Total War Warhammer/Tactics/Khorne

This is the general tactics page on how to play Khorne in Total War: WARHAMMER. As the game isn't out yet and we know very little about how the faction will work, this page won't be filled out for a long time. However, we can make some early guesses based on the table top and the trailer.

Why play Khorne?

• Because sometimes you just want to not think too hard and rip the other guys apart limb from limb.
• You play aggressive, and don't want to play any of that "defense" bullshit
• Doom is your favorite game franchise and you always wanted to play from the Demon's point of view.
• You are fond of Mesoamerican cultivars that are not beans or squash.
• You want the best/second best warcry in the game
  • Ahem: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Pros

(Again, we know jack shit other than the factions so this is all subject to change)

• Unmatched Melee: If CA does our homeboy justice, don't expect anyone to be able to match you in melee. There should be high charge and high attack across the board in this army roster.
• High Armour: Considering every unit showed off so far has been dressed head to toe in it, it's safe to say armour values for your units are generally going to be very high.
• Monsters: Bloodthirsters, Bloodcrushers, Skullcrushers and many more means you will have some of the scariest monster units in the entire game. Winning the monstermash shouldn't be an issue and allow your big bois to take over the battle for you.

Cons

• No Magic: What you want to blow shit up with your mind like a god damn pussy? If that's the case Khorne isn't for you. Their units will likely have magic resist aplenty and heavy buffs to compensate similar to the Dwarfs, but you will not be able to contribute any magic to the field.
• Very Limited Range: If we go from the tabletop, Skullcannons will likely be your only ranged option, (Depending on the status of the Soul Grinder). That said it's more then likely your ranks will be fleshed out with mortal followers, (the Kislev V. Khorne splash art defintly has some humans) so you will likely have some short-ranged options similar to the the Norse, Throwing Axes and Javelins at best.
• DLC: Every core race has joined this club, so you may as well apply early.

Lords

Generic Lords

• Exalted Bloodthirster: One of two possible Bloodthirster units available in the army, this one being the Lord equivalent. As you'd expect, it's really fucking scary. The stat line on this thing is absolutely absurd, giving it flaming and magical attacks along with a plentiful amount of AP. The ability to fly also allows it to pick and choose its targets and stay on the move. Combine all of this with it being unbreakable due to it's Daemonic trait and it will be extremely hard to get rid of. There will likely be some kind of limit to them in campaign because otherwise there is really no other reason to pick any other generic lord that Khorne may have.

Heroes

Generic Heroes

• Herald of Khorne: Shown off in the gameplay reveal. He appears to be a combat/support character for going around murdering groups of infantry while also giving offensive buffs to your units. In the video he was riding a Juggernaut, and its safe to assume he also has other mount options. With AP and anti infantry he's a scary melee character that can also give other units a helping hand.

Units

Infantry

• Bloodletters: Your mid tier Daemon unit, meaning that unlike Furies these guy might actually kill what they're fighting. They wield great swords with magical AP damage and anti infantry, so they're really good at busting through armored infantry. As Daemons they're also unbreakable and contain nice defensive buffs, which is good because 30 armour isn't great. They will likely be your cheapest source of AP in the infantry fight, which will make them highly desirable when fighting heavy armor.

• Chaos Warriors of Khorne: Showed up in the gameplay reveal trailer, with options including dual-wielding axes and great weapons/halberds, but safe to assume other variants will be available. They will likely be heavily armoured with frenzy and a high amount of attack stats in exchange for less melee defense compared to other Chaos Warriors.

• Exalted Bloodletters: Bloodletters plus. They're a very similar unit only just much better at the job but also much more expensive. These guys will let you carve through more elite options than your standard Bloodletters can.

Cavalry

• Skullcrusher: Not to be confused with Bloodcrushers which is a Bloodletter riding a Juggernaut, because Khorne is not very creative at naming things. They will be your Monstrous Cav similar to Demigryphs though they will likely be harder hitting in exchange for less speed. The trailer showed a spear and axe variant, so expect one Anti Large variant and one generalist variant with better stats.

• Bloodcrusher: Shown off in the trailer. Not entirely clear what the difference will be between them and Skullcrushers.

Monsters

• Furies: They appeared in the official artwork of the game, though it's likely they'll serve as a unit in all the Monogod factions (The reason I'm only putting them in for Khorne is that's were we saw them.) They'll likely be expendable flying meat shields a kin to Fell Bats and Carrion meant to bog down Artillery and Missiles for some time.

• Chaos Hounds: Appeared in the trailer. Will likely serve the same purpose they have in the WoC roster.

• Bloodthirster: The smaller, more accesible version of its Exalted cousin. It trades a lot of the scary combat stats in return for Anti Large, making it more of a dedicated monster fighter. Aside from that, it functions as a cheaper version of the Exalted lord version.

Artillery

• Skull Cannon: You can see one in the background of a shot in the Gameplay Reveal Teaser on the official youtube channel. It appears to be a single model mobile artillery that might also function as a chariot.

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