I don't know how you're facing down halberdiers by the time you get Chosen, I usually have Chosen by turn 20-25. Shortly after that you get access to Chosen, which are the single best infantry in the game.

Once you have Chaos Warriors the game is cake because you're pumping out armored units before anyone has access to armor piercing.

The strategy to rush chosen is basically recruiting maraduers until you have a 20 stack, then destroy the marauder chain so you can build the chosen chain much, much earlier. But upgrading a chain doesn't cost extra, it's a flat 1 or 2 growth. I just wish there were options for balanced army comps earlier in the game.įor newer players who don't understand hordes, basically every new 'chain' you build costs 2 more growth. That said, I did some goofy challenge streams where I only made the marauder tree and I was still very successful on legendary. It means you spend the first 100 turns with nothing but infantry because rushing Chosen is the best strategy. It incentivizes you to quickly max one type of unit instead of having a balanced army. The only mechanic that is outright poorly designed is the horde growth and building progression. Based on more legendary campaigns than I like to admit: