Why You SUCK with Skarsnik (and Gobbla)

Blake’s Takes presents the definitive guide to the Crooked Moonz campaign in the immortal empires campaign for Total War: Warhammer 3. Are you tired of having lacklustre campaigns with Skarsnik, well you've come to the right place. Follow these teachings and Skarsnik, the true warlord of Karak eight Peaks, will have his time in the sun.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Reason 1 - You don't make use of your starting power
05:05 - Reason 2 - You don't goad the Grudgebearer
08:14 - Reason 3 - You don't know which way to expand
10:10 - Reason 4 - You don't wreck Wurrzag early
12:25 - Reason 5 - You don't know Greenskin "ABR"
13:44 - Reason 6 - You don't know how to defend your territory
17:56 - Reason 7 - You don't own the Warden and the Paunch DLC
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Battlesey's rush to Zhar Naggrund with Skarsnik video:
• Skarsnik's BUSTED New ...

[@sanitylogic4611]

Only recently have I learned to play Orks. My biggest mistakes was treating them like the Empire; WORST MISTAKE I MADE. I realized (after several failed campaigns) the very things you mention. You mention raiding, looting and sacking. All along, when playing the orks, just think like them. You need da loot for da boyz. You need to krump for da boyz, because krumpin is fun and doing sneakey humie tak-tics is bad and not very orky. Youz shuld alwayz atak because green iz best, and wez aintz gitz. U'MUNGST ALL YOUZ GOTTA HAVE FUN DOIN IT! Also, dah great WAAAAGH! is green, and green iz best.

[@BlakesTakes420]

WE'Z BETTA BE GOIN TO A FIGHT

[@robfus]

Personally I always Loot and then conquer. Because loot is good

[@MrBlk4]

What? The best greenskin tactics are sneaky. Lol. Everything else there was right though. Night goblin archers and nasty skulkers all day all night. With a couple squigs or pump wagons with some heroes to wrangle the enemy into ambushes. Punches waaaay above weight.

[@Tuck213]

This man slowly transforms into a glorious orc. WAAAAGH

[@MiraSubieGirl]

​@@BlakesTakes420I want a 40k Total War so bad... DoW was a lifetime ago 🥲

[@siberarmi]

I'm actually very good with Skarsnik as a faction. He's mostly useless in battles but goblin tide never dissapoints.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yeah he's actually a really bad fighter. For some reason I remembered him being better.

[@alterschwede4865]

Skarsnik's faction is my favourite among the greenskins. Double the armies filled with goblin crap stacks is awesome. Screw them big dumb orcs. The goblin tide prevails

[@alagass6466]

I do wish he was stronger in combat, idk what I would do with him though

[@MrGoblin1000]

​@@alagass6466 I disagree, he is a goblin, he shouldn't be fighting. I would they just give his faction stalk.

[@AgentAAARTS]

@@MrGoblin1000 I dunno, a goblin shouldn't be fighting, but Gobbla''s giant gob convinces me he's probably pretty good in a fight.

[@boomerix]

I don't suck with Skarsnik, but I enjoyed your other videos on why I suck with Kairos or Kugath, so I shall enjoy this one as well.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you very much! 🫶

[@Khorothis]

This series is already excellent content-wise but you occasionally drifting into sounding like the advisor in Dungeon Keeper is a delicious bonus. Keep up the good work, my man!

[@BlakesTakes420]

hahaha - I'd never played that game, and had a brief google quest to go find out what he sounds like and I have to say - I love it!

[@EveloGrave]

A lot of people seem to struggle with The Ice Court (Tzarina Katarin). Would be cool to see a video on her. I am succesful with her faction but I honestly have no idea why.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're correct - I hear a lot of people having issues with them.

[@Blazeskorchblue]

I feel that her Allies get steamrolled and so many potential enemies from all directions

[@maxford2357]

You cant fight in 8 directions with only 2 and a half armies and a negative income.

[@lukedemler4421]

IME, kislev has been my hardest start across the board, funnily enough kostaltyn the hardest, atleast in the normal campaign, i haven't played since ME released, which makes no sense because its my prefferred game style.

[@MagicianCamille]

I go take out Azhag ASAP and make friends with Drycha and let her have Ostermark to create a buffer between me and Vlad, that usually lets me focus on taking out Azazel/Throt/Throgg and from there it's pretty smooth sailing whatever I wanna do.

[@frankfowler3270]

Cant believe you didnt mention once how easy it is for Sharsnik to level heros and cost of hero actions. Mainly Goblin Big bosses, which if you want to save money you have a few of these to follow your armies around to block armies for super easy pick offs. Also defend your key settlements that you want to keep by slowing them down while you build a army of bring your mains ones back. You can get the hero action cost down to 0 as Skarsnik and they get double XP for the actions. Its not uncommon to have a level 10 bigboss hero by turn 10.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I'm sorry Frank. I personally keep my big bosses pretty low-key.

[@Papadragon18]

Your description of Greenskin defence lies very close to how I play Kislev as well, particularly once Archaon comes barelling south... Their territories are simply too contested, the lack of Capital settlements - where all the good stuff is found - really means you don't lose a whole lot by taking and losing those far northern provinces. Conquer them to stamp out the current wave, beat back one or two armies of the next, bugger, now they're bringing three fullstacks, pull back to Praag and await reinforcements while WoC and their vassals sack settlements with absolutely zero value. Reinforcements come in, rinse and repeat.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Scorch that earth.

[@bleakscreenproductions9271]

Quick note about sniping Thorgrim. With the Dwarf Rework, his starting Gyrobomber is now a squadron of 4 instead of a single entity. Make sure to have a few gobbo archers who can wipe them out before they start harassing your back lines.

[@sonofangron2969]

Please do one with Snikch and/or Alith Anar; I really enjoy the challenge of those kind of underdog, stealth and ambush campaigns, but am really bad at them… 😂😭

[@BlakesTakes420]

Sneaky little ratties. Wicked, tricksy, false.

[@skywillfindyou]

Alith Anar is not underdog at all. Though Snikch isn't too. Rather overpowered.

[@sonofangron2969]

@@skywillfindyou - at a later stage perhaps, but start with a small army, limited recruitment, and surrounded by enemies who are stronger than you. If you lose a single battle, or even suffer a Pyrrhic Victory in which you lose most of your core units, you’re done for (at least that’s what I’ve found).

[@Gibsoncheg]

Anith Anar underdog? You just play wrong with kite archers =)

[@BlakesTakes420]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXiYd6Wnisaanq8

[@Indigoism96]

You definitely got the best guide videos out there for WH3. I enjoy every second of it. I would love to see a video for either Taurox or Wurrzag in the future. Cheers!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you, hopefully they'll get their time in the sun :)

[@sup1602]

Nasty Skulkers opportunist murderer ability is just amazing (even better before it got nerfed). The extra melee attack and damage really makes them going from decent to very good. Before in WH2 they just needed to be wining their engagement to get it, now its on a 3s cooldown but lasts 15s and activates when in melee.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Nasty skulkers are so cost effective, even after their nerfs they still absolutely slap.

[@gerry919]

nice to see more of this series. Keep up the good work!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words. more to come.

[@DelProv]

This whole series of videos is quite well put together! I look forward to seeing what’s next!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you!

[@skeith1543]

well done, good video! I'd love to see you do a video on Cathay. they can be a complicated faction with Harmony.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Great suggestion! All in the fullness of time.

[@joshuastephens3926]

I’ve never even tried this faction but now I’m thinking it over. Seems like a lot of fun mayhem to be had.

[@BlakesTakes420]

The Greenskins are top tier after the warden and the paunch update. Definitely one of my favourites.

[@kotzebrecher]

The most broken campaign in Warhammer 2 I ever played was as Broken Axe doing nasty skulker spam. I got the lil buggers up to 47% physical resistance, regeneration, with 90 MA and almost 40 AP damage. And then I gave them all perfect vigor, so they could run down anything that wasn't cavalry. And had like max replenishment even in enemy territory using the raiding camp. And if perfect vigor works like in WH2 (which I haven't tested yet) it has perfect synergy with lightning strike, giving you the positives without the negatives

[@BlakesTakes420]

Groms goblins are so good. Doomstack-level space marine gobbos.

[@gonk1529]

Gobbla got me feeling some sort of way

[@jacksmith3148]

next time you post something like this just ask yourself if either gork or mork would condone it and reconsider

[@gonk1529]

Yeah you're right, that was a moment if weakness. I can't help being down bad for Gobblussy

[@jasonhemphill8525]

What dat mouf do?!?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Dayyyyyyyuuuuum

[@blood_angels5096]

Heresy

[@grinm1899]

May the algorithm bless you and you hot takes, Blake

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you kindly 🫶

[@SaltyManlet]

I'm very excited to see who you'll cover next. This is some fantastic advice

[@pb3662]

The delivery and information is great. Keep it up for more factions!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you more to come!

[@boffmoffet2826]

I really enjoyed this video. Great editing, helpful tips, and humorous. You have a good format here!

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're very kind. Thank you for the lovely comment.

[@Dianbler]

Very nice advise as always, mister Blake. I manage to kick some ass with Tzeench with the advice of your last video. Keep it up.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much, glad you got to change some ways.

[@parttimehero8640]

I still think that the Crooked Moon should get a bonus to trolls, since night goblins are famous for using trolls

[@BlakesTakes420]

Stone trolls being even stronger. Sign me up. 📝

[@parttimehero8640]

@@BlakesTakes420 A plus in leadership wouldmake a lot of sence

[@minibotas9496]

Maybe giving trolls Vanguard Deployment factionwide? With a tech or Skarsnik ability I mean. To make them usable alongside Vanguard Deployed Night Goblins.

[@parttimehero8640]

really like tihs idea it's clean and simple@@minibotas9496

[@ItsMoje]

God damn more Blakes takes

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yessir 💯

[@aicarambaalguem]

This series you're making is awesome friend! Keep up the good work

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you Pedro. Always nice to hear 🙏

[@Manwithfood]

Yeah, I’m gunna need you to give your take on Ikit Claw. Oh and I’ll need your take on Skrolk too. Thaanks. Another quality video mate keep up the the good work!!! 🐀🐀🐀

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much, we will chitter and leap into future content together.

[@axios4702]

Haven't played Grom yet, but Skarsnik is so damn fun he is officially my 3rd favourite campaing as of now, the goblin tide is awesome and all their units are crazy fun to use and see in action. Fanatics melting hordes of skaven and slayers, skulkers sorrounding and obliterating dwarven formations and squig hoppers kiting enemies around and hitting from the rear at any opportunity. It's just awesome and a much more fun playstyle than the average greenskin experience of just trampling your enemies with sheer weight of numbers. When fully buffed I'd even dare to say the little green bastards can be more terrifying than their big cousins.

[@zachg7356]

Been waiting 2wks for this

[@BlakesTakes420]

More coming soon master Zack.

[@insertnamehere8147]

Keep these coming man. Awesome work!

[@BlakesTakes420]

More coming soon! Thank you!

[@tiagosouza5759]

these are great mate! Give us more, please.

[@BlakesTakes420]

With pleasure, sir.

[@GoonTownUSA]

I love this series! You give some really good advice.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoy it! Thank you for your kind words!

[@crayvun2196]

Fantastic video, Blake! Thanks!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much for the kind words - more coming soon.

[@davidman2232]

God I love these! Can you do Chaos Desmond undivided next?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Desmond Tutu undivided. *hmmmmmmm* 🔜

[@davidman2232]

LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOO

[@GFCBlah]

Should also mention how unbelievably quick the goblin tide truly begins and causes an outrageous snowball. Can have 3 stacks of goblins including skarsniks starting stack by the time your first waaagh begins and thorgrim is dead... when the waaagh fully develops you have 3 stacks of 40 units going.. which is happening by turn 15 or so, you end up so much stronger than everyone else that you just wash over everyone with pure numbers, and this snowball continues... 2nd waaagh starts and you can have 5 or 6 goblin stacks, 3rd one starts and you can have 8... etc. Skarsniks campaign is so funny, last time I played it had over 100 settlements by turn 70 just because of how many stacks I had swarming the map, you dont need a steady income to build your infrastructure, invest it in goblins and watch as the world gets drowned in goblins and your infrastructure is solved from sacking and fighting xD its a fun time, the only challenging part of the campaign is honestly fighting thorgrim at the start once you realise this

[@BlakesTakes420]

The waagh mechanic is extremely good, and let's greenskins snowball like crazy. I love it.

[@turtleinvader2982]

I don't know about anyone else and maybe this was AI changes but the grudgebearer will refuse to attack me until he has no less than 2 armies. I could be raiding him and he'll just watch until he has backup.

[@schwartiful5578]

I miss one of the strongest faction buffs, the extra XP on Heros (goblin shaman / river troll hag and even black orc) is insane with 2-3 level ups per fight. Otherwise nice video, greenskins is my favorite faction.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yeah, I did miss that, but I've never found greenskins heroes to massively impactful, they're good, but never really been a focus. I'm told they're really good though, so I should have probably got more big bosses.

[@Frogjuice02]

Excellent stuff!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words 🫶

[@oldmanMikehere]

Commenting because you deserve it. Good channel man, stick with it until the community finds you.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're very kind, thank you so much.

[@theiceknight4457]

I miss rotating fanatics like in total war warhammer 2, being able to angle them instead of just forward was VERY useful. Also still dont like how my fanatics just fart out of existance when deployed near walls or cliffs

[@BlakesTakes420]

I also hate that, never know whether they'll do any damage in sieges.

[@steelcladCompliant]

Grom is such a better goblintide leader. With all his buffs, base goblins in his army become insane high tier troops, virtually unbreakable and packing heavy armor and decent physical resistance, with a bonus vs large and some armor piercing damage. Losing even a single model becomes a rare event. Silver Helms and White Lions soil themselves when they hear them coming. And this isnt even counting the Cauldron buffs you get when playing as his faction I remember playing him for a while in WH2, then confederating Skarsnik and wondering what he was for

[@GerritTV187]

The extended greenskins unit roster mod makes the skarsnik campaign that much more fun! The forest goblin waaaghboss is a perfectly balanced Lord and totally not broken.

[@ArkhonXIX]

I’ve been playing the shit out of this game since the recent DLC drop and the reworks have been awesome. I’ve been playing a lot of dwarven lords and have noticed EVERY game that Thorgrim is getting absolutely clapped every campaign. He’s not making it past turn 30 on most. It’s crazy because his blue armies were almost always tearing through that entire part of the continent prior to the rework. This time around Ungrim is absolutely shitting on people. Every single campaign he’s the big boy

[@R3GARnator]

Basic goblins are deceptively good front line holding units because of their sheer numbers per unit, just keep a hero nearby for morale. Sacking, devouring captives, and the Troll Hag all let them replenish hugely after getting wrecked as a frontline easily.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Luv me goblins

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Awesome sauce my man....thanks....

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're very welcome.

[@bengonzalez5215]

Funny that you posted this cause i was recently thinking how there arent any good skarsnik guides and then boom heres one

[@BlakesTakes420]

your thoughts are my command, sir.

[@bengonzalez5215]

@@BlakesTakes420 i will use this power only for good.

[@bengonzalez5215]

@@BlakesTakes420 *ten seconds later* slaanesh slaanesh slaanesh slaanesh

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@bengonzalez5215 Hahahaha, very good

[@Damesanglante]

Thia video's humor is 11/10. I lost it at the Red Alert part. 😂😂😂

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you enjoyed it sir 🫶

[@drakemguard1407]

You Opened my eyes ! Thanks now I'll use Grom!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Good stuff

[@meowmeow9326]

not sure if its a conscious choice but i wanted to let you know something i found really helpful as i see you dont have it activated... if you hold space bar, a menu comes up on the right side during combat, with a bunch of things to check off or on. turn on everything in the middle section, and read w.e other ones thatre off that you might find helpful to have on at all times instead of just when u hold space bar. one of these in particular is very helpful which shows fatigue and if theyre hidden or not at all times and other icons below their healthbar that show useful info

[@cmsworld5591]

bro i like your " why you suck...." series it's actually very helpful why got only 3k subs! keep it up bro I think if you keep this up you will blow up as a content creator!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate your support!

[@andariel654789]

I do not, nor have any intention to, play Total War. And I cannot stop watching these.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Very kind of you to say so! :)

[@meowmeow9326]

on defending territory, one thing i will say is, while a good offense is gud def etc, a good defense on skar-boi is ez as all heckins, given his reduction to upkeep costs to gobbos faction-wide of 40%. you can get low tier gobbo army stacks of 20 basically anywhere u want to deter incoming attacks for barely a loss in income per turn

[@captainhindsight6994]

I cannot suck with him if I never play with him 😅

[@BlakesTakes420]

maybe you should give him a go Herr Capitan Hindsight.

[@captainhindsight6994]

@@BlakesTakes420 NEVER!!! maybe

[@kelseyrasmussen2050]

I love your “Why you suck with ______” videos! Please more the these!

[@BlakesTakes420]

More coming very soon!

[@beastwarsFTW]

Another reason to get Werzag earlier is because while you can't recruit regular orcs you can get savage orcs like most lords and they're good with squig-hoppers as a hammer and anvil.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You sure can! Savage orcs are great

[@galacta7300]

L O V E your videos man, well and truly. You're already a legend.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you so much, more coming!

[@xdrdrew]

The Tim Curry clip is gold.

[@BlakesTakes420]

He's a gem isn't he?

[@legoarmageddon101]

I gotta say it's impressive you're getting 10000 views in two days after only 2 months with the channel

[@BlakesTakes420]

That's very kind of you to say Chef Goblin. Here's hoping to many more videos for all of you beautiful people. 📝

[@MrKarnac]

'I can dance all day.' - Wurrzag/FPS Doug

[@BlakesTakes420]

BOOM HEADSHOOOT

[@cyphi474]

Karaz-a-Karak might be harder to get with recent changes to siege battles(towers have eyes now and can get your units spotted), but nothing really forces you to take it out quickly. Its Thorgrim last bastion, if you besiege it, he cant do anything. So you can wait couple turns to weaken it before attack.

[@exodius9054]

One of thies for Khorne/Skarbrand would be cool.

[@BlakesTakes420]

👀🔜

[@damo9961]

You dont want to attack Wurzag early - I only play on Legendary/VH and as an ally he can field far more stacks than I could with his territory - then you can just beat him and confed him late once you've painted the map. You help him out and kill off threats to him.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I disagree, I don't want some third rate, poorly leveled up Wurrzag in my gang, no sir.

[@youngthinker1]

A mod which helps deal with the AI's weird leveling system, is the "Recruit Defeated Legendary Lords" mod. You have to destroy the faction, or wait till the faction dies. Once done, all immortal characters can then be claimed by your faction. On doing so, the characters retain their level, but lack any used points. So a level 40 lord, would have 39 or so talent points for you to spend. This mod allows you to crump the Great Green Prophet, then recruit him five turns after his death, at his current level, and then skill him up appropriately.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I only play vanilla (for my sins)

[@AkaRystik]

I do some of this, but beelining for wurrzag I never thought of.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Wurrzag slaps man. Slurp him up early.

[@Tophawtdog4411]

Good narration, really feels like your whispering secrets and shit into my ear 10/10 - warhammer asmr soon?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Patent pending.

[@grouchypotatowolfpack5580]

Forgetting about him is completely lore accurate. The writers of the end times also just forgot he existed, despite giving him the blessings of a god

[@TomTom-gn5vx]

love your videos

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you 🫶

[@cyphi474]

You can...sell settlements for instant profit and diplomacy. Like example, getting non-agression pact from faction that doesnt like you much. Redistribution of settlements is also way to setting up wars between factions, because if faction A owns setllement in province of faction B, they'll very likelly fight for it(if they arent aligned). Holding settlements that doesnt have right climate for your faction is not very productive, but you can sell it, often for huge profit. You can enpower your allies making theirs economy stronger, you can make your potential enemies like you more, you can make enemy of your enemy stronger. Its all purpose diplomatic tool. Yesterday i sold settlement to Sylvania to get non-agression pact and money. That settlement got razed to the ground next turn, but i still have my treaty. And money. If i wanted, i could re-occupy it and sell it to them once again. Sylvania always pays well. And at same time, i dont piss them off holding piece of land in theirs territory fighting vampiric corruption for long.

[@danielgloyd4529]

Suprised you didn't touch on the waaaagh mechanics. I got my first Waaaagh after beeting Thorgrim and his 2nd Army at Pillars of Grungni. I waited 2 turns to recruit some more gobbos in the 2nd army and recruited a general to build a 3rd army at high place. Tretch was willing to sign a NAP for 500 gold so I took it. Set the Waagh target as Karak 8 peaks and sieged karaz-a-karak they were unwilling to attack my sieging armies so I let the waagh army build up for 2 turns and then autoresolved it. Third army was almost full so I started a 4th and started marching south. I had 8 peaks by turn 15(11 turns left in the waaagh). So I declared war on Queek and Karak Azul and just kept marching on. I had 6 armies of pure gobbos by this point. I lost 1 army to an ambush. I finished Queek off with 1 turn left in the Waaagh and then Belegar declared war on me. I had a defensive alliance with Wurzag. He wanted to confederate so I took it. Sold a city to Skarsbrand for an alliance and made a NAP with Kalida. By the time I finished of Karak Azul I was almost to another Waaagh. So I killed the Skaven that start with Black Krag to get it. I set my target as Belegar since he is rank 1 in my game and my obvious next target anyways.

[@danielhammer619]

Actually Skarsnik is one of the guys im pretty damn good with. Building an army of extremely cheap goblins that are powered as a semi late game unit due to all the buffs they receive is damned good. You can have at least twice as many armies as you normally do. Im just here to enjoy the video.

[@Master-Wanderer]

Stone Trolls are amazing! and they look great to boot!

[@BlakesTakes420]

'Ate regular trolls ' Ate River trolls Luv me stone trolls, simple as.

[@Master-Wanderer]

@@BlakesTakes420 I like river trolls thematically to roll around with the river troll hag as 1 unit.. they work pretty well together but youre right they arent anywhere near as good as the stone versions

[@mekmekoo1269]

Another thing about greenskins and especially skarsnik because of his massive discount for goblins is unlike most factions... It's more advantageous to have a lot of cheap armies rather then a few very powerful armies. This is because every army is another army that can raid and the more armies you have the more value you get from the waaagh mechanic. If you get a mushroom addicted lord and a mushroom addicted hero you can get 0 upkeep for goblin units (in the late game with the blue line and tech upkeep reduction) so you can field countless free goblin armies. You should still have a couple of quality armies though.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I love the Goblin-tide

[@regulusm1518]

Nice one

[@BlakesTakes420]

thank you!

[@MorteTheSkull]

Da Red Gobbo moment around 15:20

[@JheredStern]

Thank you, I have never sucked with Skarsnik but this video confirmed I do not.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Great to hear that. Stick around to find out why you do/ don't suck with more 😉

[@adamstilber8382]

I always use the goading tactics with Skaven. Once you get the research "Numbers beyond counting" then fielding entire skaven slave armies is very cheap. I just throw the skaven slaves near an enemy army with my actual army in ambush stance in front. The following battle lasts all of 30 seconds as my weapons teams then tear into them.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Bring forth the vermintide

[@ZESTdabest]

7:06. I prefer cheesing in such situations and wait for the large garrison to arrive and get surrounded in an ambush. Then it’s just aneasy auto resolve for a settlement battle

[@BlakesTakes420]

🐻🧀

[@Ishanusharma]

I need more of these videos MORE !!! MOORE !!! MOOORE!!!

[@BlakesTakes420]

More on its way Dr Zoidberg. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2XaZ4ljhceDga8&feature=share8

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

This is the second video of yours, where ive seen it said you kinda need the dlc for your faction I dont play this game (but have kind of been considering getting it) and im wondering, does that make it feel kind of "pay to win" to you? Are the DLC units of pretty standard strength or are they basically the best in their given role? Do they always fill essential gaps in your various factions?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Not all of them, some factions do feel naked without their DLCs, greenskins, skaven and Nurgle being key offenders.

[@neweden.]

Skarsnik is probably one of the easiest campaigns in the entire game. Get tech for reduced goblin upkeep, spam out 5 armies of goblins, pop waaagh, win campaign.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Respectfully, I disagree. I think there's faaaaar easier campaigns than skarsnik. At least the orc restrictions in the early game force you to think somewhat tactically with how to use your gobbos. Thanks for your comment.

[@neweden.]

@@BlakesTakes420 there isn't much tactics involved when your goblins cost like 30-40g upkeep, and you can easily roll over thorgrim with nasty skulker spam, then you just pop waagh and have like 8 armies to play around with on like turn 25 and I really don't' see how it's difficult at all. I guess it's difficult if have literally 0 idea how to play greenskins.

[@foxdavion6865]

How to play greenskins in Total War Warhammer - exactly the same as you do on table top. Just do what you'd do on table top, build your army the same as you do on table top and play them how you would on table top, don't think about it, just do it and it just works because they're balanced for that. This is how I've always played Orcs and Goblins, ever since the first game 8 years ago. The only important factor is you need to keep your lords and heroes alive, they are the only units you need to care about, everything else you just throw at the enemy and forget. So long as the lords and heroes remain alive, your horde won't run away... most of the time. I remember as a kid, seeing someone at a local Games Workshop store with a Crooked Moonz army and what he used in his army list is fundamentally what made Crooked Moonz so terrifyingly meta and meme worthy at the time and why everyone who took the game seriously who played greenskins went Crooked Moonz for back in 6th edition of WFB. Which was... Fanatics with their giant spinning steel balls andnasty skulkers, lots and lots of nasty skulkers, including a single Arachnarok, I remember the guy had 2 full units of nasty skulkers on the table flanking the Fanatics. I won't ever forget that army list or watching the guy take on a Warriors of Chaos list and win, with Goblins. So yeah, what you start with as Skarsnik is a good indicator as to what you should be using throughout the campaign, as he starts with a very meta Crooked Moonz list, right out of a 8th edition Warhammer Army Box.

[@qlum]

Personal flaw I had playing his campaign, I kept using goblin armies past their prime, making battles quite a manual drag. Should have used more better units in the mix.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Gobbos supported by stone trolls for mass are very effective.

[@MonitorMonarch]

I actually have almost 0 issues playing skarsnik. Even if you're not hyper aggresive like blake, you can make up with it with overwhelming force. You can afford to recruit and maintain effectively 3 armies from very early on. You bait attacks and you want to utilize your starting goblin hero as an assassin in battles. Ignore his passive bonuses and solely spec him into fighting. He will go toe to toe with pretty much any surrounding lord/hero in the early game. He will be a better fighter for than skarsnik. Against the dwarves, squighoppers if you can get them early enough. their anti-armor and outmaneuver the dwarves easily. you can rip ranged units apart in seconds. avoid the goblin riders and the mounted version, waste of money. Squigs are superior. Orcs are fine to recruit once you get 8 peaks. Secondary lords tend to due just fine with them. Especially if you can confederate wurrzhag or azhag. Grimgor later on but that's a bigger issue. Grom is likely dead by the time you get over there so dont worry about him. Wurrzhag does well early and you can snipe him with an ambush. Take the ability skarsnik death juice when you unlock it with a skill point. Put it on all your night goblins. It does soooooooo much work. Your strengths as gobbos are ambushes and sheer quantity of dudes. Remember you get 40% upkeep and recruitment cost reduction. Always loot and occupy. money, replen and you have a chance to not downgrade the settlement

[@jorath9644]

hands down if you play agressive, you can have karak 8peaks within the first 30 turns easy peasy, destroy wuzzak on the way and all of a sudden youre having an empir skarsnik is a monster

[@BlakesTakes420]

If you don't conquer Karak eight peaks by turn 30, the player should be forced to change the name to Karak *Late* Peaks. But take Wurrzag first, and you'll have a way easier time taking K8P

[@bigsadge747]

my favourite campaign ngl. first lord where i confederated all da boyz

[@BlakesTakes420]

Have da Boyz lay out my formal shorts.

[@goldenrider2925]

I loved the video, it was really helpful. I I couldn't find an answer for this anywhere else but when I confederate Wurzag as Skarsnik, even once he's no longer wounded and "returns to the front", I can't recruit him. Any idea why?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Have you got any mods enabled?

[@goldenrider2925]

I don't, I haven't tried modding the game yet. He doesn't show up on the recruiting menu at all, it's just the generic lords. It's so weird, I haven't had this issue with any other faction. @@BlakesTakes420

[@BlakesTakes420]

I haven't encountered this, must be a bug or corrupted save file.

[@chetmanley1885]

The mistake I i was making later in the game was just thinking higher tier units (and Orcs) were just better. Not so with Snarsnik; dont have a stack of black orcs, have three stacks of trash goblins.

[@joshuastephens3926]

Can we get something on dwarves soon? I love these videos.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Do Chaos dwarves count? : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpeomKF5m92kbtU

[@joshuastephens3926]

@@BlakesTakes420 your damn right they do sir! Lol

[@colbunkmust]

@11:07 What's magic resistance? Nope, never heard of that before...

[@BlakesTakes420]

Magic resistance all gone baby. It's Gorkin' time

[@DaRatier]

SO I beat Wurrzag and confederated his faction but have no idea how to recruit him. He's not reappearing, so did I mess something up?

[@SandroWalach]

I suck at playing all factions, mostly because I suck at tactics. And planning, and keeping calm, and reading what abilities do, and what troops are good at, and using troops at what they are supposed to do, and also…

[@BlakesTakes420]

Sounds like you have the same issues I have when I think about exercise 😂 Stick with me, I'll get you there 🫶

[@SandroWalach]

@@BlakesTakes420 As long as I don't have to exercise, then it sounds like a good deal! :P

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@SandroWalach hahaha, good lord no. We can stay big and beautiful together.

[@matthewpena3932]

Skarsnik I find the be the strongest of the green skins and stream roll so fast with them. All trash stacks and hero spam but you can have so many armies and that is all you need.

[@BlakesTakes420]

He's good, but I'd say Grom is much better, personally.

[@matthewpena3932]

@@BlakesTakes420 Grom's faction powers are stronger but the expansion rate of Skarnik's faction is unmatched. I would take grom's faction to deal with end game stuff but pure expansion insanity goes to Skarsnik making me feel that he has the easiest campaign.

[@MrRolci]

Now we need a Throgrim guide

[@BlakesTakes420]

All in the fullness of time.

[@nonya1366]

Step one: Kill that frakkin' Gobbo. And his little "dog" too.

[@pipedreamsnetwerk5110]

YES Anotherr one YESSSSSS

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your kind words 🫶

[@srbPasulj93]

The ''Why You SUCK'' series is really really amazing!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you my friend, appreciate the comment.

[@robertreichold3975]

I'm confused. I confederated wurzag and it even shows him having items in my lord pool but he is nowhere to be found or recruited. Anyone have any ideas?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Is he wounded? Check If there's a little skull on the right of his portrait in the lord pool

[@stevenfleming3311]

Good vid

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you 🙏

[@JinxBfjv]

I did an "exploit", I don't know if we can call it like this because I rush karak eight peaks. I launch the attack on the guy who stands next the city where the big boss where sitting, I mean the traitor. I rush the guy in the battle who was alone, killing him before the other big boss arrival, I simply left the battle. Then i was able to confederate and get foothold on karak of eight peaks with ease.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You "exploited" some excellent strategy sire.

[@bluepriest6990]

People sleep on how durable standard goblin spears are for a t1 infantry unit.

[@BlakesTakes420]

We iz gobbos

[@kaptainmanslaughta7887]

Ahhh 'ABR' da klassic and True way ta WAAAAAAAAAGH! remindz me of the major faultz dat some gitz do when tryin' out dat big red git Skarbrand. Dey fink "OH, weeze should occupie each settlement individually and play defensively after getting each base." When da real way iz, TAKE ONE BASE, BUILD ONE SPECIFIC BUILDIN AND JUST KEEP RAIDING EVERYTHING ELSE TILL YA GOT NO ENEMIEZ LEFT IN DAT AREA! Den DO IT AGAIN in each area after da first. Simple and effective, yet some gitz just neva follow dem rules and just fink dat any army dey command iz just like dem stuntiez.

[@BlakesTakes420]

ITZ HOW YOU GET BITZ, RICHES AND GUBBINS CAP'N

[@EveloGrave]

Oh. For once one I don't suck with.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Mission failed. We'll get 'em next time.