Cavalry (Noble Riders are preferred) will try to sneakily advance to the rear of the enemy formation if possible or be placed in ambush somewhere close. On the other hand, if the enemy has tough troops, I'll use skirmish tactics and split my force into three or more parts, each having a contingent of longbows, spears and club/berserker troops. While archers fire in melee flanks or into the rear middle archers, my cavalry will engage the enemy's ranged units on his flank and move down the enemy's ranged line until they're all routed.īy this point the berserkers and bloodsworn will have routed the flanks and will be swinging round to engage the tougher troops and the general while the center of my line advances forward.Ĭavalry will start chasing routers now and then it's a matter of micromanagement to kill off every single last stinking Celt on the field. Noble Riders have more durability and can stand up to infantry for a limited period, so they don't need to be micromanaged too much, but Scout Riders can still do this. Ideally Noble Riders should be used, but Scout Riders are fine for this job as well. Once battle is joined in earnest I'll focus on letting the melee troops duke it out while my archers pin their ranged units in the rear middle of the formation. I will use the longbow hunters either in front of my flanking melee troops or on the left and right of the whole formation, to fire into the flanks of the enemy's melee troops to soften them up for my flanking melee troops or to provide support if the enemy has a lot of melee troops and I have to do a frontal assault with my bloodsworn/berserkers. I'll have Wodanaz Spears or Sword Masters in the middle that will take the brunt of the enemy damage, Spear Brothers on either side of the tough middle and then club levies/bloodsworn or berserkers on either side of them. If the enemy has units that will rout easily I generally abandon the idea of the skirmish and charge in fast with my infantry. My favourite strategy is with the Suebi, and it's the concept of the skirmish and the short violent brawl that causes a quick rout.

What is your favourite tactic/strategy and which units do you use to achieve it? What is your second favourite tactic?ĭo you prefer conventional battles with clearly defined lines or less organized and more violent skirmishing and charging? Do you use cavalry much? Which units do you use to flank? How do you use ranged units? Are you defensive or offensive? Etc. 2K A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia.844 A Total War Saga: Fall of the Samurai.

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