Best Total War: Warhammer 2 Campaign Faction

Today I am going to be showing you the best total war Warhammer 2 campaign faction for both the Vortex campaign and Mortal Empires campaign. I’ll discuss the strongest faction and most fun campaign faction as well.

This article includes all the recent DLC as of 2022.

Best Vortex Campaign Faction

Most veteran Warhammer players will not be surprised by this faction taking the #1 spot. Itza was released just a month ago and it is already the best Vortex campaign faction to play as. The reason Itza is so strong is that Gor’Rok is a surprisingly strong frontline that starts with the best hero character in the game, Lord Kroak.

For those of you who don’t know the Warhammer lore, Lord Kroak is as close to being a god as any character from Warhammer 1 and 2. Unsurprisingly, he is a beast on the battlefield as well, with screenshots existing of him killing hundreds of units at level 1.

As you can see in the screenshot above, Kroak doesn’t mess around. Don’t forget that this is a hero unit, meaning you can stick him inside any army you want and you can have whatever lord you wish tank/blob enemies for Lord Kroak.

Best Mortal Empires Campaign Faction

I’m not gonna cheat and say to use Itza in this campaign as well, instead, I’ll give you a fresh ME campaign faction to use.

For this campaign, I would say that either Tyrion or Malekith has the strongest starting faction (Lothern or Naggarond). However, I believe that Tyrion has it best and here is why.

Lothern has one of the easiest starting areas of any faction in Warhammer 2. They are surrounded by allies who are likely to accept trade agreements and for the first 20-30 turns, you will only fight wars you start. Meaning you can quickly build a massive economy without fear. Naggarond sadly can’t do this.

Tyrion is also one of the best Lords in the game, who can hold off hordes by himself. And that isn’t even mentioning the borderline OP units that elves have in Warhammer 2. Star Dragons are busted.

So if you are looking for an easy starting faction for the Mortal Empires campaign, choose Lothern.

Most Fun Campaign Faction

Obviously, this is gonna be rather subjective however, I found that the Vampire Coast was an extremely fun DLC to play, and Luthor Harkon’s Vampire Coast faction was the best campaign I’ve played.

Separated from the Vortex campaign, all the vampire coast factions are trying to kill a giant serpent. Rather than worrying about stopping Vortex rituals, you can just focus on playing your game. Whether you want to build a big army and destroy people or take your time and gather resources, it doesn’t matter a whole lot.

It also helps the Vampire Coast DLC has some really awesome units. The Necrofex is just amazing to watch and the Leviathans are super cool to watch when they are tearing up blobs of infantry.

So if you want to get away from the Vortex grind and just have fun dominating the map, play some Vampire Coast.

Best Beginner Campaign Faction

The high elves are considered the vanilla and most beginner friendly campaign faction in Warhammer 2. They boast an impressive roster filled with everything you might need and are one of the strongest factions to boot.

Their early-game roster features archers that are strong at almost every point in the game and towards the end-game you can field doom stacks of dragons that will eviscerate most other factions as well.

Elves also have the best economy and one of the easiest to manage on top of everything else. You’ll be able to field MASSIVE amounts of high-end armies with ease.

And finally, Tyrion is one of the strongest heroes in Warhammer 2, as he can solo entire armies with the proper build, so that’s a huge bonus if you do end up picking the high-elves.