Advice on buying DLC for a new player

[Dikmann]

Hello I am a new player and I am interested in playing this game and putting in effort on becoming decent at single player.
I am interested in playing Scaven but I have seen that a lot of the interesting units are behind DLC. What DLC's should I buy to get the full experience and what else would be preferable to get?
There is a lot of DLC and I don't know where to start.

[the commando]

if you want to play skaven the one DLC i really reccomend getting is the prophet and the warlock which has some pretty monumentel units to the skaven roster, besides that you don't really need any.
DLC content is already in the game regardless of if you have the DLC or not you only need to buy it if you want to play as it.

[Barser]

Skaven is a core race is warhammer 2.
But get warhammer 1. That is the best "DLC". It will give you access to 5 races more, and you get the mortal empire campaign which imo is superior to the main warhammer 2 campaign.

so basiacly play warhammer 2. If you like it and want to get more then start with warhammer 1. That should keep you entertained for a while.
Then you pick whatever you want.

I will suggest tomb kings.

[Pak0tac]

Skaven is a very hard race to master as a new player, its very macro heavy with tons of different units for different roles and all sort of buffs and damage spells.
Go for Orcs, best way to learn the game when you have a thick wall of orcs holding the enemy while you work your head around flanking and sniping and casting spells

[wr4ith_bl4d3]

Since you mainly want to focus on skaven, the skaven DLCs are:
- The Prophet & The Warlock
- The Shadow & The Blade
- The Twisted & The Twilight
All unlock new units, legendary lords and campaigns.

In general I recommend most of the DLCs except for the beastmen and chaos DLC.
Also check out MandaloreGaming's review of the game, he goes over the DLCs:
- https://youtu.be/WA_iXKhoujA
- https://youtu.be/-93lJpGP04M
- https://youtu.be/KNzBrK4YC7I

[Holy Fool Sehrael]

For DLCs in general, I can only recommend the Tomb Kings. High value for the price. As for all the other dlcs, regardless if you wanna do Skaven first (Trial and error is always a good tactic) they're all worth the money in my opinion ^^ Have fun with the game. The most challenging part in my opinion is battle, which I resolved by downloading the AI General II mod (Thank god it now also works with quest battles <3)

[Dikmann]

Alright thanks for the information guys.

[Father Ribs]

Skaven is one of the hardest races to get used to with their terrible morale issues; you'll be sending units half a dozen times back into the fight and it makes a shambles if you're used to stuff staying in formation. If you've got some time under your belt and are confident you're going to play for a while, the answer for DLC is "everything you're intrested in playing".

If you're going to play skaven, each DLC involving skaven adds a new faction with a unique play style. You can play techy, sneaky, genetic mixing-ly, etc...and each faction starts in a different area, so it means change of scenery and enemies.

For the new player, the newest DLC is the one I'd buy last...as Hellpit (their capital) is unfortunately placed in an area that wil make them the second faction to fight with Chaos. Eshin DLC favors people who play the long game, as once you've become invaluable to the other skaven clans via espinage, you'll be not only brutal not only for your leaders, but you'll have special missions that can do ridiculous damage to other factions. The sneaky guy up by the Dark Elves is also a hard sell, as Malekith is always one of the great powers of the game and you're going to have issues with him. Ikrit is a popular choice, as weapon teams and nukes...what's not to like? You're very centrally located so at least you won't have to worry about chaos as much as some other factions, but you have to figure out your game plan as you have so many choices.

My suggestion? Just play Clan Mors once or twice (before all the holiday sales end) if you're not 100% sure. I think Mors is a good place to start because most battles will be on open ground, so you can see all your units and can learn what to expect with them...as opposed to the Plague rat faction, which as it is in heavy jungle you'll have a harder time figuring out the battle lines and keeping track of stuff.

[Andrewbh2003]

dont play skaven as a new player there very very difficult and have a high skill ceiling "both in campaign and multiplayer" play something a bit easier and ease your way in to skaven

[ALWAYS BY MY SIDE]

buy all