In addition to a new unit, we’ll be adding additional legendary landmark buildings.ĭwarfs were slightly underrepresented in the legendary building department, so we’re adding some interesting new options for them. Along with their bonus versus large, these units deal substantial amounts of armour-piercing damage as well. Giant Slayers are a new variant of Slayers that wield large two-handed axes and allow Dwarfs to better deal with the great number of fearsome beasts that have been introduced with the new races of Total War: WARHAMMER II. To celebrate King Ungrim’s return to the Slayer Keep further still, we’re adding a brand-new Giant Slayer unit. Combine this with improvements and perks to the Great Slayer Shrine of Karak Kadrin and his ability to settle unimpaired in Frozen climes and this means you can now push north to Kraka Drak and on into Norsca. Its northern location is sure to provide a brand-new experience playing as Dwarfs, as you’ll now primarily be encountering Empire, Vampire Counts, Norscans, and Chaos with relatively few Greenskin factions nearby.īeyond this new initial challenge we wanted to further emphasise Ungrim’s role as the Slayer King by being able to recruit Slayers straight out of the gate on turn one.

Karak Kadrin lies to the north of Karaz-a-Karak and is famous for its Slayers and home to the Great Slayer Shrine. So we proceeded with caution and identified a Legendary Lord that almost everyone agreed on should be moved: Slayer King Ungrim Ironfist will be returning to Karak Kadrin to resume his duties as its monarch. We saw a great debate ensue throughout the community, with players both for and against this idea. Last year, we started playing with the idea with moving some of the existing Legendary Lords of the Old World races in order to give players some new ways to experience the Mortal Empires campaign. In this joint blog, Richard Aldridge and Eva Jobse talk about some of the more noteworthy improvements to Mortal Empires that affect those most stoic of grudge-bearers, the Dwarfs.įirst, let’s hear from Eva about a brand-new start position and some new legendary buildings… New Ungrim Ironfist Campaign Start Alongside the long-anticipated addition of Norsca in Total War: WARHAMMER II’s Mortal Empires campaign and a bunch of changes and upgrades, the Resurgent Update includes a significant update focused on one of the main Old World races.

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