A shield that absorbs damage until depleted.

When not taking damage, the Barrier will slowly replenish.

The maximum barrier size is proportional to the max health of the unit.

Flamers of Tzeentch

Low ammo, low range but very high damage ranged unit

These are the go-to units for powering up your armies. While squishy, they can prove useful in melee with their Warpfire ability.

Doom Knights of Tzeentch

Extremely fast flying cavalry unit

Able to compete with most flying units, these flying Beyblades can keep you safe from aerial threats and remove an important angle of attack from your enemies.

Exalted Lord of Change

Devastating caster Lord with powerful offensive spells

Possibly the strongest caster Lord in any Total War Warhammer game, these units come with either the standard Lore of Metal or the new and powerful Lore of Tzeentch.

Transfer Settlement

Transfer control and ownership of one settlement to a new faction.

A fantastic way to secure settlements. Using this on cooldown efficiently secures territory.

Faction capitals cannot be controlled via this mechanic

Open Gates

Open the gates of a major settlement with walls for any battles in that settlement in the next few turns.

Useful for large settlement sieges

Force Rebellion

Causes a rebellion in a region, spawning a hostile army next to a settlement.

Niche, as the rebel army is small and weak

Track Army

Grants line of sight of a target army.

Situational, only useful for enemies trying to flank you

Reveal Faction Intentions

Shows the movement and attack plans of all armies a target faction controls.

Potentially useful for outmaneuvering enemies

Reveal Shroud

Grants total vision of a target faction’s territory.

Similar in use to Reveal Faction Intentions

Halt Faction

All characters have their movement disabled for the faction’s following turn.

Good for when you need to take a settlement quickly without enemy reinforcements

Give War Co-ordination Target

Give a faction a war coordination target even if they are not your ally.

Niche, but can be used to snipe key enemy armies or settlements

Break Alliance

Break the military or defensive alliance between two factions.

Especially useful to prevent potential Confederations

Force War

Force a war between two factions.

Very useful for creating turmoil, especially if you plan to invade the subsequent area and need to weaken the owners

Scriveners of Insanity

Disable an allied army's movement for two turns before granting a large number of Grimoires

Very useful, especially if your army remains stationary to heal; this can net you large amounts of Grimoires if you can afford not to move.

Mutagenic Energies

Enables attrition for this army regardless of territory

Situational, but possibly useful if an enemy army needs to travel a long distance to your settlements.

Magic Flare

Barrier Hit Points and Range increase

The buff only lasts for three turns, and while Barrier increases are strong, it can be hard to make full use of this.

Night of Madness

Disable an allied army's movement for three turns before granting extra Tzeentch Corruption in the region, a Winds of Magic increase, and a loss of control in the local enemy province

Three turns spent stationary is quite detrimental to your momentum, but it can effectively build up both Corruption and Winds of Magic in a region.

Can unlock unique items that can be used to customize Kairos’ spell selection

His best trait, this grants Kairos unparalleled Lore of Magic choice.

Enemy Hero action success chance: -50%

Weak, but can help avoid potentially crippling Wound attempts.

Ambush defense chance:+50% (Lord’s army)

Situational but useful for avoiding sneaky ambushes, especially from Skaven.

One

• Attack and destroy Shou Lu's army (auto-resolve will be fine)
• Move to the Northern edge of the territory and recruit two Blue Horrors On Tzeentch
• Upgrade your Slither of Potential building in The Volary to Rank Two and build an Infrastructure building in the empty slot (your choice)
• Research Locus of Transformation

Two

• Transfer Bloodwind Keep to yourself via the Changing of the Ways
• Place your new Iridescent Horror into your army
• Move Kairos as far North as possible and recruit one Chaos Furies of Tzeentch and one more Blue Horrors of Tzeentch.
• Build a Cultist Camp (Obsidian) in Bloodwind Keep

Three

• Move Kairos right up to your border, and recruit two Pink Horrors of Tzeentch.
• Upgrade your completed Infrastructure building if able

Four

• Move and attack the Foundry of Bones (auto-resolve win should be possible, but it is better to fight the battle manually)
• During the battle, keep your army tight together, and snipe down the approaching Norscan troops.
• Occupy the settlement
• Level Route Marcher, Fires of Change, and Glean Magic on Kairos, and Training on the Horror

Five

• Move Kairos up to the North border and recruit two more Pink Horrors of Tzeentch.
• Research Cult Whisperer

Six

• Either move and attack the Fortress of Eyes or move and colonize if it has become a Ruin.
• This battle can be tricky if your army has previously sustained heavy damage. If so, play it slowly and bring down your enemies with Karios and his spells while your Soul Grinder tanks for you.
• Loot and Occupy the settlement, and recruit another Blue Horrors (or Chaos Furies/Pink Horrors if one has died)
• Level Prismatic Plurality on Kairos and Blue Fire of Tzeentch on the Horror
• Upgrade and repair any available buildings (income is nice to focus on at this point) and choose the Foster Cults Province Commandment

Seven

• Attack and kill the possible Rebel army next to you
• At this point, there will be different possible outcomes, either Miao Ying will have colonized the Snake Gate or will be on her way, and there may be Kurgan armies roaming around your lands
• Attacking Cathay directly is not an option for beginners, as their starting army is very tough for you to handle at this point in the game
• Advancing North and claiming more territory along the Great Bastion is an option, but it leaves you very open to Khorne attacking you from behind
• This guide will recommend you turn back South to deal with Khorne and allow Miao Ying to occasionally pillage the Fortress of Eyes (she rarely extends further than this)
• Move Kairos as far South as possible and only recruit more units if you have enough income

Eight

• Keep moving South on March stance
• Level Glean Magic on the Horror
• Keep upgrading your settlements, except for Fortress of Eyes, as Miao will likely attack and raid it at some stage.
• Improve your Diplomacy with Dreaded Wo Warriors of Chaos, and command Sathroreal's Watchers (your allied Tzeentch faction beyond the Great Bastion) to attack Po Mei

Nine

• By now, you should be back in The Volary and can decide whether to recruit more troops for your upcoming contest with Khorne or to save money and rely more on your ability to outplay him on the battlefield.
• Upgrade any Infrastructure buildings
• Level Infernal Gateway on Kairos. This spell will be devastating at this game stage.

Ten

• You should now be free to attack and Occupy Floating Mountain, setting you up for your campaign into the Road To Damnation province.
• You want to save up enough Grimoires to use Transfer Settlement on Zerulous and avoid conflict with the Ogres.
• Kharneth's Sons can be tough opponents, as Khorne will dominate the melee matchup, so play it safe and don't allow him to get on top of your Pink Horrors.
• Level Infernal Gateway again on Kairos and Training on the Horror

One

• Embed your Cultist of Tzeentch into your starting army
• Attack and destroy the nearby Nurgle army. It should be an easy win (especially if you manually fight the battle and protect your ranged units)
• Proceed to attack The Lost Palace and Occupy after winning the battle
• Recruit two Marauders of Tzeentch
• Level Inspiring Presence and Route Marcher on Kairos, and Increase Mobility and Fireball on the Cultist
• Research Gift of Mutation in the tech tree
• Build a Cultist Camp (Furs) in The Lost Palace
• Upgrade Slither of Potential in your capital, and build a Hidden Library

Two

• Move right up to your Eastern border and recruit two Blue Horrors of Tzeentch

Three

• Attack the Volulltrax settlement, protecting your ranged as they should mow down Nurgle's slow infantry and Occupy it
• Recruit a Marauder and a Pink Horror
• Level Pink Fire of Tzeentch on Kairos and Kindleflame on the Cultist

Four

• Move up to your Eastern border and recruit two Pink Horrors of Tzeentch

Five

• Attack the Skull-Carver's Abode and Occupy the settlement
• Build a Cultist Camp (Gold) in the Abode
• Level Fires of Change and Prismatic Plurality on Kairos, and The Burning Head on the Cultist
• Recruit one Marauder and one Pink Horror
• Research Way of Deceit in the tech tree
• Choose Egrimm's Contrivance Algorithm as the province command (Research Rate is very powerful for Tzeentch)

Six

• Move to your Eastern border and recruit two Pink Horrors
• Upgrade The Skull Carver's Abode to Tier Two

Seven

• Here, you can choose to either attack Okkam's Forever Maze or, if you are not confident taking the large fight, you can bypass it and attack a smaller settlement, or just siege the settlement and let attrition bring down the defending army to a manageable level
• This fight will be challenging as Slaanesh has so many units, and you will need to separate them around the walls while making full use of your magic for when they clump together
• Occupy Okkam's Forever Maze if you are victorious, and level Infernal Gateway and Invulnerable Through Change on Kairos, and Increase Mobility and Burning Head on the Cultist.
• Recruit any units you have lost so far

Eight

• Move as far East as possible and replenish any lost units

Nine

• Attack Castle of Splendour and Occupy it
• Level Infernal Gateway on Kairos and Burning Head on the Cultist
• Research Greater Locus of Change in your tech tree

Ten

• Move South towards Crucible of Delights and recruit any missing units
• Build a Web of Secrets and Upgrade your Cultists Camp (Gold) in The Skull Carver's Abode and level up Volulltrax to Tier Two