How far can a shield wall-only warband go in Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord? Follow-up to the archer-only run from last time.
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"a massive host of mounted archers in a completely open field, not realistic at all" *The Mongol horde would like to know your location*
Marcus Licinius Crassus: "I dont want to say my shield wall lost against the parthians but..."
@@mrcopycat2355 Also Crassus: "Gold, yummy for my tumtum."
A huge horde of horse archers is how most of my play throughs turn out. It's so easy to get a small band of early horse archers and just hunt looters, then bands of imperials. It's a snowball effect once you get a good amount of men to win battles and take war horses to turn into more men.
All hail the green reptile, for he blessed us again with a video one will take upon his soul with joy and gratitude.
@@mrcopycat2355 Was totally gonna say this lol
"The best offense is a good defense" The better saying. - Primarch Rogal Dorn
Obligatory read it in TTS voice comment
“I am fully capable of “the laughter.” Lord Adorable.
I will fortify this comment🛡
I suspect he may have been high on narcotics.
Jan Hus would absolutly agree with this statement :D
mounted archers are indeed the strongest, the only trouble is the amount of carrots you need to field such an army
All crossbowmen will kill it.
Yeah, the desert factions almost always have most of their kingdom intact and win most AI vs AI/sim battles if it's equal and if it's 50-100 against their favor. The horse archers need a nerf.
Gotta wonder what the ideal counter to horse archers is. Catapults? Ranged siege weapons of some sort? Unsure on this.
But they suck at siege
@@danielharvison7510 Crossbowmen, just do a tight circle formation and with the high armor and fast missile speed they will shred horse archers.
3:51 On the contrary, you don't want shieldbearers with large hearts. Large hearts are easier to stab; the ones who survived multiple stabbings directly to the chest surely had smaller hearts and therefore greater survivability. 4:20 That's a partially-shaven Penn Jilette
“There is nothing like fighting in a grim medival warfare knowing you will be reincarnated and wont suffer any consequances.” - Isekai Protagnists
Ambiguous, have you ever thought of surviving a rimworld using beer as the only source of food? veeque did it, but he started with 1 colonist, which is a lot less micromanagement than 3 constantly starving alcoholics...
sounds like a perfect idea
Ah, yes. My life. I am familiar with the concept.
If you kept the army in square formation while the mounted archers shot their arrows, they would be protected from behind. And once the archers were out of ammo, they charge in and meet their fate. That's how you play that
but single shield wall.. 😂
@@LuisJimenez-wb5qn But if they are in square formation, wouldn't they be a shield fort?
@@Tofu-4-You nononono, you're looking at it wrong. Its four shield walls in varying directions.
Unless the projectiles arc over and the hit the men at the back who are facing the other way. It would work if you were positioned on the top of a hill and the enemy had to shoot upwards at a steep incline. However, I'm not sure how realistic the kinematics is in this video game
@@richardjbarlow You can arc arrows not sure if the AI would do it
12:40 Crassus lost the battle of Carrhae in 53bc by marching his heavy infantry into the desert of syria and being surrounded by mounted Scythian archers who shot at his army until darkness fell and the few remaining Romans could retreat.
*Parthians. Also the vast majority of deaths happened during the retreat and separation of the army. The Parthians also had unusually good logistics in that encounter and had many more arrows than most other armies would carry. At the end of the day, Roman armies survived often enough to sack the Parthian and Sassanid capitals numerous times.
One of the best mods I’ve gotten for Bannerlord is overhead shield mod. It makes it to where the ai will actually make a shield wall and the back row of the was will raise their shields in the air to protect their heada
Mod name please?
@@camramaster it’s just called overhead shieldwall you can find it on nexus
While I enjoyed the challenge, the delivery, presentation and story narrative is what made the video so awesome and mesmerizing =) You have an amazing voice and a nice touch at story telling. Will be interesting to watch more of your stuff. I hope this comment made your day just a little better, just as your video did to me !
Let's hope he hearts this!
You should watch the Torsolo saga ;)
Ay, I right!
literally he is my fav youtuber now because of that chadly voice
It's really what makes him such a good creator. I fell in love with Rimworld because of his earlier videos(naked brutality series'), thinking most rimworld creators' make such boring content, only playing the game rather disinterestedly. His wasn't about the game but rather the delivery and narrative ability being supplemented by the game.
I would love to see only two handed build considering that they won’t have shields for defense I wonder how it would go
Sieges would be like d day
Based on my main character, fucking awful. Shields are broken. I have over 150 two-handed and I've actually never broken a shield. Honestly, my main tactic is rushing on my horse, turning as much of their army around to face me at the backline, and my vast archer squadron severs spines from 50-100 meters while I kill like eight guys without shields. Out of 100.
@@jakeking974 well, make it 330, grab an axe and some perks, and see what happens
@@jakeking974 try sturgian line breakers...giga chads
@@jakeking974 keep at it man. With a 2 handed axe and on horse I can smash through a shied AND kill the user in 1 pass. Not every time but often enough to make it very satisfying. The perks help
I watch AA's videos in the shower so I can appreciate his philosophical ramblings all the more.
@👇Not RickRoII 🤣 damit
name the kingy king by his full name
Saaaame
I'm also in the shower
Absolutely amazing game, so glad you uploaded this! Hope to see more bannerlord!
@👇Not RickRoII 🤣 Ah god the spammers are on AA videos now? Don't click that link guys, especially with all the IP grabbers.
@@SantaClaus-kk8zr These fucks are everywhere. yt sucks more and more.
Hope is fading.
@@jenniferbenson1059 why
I tried a horse archer run a while ago.. you can just run around the enemy in circles and shoot them, as long as you take out the enemy cavalry first. Then when you are out of arrows simply retreat and re-engage and you'll magically have arrows again 😂 this way it's possible to take out an enemy several times the size of yours with minimal losses, as long as you have the patience to run in circles for hours 🤣
The Golden Horde of the Mongols.
I laughed a bit when he said "not realistic at all" to the open field and horse archer thing. It's kinda what, at least on a military level, hard stalled the Romans and their identical tactics.
that only works on the easiest difficulty levels. On harder difficulty and realistic damage you will be one shot off your horse quickly.
My Bannerlord successes are as follows: becoming a sell-sword under a king then proceed to raid every enemy village you can safely, if your king calls for peace, leave them without punishment and go work for basically anyone who is at war. Repeat this until your army has bathed this the blood of the unwashed masses and become elite monstrosities to unleash upon your foe. Then start a siege with your enemy, be the only one group to show up because it's in the middle of nowhere, take the castle, declare yourself king of your new nation, and unleash your killsquad on every enemy that gets between you and kicking God's ass.
Finally, someone who know how to properly play the game
@@Wyndser Funny, I didn't see the part where you become a salt merchant or the part where you only recruit looters and roleplay as cavemen.
That was my strategy in Warband, just replace the last part with "every single faction declares war on you at once"
That's a good strategy but my personal favorite is to strategically ally and marry into the most powerful families of a kingdom. When I have sufficient support and influence I call the current leader to my army. We have a good time, fight some enemies, you know the deal and then suddenly the king is dead. As my javelin pierced their skull the fate of the kingdom was sealed. In the elections all the influential families back me and I am declared their leader. After this I peel back their rights and strengthen my own, creating something akin to an absolute monarchy. All will kneel before the Javelin Emperor!
@@apotato6278 and so you dissolve the senate into the first galactic empire!
Today AA finds out why the Phalanx went out of style We're graced by his ever-expanding knowledge of ancient tactics gone awry
testudo
Mongol moment
True, my bad
And this video, my friends, is a great example of why Rome was so effective with its infantry...except for against Parthia. We don't talk about Parthia in Rome.
"Tis but a scratch, m'lord, tis a butt scratch" tis content of pure gold
I'm sorry, "he had the oily sheen of an adult film star" was just, amazing.
"Tis but a scratch m'lord. Tis a butt scratch!" "Liam Arrow-to-the-knee-son" This man is the greatest linguist in the known world. Mad props to the Amphibian.
I actually did this in my latest campaign. Sturgia shield wall. Works! I usually split troops into two or three when going into battle. Then surround the enemy :) Well, I guess I don't always use shield wall formation though. But infantry only.
Man, that oil-sheened Emperor Garius is for sure going to haunt my -drea- _nightmares._
Your best bet with a shield heavy army is the square formation, just letting the Archer Cav. waste their ammo on your shields. Still may not win, but it would be your best bet in this scenario.
Square and you hug some corner of the map. Since HA likes to run around you if you hug a corner it fucks with their pathfinding. Rocky hills and dense forests also help. Man i rly hate fighting the horse horde.
This man entertains all the questions I have never asked about a game I've never played and I absolutely love it.
0:43 I GET THAT REFERENCE! I've read Beowulf way more than I realistically should have.
"A massive shield wall can only be defeated by a horde of horse archers in a clear field, not realistic" gengis khan and Attila the hun would love to know where you got this information
"Shield walls are good but F1 F3 is supreme" Sun Tzu The Art of War 1943
There has never been a more perfect banner in the history of that game.
"Liam Arrow to the Neason" A true warrior
11:46 This guy's just like "What's the point of even trying...?"
Liam arrow to the kneeson. Im stealing this. And im not sorry.
It's great to see some of the big-boy content creators venture into Bannerlord! Well done with the story telling as always, you're a master of your craft :D
Every video of you that I watch, a piece of my depression goes away
What helps me most are his VOD Rimworld videos, they inspire me to finally tidy up my apartment
@👇Not RickRoII 🤣 IP grabber lmao, don't click.
@@SantaClaus-kk8zr you can grab my ip 😉
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Beautiful.
"The best defense is a good offense." - Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, late M41(?)
"Wall means... wall means a lot" Probably the least eloquent phrasing from AA I've heard in a long time, and finally something that the common man, one such as myself, can attempt to mimic.
loved it man! you are one of the only content creators i genuinely find funny. would love to see more rimworld playthroughs if you felt up for it
Delightful writing as always AA. Well done
this video isn’t your greatest example, but recently finding your channel has single handedly rekindled my love of reading, beautifully crafted walls of words, as well as philosophy. I woke up this morning and just wanted to thank you for that
The Narration and writing is ace here. Got me lolling.
Liam 'arrow to the' Kneeson, is absolutely hilarious!
Nice to see something a bit new. I do love your edited content.
You always seem to post a video for the game I'm playing at the moment. Great content as always.
Lmao your voice, sarcasm, and quirky jokes made me literally laugh all the way through the vid. Very funny dry humor, loved it
Ha! YOU play this one too! That is great! 4:18 Your description of Garios is perfect!
Even though I didn't know about the game, I enjoyed the video because of your great narration!
"I really kicked the candy out of those people" is one of those magical lines I wish I could pull off but probably only works with your delivery and voice.
Bro you know your niche and you play it hard. Less than a minute in and I'm hooked.
your comedic timing is amazing
I can’t stop watching this video over and over again.
The "camera angles" and editing in this epic would make Cecil B. DeMille proud! Really an interesting way to play the game.
That "Hello" at the beginning just gets me in the feels.
This video, somehow, taught me more about how to play this game than several hour long guides I've watched. Thanks.
I love the way you said Hello at the beginning
Imagine actually sticking any projectiles that got into your shield to it as an additional line of defense
Until someone with the throwing perk that turns javelins in ballista bolts rendering shields useless
Would love more bannerlords vids lol such an amazing game
He played Dorn, I respect that.
Oh yes, the best part of any the ambigousamphibian video. The tentative "hello?"
There's something funny about that goofy sarcastic intonation. I like it.
I'm glad you put an arrow up to show me where the grass was. Thanks.
Yours and the Spiffing Brit are probably my two favorite KZhead game content creator! Pushing the envelope and making strange challenge videos with absolutely brilliant commentary! Edit:please never change
Glad you are playing this again
Kingdom of the Nords in a nutshell
Mistaken, you are, my son. Shield castle is closer to the accuracy
I've been doing a Zulu play through with shield and spear only, been super fun. Only armour allowed is the jag pelt. Great video
Laught right from the 1st minute till the end :D
A masterful narrative. I hope one day I too can narrate this movingly.
You could play absolutely anything and I would love watching it.
Tyvm good sir! This video was like listening to an audio book. I actually coulda listened to more! Guess the next video will have to do.
'Liam to the Kneeson' got me too good!
2:05 Nice.. 2:31 A commentary on modern geopolitics spliced in, nice. 4:49 Again, it just doesnt end with the current-events parallels. Loving it.
I was in the middle of taking a drink when you dropped the 'poop in your cereal' and nearly shot it out my nose. Thanks, AA. lol
I loved it start to finish!
I love that the Arrow to the Knee meme has recovered and is hobbling around the internet again.
"There's nothing like being able to participate in grim, spectacular medieval warfare, knowing that you'll be reincarnated afterward and suffer no physical consequences"
I almost spit my food out several times laughing at this.
The last bit made my brain conjure laughing Mongolian riding archers, 10/10 for historical communion.
You'll be at a million subs in no time, also great content.
‘Hither to that day I had been Shield Sheafson, but they might as well have called me Liam Arrow-to-the-Neeson’ is possibly the funniest joke I’ve ever heard on KZhead
Okay 'Liam Arrow To The Kneeson' absolutely got me
gonna have to revisit this game its been awhile. Keep up the good content as always good sir
Love your videos, you always sound like your on the verge of laughing as you describe your countless hours of agony for our entertainment.
That was the funniest and most painful HELLO i've heard in the beginning EVER!
"I used to be a warrior like you. Until i took a arrow to the knee." 5:37
Loved the Bannerlord content!
Your dry humor is the best.
Ambiguous: "I'm going to build a wall!" Me: [ checks upload date in nervous chuckles ] 👀💧
This is such a brilliant and funny video, I subscribed immediately
i feel like you and thespiffingbrit would make great content together haha keep it up bruh love ya stuff
It blows me away with the amount of hours/days it takes you to do one video plus the commentary! Gadamn you work your ass off for us peasants pining for your content.
All hail the green reptile, for he blessed us again with a video one will take upon his soul with joy and gratitude.
Top Teir commentary in this one my man love it.
Do more of these that was very well done 👍
Shield wall < Elephants Shield wall < siege equipment
Your point being?
How the heck do you come up with this narration? It's literally the best piece of literature I have ever heard!
Alternate title *AA discovers why Alexander was so great*
"The chad looks and the oily sheen of an adult film star" lmao I died
"They could call me Liam Arrow to the Neeson". That line was perfect.
I didn't expect you to make a video on this game, nice
I remember when you didn’t have too many survivors man, your channel has grown over the years. Content is as good as always 💯
“Wall means a lot.” That’s the most inspiring thing I’ve ever heard.