Total Tactics - How To: Gunpowder Formations | Total War: Warhammer 3

In my current Empire Campaign I got around most of this by replacing my melee line with allied dwarven infantry Units who are small enough to be shot over from the back

I love these formations. Love being able to put real life tactics to use in the game. Thanks for the great ideas!

3 games in a row and this is the first time i've heard or seen good formations for gunpowder, i'd often just hope for a tall hill and awkwardly place my units there hoping LoS works on them, keep up the work

big tip, deploy your artillery on the back left and back right flank. instead of having them target the infantry right in front of them, make them shoot across your formation to the other end, having the shots criss cross over your ranks. Especially useful with cannons. If you target the infantry directly in front, you wont have line of sight to arc your shots, as they are too close. If you shoot the front line on the other end of your formation, your shots will arc over your line, because you have enough distance. Works best in chevron formation too, as the enemy front line will be parallel to your cannons shot.

I just finished my second-ever total war campaign as Kislev and I really like using the checkerboard formation with armored kossars. The fact that they’re a hybrid unit means that they can cover each other with pistol-fire when in melee and can be swapped-out whenever their health or ammo gets too low.

"This formation will be weak to artillery fire" Shows the formation getting indeed hit by artillery, except it's his own units friendly-firing each other Not sure if intentional, but I laughed a lot at that. That aside, great video. Sending this to my buddy who just got the game and never played anything similar.

Please make this a series. Well done and comprehensive.

I would love, perhaps, a full series from you dedicated to using, breaking down, and understanding legitimate formations and battle tactics for Total War Warhammer. Especially when you start covering the very real weaknesses of these formations with things like magic, hero units, monsters, and so on, I can imagine some very awesome battles ensuing, especially in multiplayer

The tip about how to select units and place them is a godsend. I feel like I've been playing way to long to not know how to do this.

Man, I knew about the classic Checkerboard formation from the many other total war youtubers I've watched, but the next two were totally new to me and now I can't wait to put them into action.

Great video! I loved your mention of the use of square formation for more quickly maneuverable units, its something I do but I feel is often overlooked. Can't wait for more.

wow this was really informative! Thanks man. Never wanted to play "not orcs" this much

This is why I love playing gunpowder factions. Line of sight is such an interesting limitation to work around.

I had been woefully unaware of the diamond formation, but I was aware of the other two. Very informational and I am glad to see how you handled showing the actual formations both in setup and in motion so people could better understand how and why things work.

I loved this, going to take it to my gunpowder kislev mod and hold the line against the hordes

The anti-cavalry diamond is a new concept to me, but one I eagerly look forward to trying. Thanks for the insight.

I have a lot of played hours in this game, so I didn’t see anything new for myself. But at the same time, I want to say that I have definitely never seen a video with such content. It will definitely be useful for all beginners. Especially for those who play on a low difficulty, to move to a higher one. I wish the author good luck and success in this direction.

3:13 God damnit rockets, stop helping!

I saw this video today and of course immediately went to test these formations and leading values behind them for myself with immense success! My battles feel much more intense and satisfying and it's all thanks to you and this series! thanks!

This has leveled up my formation understanding. God bless you this may be what I've needed this whole time for Empire, Dwarves and Vampire Coast