Can Kislev do a mean stealth army now?

Mother Ostankya brings stealth units to a new level for Kislev. But is it any good? Shadows of Change DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3.
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[@bartekmazurski8132]

"I turn my things in the woods into things out of the woods" brilliant

[@inductivegrunt94]

"Mother Ostankya is a woman of many talents." *Pulls a live rat from mouth* Many talents indeed. Not even 5 seconds in and I already love this video.

[@andrewryan4417]

She pulled out a Skaven Prisoner of War, you mean.

[@user-cu9rb9cx6m]

No sad backstory in 000.1 seconds in *red button noises*

[@turtleinvader2982]

I'm pretty sure it was an opossum

[@Trygonbob]

“I’m here to offer a cure for elfism… it’s called bears. Big. Fucking. Bears” 😂 10:17

[@ASpaceOstrich]

Hags canonically do make use of beastmen in the fight against chaos, so that first battle was pretty much lore accurate if you think about it.

[@mattswanson3568]

How do they do that? Like lore wise

[@ASpaceOstrich]

@@mattswanson3568 Mutant children in Kislev can be given to hags (or found by hags) rather than just executed or abandoned like they often are in the Empire. The Hags will raise them knowing that, while they are inherently corrupt thanks to their mutation, they can still be used as a weapon against Chaos. They'll send them into battle against the forces of Chaos. It's not particularly pleasant, since they're basically sending them to die, but its arguably better than how the Empire treats them. Much of Kislev obviously still kills them at birth, but some areas will give them to the hags or abandon them in the woods instead. And that hags, who live in the woods, will find and raise them.

[@mattswanson3568]

@@ASpaceOstrich damn that's hard as fuck

[@ASpaceOstrich]

@@mattswanson3568 Yeah. There was a lorebeards episode recently about the hags of kislev that I got it from. Highly recommend if you've got the time to watch it.

[@thesittingacheroraptor7565]

​@@ASpaceOstrich"My boy is a little wierd but hes okay"

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

considering the fact that she's clearly using some rather Chaotic units (the Things in the Woods are straight up a chaos unit that fit more into Beastmen than Kislev, though I suppose I can forgive it in Ostankya's specific case) that team-up with the Beastmen near the start felt very fitting. I get the sense that she's got a general idea of using Chaos to beat Chaos and using Beastmen against Morathi certainly fits that.

[@skyro0412]

1:34 You know you're fucked when the trees start talking Kislevite

[@tartarustrommler5454]

Isn't it called Kislevarin? I'm not all that familar with east old world lore, so I could be wrong.

[@skyro0412]

@@tartarustrommler5454Well yes, but actually no. Apparently it has two names. "Kislevarin, also known as Kislevite, is the name of the language of the people of Kislev [...]"

[@tartarustrommler5454]

@@skyro0412 I did some more reading, and apperantly there even is a third name: "Gospodarinyi". It just never is allowed to be simple, is it?

[@shooey-mcmoss]

Может, Кислевский?

[@protege1717]

" i flank around to offer a cure to elfism. its called bears, BIG FUCKING BEARS."

[@Sharkfinish]

Humor on point for this episode

[@simondiebolt5354]

5:06, if you want to be friendly with the neighbours, take the settlement and sell it to them, instead of razing it :)

[@4679-e6e]

Selling settlements is one of my favorite mechanics, but also seriously busted at the moment. Not only does the AI usually pay way too much for them, it also counts as a gift for diplomatic relations. Like, what.

[@Kassen777]

so don't abuse it I use the mechanic to make friends with lizardmen but don't milk them for every penny. trading a whole region for a non-aggression pact makes sense plus Mazdamundi makes no sense going north cold is red for him and he has displayed no interest in the region for thousands of years@@4679-e6e

[@VaanTythonus]

Good point at the end of the video, Zerk: might be fun to review all the quest battles currently in game. Could even base the rankings on skill required to beat them, uniqueness of the fight, when you get access to them (whether you can feasibly take that fight as soon as it unlocks or if you have to wait and get a stronger army) & what kind of an army/tactics you can use to win.

[@ilesalmo7724]

Why not gift settlements to the lizardmen instead of letting them capture the settlements on theirr own? It would make them easier to ally with

[@junarenrique1269]

I thought the same thing

[@PandemoniumGameDev]

Or even sell them, you get relations+money

[@shawnfoogle920]

i thought he sold em

[@Zuginator]

​@@shawnfoogle920no he razed it.

[@Aleazandrio]

Probably cause the mechanic is badly designed and makes the game super easy

[@ErebosPlayer]

My favourite part of ostankya is 2 things. Spiders literally kill over time passive, broken. 2nd the expanded hex not only lets you teleport but you can teleport an ENEMIES' army away to the other side of the planet. Very handy if their in their settlement. I sent valkia the bloody way off and said thank you for your capital

[@shooey-mcmoss]

Теперь враги поучатся у нас хотя бы нашему мату!

[@andreicristian7382]

12:05 didn't know Karl Franz was secretly a dark elf

[@ingamingpc1634]

He's actually 1/5 dark elf He usually puts his cruelty towards battle

[@karoltunczyk8731]

Some say there is a dragon at the zoo of Altdorf and Emperor himself sometimes take a ride with it... Now we know how is it possible

[@mossykid]

real fun to see the themed build tactics executed well.

[@Malice2297]

10:50 you'd be surprised but a well trained raptor bird is actually quite able to take down a bear

[@Anvilarm07]

Another great themed army campaign. Love the stealth theme and the unit of bears! Well done.

[@Parameshvara]

Great humor to the "Ostankya" vibe. Thank you, Z, cheered me up 😃

[@seangaspar3453]

"RUN PHIL RUN!"

[@SpitefulSoviet]

Well, I hope Phil is okay.

[@Joe_159]

Great video Zerk! I'm a big fan of stealthy or vanguard or any strange or mobile kind of armies so videos like this are much appreciated! *Edit* My most recent favourite was a Choas Dwarf army consisting of mostly Fireglaives with armament buffs to give them vanguard deployment, magic attacks and suppressive fire *chef's kiss* highly recommend!

[@ASpaceOstrich]

Wait, you can give them multiple armament buffs?

[@josiahjensen9651]

​@ASpaceOstrich you can give them 3 armament buffs and I believe there is a research to make it 5 buffs

[@ASpaceOstrich]

@@josiahjensen9651 Well. That explains why I had so many armaments and only needed one factory province in my playthrough.

[@Burusagi]

Her lack of a gag reflex is impressive. Makes me wonder what dear ol’ Mom Ostankya did in her younger days…

[@samueljackson605]

Needed campaign effect or mod is to change the settlement to match the faction that occupies it. Weird being a kislev faction in a dark elf city. Playing Grom as orcs and goblins taking elven cities with rainbows and shiny white and gold towers is kinda irritating. No one thinks a dwarf would chill out in a mushroom tent made by goblins...

[@rue4585]

this mod exists

[@samueljackson605]

@@rue4585 can you give a name? There are tower mods but I've not found settlement map mods

[@ConanAshConn]

@@samueljackson605 The mod is called “Simple Dynamic Settlements” you can search that title in the steam workshop and it should come up. (I tried to post the mod link a couple of times, then I realized Zerk probably disabled link posts because of all those scammers.)

[@gisekasi]

​@@samueljackson605 Simple dinamic settlements, i think

[@rue4585]

Simple Dynamic Settlements, I'm a little late :)@@samueljackson605

[@Glitch_Online]

Hope Phil made it out

[@arkadiuszmarkuszewski7266]

"one is dead cause of emotional damage" 😂 Another tasty film 👌

[@derpyswede2507]

Mother ostankya throat goat confirmed

[@gloomy9486]

10:17 So that's the cure for elfism. It seems so obvious now.

[@novarat4089]

as a skaven main i can confirm that a plageclaw catapult's only crippling weakness is indeed polar bears

[@Mrkabrat]

I still find it odd how the things in the woods (which origanilly appeared in the tabletop Mordheim) ended up part of a kislevite faction, when its fluff hinted towards are chaotic origin

[@de-landen885]

Im not gonna lie, it would've been cool to have Ostankya as a horde army, like a witch traveling the dark corners of the world ya know?

[@jackl597]

Really good video, love the elf h8

[@vilneil]

12:03 , the F is karl doing with the dark elf ?

[@shooey-mcmoss]

PancreasNoWork actually had his dream fullfilled

[@thelastone67]

She starts in dark elf territory is very odd to me

[@Jacob-er1tt]

i think you'd get further by trading the settlements to the lizardmen in getting them to like rather then making them take it themselves

[@Jacob-er1tt]

oh nvm you did that later, btw you got scam bots in the comments just fyi

[@bobsbugors635]

He sounds like the rock guy from Thor I love it

[@TroelsTheGod]

That title was about to give me a stroke

[@shadow_king12344]

How?

[@tracesosebee5485]

I would love to see a Skaven World War 1 tactics thing

[@Cyiel568]

1:32 Shooting arrows from the trees ? You have changed Sir Zerkovich and i'm not sure if i like that.

[@Salubrious388]

Love stealth/sniper themes. Are there any other builds that are this much fun?

[@axios4702]

Akshina ambushers are cool for stealth and all, but they truly shine when behind a wall of Tzar Guard.

[@midwesterndrop-ape3066]

Ostankya confirmed throat goat

[@unifieddynasty]

Damn the new Call of Duty 4 All Ghillied Up remake looks insane.

[@Rogue_Tiger]

No better uint then 'things out of the woods'

[@obesechicken13]

Looks like an easy campaign you get bored of before short victory.

[@tiktikboom2371]

Can’t wait to play her, I love the weirder character. Also will get me to play Kislev as I haven’t touched them yet haha

[@donmongoose]

I keep trying to play Kislev campaigns but find it horrendous and quickly give up so yeah, hopefully this update will help

[@daxl505]

Kislev is one of my favourite races and their units are fun to play. Wait until the DLC and patch as they change some of their mechanics (kinda)

[@ItsTubes]

The cure for elfism is, apparently, bears😂

[@dominicmanester8125]

I think yes and no with quest battle difficulty. They feel as difficult as the old ones but the power creep of our own units is so strong that it makes them easy.

[@iaindoherty9155]

"I did what any great general in history did... I hid in the woods and let the other people fight first!"

[@sensen9900]

Ostankya was so busted at Release xD Her Curses are basicly broken, she can destroy whole Armys without ever Engage them with on the Battlefield xD

[@TotalWarriorLegends]

Make a video that battle bonussen is being explained in warhammer 3

[@crusaderx1179]

Why not gift the settlements to the lizardmen? Settlements seem to have a bonkers diplomacy weight. Factions you have flat diplomacy with will often sign non-aggression, trade, and military access for just a basic tier one settlement you just conquered after looting it, sometime even a defensive alliance. I was able to vassalize both Nkari and Skarbrand as Kairos in my Tzeentch Realm of Chaos campaign by giving them just tier 3 minor settlements in the center of the Chaos Wastes I didn't own the capital city of anyway (I was ahead of them in the Realm of Souls rush so it didn't matter that they technically we're my main rivals). I did the same thing with Greasus using the settlements I stole from him using changing of the ways to keep him friendly long enough while I conquered the other ogres and wiped out his Cathay trade friends before coming for him.

[@Nicolas-sj9dk]

Awesome video. Next time occupy those two settlements and once youre out of the region, sell it to the lizardmen. They will like you way more and you make money instead of losing 8k

[@bavokegels8929]

wow somebody who actually quote's an sun tsu quote, and not slandering he's name

[@Something_Clever]

Here before the title fix

[@SpaceKnight105]

Call me WITCH!!!!!!!

[@grayrook8637]

You don't wanna know what other rodents she can pull out of other places.

[@Njolmir90Greybeard]

I fucking love your videos dude 😂

[@Tuck213]

Alright people, what factions do you love to destroy as much as Zerk loves killing elves? Dwarfs for me.

[@gijskramer1702]

Vampires, skaven and tombkings. Seeing 4000 casualties on the ai's side is glorius.

[@Kallistosprom]

Stealth Bears!!!

[@ragnarok6521]

So I can understand that CA wish to make other regions more diverse and interesting like the Old World which is leagues and bounds better than any other region, but putting Stinkya and Bo in these positions is weird lorewise. Would be better to move minor factions out there or something.

[@rockgodwannabe]

why did you leave the provinces for the lizardmen to take themselves instead of tradingthem through diplomacy?

[@gglanouille3060]

I've played the changeling campaign already, waiting for the free DLC expansion to play yuan BO and Ostanskya, because they don't seems that good or fun to play yet

[@черепахаестклубничку]

Fun fact: ostanki means "remains"

[@Marmamartha]

why didnt you occupy and just gave the settlement to the lizards? Sure would have given you a nice diplo bonus

[@Atercor-kx8hs]

Honestly, i feel like ambushers COMPLETLY screwd streltsi. Like, what the hell is even the point of those now? They are worse in like...everything except armor. So that's nice to see, good old CA.

[@skavenslave4570]

instead of razing the settlements, its probably better to just gift it to mazdamundi

[@extrie3650]

You could have gifted those settlements to the lizardmen instead of razing it. It can give tou a lot of money and favor from them.

[@Crucial_End]

How does Akshina rangers compare to shades?

[@coaiemandushman1079]

i'd really like to use the new stuff, but i will never pay more than 12 euro for it.

[@ragsash]

Do you have an fanatical store page? If I'm going to buy the game I do like helping the ones I like watching as I pay for the thing's I want

[@yakbomb1332]

Loved the video but I also loved the way you pronounced sun tzu 😂👍

[@TheHabibass]

What is the point of razing settlements instead of holding on to them until you can sell them to somebody?

[@robertoveloso2691]

I laughed hard on this

[@askhatabdirazakh3577]

What the dog doing?

[@robertc8425]

Do the stanky leg!

[@daangoes121]

How did morathi come back every turn?

[@shawnfoogle920]

Polar bear only video Theres a silly video idea

[@devinrunyan]

Adding "do" in place of the proper verb always looks terrible. "Can Lispev [create]..."

[@bluntlyhonest6803]

why not take the settlements for yourself and then sell them to the lizardmen for better treatease and possibly even some money? Settlements have massive value.

[@SavTMoA]

Why all the elf hate?

[@Einomar]

Why not?

[@verihimthered2418]

You never summoned the elemental bear😢

[@Zuginator]

Why didn't you take the settlement instead of razing it? You can sell it to the lizards for favor!

[@zakhopkins9761]

Why not sack and then occupie the land instead of raze it for the lizards.. next few turns sell the land to the lizards

[@djgnu]

Shieeet, thats baba yaga.

[@JamieP43]

can't you just sell the settlements to the lizardmen?

[@xyro3633]

Can do can do

[@cobrazax]

why raze it if u can capture it and then give it to the lizardmen??? ideal for alliance

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

Ima start calling “The things in the woods” as Wendigos because that’s what they are.

[@Shannon4710]

If you are talking about the tall monster, that is not actually things in the woods. The smaller more dog like units are what they call things in the woods. The large monster that looks more like the popular depiction of a Wendigo is called an "Incarnate elemental of beasts". I think it may actually be based on some modern depictions of a Leshy to fit with the slavic theme of Kislev. However I guess Ostankya's starting position would suit the Wendigo more so I don't know.

[@czareknowak5805]

Turn 50 and even half of the maps not conquered. WTF

[@nickdeboer4494]

07:35 Not finishing her of ey? Care to explain yourself in this context against a Slaaneshi worhipper?

[@AbdullahHujee]

Are bears a dlc unit?

[@botep5529]

Is this a mod or?

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

Her starting position is the most nonsensical in the entire game. Absolutely asinine.

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

Nah, there's far more silly things. You could have her start on the western coast of Naggarond, as one of the Spires there had previously been inhabited by a rogue Ice Witch. I don't remember which one, however.

[@dantemtxq2595]

A granny who have rats in her and a sled pulled by wendigos and a full army of vietnam people ,looks very chill and peaceful:))

[@mysticdingo8411]

I think the title needs a fix

[@R3GARnator]

Zerkovich 💪💪 MandaloreGaming on hating knife ears.

[@Dadodaw]

I don't know if Kislev can doa mean stealth army, but I sure know I will be stealthing this DLC release.

[@HomerJSimpson999]

Arnheim kept by Kislev....weird

[@Shadowofromefanatic]

Mama Stanky

[@WhenDidRadioKillCod]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! TALIKAAAA!!!!!

[@YEKOBness]

CA out here putting modded quality gameplay out like it’s good.