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Total War: WARHAMMER – Update 4

Update 4 brings with it several new features, a number of campaign, battle and technical improvements, a suite of balancing changes to existing units, and access to the latest Free DLC; the Greenskin Legendary Lord, Wurrzag!

To play as Wurrzag, visit the Steam Store to download for free from the 20th Oct: https://store.steampowered.com/app/404015/

Update 4 also goes live on the 20th October, at the same time as The King & The Warlord DLC is released. Full details of which may be found here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/404014/

Regardless of whether you purchase the new DLC and/or download the Free DLC pack, the following content will appear in your Grand Campaigns after Update 4 under AI control:

NEW CONTENT

Skarsnik, leader of the Crooked Moon tribe, has taken his goblins Squig hunting in the Southern Grey Mountains. He operates from Karak Azgaraz.

(Skarsnik is also playable if ‘The King & The Warlord’ DLC is owned)

Belegar Ironhammer and Clan Angrund have emerged from Karak Izor with an escort of ethereal Clan Angrund Ancestors, including the spirit of the mighty King Lunn.

(Belegar is also playable if ‘The King & The Warlord’ DLC is owned)

Wurrzag Da Great Green Prophet has been spied over-gyrating in the Badlands, uniting a horde of Savage Orcs from The Bloody Handz tribe under his banner. He begins play in Ekrund.

(Wurrzag is also playable if the ‘Wurrzag’ free DLC is installed)

Some nasty looking mutinous Gobliny gits have usurped control of Karak Eight Peaks…
New elite Regiments of Renown for Greenskins and Dwarfs have been sighted.

(These are also recruitable if ‘The King & The Warlord’ DLC is owned)

The Warriors of Chaos roster has been expanded. Aspiring Champions, Marauder Horsemasters, and Feral Manticores have been added.
Manticore mounts have also been added for all Chaos Sorcerer Heroes as part of this update.

UPDATE 4: NEW FEATURES

AI controlled Empire, Vampire Counts, Dwarfs and Greenskins factions will now recruit Regiments of Renown (as well as other DLC units) in the Grand Campaign. The AI will still be able to recruit them even if you do not own The Grim & The Grave or The King & The Warlord DLCs.
Added the Entrenchment ability to Dwarf Master Engineers. This increases armour piercing missile damage and physical resistance for the target unit, however it also prevents them from moving for the duration of the ability.
Frontend Campaign UI has been renovated to account for new playable minor factions and improve user experience.

CAMPAIGN

Fixed a bug that caused the Beastmen event offering a Gorebull or Bray-Shaman to not fire.
Volkmar the Grim's Staff of Command quest chain will now count both Temples and Cathedrals of Sigmar.
Enabling AA on the campaign map no longer causes reflections in water to turn red.
Pressing [TAB] on the Diplomacy screen now switches between the Strategic Overview and Campaign map.
Fixed a softlock that could occur if the diplomacy menu was opened at the same time as a settlement is attacked.
Fixed an issue that could cause single entity units arriving as reinforcements in Campaign Battles to automatically die post-battle.
Fixed an issue that could cause a significant delay before the post-battle results appeared after Campaign Battles.
Tooltips for AI Beastmen factions using Beast-paths no longer refers to them as using the Underway.
Torches for units in raiding stance no longer flicker every few seconds.
Removed 'Zoom to' button from the Confederation event, as the target faction no longer exists.
Renamed settlements will now have the correct name on the pre-battle screen in Campaign Battles.
Settlement buildings can now be repaired if a Hero or scripted event damages them again whilst they are already under repair.

BATTLE

Improved attack animations for Volkmar on the War Altar.
Spellcasters riding Corpse Carts are now able to fire Magic Missile spells.
Activation audio now plays when targeting units with spells via their Unit Card.
Improved several battlefield decals and textures.
Unit HP comparison is now accurate when viewing a unit with a different unit selected.
Corpse Carts no longer lose their passive abilities when near other allied Corpse Carts.
Snow covered trees are no longer partially transparent.
Maximum potential health on UI for units in battles now adjusts according to available replenishment cap.
Water effects on roads no longer disappear when zooming in on them.
Added text for a missing description of Mace Infantry class units.
Throwing Axes now have projectile trails.
Black Knights lances no longer fall out of their hands when charging or attacking
Fixed an issue with Greenskin units getting stuck in gatehouses whilst routing in the Empire Prelude Battle.
Flagellants’ weapons no longer disappear during their celebration animations.
Beloved Son of Bretonnia and the High King abilities will no longer persist after death.
Vlad von Carstein no longer uses shield-specific animations.
Units can now use abilities on destroyed walls in Siege Battles.
Corpse Cart loading screens now accurately describe their abilities.
Units can no longer attempt to place ladders on destroyed sections of walls in Siege Battles.
Improved the visual impact of breath weapons for Dragon units.

OTHER

Improved audio for several units in both Campaign and Battles.
Fixed an issue that caused flickering VFX after changing graphics settings.
Fixed various flickering issues with portholes, shadows and unit cards when running in DX12.
Improved quality of shadows when MSAA is enabled.
Cursor focus is no longer lost in Multiplayer chat when clicking on another player’s name or when typing their name.
Several minor text fixes and improvements in all languages.

GENERAL BALANCING

Slightly improved the mechanics and strength of Frenzy.
Increased the global healing cap.
Tweaked custom battle selectable abilities (potions and costs).
Crown of Domination and Hold the Line improved.
New targeting system for Night Goblin Fanatics. They are now fired manually, and have increased numbers and damage output.
Improved AI’s usage of abilities.

UNIT BALANCING

Empire

Arch Lector -5 A
Karl Franz -5 A
Spearmen (all) -2 MA
Greatswords -5 A, -2 CB, -1 Bonus vs Inf, -3 HP

Chaos Warriors

Chaos Lord (all) -50 MP cost
Chaos Lord (Manticore, Dragon) +6 MA
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (all) -100 MP cost, +10 DMG, +10 AP DMG
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (Manticore, Dragon) +4 MD, +100 HP
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (Manticore) +10 missile resistance
Archaon +100 HP
Kholek +100 HP, +20 Armour, + interrupt ignore chance
Exalted Hero (Manticore) +6 MA, +10 missile resistance
Exalted Hero (all) +2 morale
Marauders (all) +2 Morale
Marauders GW – attack interval
Marauder Horsemen (Javelins) -100 cost, -4 MA, -2 CB, +5 range, -4 HP
Marauder Horsemen (Throwing Axe) -25 MP cost, +5 range
Chaos Warriors (all) -25 cost, +2 HP
Chosen Halberds -50 cost, - attack interval
Chosen Great Weapons -50 cost
Warhounds (all) +2 speed, +3 MD, + mass, -25 cost
Warhounds -25 cost
Dragon Ogre Shaggoth +20 Armour
Dragon Ogre +10 Armour

Greenskins

Goblin Wolf Riders (all) -4 HP, -1AP damage, - mass
All Goblin Wolfs (Mounts & Chariot) -2 speed
Orc Boar Boy Big Uns -4 HP

Beastmen

Warhounds (all) +2 speed, + mass, -25 cost
Warhounds -25 cost
Ungor Herd +2 AP DMG
Ungor Spearmen (both) -1 Bonus vs L
Centigor Throwing Axe +5 range
Cygor -5 Morale

Vampire Counts

Direwolves + mass
Fell Bats +projectile collision size (making it a bit easier to be hit)
Grave Guard (all, incl. Sternsmen) -2 CB, -1 Bonus vs Inf
Terrorgheist +10 AP DMG, +5 DMG, +hit reaction immunity
Hexwraith +6HP
Black Coach -100 MP cost
Blood Knights -2 Bonus vs L, +2 MD, -4 MA, -2 CB

Dwarfs

Artillery Crews +3 MA
Irondrakes (all) removed 2s pump animation, shortening time to fire

Bretonnia

Pegasus Knights -50 mass, -6 CB