vigor

[@TheDefaultgameer]

So once I picked up WH3 my first big campaign was as Nakia, honestly loved it. Much better then in WH2 when it came to tech tree and growing your forces.Trick is to just keep your armies next to Nakai or who ever you spawn them in on, transfer units as needed and build up while fighting. And then you take over the world.

[@mefikFS]

Hes called the Wanderer because he wonders how to do his job properly...

[@pjdava]

AdditionalStupidity, Subscribed because your videos always make me smile!

[@Kaiimei]

Ngl, the idea of trying to do the Short Campaign within 30 turns is pretty good for pressuring you to move fast instead of sitting back and waiting 20 turns to build up and recruit stuff.

[@MrFatbard]

11:00 this is when i would have just quit the game lol good on you for not doing that

[@sythrus]

Apparently they are going to be (somewhat) fixing gate pathing, so thats nice

[@EveloGrave]

Epidemus Plaguebearer Only sounds like hell. Hope to see it :3

[@theodorehodbor5080]

What is so baffling about Nakai is Total War already has the blueprints for what Nakai *should* be with Taurox the Brass Bull. They are almost exactly the same type of horde-based monster legendary lords that buff monstrous infantry, literally just copy-paste Taurox's mechanics to Nakai and he'd be perfect.

[@WindsOfficial]

Haha love it man

[@thewolfshark5914]

Such heresy regarding my top lad Nakai will not be tolerated. You will be hearing from an attorney about your slanderous statements towards big lizard boi

[@dontgankmebruv7273]

2:40 one issue I’ve seemed to have with breaking down gates with larger units is that they often get stuck trying to attack the gate without being able to actually attack it so they all just sit there and try to walk towards the gate. Adding more units just ends up making it worse.

[@bigquazz3955]

Kroxigars are definitely one of the monstrous infantry units that were intended fight inside of your regular infantry. Alot of units work best when you charge them through your own troops instead of trying to flank.

[@peachystonerlol]

Anyone who knows about the Furi music is worth a follow

[@theeunseen8820]

Kroxigors are earthbenders confirmed

[@bradb3723]

Im do glad i used the sfo mod cause vanilla nakai is just..so so painful.

[@IceI3laze]

i remember doing something similar since im a alligator enjoyer, getting the long victory was dire is all i can say

[@SCoraccioIV]

Its funny that this was a 'challenge' because last week I played Nakai and steamrolled everyone and thought it was actually supposed to be broken

[@thomasklima215]

There must be a kind of logic to force the units to slowly walk single file through these gates ...

[@olenhol2przez4]

4 words. Simpley Fun Overhaul (steel faith overhauls): Grimhammer....

[@PesterJester3]

love how you have been talking about the maps a lot lol. Also, hide of the cold ones is the worst item for the lizardmen, me and my friend talked about this for a solid hour. Every lizardman lord and hero eventually causes fear or terror, they get high leadership, items like armor of destiny provide better buffs, and dont remove leadership. Hide of the cold ones needs to be better or a green tier item, or white

[@Kaiimei]

Oh, btw, don't forget the emphasis Cathay places on balloons, that's how they get to those isolated buildings and hanging sky watchposts, they get delivered by balloon and, aside from flying enemies, or enemies with projectiles, or magic, or magic projectiles, or the ability to climb...other than those, they are safe from attack.

[@nagashtheundyingking4404]

would be fun to do a kroxigor and skink thing as in lore they are best friends. I really do hope Lizardmen gets a mechanic update at one point esspetially Nakai.

[@Miki-hk6vy]

Praying to god we get a thrones of decay like update for the Lizardmen overhaul, they really need it

[@d1halberdgnoll963]

wow that is just sad. I knew Nakai wasn't great but... Damn.

[@AlexHunter2525]

The Lizardmen are my favorite race and Nakai is the guy I usually use just so I don't have to worry about settlements lol. I've learned he's super weak apparently

[@Kerosiin]

42:03 ah yes, reliably unreliable. relying on someone to not come to your birthday party, to not pay you back, to raze your city to the ground after you just paid them to leave, to forget to do that one favour you asked them to do, etc etc

[@andregon4366]

In Impossible Creatures (RTS game where your units were the animals you combined) I mixed Crocs with Gorillas. They were one of the strongest units I ever used.