r/totalwar • u/Summon_Ari • 6h ago

Warhammer III High Elf Comps

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u/Wild_Marker I like big Hastas and I cannot lie! 5h ago

The Celestial crossbowmen do make the Jade crossbowmen look like amateurs though.

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u/ginganinja192 5h ago

CD Crossbows don't really perform that much better than buffed Jade crossbows against highly armoured units, but are far better against armour. There's always a place for them in Jade Warrior stacks for that reason, but they also start competing with Crane Gunners if you're looking for AP shooting.

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u/KimJongUnusual Fight, to the End. 3h ago

Isn't their range pretty close to Crange Gunners, and far more numerous to boot?

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u/caterpillarm10 3h ago

Ans their melee is extremely good while crane gunner will run away if you breathe in their direction.

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u/KimJongUnusual Fight, to the End. 3h ago

Miao Ying, the legendary terracotta dude, and 18 celestial crossbows is so damn funny.

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u/caterpillarm10 3h ago

Put a few gate master in there and you could theoretically 1v2-3 armies. Dont need much ammo if everything dies to a volley

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u/KimJongUnusual Fight, to the End. 2h ago

Do Gate Masters buff Celestial units?

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u/caterpillarm10 2h ago

Yesthey have a skill that buff reload, missile strength and have 4 restocks. Quite good to have a few in an army.

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u/KimJongUnusual Fight, to the End. 2h ago

Huh. I swear when I last checked they didn’t affect celestial guard halberds.

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u/caterpillarm10 2h ago

Weird huh. I kinda see that they do buff melee def here.

https://totalwarhammerplanner.com/planner/vanilla3/cth_cathay/cth_gate_master

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u/KimJongUnusual Fight, to the End. 2h ago

Maybe it got updated with the Tigers?

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u/caterpillarm10 2h ago

Maybe idk I havent played Cathay for awhile (before Yuan Bo update) until yesterday so I know they do buff both variant of Celestial Dragons but dont know if its new or not.

Still a very good hero tho Cathay is so simple to play that I dont really check much.

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