I know that issue where I would ask "where are my teammates" while being mauled by 3 heros, then when I die I see them literally meters away from me watching me die. The problem is this isn't a rare occurrence (literally happens every game). 80% of the time, people would rather watch you die than help you.
It's the worst when you're fighting as Defenders on the wall. And a poleaxe gets you, and you've got teammates within 3 frame distance from you, but they'll still just watch the Poleaxe do It's thing instead of staggering it. I don't care If you're 30% hp, I just need ya to stagger it for 1 second so I can roll out of the perma CC lock.... Or the worst players in the entire game. people who play ranged units, and stand next to them the entire match..... If you're not a Long bow, don't stand next to some ranged units entire match, you're needed at points... Better yet, don't ever play ranged units .-. They do no damage, ya get like 5 unit kills per minute of shooting. Opposed to a cav charge doing 50-100 unit kills in a single charge
Just getting into the game, started about 4-5 days ago and started out with the poleaxe which locked me into heavy armor for the time being so I'm about to swap to the longsword and try it :) seems like a good fit for the way I play. You earned yourself a new sub!
14:21 trying to get bodies on the point. I do that too sometimes. Also the shortbow with 13 kills probably barely took any damage and probably never stepped on a capture point. Shortbow are quite annoying but still hard to get mvp
I know how you feel about sally forth, but I find if you spec long sword differently you can actually deal massive amounts of damage with it, granted it seems more effective versus heros but I've had situations where i can take half the health of several heavy armor heros at the same time(or sometimes outright kill lightly armored heros)
I do not like Sally because the animation is long, is easily interrupted and I'm super vulnerable while carrying it out :/ If you really want heavy armor + damage, any other heavy class puts out better burst than LS, but if you want sustained DoT, LS is ya boi :)
@@KnightStalker the way I do it I feel I have the best of both worlds the sustain of a LS and the high damage and hero killing potential of other classes
Hey knight love your vids just wanted to ask what attributes you are now running after the new buff - do you still go max armour or do you recommend switching it up?
I do full Armor or full Toughness - I'm currently mixing it up, both feel very viable. I'm quite liking the meatball HP build that I haven't done in several seasons now and used to love so I am tilted toward that but I haven't made up my mind yet on which I like more.
Love Azaps haven't got the chance to unlock them yet but as a hired mercenary once and got my highest kills game which is around 330 unit kills they alone got like 140 kills
What I do is I used their charge since they have knockdown and shield lock while moving forward now, and then quickly cover comander to gain extra tankyness for a shortwhile , then do it a gain =))) They are like spartan with shield bash
Hey knight. Can you do video on the land sharks. I used them as a mercenary unit. And the charge is just filthy, and that is without the the completed top line which would make it much better. + It is 10 leadership less than the prefecture pikeman. I was able to trade full health unbraced palace guards for them with charge followed by bleed. Any specific reason for the prefecture pikeman vs land sharks in the video? As always loved the diversity of units in the video.
honestly your first death seems to be me every game, kda players who would rather only use units when they are about to die or it is a free kill on a hero
I generally don't lose many (if any) units as long as I have ranged support. Generally I pull my troops back to recover periodically, should I play more aggressively? I'm new to the game. I currently run a unit of Spears, a unit open at arms, and either pipes or guns as my third choice depending on the map and if I'm attacking or defending.
So the decision to regroup or keep pushing depends on what opportunities you see, and you have about 0.05 seconds to make those choices :) If you see potential for creating gaps, or just plain causing carnage, the pushing on and the loss of your troops may pay off, or it might not. With experience you'll begin to understand how the units interact a lot more and you'll start to understand what you stand to gain or lose from making these decisions. In lower levels of play it's almost always better to retain your units simply because the enemy aren't making smart or objective plays.
Working on Kriegs and Houndsman at the moment but I do have a few Shenji videos if you want to go back through the catalogue - and will def play them in future, they are certainly strong!
Settings are all fully at maximum, I use a venerable GF 1080Ti and have no issues with FPS. Computer itself is late model (last year) i7, 32 ram. It also has shiny lights which is totally the best part
I feel tankier than I used to. I have a bunch into health and armor, so it would be hard to take me down unless you could cc me into the ground and prevent me from using my heal ability.
@@KnightStalker Like, I had a group of 4 heros take multiple minutes out of their time to focus me down. They had me pinned and it took like 2 mins of them swinging to my trapped ass
Currently full toughness build because meatball likes the new heal mechanic! Early levels I think armor might be better because light units can't really get through it but up in the tiers deffo toughness
Lol longbow unit is fantastic I have to disagree it’s the best ranged units in the game bar none. Better than any t5 for sure , how do I know? I kill t5 ranged units with my long bows for breakfast lunch and dinner. Over 2k dmg, 2k ap, and 121 range. Bow down to the mighty long bow
Longsword does what it is supposed to do wich is: support Got healz, stun and can sustain somedamage. I wouldnt want LS to be OP like SS. SS have: slow, speed buff, stun, god mode on, charge, a MG42, a bazooca and sometimes an AC-130.
The answer is it depends. If they are set up as a shield wall or similar, the Keshigs will murder them every single time. In cover commander its a bit different and depends... The stun on the shield guard is not 100% proc rate, its somewhere around the 10% mark at a guess - so these stun strikes can stop a Keshig but if a lot of keshigs charge through you there are enough of them to hurt you badly. When not using the charge, the Keshigs struggle to harm this unit in cover commander, it will still hurt like hell but you are unlikely to suffer a full wipe.
@@KnightStalker i see thanks. Damn, shield wall life is sad. Either you will get run over by keshigs kids users or you'll get bombarded by altilery when setting up wall 😂
@@KnightStalker after watching this particular video I've switched from SS to LS but instead went 50/50 in both armor & toughness. Seems pretty fun for now. Thanks for inspiration! :)
Do not underrstimate the power of peasent pikes! I traded my demesne pikemen and pike militia for khesigs and their hero. 1 time i even killed a maul with my demesnes
@@KnightStalker I see, my friend accidentally found out about this , we are trying to test it out cuz it would be incredible for territory wars. Would love to see if you could try it.
I know that issue where I would ask "where are my teammates" while being mauled by 3 heros, then when I die I see them literally meters away from me watching me die. The problem is this isn't a rare occurrence (literally happens every game). 80% of the time, people would rather watch you die than help you.
This happens to me too :)
Sometimes that happens to me but I have a polearm too
You've discovered the life of a tank main.
It's the worst when you're fighting as Defenders on the wall.
And a poleaxe gets you, and you've got teammates within 3 frame distance from you, but they'll still just watch the Poleaxe do It's thing instead of staggering it.
I don't care If you're 30% hp, I just need ya to stagger it for 1 second so I can roll out of the perma CC lock....
Or the worst players in the entire game.
people who play ranged units, and stand next to them the entire match.....
If you're not a Long bow, don't stand next to some ranged units entire match, you're needed at points...
Better yet, don't ever play ranged units .-.
They do no damage, ya get like 5 unit kills per minute of shooting.
Opposed to a cav charge doing 50-100 unit kills in a single charge
Ok good solution is to run to them🤣 believe me they will have no choice but to fight when you bring the enemy to them
I've been using long sword since long time now and I enjoyed it , I really like tanking and supporting
Same! I love my shiny longsword
been playing long sword all week and it is so tanky it’s great just like every video on this channel keep it up 👍
Can tell you enjoyed this game xd
Oh man I was so pumped at the end of it!
Don't get many games that close! Glad I recorded it :)
Just getting into the game, started about 4-5 days ago and started out with the poleaxe which locked me into heavy armor for the time being so I'm about to swap to the longsword and try it :) seems like a good fit for the way I play. You earned yourself a new sub!
Thanks mate, hope you have been enjoying the longsword!
14:21 trying to get bodies on the point. I do that too sometimes. Also the shortbow with 13 kills probably barely took any damage and probably never stepped on a capture point. Shortbow are quite annoying but still hard to get mvp
Bodies on points wins games, hard to argue with that :)
Indeed it was EPIC my friend ... Great Game ... My favourite time at the end of the week end ... !
I was getting ridiculously excited - not many games get that close!
Amazing video bro wish I had allies like you ❤️ ❤️
Thanks mate :)
Glad you found it entertaining!
I know how you feel about sally forth, but I find if you spec long sword differently you can actually deal massive amounts of damage with it, granted it seems more effective versus heros but I've had situations where i can take half the health of several heavy armor heros at the same time(or sometimes outright kill lightly armored heros)
I do not like Sally because the animation is long, is easily interrupted and I'm super vulnerable while carrying it out :/
If you really want heavy armor + damage, any other heavy class puts out better burst than LS, but if you want sustained DoT, LS is ya boi :)
@@KnightStalker the way I do it I feel I have the best of both worlds the sustain of a LS and the high damage and hero killing potential of other classes
"Just how tough imperial speargaurds can be". -Iron Reapers"..."
Turns out... pretty tough!
This was probably the best game I’ve seen so far
This game was truly epic, not many end up like this!
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Hey knight love your vids just wanted to ask what attributes you are now running after the new buff - do you still go max armour or do you recommend switching it up?
I do full Armor or full Toughness - I'm currently mixing it up, both feel very viable. I'm quite liking the meatball HP build that I haven't done in several seasons now and used to love so I am tilted toward that but I haven't made up my mind yet on which I like more.
Oh and you should try to switch it up, try strength and agility too, they can be fun :)
16:20 has to be the happiest laughing I've heard in my life lol
Thats my happy murder voice :)
6:06 you can tell they are prefectures by the glow( only pike w a glow like that)
Ah yes! The death glow :D
Well done, sir. Well done.
Thanks Igor :)
Good advice
Hope it was helpful :)
I like to use the advance on the spear guard timing it with advance after. Imho its effective to help heroes and units to push into enemy lines
Yes indeed, anything that pushes out and gives lasting cover to heroes and units will always be an excellent start to a push :)
Finally brought in my prefecture pike boys, I love it!
Still not sure I'm a fan, but they are fun :)
@@KnightStalker yeah I can see why people don’t like them, just my go to T3. Love getting those lucky charges where I get multiple hero kills.
Love Azaps haven't got the chance to unlock them yet but as a hired mercenary once and got my highest kills game which is around 330 unit kills they alone got like 140 kills
that only works on low level for sure
Very brutal unit, often overlooked :)
@@KnightStalker Also you make me love playing long sword now, it such awesome tanky class with the supporting skills
Lol probably played against bots still
Perfecture pikemans are pretty powerful. Just had a game where i charged and killed 18 silahdars and a hero without taking any loses.
In a single charge??? Dude thats insane!
God I hate the tunnel push sometimes bc no one pushes out, they be to hesitant 😕
Life be like that sometimes :)
Tunnel trips are almost always one-way tickets anyway!
Love your helmet. Do you think we will ever be able to obtain that set again? Sadly I joined too late :(
The current system doesn't recycle them that far back, but there is always some hope. If they want to make some money they could put it up for sale :)
I usually use my unit to initiate a push. I will not get any kills but we will cap the point
Same, cuz i know my team wont go first. But then they still dont push and time runs out. Matchmaking been hard on me since the new season...
Somebody has to go first, but make sure there are people to follow up behind you and choose your timing well :)
@@KnightStalker i play with other people mostly and even with 5 people you can do alot
What I do is I used their charge since they have knockdown and shield lock while moving forward now, and then quickly cover comander to gain extra tankyness for a shortwhile , then do it a gain =))) They are like spartan with shield bash
I have just learned that the advance stuns heroes.... I think I feel like playing these for more murder :D
Hey knight. Can you do video on the land sharks. I used them as a mercenary unit. And the charge is just filthy, and that is without the the completed top line which would make it much better. + It is 10 leadership less than the prefecture pikeman. I was able to trade full health unbraced palace guards for them with charge followed by bleed. Any specific reason for the prefecture pikeman vs land sharks in the video? As always loved the diversity of units in the video.
They are an excellent unit, I use them a lot and they feature in my vids often!
Right now I'm working on a Kriegs vid, but they are on the list :)
Okay. Would love to see a kreigs video. Btw Evo just released a shark video.☺️
5:00 that's a too common happening in this game lol
Random matched be like :)
hello. damn what a match!
0 seconds on the clock makes for a good comeback :D
🔥🔥
What's the best shield unit atm? You still like stalwarts? :)
Stalwarts are about my least fav shield unit. Imperial Spears are my bois!
honestly your first death seems to be me every game, kda players who would rather only use units when they are about to die or it is a free kill on a hero
The scoreboard system encourages it, unfortunately
I generally don't lose many (if any) units as long as I have ranged support. Generally I pull my troops back to recover periodically, should I play more aggressively? I'm new to the game. I currently run a unit of Spears, a unit open at arms, and either pipes or guns as my third choice depending on the map and if I'm attacking or defending.
So the decision to regroup or keep pushing depends on what opportunities you see, and you have about 0.05 seconds to make those choices :)
If you see potential for creating gaps, or just plain causing carnage, the pushing on and the loss of your troops may pay off, or it might not.
With experience you'll begin to understand how the units interact a lot more and you'll start to understand what you stand to gain or lose from making these decisions. In lower levels of play it's almost always better to retain your units simply because the enemy aren't making smart or objective plays.
Can you play with the shenji+kreistgrat in other video pls . I think rifle units are devastating right now
Working on Kriegs and Houndsman at the moment but I do have a few Shenji videos if you want to go back through the catalogue - and will def play them in future, they are certainly strong!
@@KnightStalker THX
What computer and graphic settings do u have if I may ask
Because I bought new PC and fps are still shitty in this game ;/
Settings are all fully at maximum, I use a venerable GF 1080Ti and have no issues with FPS. Computer itself is late model (last year) i7, 32 ram. It also has shiny lights which is totally the best part
@@KnightStalker U have game on steam or mygames launcher?
@@KnightStalker and what i7 exactly if i may ask
AMD Ryzen 9 3950x 16/32 ~3.5GHz
Steam, Frontier
I feel tankier than I used to. I have a bunch into health and armor, so it would be hard to take me down unless you could cc me into the ground and prevent me from using my heal ability.
Yes indeed :)
So much tankier after the buff, but ut also makes shield bash a key skill, to shake off that CC!
@@KnightStalker Like, I had a group of 4 heros take multiple minutes out of their time to focus me down. They had me pinned and it took like 2 mins of them swinging to my trapped ass
Its awesome eh? I love LS :)
@@KnightStalker What other class has a heal aoe?
@@KnightStalker I currently run Martial prowess, with Valor, Mercy of heaven, and clash of shields. Its seems to work rather well for me.
What skills and attribute points do you run with Longsword?
Currently full toughness build because meatball likes the new heal mechanic!
Early levels I think armor might be better because light units can't really get through it but up in the tiers deffo toughness
I cant stop using reapers + madao + shenji for me best units
Those are some top shelf bois :)
Why did ur team not help u indeed. That shit happens to me all the time. Its very annoying
Life be like that sometimes :)
Lol longbow unit is fantastic I have to disagree it’s the best ranged units in the game bar none. Better than any t5 for sure , how do I know? I kill t5 ranged units with my long bows for breakfast lunch and dinner. Over 2k dmg, 2k ap, and 121 range. Bow down to the mighty long bow
Things have changed a lot since this video was released
Wow
Very stabby :)
Longsword does what it is supposed to do wich is: support
Got healz, stun and can sustain somedamage.
I wouldnt want LS to be OP like SS. SS have: slow, speed buff, stun, god mode on, charge, a MG42, a bazooca and sometimes an AC-130.
Man they can also charge you at mach 20 speed
If you consider SS to be OP. What do you think about Mauls and Pikes...? ^^
Devs released the stats that LS win rate is 50.1% - Perfectly balanced :)
@@Hassel- Maul is Disgusting. Can be faster than someone in a horse, but AT least is killable. But needs a nerf anyway.
Pikes also needs a nerf.
@@KnightStalker That's why LS doenst need a damage buff (IMO).
Damn that was sooo intense!!!. And the guy with 13 kills is a short bow,so probably stole all the kills from other players.
Doesn't get much more intense than 0 seconds :D
@@KnightStalker then also C
Point was also close and the home point commentary was awesome 👍
can spear guards stun keshigs? or survive their charge?
The answer is it depends.
If they are set up as a shield wall or similar, the Keshigs will murder them every single time. In cover commander its a bit different and depends...
The stun on the shield guard is not 100% proc rate, its somewhere around the 10% mark at a guess - so these stun strikes can stop a Keshig but if a lot of keshigs charge through you there are enough of them to hurt you badly. When not using the charge, the Keshigs struggle to harm this unit in cover commander, it will still hurt like hell but you are unlikely to suffer a full wipe.
@@KnightStalker i see thanks. Damn, shield wall life is sad. Either you will get run over by keshigs kids users or you'll get bombarded by altilery when setting up wall 😂
Life be like that :)
You are too op:)
Plz nerf!
@@KnightStalker just to be sure that I got it right. Your stats was full toughness?
Yes, but I can't recommend one way or the other, yet. More play time first
@@KnightStalker after watching this particular video I've switched from SS to LS but instead went 50/50 in both armor & toughness. Seems pretty fun for now. Thanks for inspiration! :)
Do not underrstimate the power of peasent pikes! I traded my demesne pikemen and pike militia for khesigs and their hero. 1 time i even killed a maul with my demesnes
Heck no, those little guys can spring on you and turn you to swiss cheese so fast!
Is it true that now ls can heal artillery and siege engines, or is it just a bug.
I have heard this but not been able to replicate it
@@KnightStalker I see, my friend accidentally found out about this , we are trying to test it out cuz it would be incredible for territory wars.
Would love to see if you could try it.
y don't u like long bows maybe your just no good with them i get hero kills and a kdr of at least 3 with them
At what level of play though mate? Level 2,000 plus?
Note as well that this video is long before they were updated.
i'm new here
Welcome along :)
-Dislike because its not a guide its a video and impression but nothing of this help me in anyway to understand the longsword class or do more dmg
Thanks for your feedback