Any tips for Very Hard Kroq-gar [ME]?

[G0LKS]

My last few campaigns with Kroq have gone something like this:
-Defeat the Skaven and unite the initial province
-Non-aggresion pact/defensive alliance with the neighboring lizardmen
-Take the SIlver Hosts' closest province

After this, however, I struggle. The vampires send mad stacks at me, which would not be a problem but then the Skaven declare war on me. They sneak around my lone army and proceed to destroy my starting province. My half stack is too busy fending off the vamps to address them. Then the rebellions from the Skaven pillaging/raiding occur and boom... I lose.

Any advice?

[Hypnosis]

Build a second army to defend your province. It's never too early to have a 2nd army. Half a stack or less of lizardmen + garrison could probably defeat 2 full stacks of Skaven. You should always have a small secondary army to defend. Even if it's just a general, and a few units. This will bolster any garrison, and likely discourage an attack to begin with.



800+ hours in Warhammer 1. 120 in Warhammer 2.

[G0LKS]

Originally posted by Hypnosis:

Build a second army to defend your province. It's never too early to have a 2nd army. Half a stack or less of lizardmen + garrison could probably defeat 2 full stacks of Skaven. lol



800+ hours in Warhammer 1. 120 in Warhammer 2.

How large should Kroq's army be? With 1-2 provinces, I only have enough income for around 16-17 units (not even a full stack.

On VH, with anoter stack, it'll be worse. 15% additional upkeep for all units

[Hypnosis]

That's good enough. Remember that full stacks of units aren't created equally. Just attack the enemy where they are weak, or set a ambush for those vampires. Honestly with that amount of Lizardmen you can probably cut through those vampires like butter. Just take out their Generals/large units with Kroq.

[Angarvin]

garrison in every settlement
instead of taking the undead crater province raid it\sack it - use money to build up your jungle. money is expensive in early game so don't overexpand. build your first province to full tier 3 at least before taking the second one.
do not get any skink units. all you need in the first 30-40 turns are just buttloads of saurus with shields. this is especially true for kroq-gar since undead can't challenge your army ranged capability - not having one is not an issue