*Hey guys. I just wanted to let you know that I am taking today off, so I will NOT have a video for tomorrow. I spent all day yesterday working on this video, so I need a little break. The good news is that Paladin, Synn, and Kuro have sent me a lot of new scenarios for third age total war :D. Get ready for my epic battle :D Thanks for watching guys and have a great rest of the weekend!* -PA
Pixelated Apollo hey apollo great battle once again my friend just keep doing third age or third age reforge and the seven kingdom's mod and are u hyped about rise of mordor im so ready i can't wait anymore i love lord of the rings For GONDOR!!! :)
Pixelated Apollo Now we only need a warhammer fantasy black fire pass battle ( with the beggining of the end times submod) though this one was excellent
Pixelated Apollo Because in this exact moment call of warhamer is better than TWW, but with the expansions in the future TWW will probably become better
Only got back into tatw couple months ago been running some great fun campaigns... what a game!! Discovered your channel and have been loving watching the masters at work, your commentary is great keep it up! Best TW gameplay channel on youtube!
Seriously one of the best battles on your channel. Even though it wasn't close, there was action all over the place. That one really caught the spirit of Third Age! Well done to all who have participated in and around this battle.
The intro and the cinematic shot in the middle of the battle was breathtaking. The commentary plus the cinematics is like butter and toast, really brings the whole channel together I think. So glad I found your channel 😁
The catapult was not too much. Don't get me wrong, it kicked serious orc arse. But Isenguard placed their mine at the wrong spot. If they had done it further away from the keep then they could have sent infantry up the wall and into the 2nd layer walls through a door connecting the outer wall to the 2nd layer wall. This would have circumvented the giant choke point that let the Catepult just clean house. Yes they would still have taken massive arrow fire but that would have been better than the 100+ kills each shot from the catepult. That and the pikemen that were guarding the breach from the cav were not in pike formation so they lost a lot of their defensive power.
I shall do a mark2 version of this..with no catapault and add some ballista and more armoured uruks to the middle army..to please those who like the full challenge and include in synn/kuros new mod for there release :D
you know what I realised other than this battle series is awesome. is that Théoden is worse than denethor because Théoden armed children with pitchforks. while denethor though mad only used real soldiers and not kids.
Madman Loves Power To be fair, they might have died anyways when they busted through the keep. And if things were really life or death bad, Theoden should have armed everyone he could until there were no swords left.
This was a very fun battle. At one point, I thought we (The defenders) were gonna lose. But thanks to the cavalry, we destroyed that mistake of an army! #Aragorn4President
*Playing Lego Lord of the Rings while watching. On level where Ents attack Isengard.* "Meanwhile, Isengard is being destroyed by Ents." Me: How... how did you know!?
I know there weren't any catapults in the actual siege of Helm's Deep, but this gives an idea of how a few hundred peasants could hold against 10,000 uruk-hai in Helms Deep. Even with the giant hole in the wall, it provides a lot of defence and choke points. Nice vid.
You make my day again ! Thank you Apollo for your work ! Every day during my lunchbreak I use to watch your videos, its really raise my mood for the rest on the day ! Great intro ! Great battle ! Great comments !!!
The weird thing about this movie's battles that before the battle begins, they showed Urk-HI's whole army and the army was only a pikeman army but when the battle begins, you only see Footmen.
It is possible for them to climb the ladder with one hand and the other with the pike or they could put the pikes on they're pikes and also back to the original question not all of them had pikes in the movie there were some with crossbows the mine and the shield but mostly pikes i guess or all the pikeman died
I loved the intro really much Pixi,nice work :D Sadly it was a unbalanced battle :( I mean without the catapult (like you said Pixi) and the Elves (except Legolas Unit) it would have been perfect ^^ But to conclude I enjoyed the battle and can't wait for the next one :) (Thanks to Paladinbob and the others for the scenario!)
correct, Apollo why are you spoiling us too much, I mean, I'm not complaining that your content is too good for my eyes(which it is) but this is getting ridiculous jk man keep up the amazing work
"look to my coming at first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east" thats the quote. i would have prefered if you used that but otherwise amazing work! i love how much effort you put into the editing it makes it all worth it
I think there are several hundred thousand people geeking out over this, I know I was one of them. This scenario is so epic, props to Paladinbob. Thanks so much for doing this battle, you are an inspiration to so many people, I found out about Total war thanks to you. (The first one of your videos I saw was your super close 2v4 10,000 knight siege with the Ryianking) Your channel is super epic and I'm sure that there are thousands of people aspiring to total war channels like yours. Thank you.
I thought you were gonna upload napoleon total war today so I was like I'm not even gonna bother to watch it (not my favorite), but then third age was on and I'm in 😍 with u oh pixey poo!!!!
Never understood why people blob so much with a catapult in front of them.Also why send all your pikemen inside and let all your normal infantry out to get charged by this many cavalry?For cinematic purpose perhaps?Or a rule that didnt allow Isengard to sent pikemen outside to face the cav?Cause otherwise thats was a horribly poor decision.Anyway i didnt think that the scenario ever looked winnable for Isengard.
True the catapults were (my opinion after seeing the fight) too much. And 5.000 men and elves vs 10.000 uruk hai.... Seems a bit many, only 1 to 2 outnumbered
This is easily one of my favourites, it was played so well and I love the added units behind the wall and the way the arrows are flying in all directions. The catapult sure did well. Fantastic stuff!
Isengard need a lot more Pikemen to stand a chance against all that cav Catapult was really unnecessary Great editing by Apollo unfortunately the battle wasnt very close
Vincent Crabbe you kidding? that Catapult was the only thing that kept them from losing before the cav got there, and if the other players hand played smart (at the cost of a cinematic shot) could have greatly nullified the impact of the cav
I love sitting outside in front of my property smoking a cig & watching these awesome total war videos (especially LOTR & GOT)! I got all the games & mods now after seeing how cool they are from ya!
i know the whole speech so here you go arise, arise riders of theoden! spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered a sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises! *spears go down* ride now, ride now! ride! ride for ruin and the worlds ending! death! DEATH! death! DEATH! DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
*Hey guys. I just wanted to let you know that I am taking today off, so I will NOT have a video for tomorrow. I spent all day yesterday working on this video, so I need a little break. The good news is that Paladin, Synn, and Kuro have sent me a lot of new scenarios for third age total war :D. Get ready for my epic battle :D Thanks for watching guys and have a great rest of the weekend!*
-PA
Pixelated Apollo np man take ur time
Pixelated Apollo how do you play online for medieval 2 total war
Pixelated Apollo Np Apollo if u need a break take a break
Yeah whatever u need
Pixelated Apollo hey apollo great battle once again my friend just keep doing third age or third age reforge and the seven kingdom's mod and are u hyped about rise of mordor im so ready i can't wait anymore i love lord of the rings For GONDOR!!! :)
I cried a little at that intro :'(
we can cry together bae
it was a LITTLE bit too dark.
Pixelated Apollo Why is Jackie Fish so cute eh?
Pixelated Apollo Now we only need a warhammer fantasy black fire pass battle ( with the beggining of the end times submod) though this one was excellent
Pixelated Apollo Because in this exact moment call of warhamer is better than TWW, but with the expansions in the future TWW will probably become better
"Is this all you can conjure Saruman... flying uruks?"
if you think about it, thats kinda terrifying
Pixelated Apollo you made me enjoy these games, youre awesome!!! Because of you i bought napoleon and shogun, and more Will come
Anything soldier glitching in real life, flying at you, will break morale.
LastMinute LastSecond LOLS
Sometimes I just go back and watch older uploads because they're a masterpiece
You're steping up the production quality appolo, i haven't finished watching the video, but i can tell that is a good one
Ricardo figueiredo same
Ricardo figueiredo have you finished it
Only got back into tatw couple months ago been running some great fun campaigns... what a game!! Discovered your channel and have been loving watching the masters at work, your commentary is great keep it up! Best TW gameplay channel on youtube!
mark C
so true. you are a great TATW youtuber Pixie!
mark C
mark C I agree dude
Awww the intro T^T
Yup. I've seen the Battle for Helm's Deep many times, but this tops the list. Incredible performance, well done to Apollo, Bob and all players.
Thanks man!
HappyMeal No problem, you absolute legend.
12:43
"We can see his unit right here doing well, fighting to the death."
*Unit is on second tier wall hiding like a bunch of cowardly elves*
Keep up with intros! It adds so much...*crying in the corner*
haha thanks man :D
KuroGuroChan yeah PA's intros' re so good:)
Pixelated Apollo can you do a 4v4 with your friends on your team and random players on the other team in any total war
KuroGuroChan kuro.. its me zebra tell bob to make this downloadable, thanks.
The grey area kk
The Horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep one last time!
Now for wrath! Now for ruin! And the Red DAWN!
when he said these brave peasants stand no chance against the Berserkers, it showed one peasant kill a Berserker
it doesn't get old to watch this battles again each from the begining.
These trailers are just getting better and better man!
they are
JVAAWESOME trailers?
he meant intro..
Hunter oh ok
wow i for sure thought this was a losing the battle still rewatcing this in 2023 one of my favorite helms deep recreations
2024 and third age is finally back 😢
Everytime that catapult fired , i smiled. God it is so satisfying
Seriously one of the best battles on your channel. Even though it wasn't close, there was action all over the place. That one really caught the spirit of Third Age! Well done to all who have participated in and around this battle.
And the award for most dramatic intro in a Total War video goes to...
Archon170 me!!
Jackie fish
Archon170 my mum
The intro and the cinematic shot in the middle of the battle was breathtaking. The commentary plus the cinematics is like butter and toast, really brings the whole channel together I think. So glad I found your channel 😁
The catapult was not too much. Don't get me wrong, it kicked serious orc arse. But Isenguard placed their mine at the wrong spot. If they had done it further away from the keep then they could have sent infantry up the wall and into the 2nd layer walls through a door connecting the outer wall to the 2nd layer wall. This would have circumvented the giant choke point that let the Catepult just clean house. Yes they would still have taken massive arrow fire but that would have been better than the 100+ kills each shot from the catepult.
That and the pikemen that were guarding the breach from the cav were not in pike formation so they lost a lot of their defensive power.
I shall do a mark2 version of this..with no catapault and add some ballista and more armoured uruks to the middle army..to please those who like the full challenge and include in synn/kuros new mod for there release :D
Youve written a bibke
I really apreciate how you take the time to make those cinematic bits along with the comentary, itmjust adds a lot to the experience.
Kep it up!
I remember that old video. This remake looks sick! Love all these custom scenarios! Nice job Paladin bob! Keep up the awesome videos Apollo!
[bows] my thax :D
paladinbob 123 Great work
Gj man. keep it up
you know what I realised other than this battle series is awesome. is that Théoden is worse than denethor because Théoden armed children with pitchforks. while denethor though mad only used real soldiers and not kids.
Madman Loves Power To be fair, they might have died anyways when they busted through the keep. And if things were really life or death bad, Theoden should have armed everyone he could until there were no swords left.
This was a very fun battle. At one point, I thought we (The defenders) were gonna lose. But thanks to the cavalry, we destroyed that mistake of an army! #Aragorn4President
Very nice replay again Pixie! And the cutscenes like gandalfs charge made it even more epic, than it already was. Nice job!
12:36 Hahaha resting with their blades on their shoulders is "fighting to the death." You crack me up, sir!
I like how calm sounding the music in the intro is! It's like, "Ho hum, off to war now."
That intro was so perfectly done... I almost felt emotion.
This. This is the reason you have the biggest and best TW channel in the world!
what music is it at the start of the video with the quotes.
Awesome battle! The way pixelated Apollo describes battles is nothing short of amazing! Keep it up
*Playing Lego Lord of the Rings while watching. On level where Ents attack Isengard.*
"Meanwhile, Isengard is being destroyed by Ents."
Me: How... how did you know!?
Your old helms deep video is my favorite one you've ever done. Thanks for delivering such a great one yet again.
Pixelated Apollo is the best UA-camr ever he uploads everyday and he cares about his subscribers you deserve a medal
thanks man! UA-cam gave me a silver play button, does that count as a metal? lol
Pixelated Apollo lol
Pixelated Apollo just subbed
But did you subscribe to PewDiePie?
Keep doing the cut-scenes! The inro is awesome and the arrival of the reinforcements really really add to the experience! Loving it!!
To your plenty of kills to go around pix,
"May the best Dwarf win!"
I know there weren't any catapults in the actual siege of Helm's Deep, but this gives an idea of how a few hundred peasants could hold against 10,000 uruk-hai in Helms Deep. Even with the giant hole in the wall, it provides a lot of defence and choke points.
Nice vid.
Epic battle this is how all scenarios should be set up.
Apollo: "This would be terrifying."
Aragorn: "I do not fear death."
What about a rematch of the five armies with the sub mod
Yeah , it will be very interesting :D
gotta wait for the wargoats to be finished... ^^
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Synn of the Dark Cloud Please no, as a fan of the lore it will give me severe heart problems.
Synn of the DarkCloud ooooooohw HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE
You make my day again ! Thank you Apollo for your work !
Every day during my lunchbreak I use to watch your videos, its really raise my mood for the rest on the day !
Great intro ! Great battle ! Great comments !!!
The weird thing about this movie's battles that before the battle begins, they showed Urk-HI's whole army and the army was only a pikeman army but when the battle begins, you only see Footmen.
KingLoveTubes Yup thats True. .. very akward
KingLoveTubes Yup thats True. .. very akward
KingLoveTubes well i mean they could've did the things like the spartans did tho
How they could climb up a ladder with pikes in thier hands? :v
It is possible for them to climb the ladder with one hand and the other with the pike or they could put the pikes on they're pikes and also back to the original question not all of them had pikes in the movie there were some with crossbows the mine and the shield but mostly pikes i guess or all the pikeman died
The battle of Helms Deep is just as perfect as the movie Apollo you did a great job you made the defenders of Helms Deep very proud good on you.
OMG what a great intros hands down keep up the great work👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
I loved the intro really much Pixi,nice work :D
Sadly it was a unbalanced battle :(
I mean without the catapult (like you said Pixi) and the Elves (except Legolas Unit) it would have been perfect ^^
But to conclude I enjoyed the battle and can't wait for the next one :)
(Thanks to Paladinbob and the others for the scenario!)
"oh look what it is,
*Gandalf* ."
Omg this is one of the better scenario i've seen on your channel, i loved it !!! The horses charge
MAN A THIRD AGE TOTAL WAR BATTLE!!! And a HELMS DEEP FIGHT!!!! Man apollo u spoil us too much now!!!!!!!
Hey chewie my man
Hey man!
correct, Apollo why are you spoiling us too much, I mean, I'm not complaining that your content is too good for my eyes(which it is) but this is getting ridiculous
jk man keep up the amazing work
SamCortez ahahah lol 😂👌
"look to my coming at first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east" thats the quote. i would have prefered if you used that but otherwise amazing work! i love how much effort you put into the editing it makes it all worth it
Damn it all comments are grate and supportive this show the level of quality in your content pixi
I never realized how amazing the Rohirrim cav were
a battle so good, you have to smoke a cigarette after!
The original battle of helms deep was the very first video i watched on your channel. Keep up the good work man!!!
what could i say .....i have no words....APOLLO YOU ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD......
let this be the hour that we draw swords together
Your an amazing you tuber and I hope you carry on until you die. Keep up the good work
This is such a nice yet weird comment.
I think there are several hundred thousand people geeking out over this, I know I was one of them.
This scenario is so epic, props to Paladinbob.
Thanks so much for doing this battle, you are an inspiration to so many people, I found out about Total war thanks to you. (The first one of your videos I saw was your super close 2v4 10,000 knight siege with the Ryianking)
Your channel is super epic and I'm sure that there are thousands of people aspiring to total war channels like yours.
Thank you.
I thought you were gonna upload napoleon total war today so I was like I'm not even gonna bother to watch it (not my favorite), but then third age was on and I'm in 😍 with u oh pixey poo!!!!
Helms Deep never gets old
Never understood why people blob so much with a catapult in front of them.Also why send all your pikemen inside and let all your normal infantry out to get charged by this many cavalry?For cinematic purpose perhaps?Or a rule that didnt allow Isengard to sent pikemen outside to face the cav?Cause otherwise thats was a horribly poor decision.Anyway i didnt think that the scenario ever looked winnable for Isengard.
Agreed they definetely underestimated the power of Rohans cav. They crushed all the outside infantry in mere minutes...
Gary Oak after charge they had(/have) ._. took out ~16% of Isengard
True the catapults were (my opinion after seeing the fight) too much. And 5.000 men and elves vs 10.000 uruk hai.... Seems a bit many, only 1 to 2 outnumbered
This is easily one of my favourites, it was played so well and I love the added units behind the wall and the way the arrows are flying in all directions. The catapult sure did well. Fantastic stuff!
It might be 11:51pm here and i have classes tomorrow but im still gonna watch this until the very end
Jacob Lo amen brother. Remember you know more history than they do now.
Jesus Christ that intro was amazing! If not you Apollo, then massive props to whoever did do it!
Theoden king stands alone...
Not alone! 💪
ROHIRRIM!!!! *a line of horses shows up*
Eomir...
atreides213 éomer
TO THE KING!!!!!
That was one hell of a battle
intro made me think of the destruction of arnor
you and paladin Bob have outdone yourselves.. I watched this with my wife and we love it
Now we need the battle of Minas Tirith.
That was genuinely the best intro to any video I've ever seen in my entire life
Isengard need a lot more Pikemen to stand a chance against all that cav
Catapult was really unnecessary
Great editing by Apollo unfortunately the battle wasnt very close
Vincent Crabbe you kidding? that Catapult was the only thing that kept them from losing before the cav got there, and if the other players hand played smart (at the cost of a cinematic shot) could have greatly nullified the impact of the cav
animewarrior3 True!
I love sitting outside in front of my property smoking a cig & watching these awesome total war videos (especially LOTR & GOT)! I got all the games & mods now after seeing how cool they are from ya!
Im so happy TEN THOUSAND STRONG! *wipes wormtongue tear off my cheek*
absolutely amazing video and siege! man loved every minute! also i love all the editing you put into this! thank you for all the amazing content !!
i obviously didn't cry pffttt... :,( Would love to see minas tirith redone!!!
best helmsdeep battle on youtube and the best tatw youtuber. love you man keep up the wars
So b-e-a-utiful, but it makes me really want to see a new Lord of the rings film
Your videos have re-awoken the inner nerd in me, and I fucking love it haha, keep up the good work!
Defenders finally won. :)
That intro is why I love this channel. Apollo, you sure know how to put on a show.
At dawn look at the east!! Dope
I like this scenario a bit more than the previous one! Thanks for giving us another awesome battle!
your a great inspiration
Utiplayer thanks man
Pixelated Apollo can you do a battle like this for battle of the five armies
Mai Mai he did
Mai Mai he already did one
What an intro 🥲🤧❤
Been a while since I've watched why did I stop D:
Napoleon Bonaparte.
I think the cavalry charge in this one got me more hyped than the one in your Minas Tirith video! Keep up the awesome work.
Could we see the siege of erebor/dale?
Bradon Smith I did a siege of dale not to long ago
Pixelated Apollo I think he meant the historical one, with Dale retreating to Erebor because of the easterling's army overwelming them.
Bradon Smith yes!!
Bradon Smith there is a siege of Dale
Bradon Smith we already have seen 2 sieges of Dale and 2 sieges of Erebor
That intro was phenomenal bro!! Great job!! Keep up the hard work!!
one problem...it says historical?i guess for the movie? cause in the book there wer no eleves
yeah to the movie.
Pixelated Apollo the two handed weapons are called claymores
It kind of combines both the book and the film as there are no Dunlendings in the film and yet no elves in the book.
Eleves
OMG so epic battle,keep it!We want more of this!:D
I want to look at the coments before the battle but im afraid of spoilers...
i absolutly love the new intros that you do :))
For Helmingas!!!!
forth eorlingas!!!!!!
kasper valentijn Now for wrath, now for ruin!
i know the whole speech so here you go
arise, arise riders of theoden!
spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered
a sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
*spears go down*
ride now, ride now! ride! ride for ruin and the worlds ending!
death!
DEATH!
death!
DEATH!
DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
kasper valentijn Ride with me.... One last time!
kasper valentijn That's the speech at Mina's Tirith
Okay this has to be my favourite intro by far at the moment bloody amazing
can you shoot your own allies with arrows, by accident of course.
yes
Holy SHIT that introduction was awesome! Great job Pixie, my Sunday is made amazing once again!
Please make a video commentating with ur girlfriend :D
beautiful! the intro was so dope I'm geeking out bro. legit vid
Best one so far. Keep up the good work man and keep third ageing
Anyone can tell PA enjoys third age more than any other total war game. Just like most of us. Incredible video.
you nerded out so hard during this gameplay! I laughed so hard! love the vids bro!! keep it up!
I really like these new cinematic intro's, great job pixie
That intro was the most beautiful thing Apollo, thank you for it 😄 I subbed👍