Making up the Silent half of the new Silence And The Fury Lord pack that was introduced to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Total War: Warhammer 2, Oxyotl is a new Chameleon Skink Lord that brings a unique world traversing campaign as wel꧒l as a small rework to the often-overlooked skink unit in the Lizardmen roster.
This golden blowpipe-carrying reptiles' goal is to counter 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:incursions by Chaos and Taurox The Brass Bull, the other new Lord, into the Old World across a number of exotic locales on both the Vortex and Mortal Empires' map. So if you're interested in checking out this ancient sneaky skink, then here's a brief beginner's guide to Oxyotl.
10 🧜 Who Is Oxyotl?
Oxyotl or He That Hunts Unseen is a Lizardmen Chameleon Skink that was alive at the time of the first Chaos Invasion. During that time he was sucked in✱to the Chaos Realm through a 💙rift in the fabric of reality and left to fend for himself.
Oxyotl survived this damnation and escaped in one year, although upon exiting the Chaos Wastes he's found 7,000 years have passed in his absence. With Chaos once again on the rise Oxyotl sets out to crush it, lest all fall beneath the oncoming tide of darkness.
9 ꦅ What Does Oxoytl Play Like?
Oxyotl has an interesting guerrilla warfare approach to gameplay. Unlike Taurox who's all about violence and terror, Oxyotl's gameplay focuses on stealth, subterfuge, and striking across the globe at Chaos incursions in an instant from Silent Sanctums.
To help with this the Chameleon Skink Legendary Lord comes with Unspottable, Vanguard deployment, and his army is very skink and stealth focused. It's a hit-and-run gameplay type that's similar to Clan Eschin, but instead of a Ninja Lord, it's an entire invisible army running around the battlefield and striking where it's least expected.
8 What Are 🦩Silent Sanctums? 𝐆
Silent Sanctums are the new gameplay mechanic that's been introduced with Oxyotl, and it works a bit like the Wood Elf World Tree without the 10-turn cooldown between uses.
Basically, you can awaken Sanctums around the map either by completing Chaos Incursion in the Visions Of The Old One's menu. Upon completion, they will give you a gem that can then be used to awaken a Silent Sanctum in a nearby region around the vast 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:medieval fantasy Warhammer world. These ap🥂pear underneath a location like a Skaven Underhive and you can teleport to them🐭 in an instant.
7 𝓀 Do You Need To Finish All Of Oxyotls Miss🐲ions?
Oxyotl can get pretty busy after enough turns as the missions supplied through Visions Of The OId Ones can start to come thick and fast. Thankfully, you don't need to finish all of them to hit the faction victory requirements. Only a minimum of five needs to be done at Hard difficulty.
Whilst the missions will continually appear and they will reward you with gems to unlock more Silent Sanctums, you don't need to do all of them. Although not taking on one that involves a hostile army will mean that their forces will become stronger with temporary buffs for a few turns. It's a mechanic that encourages you to pick and choose your fights as you will never be able to win them all.
6 Oxyotl's Army Is Skink Focused
Being a member of the Skink family, it makes sense that Oxyotl's army is similarly focused on these sneaky reptiles. Most of his buffs focus on boosting their damage and defense as well as making it harder to detect them on the battlefield.
You're always given a Skink Oracle Hero at the start, plus Oxyotl comes with the Skink Vanguard ability, which means you can put your entire army wherever you like during the deployment phase. Their faction is perfect for setting up ambush spots or getting nice and close to particularly vulnerable targets, like archers or siege equipment.
5 𝕴 Blowdart Combinations Are Strong
Oxyotl is all about hit and run tactics, maneuvering around to an enemy's flank and peppering them where they're exposed. To help with this, new dart ammunition has been introduced which, in the right combination, is ridiculously powerful.
Applicable either to the Lord himself or any blowdart using Unit, these projectiles come in a range of types. From explosive to poisonous, armor shredding, and even a leadership sapping dart that can cause any unit, including Lords, to rout after a few volleys. Mixing and 💝matching these combos as your campaign continues can make you pretty powerful.
4 ܫ Research Is T﷽ied To A Grid
The research tree 𒈔for Oxyotl and Lizardmen, in general, has been given a little tཧweak with this DLC. Now research projects are arranged in a grid system in what looks like a massive game of Connect Four.
Upgrades towards the center need to be completed in a chain and if there's a specific upgrade you want, some planning is involved as more than one special building type might be required to complete the full tree. It's a unique approach to micromanaging the campaign that makes you put more thought into your long-term plans for the faction.
3 Oxyotl's Campaign Is More Passive
Unlike other factio🔜ns where aggressively capturing territory and expanding your influence is part of your overall goal, Oxyotl is a lot more passive by comparison. His campaign is spent working out of his frozen hideaway in the Norscan wilds like a reptilian Superman in his Fortress of Solitude.
Instead of fighting war after war, you'll spend your time building up a strong force in your current region, then sending them out with Oxyotl out via teleportation to hidden Sanctums to tackle special missions around the world. It's a more static take on the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:traditional Total War experience that rewards you for doing prep wor✨k before each fight instead of smashing through this medieval fantasy world with a massive army.
2 Silent Sanctums Provide Local Buffs 🐻
One of the most interesting features of the Sanctums is that once constructed they can not only be teleported to, but they can p𒐪rovide a𒉰n array of helpful buffs or effects to the local area and any armies within.
A particularly strong ability that's worth investing in is the Excavated Chamber of Huanchi, as this provides Sanctum Patrol ambushes. Best used in enemy territory, what this does is create random ambushes on passing hostile armies with an AI-controlled army. It's a great way to screw over any Lords that you might be at war with as it makes their own territory much more dangerous.
1 🧸 The Coatl Can Stealth Your Entire Army
Oxyotl brought a few new friends with him from his 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:exile in the Chaos wastes, giant poison spitting Troglodons and huge winged serpents that soar overhead, cast spe🎃lls. and cloak entire regiments within an impenetrable mist.
Coatls come with the passive ability Master Of The Hidden Places, a buff that grants any units within range the Stalk ability. Taking the form of an ethereal fog, it renders anyone within undetectable on any terrain to within 170m radius. With enough of them, you can camouflage an entire force and the enemy won't know until it's far too late.