Tomb Kings vs Reikland and the Dark Elves (Call of Warhammer Mod Battle #198)

Hey, what's up guys? It's Oakley, and we're playing Call of Warhammer beginning of the end times. It's a mod for Medieval 2 that brings to life all of the Total War fantasy Tabletop armies, and it is freaking awesome. I'm playing here with IndiePride. We are both as the Tomb Kings I'm gonna be facing off against an Empire army. He is gonna be facing off against a Dark Elf army, so These guys have a lot of cool units my front line are gonna be just light skeleton warriors the models obviously look Fantastic then I have a mix of other units skeleton spearmen and black guardians of Zandri which are also spearmen just to counter Calvary charges down the center. I have holy sons which are pretty good kind of medium infantry Although they count as light they do pack kind of a punch so those are my more Stable main line in the back. I have skeleton archers just a single unit. I have some liches here which are They can they're spellcasters who can cast spells at extreme range that really do lots of morale damage to the enemy So there's the Empire deploying. I also have some skeleton horsemen in the woods I have some mummies light infantry hidden here And then I have more troops on the right flank much more heavy so tomb guard freaking awesome looking troops I have Ushabti, but they're actually pronounced Ushabti. These guys are freaking awesome look like something straight out of the mummy so they're gonna moving up heavy hitting troops, and then I have two necropolis Knights and a Unit of bone Giants which comes with two troops So my army is charging forward the enemy is moving forward without riders I'm gonna put this on pause just so we can cover what's going on Here on my left flank indie pride is also gonna be charging forward now He has a big line of skeleton warriors and mummies you can see them charging in the back and these mummies look really cool This mod obviously is just beautiful Time is bone Giants starting to take hits, but these guys can you know they can take a lot of damage? And he's gonna be charging the main lines spread thin and going wide on his left flank He has some necropolis Knights pushing up here another pair of bone Giants Pushing on this charge, and so he wants to close with the enemy his Ushabti pushing on this side And he's pushing back these dark elf Knights so both indie and myself are gonna be charging forward. He does have his Casket guard another very sweet unit just chilling out in the back with these amazing swords God these these units are incredible The mod team did great, and he has a lot more Ushabti than I did more bone Giants. That's pretty good So what are we facing off against well? Let's take a look at the dark elf force here arrayed in front of us. It's in a very defensive position So they have these dread spears and behind this they have hard gun at executioners heavy injuries the dark elves have a lot of heavy elite infantry And they also have these dark shards which are very very potent crossbow units lining up the front So he's been doing tons of damage Just wants to get of those preliminary shots targeting our bone Giants first and foremost, and then he's gonna fall back to these Dread spears again very strong spearmen, so that's the front line over on the right flank. He has some Amazonian troops a Lighter contingent here who which elves these are very very powerful light infantry and in the back the cold one Knights These guys ride on somewhat the equivalent of these dinosaur dragon looking dudes He's got some harpies on this flank as well So definitely this mod does not skimp out on extreme units and then over in this steak position He has a ton of these Reaper bolt throwers So this force is gonna be heavily entrenched They're gonna try and weather the storm of any prides charge, and he has some dark riders so a lot of preliminary skirmishing taking place here as in he gets his shots off the Tomb Kings oh my god look how much damage was just wrought with that first volley But yeah, the two Kings are not known for Their range, so we're gonna be all about charging into the front lines So the enemy's gonna be pulling back to their spears and here comes the fatal charge. Oh my god look at this So freaking cool. I can't believe I had not tried this mod before but it is just absolutely stunningly beautiful Seeing all these troops charge for this is a scene out of the mummy so here comes this charge On the flank over here. I'm going forward towards the Empire I do have my skeleton warriors light throwaway troops are gonna be absorbing charges from the enemy Ragnar's wolves charging forward on both flanks more of my holy sons and elite troops mostly I'm going around the flank, but he has demigryph knights also gonna be charging forward, and then he has this massive artillery position L storm rocket batteries gonna be unloading at my guys point-blank, but also taking out a fair amount of his dudes in the process Empire mortar also gonna be firing away, and so I'm trying to close in on this position He brings in his dismounted Reichsguard I'm trying to keep my guys back and you can see him trying to reform so my front ranks have been torn to pieces But look how much collateral damage. I've forced just by throwing in some cheap units to block him up Meanwhile, I'm bringing in the rest of my heavy hitting troops over on the right flank You shop T to chase away these outriders And I've actually committed some bone Giants up through the center charging through Knights of Origo So I'm getting into the tearing into the flank You're going for a massive flank maneuver with a lot of my guys my necropolis Knights another cav chased off the enemy cab So I'm doing a big right sweep My center however has pretty much collapsed I am gonna be throwing in some tomb guards and other units to reinforce the center, but his artillery just shredded my guys and he has a lot of Units in the back master engineers with repeater handguns, so this position is some Very important to me Braganza's besiegers, I believe those are from the dogs of war this is a position I desperately needed to crack, but I just can't break through the center So my only hope is to get around the flanks I pulled in my bone Giants and they're gonna be crushing through this position But the Empire still has some troops dismounted Reichsguard and high elves actually gonna be here to reinforce the Empire's forces I'm now crashing into the flank, but the Empire has a lot of troops that can hold out for a long time So all my center has pretty much collapsed I've now gotten in and on the flank, and we'll see if I can end up surrounding the Empire I'm now into the mix of His unit I have cavalry charging in so it's not looking too good for the Empire Let's take a look at what's happened on Indy's side He's charged up through the front the bone Giants have helped clobber certain positions But at the same time he's getting a lot of losses He's Indy is pushing through the center the front lines and now he's finally able to get these dark shards Which are waiting out in the rear lines black guard being committed and Indy has lost a lot of troops on the charge here, which is kind of the strategy of the Tomb Kings So we've carved out a hole in the center But now we're gonna be subject to counter charges by the enemy's cabin. We don't have much of an answer to this We're pinned down so he's getting charged in here He also has a bunch of these dark riders the maneuverability of both the Empire and the dark elves here gonna be Fighting us in the rear So pushing through but now that we're committed you can see this is where things are not going well this again entrenched position Not being taken out This is freaking cool And it looks like Indy does use lose one of his bone Giants there But one of the nice things about the Tomb Kings is being undead they don't suffer From penalties like that. So we're knocking her out. We're gonna fight to the last So the dark elves have held this side their cold ones are helping to rally their forces But we still have a lot of heavy who shabti in the mix who can help defeat those But the main problem we have is a couple lingering dark shards Which are very very effective crossbows gonna be picking away our units. So this side is pretty much ground Into a thin line on both sides, although I think we do have an advantage bone Giants still alive who shabti still alive And here's these bone Giants Still running around he's gonna be crucial Just one unit left, but still that's gonna be important to knocking out some of the enemy knots They do have a couple dark shards still roaming around. We need to make sure we clean those up on my side Now shabti have been caught up against the Empire with halberds This is an excellent counter to me their bonus versus large and all that's gonna be doing lots of damage to my big troops And I only just barely got to his artillery position in the center I've been hit repeatedly by hammer and anvils from his demi grips and other units, but I brought back my Archers my spearmen my calves. I've been able to kind of hold back my The enemy from attacking my rear rallied and I'm gonna be charging once more Into the breach getting to the rear of his guys Now the problem on my side is I have weak troops Facing off against elite Empire troops, and so what I need in this position is Shabti I need bone Giants. I need elite units and at this point. I'm kind of lacking in that department Meanwhile the Empire still has some gunners, which I'm trying to chase after but he's gonna stop me with some of those Halberdiers, so I need to really take out his range units Master engineers five of them still alive they had positioned themselves on the flank to try and shoot away at my guys Empire mortar crews still alive This is gonna be a problem once I start to get back on their guns Having reclaimed this yep, you can see they're gonna start turning the guns and so on this side It's pretty much gonna be at a standstill although Like I've been saying the Empire has a lot of crack troops, and my general does go down to some dark shards You can see them there in the distance firing at me as I try to assist any pride But the Empire just has too many range units left too many elite units left And I don't have enough elite troops left so looks like this side of the battlefield is gonna go to the Empire But I'm gonna try and take out as many men as I can and I still have some mummies and light troops And I still have some Archers here firing upon the enemy we have a chaotic Little piece of engagement here With some guys frozen in place Over in the distance in these bone Giants ooh That is devastating so you can see just how important these dark shards are they're cheering on This is what I tried to go after with my general you can see him here But he got shot to pieces as I tried to take out the enemy dark shards these guys are an important Final feature of the dark elf army which is otherwise pretty much ground down Indy does have a bit of an advantage one bone giant still left Holding down the harpies holding down in the dark ones and this kicking Ability here seemingly doing a ton of damage We still got some who shopped II very good troops, and then this position was taken out after much hard ---- No, it looks like they still have seven crewmen still alive Yeah, this is this is great. This battle is freaking epic look how much carnage. This is on the battle It's gonna come down to nothing the percentage of allies loss is 92% the enemy has lost 83% Now we did start with more troops than the enemy so the balance bar is somewhat even still pretty much dead Center only a couple units still left running around so it's gonna be a matter of just rallying the last couple troops And like I said these dark shards here going uncontested is gonna be taking out the shop D. Let's watch those shots As they come in here doing a lot of important HP damage These pesky dark riders also armed with crossbows I believe They're gonna book on out of there It's like I we do still have some mummies left, so they're gonna yep Okay, perfect flank on the enemy who shop D. Charging into the rest of this dark shard force is taken out So Indy's side I would say he's kind of one But you'll notice there's still enemy calves skirmishing with him when we do take out the enemy general, so that's a nice nice pickup But you do maybe hear some explosions nearby and that is because the Empire mortar crew is back at it. They've retaken One of the final remaining guns my troops have been essentially cleaned up and finished off one single demigriff night here Still alive with the enemy general doing a lot of damage, and these guys look way way goofy The models look so funny in this one But there's still just as ferocious as the other total war the official total war hammer game I still have some who shop D So I'm gonna be throwing them in here just to keep the enemy tied down prevent them from going to assist the dark elves And where are my archers? I know I still have some archer units left somewhere on the battlefield I Have almost nothing left But Oh high elf archers actually positioning themselves in the back of my shop D. I'm gonna try and get my holy sons to suppress them Doesn't look like that's gonna go well So yeah, I can't find my archers I know they did manage to stay alive to the end of the battle But at the same time I only really had like two or three of them Left here is here's my archer unit the single skeleton archer still standing on the battlefield Looking at its comrades here They died a second death. And so I have essentially one single unit left and He's gonna try and fire at the enemy. They're firing at me I'm here comes a mortar shell just firing into the mix and so my side of battlefield cleaned up to shop D left I did want to go after these dark elves or sorry these high elf archers But was killed by the incoming dismounted Reichsguard. So I would say I'm pretty much out of commission at this point And so it's up to Indy pride to come into the back. He does so with his bone giant And he's not gonna be charging down the field with some Ushabti although enemy cavalry still Running around picking off some of our units, I believe No, actually this may have been taken out unless they've been able to move forward Okay, the artillery is suppressed which is good, but cavalry is still coming in through the back So dark elves not ready to call it quit. Let's see. What are they firing at? Oh The single shop D force trying to catch up with the battle But the main action is gonna be taking place over here where we're trying to take out the few remaining Empire troops So I whittled them down as much as I could here comes Indy with the saving grace the last final hope for us Bone giant and several Ushabti and I really do like the color scheme for all these forces the little Sound effects that you get you'll have Horns blaring and the different calls of the different forces very very epic and cool stuff Bone giants do as huge units have a bit of a hard time charging through units that are slippery like horses So here you saw and he tried to charge through the horses and get them But as a result, it makes for a sloppy charge So it's almost best to just leave them in the mix of infantry and let them stomp get off their animations And he's trying to chase away that cab make sure they route it's exhausted at this point He just wants to make sure that the missile cavalry is not shooting into our rear because that is what's gonna be doing a lot Of damage to our forces if they can keep shooting at our shop D Finally, there goes the Empire mortar crew going down with one big swing. Oh Still getting up a couple of them, but watch watch this bone giant once he finally settles into a routine of doing lots of damage. I Believe it's a stomping animation Yeah, look at that four or five guys in a single hit one of these forces gonna try and stand up and he gets smushed So once that animation takes place and if it's facing the right number of troops, it's gonna be devastating watch that. Yep Six seven or so these guys going down for the count exhausted and shattered So that is the power of the bone giant definitely a force to be reckoned with here at the end So India's carving through these remaining elite Empire forces If only we'd have been able to keep one or two more bone Giants left till the end We could have cleaned up these light elite Empire forces because man against only infantry. We're gonna do work here But that's essentially it a battle that started off with thousands and thousands of troops down to a single bone giant fighting off Empire forces and of course this scraggly chicken-looking Demigryph night riding general here is trying to rally his troops some dark elves also in the mix, but it is not going well Only a couple remaining enemy skirmishers the besiegers and these goddamn high elf reinforcements Helping out are gonna be doing some crucial Damage to this bone giant if they hope to win, although I don't see any blood smears on him So I think that does indicate that he's still a good health He just has to keep getting off these nice hits, oh no, I spoke too soon and he goes down And there you go. Ladies and gentlemen, that is basically it Like I said, the little details in this mod are incredible. You saw the banner on this troop We don't even have that in the official game. So so sad, but this is definitely a mod worth checking I will link below where you can find out how to download this tons and tons of fun I mean look how many troops we feel to here. You saw the variety you saw the epicness You saw how awesome this was and I will definitely be uploading more of this in the near future So I hope you guys enjoyed let's take a look at some of the battle results So in the pride here most of the kill is being inflicted by the bone Giants and you shop D So India's played a fair amount of this. So he had a pretty good build for the Tomb Kings, so definitely those guys being cost effective I myself was playing kind of for the first time so I didn't quite know what to bring my Knights doing pretty well I brought skeleton warriors, which got nothing I brought these liches which Had I been firing the whole game? I probably would have been more effective with them But uh, the rules were technically not to bring any magic casters So I had them off fire at will for the beginning of part of the battle and then I tried to snipe with them later On because the odds weren't going in my favor, but they got charged by enemy cabin my rear So overall they didn't end up being too effective and these are very expensive units so I think they would have been better put to use as a tomb guard unit a new body unit or even another bone giant unit and I think we could have done way way better on My flank you saw how crucial that guy was at the end My single bone giant here was sent into kills and some other units doing fairly well So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed stay tuned for more and leave your recommendations for what you'd like to see in the future Thanks so much for watching. Peace out