Why You SUCK with Khorne

[@GangstaMonkey214]

literally just finished a very hard Khorne campaign long victory before getting a single city to tier 5, despite winning I felt like I lost

[@BlakesTakes420]

Hahaha, this comment has me weeping, very funny. The growth through bloodletting is hidden away I feel, so don't feel bad. They should have it in bold somewhere.

[@Adoring-Fan]

Finally got my first tier 5 building after 350 turns. Love Khorne!

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Adoring-Fan by Azura! by Azura! By Azura!

[@hilol724]

@@BlakesTakes420Who is this ‘Azura’ you chant?

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@hilol724 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaWqhYCfrcyKm6s

[@Khorothis]

Khorne's campaign is one of the most unique ones. I once summoned Skarbrand to Naggaroth when a Cult popped up over there very early in the game purely for laughs but Skarbrand is a very "get shit done" type of guy, so he just kept piling up skulls until the edgelords' lands were all mine.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Lore accurate and thematic.

[@Adoring-Fan]

I did that as well although much later when the dwarf endgame came around. Took over Naggoroth then genocided the donut elves and then the French.

[@alxbkers]

​@@bighoss1860I also find he's that type of guy but sometimes the game pretends like he can't move anymore and so we have to stall his getting it done to reload a previous turn

[@zeroinfinity9189]

When I first played against Skarband in the battlefield. I had my lord behind two frontline units, and he literally plowed right through them and smacked my lord around..., after that he must have felt bored or something because he proceeded to plowed right through another two stacks of units to smack my spellcaster. Never seen any lord do that before lol. I may have won the battle, but at the cost of my dignity.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Hahaha, skarbrand go brrrr

[@Halvos12]

I like how Skarbrands lore is that he's a Warhammer 40K deamon that tried to sneak attack Knorne. Knorne loved that Skarbrand attacked him, very on brand but was so disgusted that he tried to sneak attack him that he yeeted him through the warp so hard he ended up in fantasy.

[@BlakesTakes420]

This was a good read and I thank you for it.

[@MadLadMartyMcFly85]

Not tried...suceeded in landing the hit....for a second or 3😂😂😂

[@Angels510]

N'Kari, Skarbrand, Ku Gath, Kairos Fatweaver, and The Changeling off the top of my head are all TWH lord daemons present in both Fantasy and 40k. It's not really just a Skarbrand thing. It's more just that reality means nothing to daemons so they're everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

[@ImrahilToChaos]

@@Angels510 Literally every daemon character that wasn’t originally a mortal or was explicitly created in AoS is in both 40K and fantasy.

[@manfIesh]

obviously a tactical mastermind such as myself never needs a guide, especially for khorne, yet i always watch and end up learning something new

[@BlakesTakes420]

I'm glad you've taken something away, commander manflesh.

[@jordanwilson4182]

Admit it, you suck

[@IvanGTerrace]

You didn't mention how you can press backspace after sacking or razing to stop your army from consuming movement.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I didn't know that was a thing. That would've saved me a lot of bother!

[@divvu1014]

lefuq I've been playing total war for over 20 years and I just discover this... it works with other factions too, altho it's less useful with most.

[@Schmeethe88]

WHAT?!?!? YOU CAN DO THAT? I need to reevaluate my entire existence. That was my NUMBER ONE hate with playing e.g. Khorne, Beastmen, Warriors of Chaos. You raze a settlement and then fuck off 30 miles in the wrong direction. YOU CAN STOP THAT? You gotta be kidding me. The whole time, and I never knew.

[@warclericwill4]

My guy cracked the code and now I gotta play again just to reevaluate my entire 5 years of playing total war

[@nojackingoff]

WHAT?!

[@davids.8909]

These why you suck with videos are just pure excellence, helpful even after thousands of hours into total warhammer, especially if you haven't played the faction. It is also quite entertaining to watch. Cheers to the quality content!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words, appreciate you.

[@segisnogueras264]

I fully agree. Good job, Blake.

[@lordFALLEN777]

for blood host armies too damaged to fight i usually just disband the units to cut on upkeep costs but i keep the lord around for the bloodletting bonus growth, and disband it once its fully depleted or the attrition claims it

[@BlakesTakes420]

Definitely a viable tactic. Dependent on how many stacks of bloodletting the host has when you get rid of the bulk of the force.

[@kieinerkeks242]

The "Why you suck with" series is for me personally one of the best and most entertaining ones on KZbin, keep it up!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words. Really appreciate them.

[@lukskyguy3014]

I need more… I don’t care from what faction, only that the content flows.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Videos for the video throne.

[@104thironmike4]

@@BlakesTakes420Content for the content god.

[@Catcrazo101]

Bro you literally answered every single question I had about this campaign. I loved play for the blood god but was so worried about going in the the red economically, but you’ve open my eyes. Red is good, red is the color of blood and it must flow.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I’m glad to be of service sir, appreciate your kind words.

[@Catcrazo101]

@@BlakesTakes420na chief, in my humble opinion your work is all ready over 100k sub quality, if you keep it up your going to get so popular so fast but either way I’m going to be here for the ride

[@jessikablake4784]

Khorne follower becomes an accountant

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Catcrazo101 You're very kind sir - I appreciate this!

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@jessikablake4784 The only thing we must account for is the number of skulls beneath our feet. And it will be quite the tally, I assure you.

[@spiritofonyx1577]

This game is such an enigma, theres so much they did so right with it. A lot wrong, but the art direction and units are just so cool.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Like Gollum with the ring, I hate and love the game, much like I hate and love myself.

[@TheVerendus]

I started a Skarbrand campaign the other day using this video as a guide and have been having so much fun. It's ~turn 35 and I have done a loop around the northern Badlands, leaving a trail of blood in a clockwise fashion. I made good friends with Malagor, Skarsnik, and Queek and the northern front is secure (Queek has like 10 settlements over the entire eastern mountain range and is even higher than me in strength rank; Skarsnik, him, and another minor Skaven faction bullied the hell out of the dwarves), and 15 turns after I embarrassed Settra and left him with only Khemri, he gets enough strength to take one of my settlements. Now as my blood hosts finish off the Court of Lybaras on the coast, Skarbrand is currently carving a path through some dwarfs on his way to finally bury Settra's bones for good, save for his skull which will make for a nice trophy. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES! KHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORNE!!!!!!!!!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Let Khorne's rage flow through you.

[@pandagod1773]

i love milk in my khorne flakes

[@anonomusperson]

lathland refrence lol! love it!

[@Aaron-oh3yj]

Khorne is the only Faction i did the Ursun campaign with, and the first Immortal empires campaign I finished! Fantastic guide

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@lexiums.6747]

Deathmaster Snikch next? He has a very unique campaign and army, very easy for new players to make mistakes when playing. But is a lot of fun if played right and has one of the coolest army themes in the game imo Great series as always, can't wait to watch the next one!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Snikitch is on my radar, Katarina is next, but watch this space.

[@simpleman3898]

Yes he is Japan in China lol 😂

[@fraxtorgaming]

⁠@@BlakesTakes420looking forward to that

[@crsmith6226]

SKARBRAND NO NEED GUIDE SKARBRAND DOES NOT HAVE A 35 MINUTE ATTENTION SPAN Good guide!

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

Face Skybrand in battle and get rekkt. *As you deserve!* 😚

[@BlakesTakes420]

Hahaha Fight things = win Then fight moar things = bigger win.

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@@BlakesTakes420 Wait, this erm... sounds much like Grimgor. These 2 dudes must be relatives in some way.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@nocturnaljoe9543 they're definitely cousins.

[@Nota-Skaven]

SKARBRAND HATES GUIDES SKARBRAND HATES DYING SLIGHTLY MORE

[@croquedead3926]

I hope whenever Slaanesh comes out you make more people realize how absurdly broken Slaanesh truly is. All the Daemonic factions are incredibly strong and are getting a lot of hate for no reason from what I've seen. People truly SUCK with them.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Slannesh only wants to be loved.

[@youngthinker1]

The demonic faction armies are fairly straight forward. That is what most men struggle with. Their overworld campaign mechanics provide plenty of flavor and chances to be better than what the armies are.

[@Lothi66]

@@RealGsInJail Well, at the first year of W3 Slaanesh was a monster in multi. Was even banned in some tournaments.

[@Hammers_Peace]

Honestly? Keep the hate coming, all the love chaos has been getting from CA is truly fantastic, and the more people complain the more attention it gets.

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

All deamonic factions are incredibly strong, and then there’s Ku’gath

[@dominicmanester8125]

Skarbrand and his auto resolve got me through more than a few very difficult fights with minimal losses. I think it calculates the outcome as if all ranged units begin in melee range of bloodletters, at least, that's how it feels even on very hard.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I think skarbrand when he's levelled up carries an enormous amount of auto resolve power

[@dominicmanester8125]

@@BlakesTakes420 Even early game I could auto-resolve battles that normally violently favour ranged units in open battles which would have caused more casualties to fight it manually well.

[@BittermanAndy]

Thanks for this - I requested it when you did a poll. I utterly sucked with Skarbrand at my first attempt, I'll give it a go with these tips in mind! Can't wait!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you liked it, let met me know how you get on.

[@Doombot221]

I've definitely suffered during my previous Skarbrand campaigns because I try to play defensively. This was helpful for sure

[@BlakesTakes420]

Skarbrand is all gas no brakes, my friend. Now go get those skulls.

[@Doombot221]

@BlakesTakes420 Yessir, understood!

[@Doombot221]

​@BlakesTakes420 I also usually did the yellow tree so I will try it with the blue tree first instead and use Skarbrand differently in combat. Usually I would make him just mosh pit enemies lol

[@spartin1173]

Always remember khorne is all about reveling in bloodshed and slaughter you don’t do that by defending you do that by carving bloody paths across the continent while screaming blood for the blood god

[@Manwithfood]

Loving the longer videos vs the earlier ones. I think you’ve hit a sweet spot with this! Keep ‘em coming, yes yes?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir I intend to ❤

[@ComfortingColourlessLight]

Tried a Khorne campeign for the first time after watching this. I definitely didn't have the best possible first 15 turns, but your tip about how you use Skarbrand and how to use bloodletters helped me win the most important early battle (vs fullstack of the savage orcs + garrison reinforcement), and now I am getting ready to invade the empire.

[@thespencerbify]

Love these vids really helped me with my tzeentch campaign where I pretty much gave up by round 25

[@BlakesTakes420]

Makes me happy hearing this, glad they've helped you. 🫶

[@excelsior9638]

Perfect guide. Answers to sooo many questions, that I couldn't find elsewhere.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you, glad you found it helpful.

[@johannesreus5154]

I am surprised you didn't mention how to optimize razing/sacking. You can cancel the "walking back" animation after you raze or sack a city by selecting the lord in question again and pressing backspace. This cancels the animation and retains your movement.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Someone else mentioned this, I wasn't aware of it. I remember in warhammer 2 there was a bug where if you hit backspace you could stop the AI from moving their armies, I think that's why I haven't touched back space since haha. Thanks for your comment

[@JarmamStuff]

I love you

[@TRWS3]

The bit about Skarbrand's collision charge is absolute gold, also the student handout is incredible

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad to be of service sir!

[@javicoca]

Yesterday I started looking for videos to learn how this faction should be played and here you are, with a video exactly detailing how to do it. Thanks.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're most welcome, let me know how the campaign goes.

[@ClaytonCarmine-nu6hn]

Dude they way you explain this whole video is how I played SkarBrand already. I’m just shocked people didn’t know this stuff good video and perfect advice.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words

[@fosterbennington6405]

I always go north with Skarbrand so I can finish the short victory in 20-ish turns, but I’ll definitely have to consider sending someone down south to make friends with kairos next time I play khorne

[@BlakesTakes420]

The desert leads to power some consider... Unnatural.

[@benyblancofrbx]

Just noticed I've been watching without subbing... probably because I quickly start new game after watching.... today I've corrected this long-standing mistake... Subbed

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir!

[@moteleyman]

Love the series - keep up the great work

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're most kind

[@D_A_D_]

I recently found a video of a guy that completed the ultimate campaign victory on turn 8 with no exploits, simply careful positioning of Skaarbrand to ensure he always left a battle towards another battle.

[@Maalcarth11]

Lol. This videos are awesome. It helped me so much with Nurgle. Is there a chance you could do one for Mannfred Von Carstein? I know Vampire counts are strong, but I would love to get your take on them as a start, army, and tactics.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much. Hope to cover all the factions eventually! Just need to find the time 😅

[@fluffyisyermom7631]

Bro you helped me out with nurgle. Now I move onto khorne knowing nothing about him but knowing I must try to be a big scary red lizard now

[@BlakesTakes420]

You got this man. Go get those skulls.

[@acechandler7770]

Very good video my fellow tea drinker. Can’t wait for the next video 👍

[@BlakesTakes420]

Get the kettle on.

[@102728]

Oohh yes I need Katarin guide because I most definitely suck with her! Edit: also love the series, keep em coming c:

[@BlakesTakes420]

Up next sire 🫶

[@autorobo1000]

@@BlakesTakes420 Chad Reply. Sub Earned.

[@jackjennings1707]

You had me absolutely rolling with the dimishing returns rat race bit

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoyed it. Hey, have you watched Killer Sally? I hear it's ok. I haven't watched it yet, pretty hungover and have some wild Sunday dread. Hey, have you watched The playing card killer?

[@BlakesTakes420]

ah, just realised it's Monday now - guess it's no longer Sunday dread, and just "week-long dread" now.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Ah skaven always helping out my favorite armies Auxiliaraties in this game Globadiers in mordheim

[@BlakesTakes420]

Love me auxillaratties

[@Sh1snoShooter]

I would actually recommend teleporting to the north as Skarbrand. In my testing a cult usually appears in the province with Blood Mountain very early on, and you can build a building to send him up there immediately. Once there, conquer the Khorne faction, Slaanesh faction, Sigvald, and then go in on the Dark Elves who are very wealthy. Blood Mountain also has the best unique building for Khorne imo. It reduces recruitment and upkeep for Exalted/regular Bloodletters by 30% and 25% factionwide. Plus there are a lot of ports which Khorne gets pretty good money from, and with the trophy wrack in those settlements you can make even more money.

[@ShinForgotPassxXx]

As a Slaanesh Main, please... do her next. I am curious if I can improve my gameplay with the help of your guide after finishing 3 games with N'kari. There can never be enough excess and perfection, we need to aim higher and faster.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Katarina is next but Slannesh will see her time in the sun

[@HadamacikTheProphet]

best guides hands down. I'm a veteran player, yet I still watched till the end. Really looking forward to your take on Tzarina as it is a campaign I completed at least 3 times on legendary already. But now I'm gonna go and try Skarbrand you hyped me up and I never really played him for too long before.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Drown this world in brass and blood. Thank you for your kind words, much appreciated! 🙏

[@ratified5656]

Yeah uhm… i just wanted learn some tips, i didn’t need you to describe my entire life while talking about diminishing returns 😅

[@BlakesTakes420]

Sorry man.

[@Ranger45k]

lol it got way too real way too fast

[@k-man4]

I got this game purely for Khorne and Skarbrand, I have never been near any War Hammer game in my life. This video was incredibly helpful.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad to be of service sir. 🎩

[@Fujiwaramoguu]

I'm doing the khorne ultimate campaign victory which is to kill all skaven clan, but I'm stuck because everytime I try to make a settlement, I'm always attacked by dwarves and skavens, I'm not even close having the higher tier units, so it's annoying that I'm not getting fancy units when every AI keeps attacking ms. Any tips?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Raze settlement with blood for the blood God, blood hosts have a guaranteed chance of having a bloodthirster with a certain tech. Blood hosts can get high tier units in them. What's your highest settlement level?

[@Fujiwaramoguu]

@@BlakesTakes420 it got sacked by the AI so I'm back to tier one lmao i haven't played Khorne campaigns yet, doing like Archaon immortal atm with the same goal, kill all skavens lul

[@MediocerPlay]

Aye, I live grabbing some rat pets for my khorn campaigns. Love that you recommend it.

[@BlakesTakes420]

A man of culture, I see.

[@TheGreatThicc]

Khorne is easily my favourite faction to play just *barely* behind the Empire as Karl Franz. Vanilla Skatbrand is a monster but with the Khorne Compilation mod by Trajann... oh baby it's a riot

[@BlakesTakes420]

I'm a vanilla man myself, but I do love the creative mods coming out at the moment.

[@vvbr2372]

I don't even play immortal empire, and yet i thoroughly enjoy theese episodes

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words, they're much appreciated!

[@alessandromele3918]

please don't steal my dog

[@BlakesTakes420]

You've nothing to fear... *if* you've subbed.

[@alessandromele3918]

@@BlakesTakes420 i have, i swear

[@SunlessSage]

I am glad to see that silhouette artists aren't getting replaced by AI anytime soon. :)

[@BlakesTakes420]

God bless Silhouette artists and their craft.

[@LucasGonzalez-z1d]

Bro might be Khorne💀

[@nailigniststarzear6689]

If I may add Do not eliminate thorgrim or ikit....run them down to last minor settlement then leave 4 small army of 1 normal army and 3 blood host...then keep sacking them every turn......replace lord to farm trait when their LL respawn This way after sometime.... in mid-late game you will have so much growth(8 army with max bloodletting) and research rate

[@BlakesTakes420]

I'm not crazy about defeat trait harvesting, I know it's very powerful, but it's pretty high dairy for me. Thanks for your comment :)

[@HansBessler]

Something i always did with old useless bloodhosts is disband every troop but the blood host lord and use the benefits of bloodletting until he dies or loses the bonuses of bloodletting. Whichever came first.

[@BlakesTakes420]

It's a good way of doing it, if you can remember to check the bloodletting bar!

[@Remyonbass251]

Diminishing returns bit hits a bit too hard... love it tho. Thanks for the great stuff!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like it! Thanks for the comment.

[@purerussianvodka_]

now THIS is a proper in depth guide, cheers for making this!

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're very welcome!

[@KickinUpDust024]

Man, if I could give this video a thumbs up twice I would. I've viewed it so many times i'm going to download it along with the flow chart. Excellent work sir.

[@FinsterCS]

Nothing motivates me more to start a new campaign/lord that I‘ve never tried before than a BT vid fr

[@freerunmassacre]

I've been playing since the release of Warhammer 1 and these are without a doubt the best guides I've seen. Cheers!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words friend!

[@brandostacks]

By far my favorite faction. Never get sick of playing khorne. I was struggling with immortal empires a bit but khorne is a pretty straight forward faction.

[@BlakesTakes420]

so the thing about Khorne is... MAIM, KILL, BURN! MAIM, KILL, BURN!

[@BlueflameKing1]

This is what I needed, I love skarbrand, but didn't know how to play them, this helped soo much. Thank you.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad I could help!

[@conorwilliam2558]

Radious mod1-4 just adds so much more flavour for him some of what u said I already figured out and some I had not. Great video

[@nitegamer7272]

Watching these animations made me realize something. Skarbrand and others like him are just BALROG's without the fire.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I am a servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Arnor, the Dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun. *Go back to the shadows*

[@Streetbroker]

Fantastic video dude! I have all of the DLC's , save SoC, and I still only play Khorne. I started the campaign as my intro to this series and have been hooked ever since! I love the fighting and the constant ever search for skulls and blood! 👹

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir!

[@OffToBattle]

I appreciate this video having done my first and so far, only Khorne campaign with less knowledge to work with, including the Blood Host diminishing returns. I learned to use Skarbrand half-decently, but not THAT well, per the collision damage. Thanks a lot for contributing to community knowledge. I got plagueclaw catapults myself.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoyed it sir. Plague claw catapults? A man of culture, I see.

[@OffToBattle]

@@BlakesTakes420 Arigatou. I try.

[@warherojango936]

Ahh. No wonder my Campaigns go for so long. I always try to build a nation as opposed to just butchering everything in sight. Very insightful.

[@fuccix]

first video ive watched on total warhammer 3 that actually makes me feel like im learning to play the game thanks

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@fuccix you're very welcome sir.

[@brandonsparks5786]

Thank you! I knew I was doing something wrong. By turn, 6 I was running a +$1000 deficit and unable to see a way to climb out. Sack first changes everything.

[@H0kram]

Thanks a bunch mate! I didn't want to give up on Skarbrand and that's exactly the video I was looking for! Especially for repeating the essentials throughout the video, great pedagogy right there, it keeps the red ( blood ) line straight :)) The written guide is the cherry on the cake. Now I can waste the entire world, backed by the economy of Greece.

[@BlakesTakes420]

use this knowledge to lacerate the world.

[@bitey073]

I was super happy to learn that I was already doing most of these things, I do still need to be more aggressive, and I should be using my skulls more. But other than that, I'm doing pretty good at not sucking at Khorne! Even though I am late to this video, I was still glad to have seen it!

[@cjkrazy7814]

Love these you suck videos, just came across the tzeentch one looking for a guide on them and have now binge watched all the warhammer 3 content. Please keep these up for each faction. hilarious, informative and extremely helpful understanding what makes the faction unique!

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're very kind for saying so

[@anoriolkoyt]

fantastic video.... very informative and quality use of memes, that dont over do it and dont distract too much from the video.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for the kind words. 🙏

[@Schmeethe88]

My biggest hangup with Khorne is tied in with the Bloodletting mechanic. You have to fight a battle EVERY turn, since fighting only sets it to two, so when you end your turn you have to fight another one or it'll hit zero if you end again without fighting. No matter how aggressive I am, I usually just can't reach enemies! Stuff is spread out too far, and that sandy/swampy muck near where you spawn just eats campaign movement like no other. Some settlements are two turns in force march away, and I just can't move around fast enough to keep the meter filled up.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Head to the desert, there's lots of enemies down there sir

[@nandos8713]

These videos are god tier. Plz keep at it. Total war warhammer 3 is sick but it’s impossible to find informational content.

[@BlakesTakes420]

More on its way 🔜

[@brimstone920]

I have now discovered this channel and must say I approve. Good information, quite enjoy the calm tone and voice, excellent for both learning and calm enough to listen as trying to sleep and soak in information. Still shit at Total Warhammer, but this should help and *maybe* make me start liking Khorne despite really missing ranged, proper artillery, and magic.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much for your comment, really appreciate it! 🫶

[@Sandals578]

It’s a great play depriving the economic power araby provides. All those ports and landmarks too.

[@inskeeprulerable]

I was worried about my dog for a second. But when I went to subscribe, I was already subscribed. My dog is safe.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You were wise to honour our alliance, sir.

[@jasonjohnson1824]

Thanks man, your vids combined with some legendary lord lore videos really help me understand how to play the game better. Just started up a Khorne campaign and it's so much easier now that I know when to raze sack occupy etc

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad to be of service sir. I wish you good fortune in the wars to come.

[@MrTheSilentAssassin]

Haven’t watched the video yet, just clicked on it. Will come back to this comment and edit after watching. But yes, I do suck with Khorne. Never make it past the early game. Because I never have enough money to build a full army. Khorne’s units so so expensive and outside of sacking settlements his income is nearly 0. Need money to build an army, but can’t build an army without money. Hopefully I learn something from this video. Just finished reason #3 and this is probably my issue. I’m so engrained into not using global recruitment because of the recruitment time and extra cost that I try to take capital buildings and hope that the passive ability to populate ruined settlements kicks in sooner rather than later. Maybe I should try this, worrying only about Deff Gorge and not caring about any other settlement Edit #2: This point here at 20:20. I don’t know why this never occurred to me, but this is brilliant. I too have a “backup” army follow my main army around, but usually just for auto resolve bonuses or reinforcements on the battlefield. It’s never occurred to me to just use the backup army as a “cleanup crew” so I can sack the settlement AND raze it. That’s definitely a major game changer for me.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I think the hardest part is shifting your mindset. Khorne plays very differently to almost any other faction. Global recruitment being one such factor.

[@JarmamStuff]

Marauder Horsemen absolutely own early on. You need the recruitment building anyway for Cultists and Halbs and these dudes are shockingly effective in melee for a skirmish cavalry. Friendship with doggos has ended, now Brothas in Bloodlettin' is my new favorite friend

[@denieldeperalta3293]

Wow! What an amazing video, I played Khorne when Immortal Empires came out and I was playing him like a empire-building faction where I occupied every single settlement lol, this type of sacking and razing playstyle (and seeing my upkeep in red) is definitely out of my comfort zone but I will give it a try and probably play with some khorne unit mods on my next campaign!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@x-blocks8092]

Thank you for this Video, I just started with this game and chose Khorn. Your tips on Troups and Buildings realy helped me

[@BlakesTakes420]

I love to hear it! Glad it helped!

[@galacta7300]

I haven't even watched this yet, but I can already tell I'm about to be BLESSED beyond belief. Edit: 12 minutes in, please don't steal my doggo. Not that I have to steal, but if I ever get one, don't steal him or her either.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're too kind 🫶

[@craigpoltenovage9148]

Just wanted to come here to say that I turned skarbrand into a doom stack and literally destroyed all of the elvish continent in a single turn. Every single settlement, every city, and every army.

[@BlakesTakes420]

*UNLIMITED POWER!*

[@Nota-Skaven]

I started a new Khorne campaign after watching this video and Malagor gave me more than a thousand favor for non-aggression, life is good

[@BlakesTakes420]

Slaughter him anyway.

[@FranciscoRuiz-fv6is]

My man Skarbrand Disrespecting his Foes with the Kick-out XD

[@BlakesTakes420]

Skarbrand has no chill.

[@gamEnjoyLP]

finally tried Total War a week ago, now went into warhammer, by the gods what have i missed.

[@KingOf_B]

The first campaign I ever did was with Skarbrand. Was the simple gameplay I was looking for since every turn the only decision I needed to make was "I swing my axe"

[@mrreemann8313]

First time total war player learning how to play on the shiniest and newest entry. Watched mandalore’s review, and decided to try skarbrand based on his description. While accurate, the finer details were not elaborated on. My first attempt is going poorly and skarbrand is not in good shape in terms of skills. I’m feeling a lot more confident with your guide, showing the key pillars to success. It’s one thing for someone to say “blood for the blood god, always be fighting” and entirely another thing for you to tell me how I should be fighting. Thank you for the succinct and simple explanation. Earned a sub, even if I never touch total war again.

[@BlakesTakes420]

what a lovely comment. The total war franchise has a lot to offer, despite my critiques of it - I do hope you stick around. ;) Thank you for the sub!

[@phaledax3661]

First faction I tried, it's literally the easiest if you are naturally really aggressive and find holding back a sin in real life as in gaming. This faction plays EXACTLY like you would feel it should.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Unlimited power.

[@galacta7300]

Hey dude! LOVED your video, may I use your chart as reference for a completely different OC race I am building? I took mega inspiration from the Khorne campaign mechanics, but holy hell dude, this is really REALLY well done. Love this, and thank you for making this video (and chart!)

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much for your kind words, they're much appreciated. Please feel free to use the chart I made in whatever way you feel like using it. You can laminate a copy and use it as a table-mat, if you choose. Let me know how the OC race goes.

[@Welterino]

I don't even suck with Khorne because they are my favorite chaos faction by far but I still watched the whole video just because your videos are entertaining and well explained

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words. ❤️

[@travisspicer5514]

I played Khorne once and realized pretty quickly I would never feel pressure once Skarbrand was leveled up. Lost interest after that.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Skarbrand has a challenging early game, and he's very strong late game, but he's just one lord, your other Lords don't have a fraction of his power.

[@ztjalf2228]

I love this guide, it summarize all the mistakes u could possibly make

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for your kind words!

[@koheletcalaforexclan6508]

It took me a while to figure out! Feels horrid owning so much territory and having to wait so long to build up defense! That’s why I just sack! Sack until I can’t sack no more, then you make another lord and sack some more! Actually, it’s pretty fun! Skarbrand levels up fast and if you find a place like Ekrund, you can hit all three settlements at once and keep Bloodletting high and keep the money and skulls flowing for a bit! Oh my gosh I’m subbing cuz that HNK reference! 😂( actually a fun vid! I’m gonna look for a vampire coast vid, it’s the one faction I suck at the most!)

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yeah defense is not in Khorne dictionary. Mindless offence is the way forward.

[@dac314]

Loved me my All-Ranged Skullcannons and KhornGrinder doomstacks ❤❤❤ havent played them in a while, now they have marauder horses-axes too 🎉

[@BlakesTakes420]

I disagree with what you say, but I'd defend to the death your right to say it.

[@maxsavagetheshredinator5840]

Thanks for the tips man also your comedic side was pretty funny bro nice video. This game is a lot to learn but it's very fun and atmospheric

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoyed it sir. I wish you good fortune in the wars to come.

[@DiabloDad17]

These why you suck guides are so helpful. Please keep this series going. I would very much appreciate a count noctilus vid !

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you! all in good time ;)

[@albertlofling7310]

From what ive gathered the way to play the game is to make sure your economy is in the negative no matter the faction

[@BlakesTakes420]

I suppose that's a good take on it, it means your stretching your resources. There is no point in hoarding income in this game it should all be reinvested in your military / buildings.

[@kadoleather]

Loved diminishing returns explanation, so great!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your lovely comment friend. Appreciate you!

[@redluke8119]

I laughed so hard a few times during this very well done sir and Im actually considering playing Khorne I love playing Nkari my favorite campaign people sleep on the demons I havr gotten some absolutely disgusting victories with slaneesh I think my best one was against 3 high elf stacks with 1 of mine led by nkari and only lost under 100 troops on my end

[@BlakesTakes420]

The feared Nkari cycle charge. The dark prince approves.

[@82yadav]

Id like to reveal another little known gem for skarbrand campaign. By turn 10-15 you will get enough khorne corruption to have a cult pop up in one of the settlements of the northern chaos waste khorne faction. If you teleport skarbrand there via the cult, and take over the northern khorne factions settlements, in one of the minor settlements there is a secret Khorne landmark, that gives 30% recruitment and upkeep cost reduction for bloodletters and exalted bloodletters factionwide. The landmark will allow the player to raise and spam full bloodletter armies crazy fast. and later in the game one of the techs gives bonus replenishment rate for bloodletter units. With the combo of the landmark and replenishment tech you can flood the map with bloodletters. I personaly love cheap full bloodletter armies with the landmark. Bloodletters with their speed, very hard hitting AP and tanky lords and heroes leading the charge can very quickly swarm most armies and cut them to shreds in a few seconds making most manual battles end fast. And you can raise, spam and disband multiple armies all over the world. Using the combo i finished a very hard long campaign at turn 45 and domination victory at turn 80.