Total War: WARHAMMER III Legendary Lord Tier List (Lords of the End Times): Where Nagash, The Glottkin, and Neferata Land
Total War: WARHAMMER III Legendary Lord Tier List: Lords of the End Times
Lords of the End Times is adding four new playable Legendary Lords to Total War: WARHAMMER III – Boris Todbringer, Grey Seer Thanquol, The Glottkin, and Nagash – alongside a free Legendary Lord, Neferata, who arrives with a significant Vampire Counts rework. For full details straight from the developer, see Games Workshop’s official rundown of the four new Lords. This tier list ranks all five new arrivals relative to one another based on their factions’ known mechanics, economy, and army-building strengths heading into launch, and situates them alongside a handful of long-established Immortal Empires powerhouses for context. As always with a tier list ahead of a major patch, treat the rankings as a strategic starting point rather than gospel – balance can shift once the community has had time with the new toys.
S-Tier: Nagash and the Established Powerhouses
Nagash enters at the very top. As Supreme Lord of the Undead, he commands what is shaping up to be the strongest raw magic output of any Legendary Lord in the game, paired with army-wide buffs that scale the entire Undead Legions roster rather than just his own bodyguard unit. Undead Legions already run one of the more forgiving economies in Immortal Empires thanks to their reanimation and attrition-negating mechanics, and Nagash’s kit is built to amplify exactly that: better casting, stronger lore access, and buffs that make even generic skeleton spearmen worth fielding deep into a campaign. Few Lords in the roster can flip a losing magic duel or reinforce a flagging battle line the way Nagash is positioned to.
He lands alongside a couple of Lords the community has already stress-tested for years. Kroak of the Lizardmen has long been considered one of the strongest Lords in Immortal Empires thanks to his enormous magic phase and Slann-tier spellcasting, and Settra the Imperishable of the Tomb Kings is routinely cited as one of the best all-around campaign-and-battle Lords in the game, combining strong leadership auras with a resilient, low-upkeep Tomb Kings economy. Nagash slots comfortably into that company.
A-Tier: The Glottkin, Neferata, and Alarielle
The Glottkin – three Nurgle-tainted brothers fused into one lumbering horror – anchors a new Chaos army built around melee attrition rather than magic burst. Nurgle’s rot mechanics let a Glottkin army wear down healthier enemy forces over a siege or a long field battle, and the faction’s inherent tankiness means it can absorb losses that would cripple a more fragile roster. It is not the flashiest playstyle, but it is consistently effective, and it should make The Glottkin one of the more reliable melee-focused Lords in the new lineup.
Neferata, arriving free for every owner as “the first vampire ever sired,” benefits directly from the accompanying Vampire Counts rework aimed at revitalising the dark lords of Sylvania. A stronger Vampire Counts economy and growth curve means Neferata should be able to snowball faster than the faction previously could, even though her own combat kit is more about board control and attrition than raw magic power. She is well worth building around once the rework lands.
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B-Tier: Grey Seer Thanquol and Boris Todbringer
Grey Seer Thanquol brings Clan Scruff’s chaotic Skaven playstyle to the front, and on paper it is a strong economic engine – Skaven factions generate income and units quickly, and Thanquol’s own skirmish-and-sabotage toolkit fits that identity well. The catch is durability: Skaven armies are famously fragile compared to Empire steel or Undead bone, and a Thanquol campaign lives or dies on outmaneuvering the enemy rather than trading blows directly. High ceiling, but it demands a sharper hand than most of the other new Lords.
Boris Todbringer, the Elector Count of Middenland, rounds out the new additions as a solid, dependable all-rounder. His Empire gunline army benefits from strong artillery and disciplined infantry, and he should be a perfectly serviceable Lord for players who want straightforward, no-surprises campaigns. He simply does not bring the standout mechanic that Nagash, The Glottkin, or Neferata do, which keeps him a tier below the rest of the new lineup rather than a weak pick outright.
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