WoodElves vs Beastmen (Call of Warhammer Mod Battle #199)

Hey, what's up guys, it's Oakley and we're gonna be doing the Call of Warhammer mod I'm gonna be playing as the Wood Elves paired with Indie Pride So we have some Dryads, Light Infantry and also these War Dancers, Light Infantry here hidden in the woods And what are we encamping here? Well, this is tied to the new official Total Warhammer DLC That's coming out which is the Beastmen. So we are actually set up to try and take out this Beastmen Encampment here looks more like an orc settlement. So the Beastmen have settled themselves here perhaps having Killed the orcs and taken their bodies who knows what they're doing with them But anyways, we are here to try and assault them a massive Wood Elf army Set up in front. So let's go over Indie Pride's army He has a left most flank here with some tree kin in the back some kind of medium-sized trees I have some of the larger pair on my side He has the Eternal Guard, some Elite Spearmen and then last we have a ton of these Glade Guard Elite Missile Infantry The Wood Elves are known for their very good range units He has some loose order Weight Watchers who are actually hidden So a lot of range units that we're gonna try and kite with the Beastmen some Dryads Positioned here also gonna be hiding crouching in the snow some trees trying to hide in plain sight All you got to do is stand around. I mean you look like a tree. It's the easiest camo Around so then he has a whole bunch more Weight Watchers, Glade Guard and Wildwood Rangers Heavy Infantry so a large portion of Indies forces are gonna be these range units He also has another unit of the tree kin here. This is his generals unit So the Wood Elves is something that's probably gonna come to Total War Hammer in due time people have noted that you know Why are we getting Beastmen before Bretonnia even though Bretonnia pretty much has a lot of its units in the game It's already playable in multiplayer and a lot of people have theorized well, they're gonna wait to release the Free Bretonnia DLC alongside or nearby the Wood Elves because they're tied in the lore So in any case we're gonna be playing with the Wood Elves here. So my force is arraigned with some tree kin I have a bit more of the forest creatures than Indie Pride does so two of the tree kin in the front and I did bring one of these tree men units very much ant like forces Massive very expensive units there So that's gonna be holding down my front lines and then have Eternal Guard spearmen to back that up and then in my rear I've staggered some Glade Guard Wildwood Rangers and more Glade Guard basically what I'm trying to do. Oh, actually these are heavy infantry. Sorry What I've tried to do is just stagger back my missile units I'm gonna be a bit or at least I plan to be a bit more tanky than Indie Pride in my deployment So the big trees and other units back here Eternal Guard and my ambush force mind you that we looked up at the first part Is over there in the distance? Anyways, I'm pulling up with my Glade Guard and try and get in range to start to get my early shots off But let's watch as the Beastmen herd sprawls out and it is ginormous We have Minotaurs Plowing forward they have a bunch of these Beastigors Tons of units sprawling forward you can see the massacre that's taking place already with our preliminary ranks getting shots off He's got his cavalry in our ranks and just this enormous swarm is bearing down on Indie This is not a good position for us to be in. The Triads here Or sorry the Treacons are gonna try and hold back the Minotaurs They're gonna get shot to bits or chomped up into little bits. You know, the enemy's charging forward Bestigors here are incredibly strong and he's gonna try and hold out with these units But they're gonna get just smashed by the endless tide of units light Gors and Unigors, I'm sorry Ungors with Spears getting in the back and look that his entire front rank is collapsed The Wood Elves in the rear are gonna try and hold strong They're not looking good. So Beastmen are very big rush army Frontlines on this side have been tied up with Wildwood Rangers heavy infantry We're having a better chance with these light armed Gors But it's in the center where you have these huge Minotaur unit the heavy infantry that is just soaking up all of our fire Clobbering through the ranks making room for the other units to push forward and just tying everything down So that's happening on this front On my front I've kept most of my units in the back My Glade Guard and other units are gonna be firing into the flank of that mess trying to take down those huge bestial units In the front what I've decided to do is plow forward take out the enemy Gors with my huge trees And then now we're gonna get a quick charge with my treekin another charge gonna be going off here When Indy's horde does go down right there in a wave of just God chaos infused demons of the forest But yeah, my engagements going a little bit better in the sense that it hasn't been as huge of a rush I charge up with my trees to blunt the assault although minotaurs are getting around the flank and what I do have is a big reserve that I'm now gonna activate war dancers and Some of these dryads light infantry, so I'm gonna get the drop on these base to Gors you lead units I mean look at their disposition here the heavy armor the horns the helmets the axes I can't wait to see these guys in total war merit in action, but anyways, I'm gonna get a Charge through on their flank. Well my guys are light infantry, so I don't expect them to do too. Well. I'm circling around with more units And we'll see how I do You know my front is still holding with the treekin Barely holding out the rear ranks are starting to fall back as they get pummeled by these minotaurs. They are not going down I have some my heavy infantry trying to fight them off, but the minotaurs here only a fool could lose these battle They do seem overpowered in this month huge tank units where if you can't shoot them and take them out quickly Then they're gonna get in your ranks and cause all kinds of havoc So most yeah, you know I only have a couple spare archers left this one here has been caught up in the minotaur Ball this one as well meanwhile Indy's pride is just being completely bushwhack This was I mean you saw the horde that charged out from this is a quick quick Flooding of the enemy forces that charged out after him we did kill a fair amount of units Enemy reserves are going to pull out chaos warriors. We're actually in the mix We do see some centigores left over, but yeah, we killed a lot of the enemy in that charge Look at all these light troops. Just taken out by our archers and so now the front ranks have been demolished and Indy has pulled back. He does still have some archers and now it's gonna be up to him to kite This is where this is the type of engagement. We would have preferred to have is a Kind of retreat like this or a staggered approach where we can shoot at the enemy and retreat shoot the enemy and retreat We just finished off a cluster of units in this engagement So this is the type of fight we want to take taking out stragglers here And not just standing up to the horde to the stampede that we had in front of us That is not how we should have taken this fight. We just come completely clobbered But like I said now as they chase us we do have a chance to shoot them up Cindy's gonna be doing everything you can to recuperate These are just light gore units. So the second you can see we perform our archer ranks They're gonna absolutely just get Torn to little bits and pieces pegged to the ground with the arrows and yep, absolutely route. So now we can reform our lines in the far distance Although we are at a disadvantage far away from the safety of our trees In the open fields here not the greatest of position for us When they are still able to close ranks Meanwhile over here the minotaurs are trying to close on us and he has nothing left in terms of infantry So once again, it's gonna be out to him to kite and run away from these huge Monstrous infantry bloodied. This guy's got brass knuckles on him. These are ferocious troops That's just to show the sheer monsters power of the beastmen Although it should be noted that in this particular mod, the wood elves are not known to be the most powerful In fact, they're one of the weakest factions. So this matchup is perhaps not the best in terms of balance but it does serve a pretty good theme and we were just not ready for the swarm of chaos forces the swarm of Beastmen issuing out of this formation On my side things are not going well either. I do have a lot of my units tied up with the minotaurs Not being able to kite as successfully as any pride my big trees have kind of held their own in the center but the enemy just Charged right on through to my weaker underbelly my weaker ranks of the archers chaos warriors as well warriors of corn Yep, getting in the mix here Cleaning up my trees. They came with hatchets. They're gonna be chopping away limbs In the back my ambush did somewhat work Light infantry against the best of gores I'm not sure how I'm intended to win this but with the combination forces It looks like I do have the upper hand against these elite units. So that is a nice retribution However, there is these pesky chaos warriors of Nergal coming through the back and I do kill Oh, I believe that was one of the chaos forces. So I'm doing okay on this one My big big trees did go down somewhere in the trip in the center when they're fighting against the minotaurs they were actually not a worthwhile investment just because the enemy had such huge swarming ranks that the Time to kill for my trees was so slow that they couldn't stop the enemy So these enemy just you know dispatch a couple cheap troops tied them up for the entirety of the battle and just swarm past them So swarming tactics is definitely gonna be the mo for the chaos and beastmen forces No, my god, my little dryad. They're just taken to town by these mighty corn warriors So I'm still left standing somewhat a couple more units in the back. Oh, here's one of my Big trees, like I said the time to kill for him is very slow most of the time I thought he'd be able to take out these minotaurs But instead he's kind of just trying to blend in his tree brethren has gone down He did kill a minotaur there, but now it's taking him while doing anything takes a very long Time is the story of this battle pretty much Not quick enough and the enemy meanwhile is just swarming him So he's gonna go down in a blaze of glory. They're gonna make You know the blazing fire out of him after this battle for sure So that's my engagement. I've been left with almost nothing although We do have a couple of our own troops Renegade forces that have actually I've been left over here cleaning up the enemy in the center encampment, and I did pull over some of my Last few remaining widows or actually any pride has them here And what we're trying to do is do a ninja cap on the enemy settlement Perhaps that'll give us a win So Indy is gonna be trying to clean this up the enemy is gonna be drawing back With some of their routing units that once they get into the capture zone should be coming back Gore is coming in, but I have some of my own heavy infantry, so we're going for the the morale victory here Meanwhile the enemy continues to rampage in the back And he has kind of one out on his flank the minotaurs are bouncing back between our units But at this point they're pretty tired pretty slow And now we have the chance to just shoot them from all flanks our light nimble elves can just jump away from them And this is where we start to have an advantage so Indy doing a good job with his micro Preventing his units from being tired tied down more Glade guard in the back coming back So he does have a pretty good chance here, but these units are not going down. I think just Nope still at 15 units I don't think they've lost a single minotaur goes to show the health on these units is ridiculous More minotaurs in the back these guys were reduced down to six Here comes the remainder of the forces from my side of the battlefield coming forward chaos warriors, and then another couple of minotaurs Some reason it's telling me children of Nurgle I'm not quite sure those are definitely minotaurs. Oh Sorry, I think I'm reading that incorrectly Yeah, so these are minotaurs from two different armies from the children of Nurgle army versus the warriors of corn army But yeah, it's all descending on Indy so hope is not really on his side my units have been absolutely flattened Nothing left words of corn just glistening with the blood and the bark and the sap of their defeated enemies More units running away, and this is the bloodbath that was left over my guys came down fighting to the last man This is what was left over of that fight these cheapo Warriors of corn thrown into the back of my engagement and a single best Igor unit with 29 men left I probably would have massacred it had it not been for reinforcements meanwhile in the center. We're fighting determined Engagement to try and take out these few remaining troops still at the capture point. I believe this is gonna be yeah my general here Gonna be carving through the enemy with this as double-handed sword Trying to do work, but the best Igor is here are gonna be very very hard to take out 17 of them left They're sorry seven of them left We have two units of them fair amount. It looks like yeah my general He's killing the gores, but all of a sudden behind him, then he witnesses the true Fury of what it means to be a beast man Yeah, he's trying to parry those blows. This is not gonna. Go well Gets a big thwack across the face Oh my god He's not long for this world Still whirling about trying to do damage Gets punched with the butt of that axe the other guy keeps grinding hitting him in the face. Yeah, so This is the end of our force looks like we do still have actually some archers who are trying to support that engagement in the center And they were kind of the watchers trying to signal when the enemy force is coming back And looks like that moment is gonna be coming soon. Although we do actually have a couple more units holding the enemy back So we are able to keep them somewhat at bay. They've been pretty distracted chasing in our units They've got enough critical mass where they can you know assign at least one or two units for each of our units So we can no longer kite or not kite effective. It looks like we've been due to just a single remaining Archer unit Unloading on the minotaurs we finally brought one down here But look what's surrounded by him like a handful a dozen or so of wood elves around him And that is the story of this battle every enemy we slew took down 10 or 12 units with them So yeah, look at this look just look what's left in the wake these bulls Freaking crazy And every hair arrow that hits them is only gonna push their fury even further Yep, Glade guard routing all that let's go back and check on our Final couple units here It's like my general is still alive. Yep. He is the only one left remaining Although it looks like the enemy is exhausted with a chance of losing only some gores left here and with the final Vestigore here taking out our general actually They are gonna make a cute. Oh look at the enemy They're gonna make a huge Sacrifice a huge altar of bones and skulls and bows and limbs tonight This is gonna be just you do not want to come back here at night and witness the pile of corpses That they dig up geez it's gonna be crazy But that's it the rest of our units here that were on overwatch essentially are now gonna get engaged by these remaining best scores armed only with You know a bow and a little sword Don't think we're gonna hold out although we are killing some of these best score, so it looks like Now only a fool Oh Victory does seem certain. Oh, but they do break Looks like India admitted defeat right at that moment when we could have maybe taken out the enemy But still oh we could have perhaps taken the capital wasn't much left on this side But as I say that I mean we can pan over to this side of the battlefield of where things with the main army We're not going in our favor Minotaurs still in high numbers still chasing in our units and over on this flank a combination of gores Minotaurs best of gores chaos warriors chasing the rest the rest of our Beauty little wood elves away in terms of army numbers the enemy tremendously outnumbered us We did kill actually way more than us So I take back what I said prior where every enemy we killed killed a dozen of ours looks like the KD Was better in our favor and the enemy was actually brought down pretty low look at this only 313 and 444 units left at the end of it so a little bit closer than the battle seems to have indicated But still that swarm that they threw us in the open engagements. That was brutal and the minotaurs here Yes, there's only you know 313 and 444 units left, but of those You know the large majority are elite units where even our few remaining troops banded up together could not have taken out those troops So bloody bloody final battle here Indy here with tree. Let's see who got actually the most Casualties inflicted the Rangers here. Yep way watcher, so he did a great job with his archers Getting in a lot of kills myself here Getting pretty good kills on the tree can tree can treatment here Which is my most expensive kind of unit the large tree with only 47 kills Definitely not worth the investment had I invested in some more Dryads and tree can or even a couple more archers and kited more like Indy had been able to I think it would have pulled Off much more beneficial kill at the same time. We just didn't have a chance to Counter the minotaurs properly and that was essentially what won the enemy the battle boys. I hope this does Leave a little inkling for what to expect in the future when it comes to the Beastmen when it comes to the widows I'm very excited to hear more of the official release of this The Beastmen are such an interesting faction The wood elves also are gonna offer much more interesting play and I'm sure the same lesson learned this battle will apply Do not stand in the face of a herd like this that is stampeding stay back kite and Fight and that is actually what I'm looking forward to when they finally release the wood elves is a different style of play that is Not gonna be all about kiting but to do so they're gonna have to greatly expand The multiplayer battlefields because right now they're too short it famer it favors Rush armies and especially with the stats that they've announced for the Beastmen where they can Vanguard deploy That means that you know This type of battle engagement is gonna happen a lot more frequently where wood elves anyone who's trying to kite is gonna get rushed to Death, but that's it for this battle. Hope you guys enjoyed stay tuned for more. I will see in the next one. Peace out