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The video offers a comprehensive guide to playing as the Skaven faction, particularly focusing on strategies to enhance gameplay. The central figure, Blake, introduces and leads the discussions with humor and practical advice under his "Blake’s Takes" series. Emphasis is placed on effective unit management, strategic use of heroes, and leveraging the unique strengths of the Skaven. Key units like poisoned wind mortars, slingers, and gutter runners are highlighted for their versatility and effectiveness in skirmishes.
Specific strategies include capturing and managing settlements, prioritizing food over coin for early game expansion, and ensuring settlements are well-defended with walls to handle constant rebellions. Heroes like Snickich, Plague Monks, and Warlock Engineers are discussed for their abilities and optimal uses, particularly in boosting the army’s capabilities and handling larger threats effectively.
Managing and upgrading settlements to tier 5 using food surpluses, building arcane generators, and the strategic establishment of undercities for resource generation are recommended. Diplomatic tactics, such as forming temporary alliances and using ambush stances, are also advised to maintain offensive momentum and avoid being overwhelmed by enemies.
Overall, the importance of being the aggressor, leveraging Skaven’s unique abilities like ancient cunning for ambushes, and the tactical use of various heroes and units are underscored throughout the video, enhancing the player’s prowess in managing and expanding Skaven territories.
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In this segment of the video, Blake discusses how to improve your skills using the Death Master in the game. He humorously points out common mistakes and ensures viewers that his advice will help make their campaigns more successful. Blake emphasizes that this guide is not for multiplayer and introduces the series “Blake’s Takes.” He then advertises Raid Shadow Legends, highlighting key features and promoting new player rewards, unique champions, and special events. Returning to the game, Blake advises on the initial steps, specifically how to handle a powerful Savage orc faction by effectively using poisoned wind mortars, slingers, and gutter runners to target specific threats.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on strategic gameplay tips for using skirmish tactics effectively against greenskin infantry. The speaker emphasizes avoiding direct fights and instead using units like Slingers and poisoned wind mortars. After defeating the initial enemy, players should capture the Village of the Moon and recruit night runners for early-game numbers. Food is prioritized over coin, and enslaving captives helps increase food surplus. Setting an ambush is crucial as the enemy will likely send forces to reclaim lost territory. Captured minor settlements shouldn’t consume food; instead, save it for major settlements like Kunlan, which requires careful management due to the presence of another army. The video also covers leveling up Snickich, focusing on exploiting his unique abilities to ensure successful ambushes and improve post-battle loot and upkeep costs. Prioritizing skills like ancient cunning, contract loopholes, and jump scare is recommended, and the Redline skills should be focused on to enhance his army’s effectiveness.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on strategies involving a Lord with high melee attack and armor-piercing weapon damage, as well as the effective use of gutter runners. It is emphasized that while the Lord can target isolated enemies, he cannot sustain prolonged combat, and the army needs to do the majority of the fighting. Particular attention is given to gutter runners, which are essential to the player’s strategy due to their armor-piercing ranged attacks and versatility across four variants: standard, slings, and both with poison options. Gutter runners excel in skirmishing, distracting, and harassing enemies, allowing artillery and weapon teams to deal significant damage. Additionally, they are effective in assassinating single units, especially large targets like lizardmen dinosaurs. It is also important to avoid direct combat with cavalry by continuously maneuvering gutter runners while firing. The slinger variants have more ammunition and range, making them useful in sieges, despite their limitations. Poison variants offer enhanced abilities but are more costly. Overall, the segment underscores the need to use gutter runners to distract and weaken enemy forces while protecting key units.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for effectively utilizing assassins in the game. Assassins can be recruited in any settlement and increase in number with each hidden layer built. They assist Snickage by targeting key enemies, boosting army replenishment rates, and participating in Eshin shadowy dealings contracts, allowing Snickage to remain in play. Snickage also enhances hero units’ melee attacks.
When battling Cathay, the speaker highlights the importance of neutralizing their three strengths: legendary lords, magic users, and ranged units. Legendary lords like Meow Ying and Chao Ming are formidable and should be priority targets for assassination. To combat their magic, the player should listen for bombardment spells and move units accordingly. Dropping summoned Clan rats on enemy units can induce friendly fire from enemy spells. Cathay’s ranged units, while powerful, are poorly defended and can be flanked and eliminated by gutter Runners. Utilizing Skaven slaves to tie up Cathay’s melee troops allows gutter Runners to focus on the more vulnerable ranged units.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for effectively utilizing a Cathayan army and defends settlements as the Skaven faction in a game. The main points include:
1. **Cathayan Army Strategies**: Utilize legendary lords, magic users, and ranged units. The melee infantry is defensive and doesn’t cause much damage, allowing even weak units to distract them while stronger units target key threats.
2. **Skaven Settlement Defense**: Skaven factions have potent defenses, and building walls in every settlement is crucial due to constant rebellions and enemy invasions. Skaven units like skaven slaves and clan rats have low auto-resolve value, but in manual battles, their numbers and the use of powerful towers can lead to surprising victories.
3. **Battle Strategy**: In auto-resolve scenarios where a defeat is suggested, fighting battles manually can often result in victory due to the overwhelming numbers and effective use of towers.
4. **Garrison Strengths**: Skaven garrisons, despite having lower quality troops, can fill in every defensive gap. Investing in higher-tier towers (tier 3 and 4) significantly increases defensive capabilities.
5. **Provincial Setup**: To access wealth, focus on raising settlement tiers quickly to unlock Arcane Generators, which boost income. Prioritize building walls in all settlements for added income and defense. In major settlements, aim to build construction caverns, pox cauldrons, and the altar of the horned rat to tier 5 for enhanced capabilities and future strategic benefits.
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In this segment, the video discusses strategies for managing and upgrading settlements, particularly focusing on the Skaven race in a game. Key points include the importance of upgrading major settlements to tier 5 using food surpluses, and building arcane generators and walls. The video advises on the construction of various buildings, like construction cabins and Potts cauldrons, to maximize resource production. It also highlights the value of undercities for generating food and how they can be established even in unsuitable lands for settlement.
The segment further explains managing rebellions, noting that the type of troops in rebellions can vary based on the presence of military buildings in a province. High-tier province capitals with walls can handle better quality rebellions, while low-level cities without walls are more vulnerable. For handling high-quality rebellions, hiring temporary garrison lords is recommended. Additionally, it mentions the unique aspect of Cathayan rebellions that can occasionally spawn lucrative caravans, although this might change in future patches.
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In this part of the video, various strategies and hero roles within the Skaven factions are discussed. Key tips include targeting Clan Moors in shadowy dealings to induce public order debuffs and encourage rebellions, thus gaining more food. The roles of different heroes are detailed:
– **Plague Monk**: Excellent for creating a front line through their Vermin Tide ability, essential for weapon team and siege equipment armies.
– **Warlock Engineer**: Buffs army movement, ranged unit damage, ammunition, and reload speed, crucial for enhancing gutter runners.
– **Pack Master**: Can spawn dogs and ride a brood horror, offering high offensive utility.
– **Plague Priest**: Superior to the Pack Master due to powerful spells and defensive capabilities.
– **Chieftain**: Average melee hero, outclassed by other options.
– **Shadow Sorcerer**: Not recommended as they are less effective compared to Plague Priests.
The segment emphasizes building construction caverns and Pops cauldrons to tier V to increase hero capacity. Also, constructing the Temple of the Horned Rat in all settlements to boost lord and hero recruit ranks faction-wide is advised. Lastly, the importance of being the attacker, using the Skaven’s stalk stance to ambush enemies, is highlighted.
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In this segment, the video discusses strategies for winning battles against superior forces, emphasizing the importance of being the aggressor rather than defending. When unable to attack directly, players should use Ambush stances to set traps. The segment highlights the essential skill “ancient cunning” to boost ambush success chances and suggests prioritizing it for every Lord. It advises withdrawing if attacked to potentially ambush the enemy in the next turn and constantly maintaining offensive actions, especially for Skaven factions.
Additionally, it discusses diplomatic tactics for Clan Ashen, suggesting early non-aggression pacts with potential allies to avoid being overwhelmed. Once allies (such as dark elves) have served their purpose, the player should terminate these pacts to consolidate more valuable territories. The segment concludes with reflections on the nature of alliances in the game, emphasizing betrayal for strategic advantage and aligning with stronger factions when necessary. Finally, the video promotes a RAID Shadow Legends link, offering bonuses for new players.