Best Start for new person

[MTBear]

Title says it all, outside of the three factions it tells you from CA, what other factions are good for someone brand new to the game? I really wanted to play a daemon faction but ffs I tried Exiles and got owned because I guess I just suck or don't know wtf I am doing. I appreciate any and all help as I want so much to en joy the game.

[A.Pot]

Do the tutorial and then do Realms of Chaos as say Zhao Ming or Skarbrand.

[Stormsong]

You've given 0 details, so I don't know what you do or don't have with regard to factions and game modes.

So... play Zhao Ming in whatever game mode(s) you have access to.

[SomeGuy1]

Welp, the only game mode where it gives three recommended factions is immortal empires. And since you said you don't want to play any of them, that rules out the usual recommended first campaign in Tyrion.
Try Grimgor I guess? Greenskins are pretty straightforward and his faction doesn't have any unique mechanics to learn. He also starts with a bunch of minor factions around him.

[Pumpkin Goblin]

just play on easy and skarbrand kinda difficult in IE. For newer players that is.

[Pumpkin Goblin]

Just learn and take your time to learn about every factions special campaign traits/abilities. Like skarbrand has a skull for the skull throne button on top of the menu, try and use everything to your advantage. Items when you look into characters pannel. Banners you can equip on units etc.

[Sarumoon]

Dwarfs. Thorgrim.

[Fryskar]

Originally posted by MTBear:

Title says it all, outside of the three factions it tells you from CA, what other factions are good for someone brand new to the game? I really wanted to play a daemon faction but ffs I tried Exiles and got owned because I guess I just suck or don't know wtf I am doing. I appreciate any and all help as I want so much to en joy the game.

Skarbrand is powerful, but its easy to fall into the trap of defending his weak settlements.
Care about province capitals, the rest matters little.
Be'lakor is one of the stronger.
Ku'gath is not for starters, as seen by the flood of threads.

[abyssalfury]

If you want to play a Daemon faction:

In Realm of Chaos, none of them really have a drastically bad start. Note that Ku'Gath is always going to be a slow start, and Kairos is probably going to rely heavily on him murdering everything with spells. N'Kari can also be a bit rough to play in battle due to their fragility, but are strong on the campaign map. Skarbrand is kind of a walk in the park in RoC, so is probably not a bad start.

Legions of Chaos I believe isn't as bad as it used to be, but could still potentially be challenging.

Haven't really played any of the CoC champions, so not sure about the difficulty of their starts, but Warriors of Chaos will generally have an easier early game than Daemons.

In IE:
Ku'Gath is going to have the same issues, plus a harder start; probably not a good pick. Kairos and LoC are similar.

Skarbrand, not sure about his start. Sounds like it may also be more difficult.

N'Kari is fine if you can handle Slaanesh in battle, noting you'll need to kill a LOT of elves with troops made of paper. But if you can handle that, you can secure the island and be in a very strong position.

Any of the WoC lords should probably be okay, with those closest to multiple Dark Fortresses being in the best position. Be'Lakor is probably worth noting here, as his ability to teleport means you start out with early access to a LOT of potential Fortresses.

[Mr.Hmm]

For a person brand new to the game? do the tutorial first then I would pick Grand Cathay, they have a very solid roster through the game so it can help you out a-lot when you are starting to learn the game.

Do not jump straight to Immortal Empires cause you will be 100% confused

[Man of Culture]

Honestly Durthu for the wood elves faction isn't too bad. It's a faction that sort of promotes sitting in one spot for a while if you want or branching out (pun intended) whenever you feel the need to do so. Lots of strong archer units and pretty OP Treekin that basically form an impenetrable wall for your other units. You don't really need to capture settlements as most of your income is from razing settlements. You can take a few here and there to help boost your trees healing but otherwise everything else you can raze. It's one of the easier factions to play IMO because of the strengths and versatility of the faction plus you usually have really good relations to most of the people around you save for the dwarves and beastmen.

[DarkLord562]

Hello, how do i add an army to a new hero? for some reason they run around the world map alone

[Pain_Train]

Something for Exiles of Khorne is that you really need to be on the campaign of murder, and if you're not battling to your hearts content, then you wont receives growth which is VERY IMPORTANT to get new units, better buildings etc. Personally on my very first run I did Cathay, but the female and I did Zhao on another run they're a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of fun imo and have some wicked ranged units, and melee units.

Tips for starting I learned later than I probably should have, dont expand too quickly or you're gonna get your ♥♥♥♥ rocked fast, make sure you prioritize growth buildings over income, you can always demo the buildings but if you go income over growth you'll have money but no good units etc. These simple rules go for every faction essentially, also if you look at my play time im at 87hrs which is NOT A LOT. There are plenty of people who can give you some great info, but I really recommend watching some videos to get some good tips too

[Pain_Train]

Also as Mr.Hmm stated dont go into immortal empires exactly as they pointed out you'll be very confused, if you dont have TW1, and TW2 I dont believe it will let you do it anyways. Play through the TWH3 campaign a couple times and you'll do a couple things, you'll find out your play style, and what races fit you, like personally I love Grand Cathay I want more lords for them, I also LOVE Ogres they're wicked af and dont ahve too crazy of mechanics.

I'd watch a video literally just on the races so you get an idea of their mechanics, and play style!

[Man of Culture]

Oh, yeah I keep forgetting people don't always have IM. Yeah if you just have the base Warhammer 3 you could play Chaos as Be'lakor. He's super strong. Can teleport to different regions and you have access to every roster of every faction from the start so you can make an army consisting of just about anything.

[Rūshi]

Originally posted by DarkLord562:

Hello, how do i add an army to a new hero? for some reason they run around the world map alone

You can't add an army to a hero, only Lords can lead an army. But you can add hero to existing army by ordering him to move into it