At a glance
- Type
- Hero type
- Battlefield role
- Melee support hero
- Content pack
- Total War: Warhammer III (base game)
- Race
- Kislev
Availability
Content pack: Total War: Warhammer III (base game). Immortal Empires ownership
- Kislev hero type; recruit through a settlement with the appropriate Orthodoxy building and available hero capacity.
- Part of the Total War: Warhammer III base-game Kislev roster. Recruitment follows the selected faction’s buildings, capacity and campaign access.
Recruiting a Patriarch
Use Kislev's hero recruitment panel and the Orthodoxy building chain to add a Patriarch. A military province can supply troops without supplying every hero type, so inspect the building's hero unlock and capacity effects when planning recruitment.
Patriarchs are ordinary heroes with individual names and development. Kostaltyn is a Legendary Lord associated with the Great Orthodoxy; recruiting a Patriarch does not add Kostaltyn or begin another faction's campaign.
Supporting the line
Keep the Patriarch near troops that will benefit from his battle hymns. His role is to help a formation continue fighting, making him a natural companion to infantry holding an important position.
Move him with the line and watch where his support is needed. An isolated hero engaged far from the army cannot help the troops he left behind. Pair the support role with a clear source of damage from your soldiers, cavalry or magic.
Patriarch or Frost Maiden?
A Frost Maiden supplies conventional spellcasting through Ice or Tempest. A Patriarch supplies religious support. The two roles can work together, but they answer different needs when an army has limited space and resources.
Katarin already provides Ice magic. A Patriarch can support her troops while she casts, and a second magic hero can be chosen when another lore or casting role is useful.
Faith and provincial Devotion
Patriarchs embody the Great Orthodoxy within Kislev's armies. Campaign support for the Orthodoxy and the provincial Devotion system are separate from the hymns you activate in battle; develop each for the task it serves.
Kostaltyn brings a religious support leader, whereas Katarin, Boris and Ostankya ask a supporting Patriarch to work beside different kinds of commander. Keep the priest with troops that can benefit from his presence, with a caster or cavalry unit covering needs his hymns cannot solve.
Sources
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — SEGA Support — support.sega.com
- Patch Notes 6.1 — Creative Assembly — community.creative-assembly.com