For example, increased horde growth at the cost of your units not replenishing, or increased melee skill at the cost of reduced campaign movement. They also have a moon event where in regular intervals you'll get the ability to choose a buff, but with a corresponding debuff. They're much more about grouping up, as well as hit-and-fade tactics where you hit enemies where they're weakest. They also have a bestial fury bar that functions similarly to Greenskin Waaagh, creating a brayherd to help you. The problem with all of this is that, because the Norscans aren't vassals, they have a tendency to war with each other rather than go south to bring about the End Times (you CAN immediately declare war on an awakened tribe in order to subjugate them, but this tanks your trustworthiness which can make them defect later.) Chaos also has problems with making new hordes, since weak hordes grow slowly and have a hard time catching up late-game.īeastmen have beastpath movement (their version of underway), their encampment stance hides them, and their standard movement stance has a built in ambush chance. The other main mechanic is 'awakening' various Norscan tribes, where after you assault a particular Varg/Skaelling settlement, you can choose to instead create a whole new Norscan faction that will automatically be at a military alliance with you. They do, however, have really strong units.

IMO, Beastmen are better designed, and you get the mini-campaign to boot.Ĭhaos Warriors have an infighting mechanic that discourages you from keeping hordes clumped up to support/defend each other. A few more units, a couple new Legendary Lords, all for Chaos that you won't see without it. One point in favor of Chaos is that they also add more to the game if you get them. Just know people consider the Beastmen Horde style to be better. If you're not sure, you might want to start with Chaos to see if it's something you'd like. If you know you enjoy Hordes, go for Beastmen as you also seem to enjoy them.

Lastly, they are both Hordes and people seem to either love that or hate it. However, building up a doom tide of Chaos can be really satisfying and makes the effort feel worth it. Their units are, pound for pound, much stronger than most but since they can't group up as easily as the Beastmen it puts them on more of a knife's edge. Chaos is much harder to work with because of Infighting and the inability to hide behind some trees until everyone leaves you alone. Their ability to hide and group up and create Brayherds gives them the feeling of a lurking guerrilla force that grows in power under everyone's nose as it burns and corrupts their lands from within. General opinion is that Beastmen are more fun.

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