Nurgle’s basic meat shield/chaff unit, Nurglings can still soak up a lot of damage. Send them up the flanks then bounce them around between enemy archers, disrupting their lines and summoning in units, to cause real problems. At higher levels, they can summon a unit of plaguebearers three times a battle, and a great unclean one once. The cultist can gain access to a horse mount early, which you should absolutely take for its speed. As is true for the rest of the roster, take any opportunity to add more mobility to your army.
You can mount them on a Palanquin for more health, but you’ll find much more utility in their Rotfly mounts. Hybrid melee/spellcasters with that trademark Nurgle tankiness. Swap them out with Exalted Great Unclean One whenever possible. They’re functionally very similar, though slightly better, than the Plagueridden heroes. Your basic Nurgle lord, Heralds aren’t incredible in melee, but do have access to the usual Nurgle survivability. Essentially more melee-focused Ku’Gaths without the artillery weapon, these stinky boys are huge damage sponges, with a range of effective debuffs for swinging melee grinds. This is always worth doing, unless you’ve carefully specced out a Herald for a specific purpose. Once your Heralds hit rank fifteen, you’ll be given the option to turn them into an Exalted Great Unclean one, at the cost of half their levels. Even with a huge health pool, he’s still a big target for enemy missiles, so keep an eye on his HP and make sure you’re using your mobile contingent to tie up potential threats. Keep him close to Nurglings in combat for a passive regeneration aura, and spec him into his ‘Pestilent Decay’ skill to cause constant damage to anything around him.
Use his nurgling launcher to bait your foe into moving up on your army, negating Nurgle’s slow speed. Nurgle’s sole legendary lord, this biggest of Chungi is effectively a moving artillery piece with some devastating buffs and debuffs close up. You can find out where Nurgle ranks on our faction tier list. But Nurgle can still be a hugely rewarding and interesting battlefield experience, once you iron out a few kinks. Just keep in mind that they will not win against tougher units without support from other units like Grail Reliquae, Damsels, archers or trebuchets.You’d be absolutely forgiven for feeling that playing a faction of spluttering, bile-flecked demons that delight in spreading devastating pandemics hits a little too close for comfort. Pegasus Knights are used as normal knights, while the Royal Hippogryph Knights can be used as a fast-flanking unit with high staying power.Īs for infantry, shielded Men-at-Arms units are great for holding lines because of their high defense stats. Grail Knights in Total War: Warhammer 2 Photo: Total War: Warhammer 2 On the other hand, Questing Knights and Grail Guardians can stay inside infantry mosh pits for longer, and they will often emerge victorious even with minimal micro-management. Knights Errant, Knights of the Realm and Grail Knights are excellent shock units with high charge bonuses that make them great for assaulting rear flanks, but their low staying power means that they need to be cycle-charged to be effective. An army with 6-8 frontline units, 2-4 ranged units and 3-4 cavalry units are often enough to take out most enemies if commanded with surgical precision. The brunt of a Bretonnian army’s damage will mostly come from their heavily-armored mounted knights, making this the best faction for “hammer and anvil” tactics.
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While they’re slightly more complex than other factions like the High Elves and the Empire, Bretonnia remains fairly simple and easy to learn, making them great for players who want to specialize in hard-hitting cavalry strategies. Along with some powerful support units, trebuchets and a selection of airborne cavalry, the Bretonnians can be a threat on the battlefield when commanded properly. The armies of Bretonnia might not have the strongest frontlines, but they make up for this with their superior cavalry units and their devastating charge attacks.
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