Bannerlord: Shield Wall ONLY Challenge
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- 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
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.
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
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
“There is nothing like fighting in a grim medival warfare knowing you will be reincarnated and wont suffer any consequances.”
- Isekai Protagnists
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
"Tis but a scratch, m'lord, tis a butt scratch"
tis content of pure gold
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!
0:43
I GET THAT REFERENCE!
I've read Beowulf way more than I realistically should have.
"Shield walls are good but F1 F3 is supreme"
Sun Tzu The Art of War 1943
This man entertains all the questions I have never asked about a game I've never played and I absolutely love it.
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.
"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
"Liam Arrow to the Neason"
A true warrior
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.
11:46 This guy's just like "What's the point of even trying...?"
"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.
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.
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
Liam arrow to the kneeson. Im stealing this. And im not sorry.
"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.
"The best defense is a good offense." - Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, late M41(?)
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
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 😉
“Wall means a lot.” That’s the most inspiring thing I’ve ever heard.
He played Dorn, I respect that.
I'm glad you put an arrow up to show me where the grass was. Thanks.
Kingdom of the Nords in a nutshell
Mistaken, you are, my son. Shield castle is closer to the accuracy
"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 love how you described the emperor's campaigns as "bulbous"
I love that the Arrow to the Knee meme has recovered and is hobbling around the internet again.
The Narration and writing is ace here. Got me lolling.
"I used to be a warrior like you. Until i took a arrow to the knee." 5:37
‘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 UA-cam
Okay 'Liam Arrow To The Kneeson' absolutely got me
The "camera angles" and editing in this epic would make Cecil B. DeMille proud! Really an interesting way to play the game.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Beautiful.
the visual of the walls on the shield making an actual shield wall was pretty cool and i imagine would be pretty intimidating in real life
Like the links of a chain or the rocks of the shore as waves break upon it i can see how it would work as a morale booster for yourself and demoralizing for your enemy
I can’t stop watching this video over and over again.
Bro you know your niche and you play it hard. Less than a minute in and I'm hooked.
This video, somehow, taught me more about how to play this game than several hour long guides I've watched. Thanks.
That was the funniest and most painful HELLO i've heard in the beginning EVER!
Delightful writing as always AA. Well done
Alternate title
*AA discovers why Alexander was so great*
There's something funny about that goofy sarcastic intonation. I like it.
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
How the heck do you come up with this narration? It's literally the best piece of literature I have ever heard!
All hail the green reptile, for he blessed us again with a video one will take upon his soul with joy and gratitude.
Clearly the most worthy peasants are the ones that moved to stand behind someone else, using their comrades as human shields.
Ha! YOU play this one too! That is great!
4:18 Your description of Garios is perfect!
"The chad looks and the oily sheen of an adult film star" lmao I died
The heavy infantry with shields getting stomped by ranged cavalry was also a simulation I'm sure Crassus would have much liked to have conducted prior to meeting the Parthians.
Shield wall < Elephants
Shield wall < siege equipment
Your point being?
Split the wall into two groups stops the circles lol
every single sentence was gold. one after the other.
The turtle bros army with their front facing shells.
I love the sarcasm of "not realistic at all" @12:42
"...not realistic at all"
Battle of Carrhae, "Am I a joke to you?"
Oh yes, the best part of any the ambigousamphibian video.
The tentative "hello?"
'Liam to the Kneeson' got me too good!
the beowulf reference is decidedly more highbrow than i generally expect from this channel.
"Challenge? This is no challenge, it is merely life."
- omnis romanus
“The next evolution of our melee machine meant going corporate” 😂
I kinda love that he obviously hasn't played Warband. Archer Calvary has always and will always be the GOAT
12:42 Parthian Horse Archers: "Are we a joke to you?"
This reminds me of that scene in Sin City where the guy gets his with an arrow in the chest.
Shield Wall Soldier: “Hey-ooh! Guys, look at this, it’s sticking right out of me! Should… should I go see a doctor, or…?
That last test of shield wall vs mounted archers is literally how rome fell I'll have you know huns sure like their horses and their bows
"They could call me Liam Arrow to the Neeson". That line was perfect.
Lmao your voice, sarcasm, and quirky jokes made me literally laugh all the way through the vid. Very funny dry humor, loved it
My only regret is not hearing copious amounts of SHIELD WALL!!! shouted by the commander 😆
Realistic depiction of Spartan Phalanxes in combat
A masterful narrative. I hope one day I too can narrate this movingly.
that liam kneeson joke hit me harder than i thought it would
In case anyone didn't catch it, Shield Sheafson was mentioned in the Saga of Beowulf as the father of King Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose mead hall was besieged by Grendel.
Well actually, its called a war of attrition, where one side baits the other into constantly attacking, knowing they can't resupply their forces fast enough to keep up the attack, until supplies or troops are exhausted. However, if the enemy in question has allies they'll more than likely be able to resupply the attacking force, so it really only happens between two equally powered forces.
Ambiguous: "I'm going to build a wall!"
Me: [ checks upload date in nervous chuckles ] 👀💧
The mighty shieldclappers. Hail the nightmare. Hail the terror.
your comedic timing is amazing
Ubermensch Garios was my favorite.
Ah I love that word
I cant believe you didnt use just another brick in the wall as a joke... but still you are hilarious!
God, to be described as a "Chad of great girth and disturbing countenance"
You didn't recruit asmon, the guy you recruited still had hair.
That not realistic scenario was precisely the death of Crassus.
Who could have guessed Sparta really had war all figured out
Beowulf reference within the first minute?? Excellent
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
Liam Arrow-to-the Kneeson. This is my new character name for some games now. Neat.
You could play absolutely anything and I would love watching it.
"the only way to beat the sheild wall is with a massive host of horse archers, which is unrealistic" the battle of carrhae would like a word