Total War: WARHAMMER II News

New Total Warhammer 2 patch revamps Forge of Daith, stops Drycha screaming

A new Total War: Warhammer 2 patch is due to drop tomorrow. Titled the 'Rakarth' update, it's releasing alongside a free DLC pack that introduces Dark Elf beastmaster Rakarth as a new legendary lord.

He's currently only available via Total War Access, but he's still free, so that's pretty neat. Better yet, the patch that he's given his name to is filled with a bunch of quality of life improvements. Forge of Daith 2.0 is front and centre, and the team have taken another stab at the highly controversial feature. Instead of being driven by events, players will now have more visibility and more choice with regards to which item they want.

As a consequence, several items have been nerfed to prevent them becoming overpowered thanks to this newfound agency. It's recommended that any in-progress Sisters of Twilight campaigns be restarted to avoid any conflicts. There are plenty of other campaign balance changes as well, with a lot of love shown to the Dark Elves as a whole, as well as the Skaven. There's also a new slate of unit balance changes for tactical battles.

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The Rakarth Update

[h3]The Rakarth Update launches tomorrow at 4PM GMT alongside the Legendary Lord’s release!

We have improvements and balance changes, including:

Dark Elf updates
Forge of Daith 2.0
Skaven campaign balance

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Creator Spotlight: Rakarth Campaign Faction Focus

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[h3]Creator Spotlight: Rakarth Campaign Faction Focus, Total War: WARHAMMER II.

Diving into his Dark Elves faction focus, join The Great Book of Grudges as he showcases Rakarth, the new free Legendary Lord!

Claim Rakarth via Total War Access on March 18th.

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Total War: Warhammer 2's next free Lord is Rakarth of Karond Kar

Another Legendary Lord is coming to Total War: Warhammer 2, a beastlord who can tame just about any monster. He'll be available in just a few days, and free to all of the strategy game's players.

Developer Creative Assembly has confirmed that Rakarth of Karond Kar is the next free Lord. He's heavily armoured with a penchant for taking down beasts that stand in his way, and buffing the ones on his side. Even though he's got his fair share of personal fortification, he's nimble, and capable of beating anyone - especially High Elves. The Whip of Agony gives him the power to stop enemy monsters from instilling fear and terror, making them ever more vulnerable to the ailments themselves.

"Of all known Beastmasters in the Old World, Beastlord Rakarth of Karond Kar is truly in a league of his own," reads the description in the press release. "His gift for taming beasts was evident as a child when, armed with only a piercing stare, he calmed the Black Dragon Bracchus, forming a bond out of a shared lust for carnage and cruelty."

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Game of Thrones actor voices Total War: Warhammer 2's next legendary lord

Creative Assembly recently revealed the next free Legendary Lord coming to Total War: Warhammer 2, and it's the Dark Elf beastmaster Rakarth of Karond Kar. In a teaser video released today, the studio has revealed that the character will be voiced by Welsh actor Iwan Rheon, who you may remember as the sadistic creep Ramsay Bolton in HBO's Game of Thrones.

There could hardly be a better audition for a Dark Elf role than playing Ramsay Bolton, and Rheon's performance as the cruel and calculating bastard son of Roose Bolton was bone chilling in the series. In the clip posted to the Total War YouTube account, you can hear every bit of the sociopathy Rheon oozed as Ramsay.

"We have a visitor, Bracchus," he says, addressing Rakarth's black dragon companion and battle steed. "Shall we hear them? Or flay them alive?" This is well within normal etiquette for Warhammer's Druchii, as they call themselves - the Dark Elves are legendary for their cruelty and malevolence. Ramsay Bolton would probably fit right in - at least as well as any human could, anyway. House Bolton's sigil is, of course, the Flayed Man.

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