Turn 6 is possible! I am very happy to show you a masterclass cheese fest. The key to shaving off one more turn from my previous 7 turn run is to attack Grimgore. For whatever reason, he is always chilling in Iron Rock on turn 6. Getting him to attack us in the underway allows us to confederate his faction. Then we are able to repeat the tactic using his second army stationed in Black Craig. We swap out Skarsnik, and employ some sneaky tactics to draw out the final battle to a victory.

Here are the exploits used:
1) Skarsnik has a special banner that grants any goblin unit the "Unbreakable" attribute. Add this to a stealthy unit like Nasty Skulkers and set the Battle timer to 20 minutes, and you got an unbeatable army.
2) Purchasing an early Confederation on turn 3 grants us a general in much closer proximity to Karak Eight Peaks.
3) Getting a confederation with the Greenskins and the Crooked Moon Mutinous Gits by beating their leader in the underway. These battles may be won by drastically inferior armies utilizing stealth tactics.
4) Normally, there is an element of luck when trying to get caught in the underway, however if you have another army laying siege to a settlement, you can use it to save the game and re-roll the RNG that determines if you will get caught in the underway. So you can force an underway interception if you do this: A) lay siege to save the game, B) attempt the underway interception, C) if successful then done, else reload and repeat steps A, B, and C.
5) In the final battle, the key to a reliable victory is to get two hidden units on either side of the enemy army. You can then force the army to walk back and forth by repeatedly revealing one unit on side A while hiding on side B. The army will advance toward side A. Then reverse this and hide the unit on side A and reveal the unit on side B. The entire army will about-face and advance in the other direction. The tricky thing about this in the underway maps is finding reliable hiding spots and getting a force behind the enemy army. For this reason I used "Large" rather than "Ultra" unit scale.

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