Warriors of Chaos Unit Tier List Warhammer 3

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Tier list explaining the Warriors of Chaos Unit Roster.
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[@rogergraf1634]

"...that everybody else doesn't think you're a Nurgle woreshipper" Damn man im falling backwrads of my Gaming Chair for laughing.

[@fovarberma752]

I am never not gonna take Chaos Knight of Tzeentch when allowed. A shock cavalry with a Protoss energy shield (Hit, run, recharge, repeat)? *Yes.* After all this time? *_Always._*

[@skyro0412]

Ah, the roster of "What units do you want?" "Yes-yes"

[@ecargfosreya]

I was gonna say that this is not including my skaven alliance units

[@eshaan570]

@@ecargfosreyafuck now I want to make a marauder horsemasrer stack with a borrowed warlock engineer

[@jakeholmannf]

​@@ecargfosreyaMost definitely, I love adding in units of ratling guns, flamers, and plague catapults into my Warriors of Chaos armies and Skaven are good vassals!

[@Weberkooks]

Well only problem of these dingleberries is the complete abscence of decent ranged units besides artillery and skirmish cav

[@NevermoreEVHBLS]

​@@ecargfosreyaOh yes glorious Rattling Cannons yes yes😂

[@IainDoherty51]

Personally I just love the Tzeentch Chaos Knights because their barrier makes cycle charging ridiculously good since they tend to take less damage so long as it is managed properly.

[@BvzSA]

Absolutely agreed. Barriers work exceedingly well on cavalry. Its also a good visual cue of when you cavalry have been in the melee too long.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

Tzeentchs airforce is baller as well.

[@DIEGhostfish]

​@@trazyntheinfinite9895It is hard to decide on going from chaos knights to disc knights

[@doktarr]

Tzeench Chaos Knights are absolute fire.

[@christopherknetzer9982]

We all love Tzeentch mele knights for the same reason Legend doesn’t: least micro intensive cav in the game lol.

[@ZiggySol]

Nurgle and single creatures is just "that's right, it goes in the square hole"

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

The Warrior of Chaos roster rework is probably my favorite thing of TW3. In TW1 and TW2, WoC basically had only a few units that were viable (1, really), so seeing them transformed into a faction in which almost every unit can be used (even when phased out later on) is fantastic.

[@iforgotmyname1669]

I like how all the chaos factions are linked but not copies. Like how chaos warriors can get daemons and daemons can get mortal units, but they are different enough to make them worth playing separately. Also looking forward to the Chaos god DLC's over the next 2 years, Warriors of chaos are only going to get bigger and badder.

[@BillyLndn]

It better be good, since they sold us the same dlc twice basically 😂

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

@@BillyLndn Yeah the WoC DLC in TW1 was inexcusable. Same with Beastmen in TW1.

[@danielnewman8242]

Love the upgrade mechanic. Everyone should have an upgrade mechanic... even if you must pay a premium recruit cost and or be in a province with appropriate barracks.

[@vitaliitomas8121]

​@@danielnewman8242even? That is how it should work. The premium cost would be for doing it globally

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

Hope that the other factions will also get their own Aspiring Champions like the Tzeentch ROR...And Norsca desperately needs god-touched units once they finally get an update.

[@aaronm4047]

I agree. Also, skull crushers of khrone should be chosen, not chaos warriors.

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

Well for the aspiring champs at least the workshop kinda works

[@eshaan570]

Ngl norsca is fine their issues in wh2 are gone they make good money now less supply lines no recolonisation problems and pretty much all their units are usable now

[@generaldreagonlps6889]

@@eshaan570 Sure, they're better. But somewhat boring. And at a minimum they should give norsca lords yellow skills.

[@samfire3067]

​@@generaldreagonlps6889 maybe let norca dedicate armys to certein gods so they could use marauders of each chaos god with some demons

[@Chummy8]

I love how Chaos Spawn is a one way street. There's no coming back after being turned into a Spawn of Chaos

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

Morghar being able to turn low HP enemies into summoned Chaos Spawn is the only scenario where I use them Though it is quite fun, V should have something similar, turning the enemies units, or rather their remains, against them is quite diabolical

[@R3GARnator]

(gibbering intensifies)

[@LustyLichKing]

They are unbreakable because they are actively trying to get themselves killed.

[@glassberg5018]

The Warriors of Chaos update is one of the best things CA has done. I only ever played a few turns of Chaos out of my 3000+ hours, then after the update they might be my favorite.

[@R3GARnator]

Would love Vampire Counts to receive a similar update. Come to think of it, the Chaos update is like a much more advanced version of Bloodlines which encouraged themed armies for Counts.

[@mordor1779]

I find it so cool how much variety they got access to in terms of units, but also lords where you can chose douzens of combinaisons with lore or magic, turning them into à demon prince and all that

[@666Kaca]

​@@R3GARnatorvampires are already updated tho

[@Willdroyd]

There were 2 halves of this tierlist: "They have warband and are good, put in whose authority it is" and Papa Nurgle Welcomes All

[@ilari90]

Bloated Nurgle benefits, figures.

[@duongquan4986]

Welcomes all except Tzeentch , no Tzeentch allowed.

[@Grivehn]

Ye, Tldr was 'healing op'. Albeit Id argue if you cant heal to full your entire army after every battle, then having garbage replenishment for non-Nurgle units is pretty sucky.

[@Willdroyd]

@@duongquan4986 no papa nurgle welcomes all its just that tzeentch dont want it

[@chrotha6998]

Gosh I loved this Legend close-up. We miss you man

[@movingtarget12321]

Been doing a belakor campaign recently and having a ton of fun. The sheer variety of units available to the faction just helps keep things fresh, and once you get enough dark fortresses they’re all basically free. Really lets you just let loose and build whatever armies you want.

[@BlackHawk21ification]

You are a life saver, i wanted to play warrior of chaos in TWW 3 but the sheer number of units is insane, so glad i can find what units to play

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

You’re not gonna get majority of marked mortal units from this list without Champions of Chaos DLC, just keep that in mind

[@BlackHawk21ification]

@@shmekelfreckles8157 i have all DLC, i just never played warriors of chaos, i was more into elves dwarves type of gameplay, a solide frontline and artillery/missile in the back

[@diogovieira5563]

This faction is so stupid easy now, you just capture black fortress and you are done.

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@BlackHawk21ificationhomies buying dlc for factions he doesn’t play 😭

[@BlackHawk21ification]

@@ekothesilent9456 bro they were 5$ on summer sales last year, i got TWW 1 for free on epic, got TWW2/3 and all dlc for less than 90$ when i spent 500H on the game

[@garyscarisbrick8621]

Festus and his giant goon squad is one of my favorite armies to use. You can absolutely trash the empire with a small stack of giants and heroes with Festus.

[@JacksonLowery-y2h]

just bought TTW3 and absolutely love the chaos factions, guide will help a lot

[@agps4418]

don't play vampire counts, or you'll get bored easily.. they're too powerful and cool at the same time 😂

[@Lisekplhehe]

@@agps4418 They're cool and boring at the same time. It's pretty easy once you get economy rolling, because of raise dead i never build any recruitment buildings.

[@drofhanglersnfent]

yea especially archaeon, his campaign is very fun and entertaining

[@artiomselickij9089]

I don't know why but watching Legend groom his beard looks so tranquilizing to me, makes me happy, brings a tear to my eye.

[@sworntoavenge]

Saw the thumbnail, and O Fortuna started playing in my head 😂 Thanks Legend

[@richarddanziger7733]

Great timing for me as I'm playing through a Belakor campaign. Also +1 for the Manscaped codes - bought a Lawnmower a while back and its excellent

[@LoneWanderer727]

I was so happy with the Chaos update. They are my favorite faction now. Really feels practical to absolutely body the enemy and bring room and destruction upon the whole of the world, even on legendary difficulty. Aspiring Champions are soooooo powerful under Archaon. And I really enjoyed my playthrough as Vilitch because I love tzeentch units (especially the floating knights). Gonna rip a game as Kholek next.

[@rabblerouserorc8649]

One thing I really want for WoC is to get Aspiring Champions for each God, and am really hoping they get them through the monog-God DLC's coming up. Like Skullreapers, Blightkings, and similar ones for Slaanesh and Tzeentch. I love making doomstacks of those AC's.

[@inductivegrunt94]

It's great seeing the tier list like this. I'm planning on playing WoC sometime soon, so seeing which units are most viable for the faction and the various armies in the faction. Warriors of Chaos really got the best out of their rework compared to other faction reworks. They became the legendary apocalypse bringers that they should have been from the start.

[@Juanchodh]

Absolutely agree with everything - loved the publicity, too - except for the warshrine of Tzeentch, because I’d rather have my lords and heroes on disks for higher mobility and a warshrine or two for its effects. Glad to see that tier lists are back. Keep up the good work!

[@tomh2572]

20:20 Plaguebearers should be low potential because Festus can't get the exalted variant of them, as the research required does not exist on his research tree.

[@drednaut6969]

I loved the plague drones for some reason despite their obvious flaws. Its just the aesthetic i think. There is one thing they excel at... sieges. They rip apart infantry on walls launching them off everywhere. Super niche but i ended up creating a siege support doomstack in my nurgle game for fun. Hopefully they still the operate same way since the rework? Might have to do a fecundite playthrough.

[@darth0tator]

Played WoC recently, loved some sturdy Chosen Anvil with Tzeench Knights Hammer. The Barrier is soooo good for cav!

[@stepanivanov2573]

OMG finally WoC units tier list! I’ve been waiting for so many years

[@ALunny]

Feral manticore with high potential !!RAMPAGE!! Never thought I see Lengend give it credit.

[@kushjindal2939]

Perfect tier list man .from method to actual ranks . It's beautiful. Thanks for your hardwork

[@Wrathgoreable]

this was a smart way to go about it and its hard to disagree with you on any of the choices made for it

[@MAGS-ik5uj]

Came for the tier list, stayed for the manscaped ad face cam

[@RychNovsky-ld3hf]

Tier lists are back on the menu

[@lluis9650]

Finally, I missed the tier videos.

[@RealKangarooFlu]

"It's all about maintaining your appearance so that everybody else doesn't think you're a Nurgle worshipper." 😂😂😂

[@besucherritze8432]

Came here for the tier list, stayed for legend brushing his beard.

[@jaredwilkie6413]

I was looking for a video like this yesterday….did you know I needed to watch this?

[@rogaldorn2885]

hats off to ca for reworking a faction that was so useless to something that has such variety

[@nickcoupe2964]

Excellent review legend. The only thing I would add is don't upgrade chosen into exalted heros. Exalted heros are amazing when buffed through the tech tree but they can usually be recruited directly in chaos wastes regions. So don't waste your chosen.

[@ComradeObzy]

Thanks for this - your tier lists are what brought me to your channel! Always happy to see one.

[@KitchouaTembo]

This thumbnail stacked with unit cards is giving me vertigo

[@Sokaku5]

1:19 that hurts on a personal level

[@thorak1952]

I almost creamed myself when I saw another tier list from legend.

[@erensametkaratas6593]

Babe, wake up. New Legend tier list just dropped.

[@zdogadnytsya]

You: Cathay unit roster The guy she tells you not to worry about: WoC unit roster

[@lewishorsman2219]

Babe wake up! There’s a new tier list!

[@dark_side_cookies]

For Chosen, I would actually suggest NEVER upgrading them to Aspiring Champions unless you really really want or need them. I found I was able to get AC's to spawn in my Dark Fortresses quite easily since they only require a Chaotic Waste region with high Undivided corruption, something you will be occupying a lot of. Using the portals when playing as Belakor makes this even easier. Even their 10% spawn chance was not a hindrance; I saw AC's spawn way more frequently than supposed 20-30% chance Warriors. And then there's the experience cost of upgrading a Marauder all the way to AC... ooof. I really love the WoC rework, probably the best content CA has done so far in WHIII beside Chorfs. Taking a niche faction with low potential and making them strong but not completely OP was amazing. Though arguably their tendency to steamroll once you're established is pretty high. I would say my biggest complaint with WoC is you really have to plan ahead with your army compositions. I found getting non-Undivided units to spawn was a challenge because even your own dedicated characters have trouble overriding the Undivided corruption. And if you want demons you have to use the Gifts, which potentially hurts your campaign finances, research (which WoC have trouble boosting early on), or siege battles (without the bombardment spell). And then demons can't even benefit from the building that provides unit recruitment at Rank 3.

[@blodstainer]

Having magic in a Khorne army can be great, lord of change fits there too!

[@hulley5223]

I use a undivided sorcerer with the lore of fire on a warshrine. Kindleflame works great with an army that all has flamming attacks.

[@scarletcroc3821]

Another thing worth mentioning is that tzeentch units all have barrier, generally making them higher potential. Tzeentch spawn and forsaken aren’t just good because of Villitch, but because their barriers make them more valuable

[@ruukinen]

For slow units and melee infantry it's pretty much the same bonus as Nurgle gives, higher hp and melee defence. The barrier is only really better when you can have it regenerate which really requires your unit to be fast like cavalry.

[@CrazyMegaOmega]

Yeah but they miss out on other stat bonuses, so its not a strict rule

[@scarletcroc3821]

@@ruukinen that’s why I mentioned forsaken and spawns directly. Spawns can be pulled out of combat fairly well and forsaken have a decent speed stat making them pretty good flankers (and magic attacks)

[@scarletcroc3821]

@@CrazyMegaOmega not a strict rule, but barrier has more utility. It always helps you with any kind of damage taken. Missile, magic, regular, doesn’t matter

[@ruukinen]

@@scarletcroc3821 So does HP. The utility barrier has over HP is it regenerates, infinitely if given time. The bonus Nurgle gives to max hp is usually larger than the bonus Tzeentch gives as barrier. So you have to get regeneration out of it for it to be better. And forsaken are maybe fast for Chaos infantry but they are slow in the grand scheme of things. The only way you are pulling them out of combat to regen is if the unit you are pulling away from is routing or in combat with something else. Tzeentch giving magic attacks is true, that is an advantage that it has over Nurgle. But I'm not arguing the specific case, I'm arguing against "all tzeentch units have barrier so they are better" which is not true since the other marks also give bonuses that are sometimes better than barrier.

[@Auron501st]

Hell yeah! I have been waiting for a tier list for like forever. At this point I want CA to put out more content so we can get more tier lists 😂

[@channingeastman2863]

I have been hoping this video would come out since the Warriors of Chaos re-work. Thank you so much Legend!

[@elmanhux]

was a really sweet vid, as silly as it sounds - i wish there was 1 more "tier" being factions / lord specific for some units^^

[@johnrobe]

I've been hoping you'd go back and redo them. Thank you! Love your tier lists the best.

[@barker505]

I always find Chaos Knights of Tzeentch to be great in armies and would choose them over Slaanesh. Their shield means they are able to very effectively cycle charge without taking damage on the retreat. With a bit of micro you can do a lot of work with them.

[@Chibling]

Even without microing them, they are so survivable. Huge melee defense, armor etc. I honestly tie up the enemy and wait for warriors on foot to arrive. Especially good with Archaon.

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

Old comment, but mark of Slaanesh gives strider which is huge for cavalry. Makes their charge better and allows them to pull out faster.

[@doshmastercash1977]

Huh, that's crazy. I always get a lot of value out of Nurgle Knights, the Sword n' Board variant when maxed out has almost 90 melee defence so they're a fairly forgiving unit to send into melee. Also quite frankly, the only lesser daemons worth using as Chaos Warriors are Horrors. They're the only "archer" unit WoC has access to and it also helps that their red line skill benefits are actually pretty damn good. All the other ones have the absolutely awful +charge +armor skill. They also miss out on some Dark Gifts benefits cause they technically arent marked units and there are no techs that benefit them.

[@fredrickvicock6518]

I do enjoy a good beard trimmer from manscaped and tier list, nice video legend

[@strigoi_guhlqueen8355]

I will definitely use this for my next campaign.

[@jfried6754]

30 mins - over a hundred units - how will our boy manage?

[@meyr1992]

the timing couldnt have been more perfect. just stated a woc campaign for the first time yesterday

[@IliterateAshole]

Man who would’ve thought that WoC and beast men would become among the favorites of wh3

[@longlee2098]

yes i love a tierlist from the legend

[@Nightmare_52]

its so fun to see nurgle accepting all the single entities into their armies except tzeentch

[@anoriolkoyt]

I wish axe/shield variants was the same unit: that can simply be changed during campaign in Encamp stance (or while garrisoned in city). Would add for some great strategy options, and get rid of unnecessary repetitions in unit options. And maybe in VH or Legendary, they lose their ranks when switching modes.

[@EmittOkondria]

I’ve been floundering so much trying to figure out what units on this roster are good. Glad to have some more opinions to consult.

[@acebreezy9547]

Keep the tier lists coming!!! My favorite videos!

[@TheReader1998]

you forgot the pox riders of nugle

[@RichyRich2607]

Will there ever be a tier list of all lords? :)

[@lordderpington8021]

Always love a legend tierlist. Keep up your hard work man.

[@christiansaintgermain]

YESSS so happy the tier lists are back! :D thanks legend

[@amenoraswtor9717]

the undivided warshrine in the nurgle army is making a chosen spam absolutely insane! they got almost 200 armor, insane resistance, etc. paired with the healing of a nurgle warshrine you can put them into a forest, blob them up and go afk till the whole enemy army is dead. It doesn't matter what you go up against (except a skaven nuke), they'il always win. (with possible very few exceptions)

[@ezbo1883]

i thought cultists of khorne could get a shrine mount

[@MrWaffles4ever]

They can indeed get a shrine mount. But the cultist heroes are only available to the mono-god factions (Kugath/Skarbrand/Kairos/N'Kari) and not to the warriors of chaos.

[@tauIrrydah]

Assuming the exalted flamers are high value too

[@sebastiansap1359]

nice!, i just started an Archeon campaing!

[@CapybaraConnoisseur89]

The only thing I wish there was for WoC is Slaughterbrute, Mutalith and Chimera.

[@tomasbukvald1278]

Tbh legend should work in sales, that manscape promotion already made the video worth to watch.

[@hanspeter8982]

Are the exalted demons even avalible for other chaos lords than Belakor? Also, I dislike the gifted demon infatry since you can only have 6 of them in the non belakor factions.

[@adjoe4799]

Not being to upgrade demons is a bug not a feature????????? I’m genuinely shocked I thought it was a decision they made. I’ve been playing on WoC and always wondered why I couldn’t get any exalted demons except through allies 😭😭

[@insearchofprometheus]

I wish there were more options to dedicate monsters. I want Nurgle giants and trolls.

[@florians9949]

DLCs, CA fot to make some money out of this.

[@DrFeltcher]

Hell yeah I have been waiting for this for so long. thanks

[@thomas8752]

Was waiting for this Legend! Thanks so much!!!!

[@dr.kinderman5290]

And here I was just getting a bunch of every type of marked marauders cause I like the pretty colors. Gotta stop smoking before playing...

[@136iti]

Yay I’ve been waiting for this!

[@BearPawSwipe]

Oh snap. I didn't know that about the trolls. I have avoided them this whole time!

[@JHouston62]

They might change it all again very soon with the new dlcs

[@UkeRocket]

Woo! Tier list! And I agree with your assessments. Great job, Legend.

[@kevinc5834]

this has the same energy as the "thats right the square one" vid

[@digsshayla8940]

Oh hell yeah unit tier list time!

[@akselbentsen3683]

Wooow nurgle getting the most high potential units was quite the upset

[@cheezusJ]

WoC nurgle and especially Festus is extremely powerful in my experience

[@akselbentsen3683]

@@cheezusJ exactly, he’s my favorite lord. Just didn’t expect to hear it from legend since he hates nurgle so much lol

[@mochafrapthunder]

Thanks for the Manscaped discount! My old 2.0 just died, so it was time I upgraded. Got the 200$ package for like 95$ after everything

[@anthonyhartmann9913]

Read my mind. Was looking for this two days ago 😂

[@TheRewasder97]

Can't you just put a warshrine of nurgle in every army except tzeench and use it to buff up all those duper units in the armies that are going to buff them better?

[@toggle3927]

Even in Tzeentch you can and possibly should have healing from somewhere.

[@Loyal_Lion]

It seems a bit odd making a tier list which focuses so much on upgrades from resources when you basically only get a few of them until later in the game. Once you have lots of them, it barely matters because you're just steamrolling and painting the map.

[@y_x__i]

oh i was waiting for this one

[@nickhannah7234]

Legend, I like to use hellcannon's similar to how the Cygor functions in Beastmen comps. I push my infantry up the center and bombard blobs or single entities while preoccupying the flanks with knights or chariots.

[@retnuHDJ]

This must have taken a shitload of time and effort, but I appreciate it!

[@rosalina2938]

I miss helbard chosen in most of my none undivided camps.

[@acashk5288]

Dang I needed this about a month ago. Still appreciated!

[@faeezf]

Truly the Legend of The Total War🫡

[@Angumar_]

holy mother of icons that's a lotta units!

[@The_Nei]

My biggest surprise was not putting manticores into trash instantly

[@Storiedfrog9]

Im really happy to see a tier list video again

[@MaschenkoAN]

Thx for the tier list!

[@apoleonschneider]

Legend where are your recent campaigns/streams? I can't find them in your videos library.