Domination Campaign and best faction/race to do it

[Jajko]

I want do my first map painting in Immortal Empires and I'm looking for advice who to choose. With which factions did you dominate, which faction is doing it the fastest? Share your experiences.

[BigRockWall]

Domination game rules out WoC if you want to paint the map one solid color. If you are fine with a mural of vassals then Archaeon #1 choice hands down zero questions. In current state of game.

Otherwise, Grom/Skarsnik, Ghorst, and Boris all have excellent t1 unit efficiency and just point you straight into going as wide as possible mostly only ever investing in t1 econ buildings and t1 units.

[Ashardalon]

2.2 you basically only have the choice of beastmen
only they can build an empire and paint the map the color of dead
conquest is gone, there is just a defenseless race for destruction left in the game so go do that

[A.Pot]

I personally found at least during the previous patch that Bretonnia and Vampire Coast had the least hassle. None of that kill x faction requirements and no need to hold y territories. Just go out there, sack, raid and raze and then head back.

Objective wise that is.

[Imposter]

Greenskins. They are just dangerous, an unstoppable force. (And the ultimate victors against Chaos)

[SpeaksTooFast]

Have yet to go full map but Orion seems pretty strong in the current patch. Your garrisons suck but you should have the ability to push in any direction you want to. Just make sure you have some semblance of a plan as if/when you run out of factions to be at war with your upkeep will sykrocket.

Also Skarbrand if you just want to conquer/destroy everything

[Longman]

It's not the fastest nor the best but I'm having a lot of fun as Clan Eshin doing world conquest; the Wood Elf crisis fired and all of the clans, except for Pestilens are getting pummelled and by turn 130 I've already confederated all of the major clans (without any mods), except for Pestilens of course.

Edit: Mind you, I've stopped getting clan contracts but I'm yet to figure out whether it's a bug, or it's due to having confederated 3/4 other major clans or because Orion took Skavenblight.

[Aluminum Elite Master]

Originally posted by Blasted:

Greenskins. They are just dangerous, an unstoppable force. (And the ultimate victors against Chaos)

There's a lot to argue that Greenskins are indeed a superb map painter.

For one, their roster... a fair number of options, and top-tier units like Black Orks will thrash almost anything they face.

Secondly, the economy... spam those treasure chests in every settlement, encamp in enemy lands to both replenish and raid at the same time, and use the Waagh! mechanic to pump up stacks right before an offensive.

Third, they can confederate other neighboring Greenskins in an instant if they take out the enemy's LL in battle. This can lead to early snowballing more than most factions, as it can add 3-4 settlements in just the first few turns depending who you start as and if you get lucky enough to fight an enemy Greenskin LL immediately.



But Skaven is my other top choice. Lots of unit options, can use food to bring capitols to Tier 5 right away, reasonably useful tech tree, etc.

[Imposter]

Originally posted by Aluminum Elite Master:

Originally posted by Blasted:

Greenskins. They are just dangerous, an unstoppable force. (And the ultimate victors against Chaos)

There's a lot to argue that Greenskins are indeed a superb map painter.

For one, their roster... a fair number of options, and top-tier units like Black Orks will thrash almost anything they face.

Secondly, the economy... spam those treasure chests in every settlement, encamp in enemy lands to both replenish and raid at the same time, and use the Waagh! mechanic to pump up stacks right before an offensive.

Third, they can confederate other neighboring Greenskins in an instant if they take out the enemy's LL in battle. This can lead to early snowballing more than most factions, as it can add 3-4 settlements in just the first few turns depending who you start as and if you get lucky enough to fight an enemy Greenskin LL immediately.



But Skaven is my other top choice. Lots of unit options, can use food to bring capitols to Tier 5 right away, reasonably useful tech tree, etc.

I don't like the confederation, because it's usually me having to fight their losing battles, so I wait until they are dwindled to nothing.

I like Skaven, but only certain ones, but I heard Tretch isn't bad this time around.... So I'll give him a whirl again. I beat Tretch campaign in WH2 but it felt so bland, though thankfully I had the DLC for variety sake.

[Vexillarius]

Some of these recommendations are really really bad. Like ghorst for example. He is extremely powerful but you need to actually play his battles out as he is stupid weak in AR. Beastmen also have a hard cap on there armies which is ♥♥♥♥ if your trying to paint the whole map.
Personally i would say Nakai is pretty easily best LL for painting the map right now. I have said it before and i will say it again Nakai straight up makes Archaon, Kholek and Taurox look trash. Not in a straight up fight 1v1 fight obviously but in everthing else.

[ManyEagles]

Originally posted by Vexillarius:

Some of these recommendations are really really bad. Like ghorst for example. He is extremely powerful but you need to actually play his battles out as he is stupid weak in AR. Beastmen also have a hard cap on there armies which is ♥♥♥♥ if your trying to paint the whole map.
Personally i would say Nakai is pretty easily best LL for painting the map right now. I have said it before and i will say it again Nakai straight up makes Archaon, Kholek and Taurox look trash. Not in a straight up fight 1v1 fight obviously but in everthing else.

What makes you say that? Does Nakai get bonuses that make him better?

[Hex]

Greenskins with Waaagh stacks go BRRRRR. You can roll over the entire map with laughable ease once oyu get the ball rolling.

[kamikharzeeh]

WoC /archaeon is literally a free runner. like the campaign nearly plays itself, even on max difficulty. domination on that isn't even an acchievment at current state of the faction lol

but quite some factions are strong... and any can do domination. pick your poison.

[UnluckyNoob]

Not much really changed since game 2.

VC are still the strongest and probably the only race able to paint whole map in under 100 turns. Ghorst is obviously the strongest lord because he starts with 2 doomstacks at turn 1. But others have their own strengths(except Isabella).

Bretonnia, gobbos(currently bugged so I don't recommend playing them), Cathay and Oxyotl are other factions to consider. Bretonnia and gobbos are stronger, but Cathay and Oxyotl are more suitable for low skill players.

Chaos is probably good, never really played them. But what's the point of playing inferior melee faction if you may play VC?

[Kel'Thuzad]

I painted the southern half of the world blue as Kairos, but that was in his old start position. The new one is a bit rough on any difficulty above Normal.
His late game economy can still support quite a lot of armies.

[kamikharzeeh]

what noob kinda misses is that VC is far weaker than WoC despite the vampire buffs lol.

in the end the outpost system lets u recruit way more units and get access to much stuff, all the elite tier things u wouldn't have normally from any faction.

there's not a single faction that u cannot paint the map with, its just a matter of time. pick the one u like, as simple