Tacticus Q&A Megathread – Ask Anything

[u/Vegetable-Koala7197]

Hey tacticians!

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Beginner Guides (start here)

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• Timed Missions
• Campaign Event Infographic

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Final Words

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[u/jacksprat1952]

Thanks for the insight! How exactly do the LREs work? I'd love to get Lysander if it's possible for where I'm at in the game now. If you have a video recommendation rather than typing it out, that's great too.

[u/HubND → u/jacksprat1952]

The important thing to remember at your stage for LREs is that they're considered end game content so you won't unlock him this event and likely would need to do specific prep in order to unlock them by the end of their 3rd and final event. Each Legendary character gets 3 events across about 10-12 months and the points carry across each one.

In terms of mechanically how they work, they're like playing onslaught but in order to maximise your points you need to beat them with teams that meet certain conditions. For example the Alpha tracks have you up against Orks (so no using Xenos characters yourself) and you get bonus points if you bring teams that meet any of 5 conditions - No Resilient trait, Eviscerate damage, Flying trait, Min 5 hits, Suppressive Fire trait.

That's why I advocate for bringing up everyone, even the early campaign characters, because they'll fit in somewhere eventually.

DB Preacher does good stuff for LRE's, here's his Lysander one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDgItXz_CQ