Heya fellas, this video was from a siege about two months ago(part of the "300" series), and I didn't want it to be out of chronological order. Some of the "300" battles I've chosen to fight more than once because of their difficulty, but also Epic nature. Believe it or not some of the Sieges to come are BIGGER and more gnarly than this, so hope you enjoyed it!
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Id only really change your formation, square for the infantry triangle for the bowmen, you might not get what Im saying but if you do then I say itd improve the kill box and you wouldn't have micro manage as much, Glad you took out the siege tower on the second try
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Thanks and No problem I'm an avid enjoyer of strategy myself, I can see your exp from I'm assume Rome Total War the strat you use is one of my favorite along with a false Sally to draw their cav into my oily gates
Dude 5000 kills you’re insane. Also thinking it’s Shaun Strickland teaching me how to play banner lord makes me chuckle. Great video as usual you should be the biggest banner lord guy on UA-cam
Yeah this seems to be the case in my extremely late game campaign but the other factor is the enemies have huge armies and I don't have very many cities or castles left so it's like a maniacal game of music chairs and the enemy is just rampaging and raging on every target I have for them to attack...
Thanks, I appreciate that and glad just being MYSELF is enjoyable for others to watch. I Loooove me some bloody battle, profanity and historical tidbits so we're all winners here!
Looovin' to hear this kind of comment. Basically guys taking the mad scientist recipe here, adding their own mix and then crushing it. Awesome - keep reporting if you continue to rip it, I love hear this.
TE-"I've never done a battle of 4000 vs 300." Proceeds to go up against even more insane odds and win, lose, or draw, just put on an absolute class on how to do this type of battle. Impressive as always. Watching you got me to pick up Bannerlord again. I've always just used basic tactics and couldn't get into the game too much. Now I'm branching out, using more tactics and different types of units, and I'm finding I'm losing a lot less people which means my army really starts to get some elite troops and I can really take on more armies than before. Prior to watching you I wouldn't touch an army I didn't outnumber. They'd crush me with their elite troops. Since picking it back up, while I'm not on your level or anywhere near, I did take on 553 with an army of 225 and won. Being able to take on battles like that makes the game so much more rewarding and fun. So thanks for the inspiration!
This is one of the best paragraphs I've read since I started the channel. It sums it all up - my desire to share the beauty of tactics with fellow enthusiasts and watch them turn into battlefield beasts, breathing new life into a great, if flawed game, and inspiring you fellas to take on your worst enemy. Fuck 'em up and keep getting better, it's a pleasure to hear about...
Damn this was so amazing to watch! I was really hyping up with you to slash these frickers down and win it! Time flew by like crazy also you are an amazing voice actor! Absolutely loved this Video
Thank you kindly for this bevy of compliments - we have regular EPIC SIEGES on the channel, not all as big as this, but some BIGGER - so drop by another time and catch a few more. Cheers!
I haven't been sent to any asylums yet, but I have played Bannerlord 8000 hours... Guess that's at least SOME level of insantity. Glad to addict you as well haha!
I loved this video from you! Do you make campaign tips videos too? Because currently I'm struggling with finding out when to create a kingdom and if I have, then how to not get bankrupt while holding off hordes and hordes of enemies.
Here's the newest campaign we're playing out. Not every minute is included, but probably everything you want. A few episodes a week. ua-cam.com/video/LUtPo13es_g/v-deo.html
Yeah, even some of the content I am still releasing is a work in progress. I've only been doing this a little less than a year so still working out some glitches, sound issues and polishing things up. I appreciate that you notice it's improving!
There are no doubt some great players out there and I have seen better, but I appreciate the compliment and stoked you enjoy what we're sharing brother...
What helps if you're on low HP but know that ally AI won't cut it, just reload your range weapons at the arrow barrels and hunt down most armored units from a distance to give your AI better chances. Furthermore I understand that you run around in order to keep the situational awareness, but once things "calmed down" It's worth to man the ballista and start mowing down the incoming enemy reinforcements. Actually placing the ballista at the gate house might help a lot since you'll still see and command your forces easily. Learned a lot from you today! Thank you!
For me, the appeal of a great defence is the story of an overwhelming and awesome enemy being held in check by the sheer will to fight (and smart tactics) of the defenders. Read David Gemmell's "Legend" for an epic example if you want a good fantasy genre story with all these aspects.
if that militia reinforcement showed up 1 - 2 minutes sooner i think it would be a win cause that seemed like a significant amount of them even if they are just meat shields.
never underestimate the effectiveness of sturgian heroic line breakers in a siege, form them in square, and when the gates busted have them stand in the gate and they will take 50 enemies out for every one of them lost with a good captain my last vanilla campaign, around midgame (getting my first fief), my sturgian heroic line breakers were swinging their axes at super speeds, and it would take roughly 3-4 hits to break a high tier units shield, 1 hit for low tier units, easily able to deal with any enemy that tried to get through the gates, the javelins being thrown over their heads helped
So first thing just saw, you took a town, then dumped your prisoners, when you could have sold them right here in the town 😂 I’m thoroughly convinced you haven’t played enough at this point 😭
Thanks! Believe it or not, we just had one with.... ELEVEN THOUSAND enemies! lol.... If you loved this one, check it out... ua-cam.com/video/1oogplDtC6Q/v-deo.html
Ive been watching your old videos and you really dont stop improving and cranking up the difficulty😂 I struggle when the odds are only slightly lopsided
I think you're in the right place to start rippin' it. Many guys come back in a few weeks after some Tactical Enlightenment and tell me they are crushing battles they used to lose. Hope you're the same. I HAVE to increase the difficulty simply because the tactics we're employing crushes mediocre forces. Here's a vid that may help, but you can also try the intermediate tactics series(a playlist): ua-cam.com/video/9fAMDrPd1VM/v-deo.html
This is a great channel for us to us. Thank you for sharing your ideas. I have been getting shot up on the walls while defending. I will move my men out off the wall for a better position.
Good to hear it! There are SOME times where it's fine to have guys up there, say for example if you have a massive amount of archers and are NOT badly ounumbered. Otherwise, there are better places for them.
Was recently involved in my first siege. Except my first was defending instead of attacking. We were severely outnumbered and they had higher tier troops as well. Somehow we won by a huge margin though because there dumbass had no range units and just stacked all there infantry on one ladder.
i always try to knock down the towers and battering ram first. That makes it easier to herd the enemy where i want them to be and cuts down on the breaching locations. A coulda, shoulda, woulda moment for sure. But the battle lasted longer than i expected, a costly win for the enemy.
You probably mean THIS episode though my corp system today is more refined, this is a GREAT video to understand my basic battle philosophy and control of eight divisions. ua-cam.com/video/DJyS2O_qKJY/v-deo.html
Hey dude, your bannerlord stuff is sick. I'm mainly known for being an Elden Ring invader, but I'm a huge medieval nerd and I cannot stop playing games like Bannerlord and Chivarly 2. I plan to branch out to those games on my channel, although it is a risky move. I have always really enjoyed the tactics aspect of bannerlord, mainly for role playing game reasons. It is cool to win impossible battles with your own wit. I destroyed 1200 Sturgians with 400 Legionaries, Sharpshooters, and Banner Knights yesterday. Nothing quite like that feeling. And yes you are right, seiges do hit different for some reason. Not sure why. My favorite is the Watchers on the Wall from Game of Thrones. It isn't a traditional siege due to the 600 foot high ice wall, but it is close enough.
We're like kin. I LOVE tactics and roleplaying in massive battles. I checked out a few of your vids. I don't think I have the coordination anymore to compare with you young guns, pilot fighter reflexes. I'll probably still to strategy and tactics. NOTHING like a great siege for me, just the stress, strain, epic feel, and fight to the last man...
the spartans actually had a few thousand experienced and well trained soldiers that were guarding a small area which stopped the persian army from advancing deeper into greece,the spartans initially devastated the Persians up until the Persian army flanked the spartan army by going through the mountain that was next to the battle field which then made majority of the spartan soldiers retreat while leonidas and his 300 men stayed
In this campaign, with war against ALL eight Kingdoms, we only have 2-3 cities and 2-3 castles, so the enemy has only a few targets to send all of their forces. If's happening more and more and some of the battles coming(soon) have well OVER 5,000 enemy troops...
Awesome. You don't panic and you make good tactical decisions. I like using fians and usually my infantry is in square formation, if you put them in front usually the enemy that is much more numerous will surround them and then the fians will pick them easily shooting at their backs. I was emulating napoleonic wars tactics in open fields to stop cavalry charges, but it turned out useful against infantry as well. If you'd like to know more examples of battles with incredible odds, look for Battle of Szigetvar and Battle of Kiseg/Köszeg
the moment you could get chance to kill the ram would be game over for the siege, you could just farm them on the ladders with some high tier troops .. and some archers from the sides
never tried figuring out the mechanics behind commanding armies of melee units, every play through ive done has been solid vlandia crossbow armies or going the khan approach with a solid army of khan guards that circle the enemy on horses. You must be hella deep into this game to have 40 companions.
It’s a shame this city didn’t have a more defensible fall back location , I’ve won a few where my initial force has kinda lost the gate and there’s hardly any chance to get it back so you run off with most of your men and set up your archers in a little choke and defend from there
Yep we've had some epic siege defenses where we took a defensive stance deeper in the keep just not this time there's not a good secondary defense in this city
Very nice defending. Never thought to let the enemy enter and make a killbox inside the fort. Very nicely done. Of course, I never faced such insane odds :). I don't know how the AI ever got that many units together, I think the biggest pool of armies on one side was a little under 2k troops. Also love the editing and the music of the video. P.S. Can you share what axe you are using (I'm assuming crafted) ? Seems perfect for siege battles.
Thanks for the kind words. I love a great seed. The huge armies are from a very late game campaign. The ax is a custom ax which I no longer have the directions for but I can say look for a short fast ax that's better for seeds than a long slow one
That's about the best thing you could say and unlike other addicting things, I don't think my product is harmful to your health, although you may be more profane afterwards, lol...
Sieges like this are so hard because even if you're outnumbered 1 to 5, a 1 to 5 kill ratio wont do. Because once your inital elite troops are gone and militia comes you know you cant keep it up, so you need like a 1 to 10 kill ratio
Glad you enjoyed it and hope you drop by again. We have WEEKLY episodes on Epic Siege and believe it or not this isn't even the biggest siege I have fought thus far... More coming!
Just a tip if the enemy starts the attack with a siege tower it’s a good idea to destroy it that way the enemy has one less wall they can attack from allowing you to focus your troops in other key areas
This was really eye opening on defense tactics. I’m definitely going to put more archer forces on the ground for uphill battles like this. Was there a reason you didn’t prioritize taking out their siege engines? I know getting as many elite enemy kills as possible was mentioned, but would taking out the Ram have helped holding out longer? This was awesome to watch, thanks!
Sometimes it's not practical to take out their siege, sometimes that gamble costs you everything and sometimes I don't take out the ram to make the siege more epic/harder.
Awesome! Sometimes I get them playing - there's a mysterious and fascinating feeling of being neck-deep in a massive and chaotic siege. Feels so primal! Check out the playlist there are many more awesome sieges, some I actually like MORE than this one...
Archers covering your infantry in a defensive siege like that works so well on Bannerlord for a simple reason : Arrows stagger enemy infantry and restrain them from even attacking your troops. And if they manage to land a hit, either it's on a shield, or on an heavy armour, doing almost no damage. With enough archers, there is so much arrows staggering the enemy infantry that it's almost as if they're getting perma cc'ed until they die.
Yep, it's savagely effective. The best thing for them to do would be to split, shield-wall and charge the archers but then we'd just break our square into an attacking division and cause carnage.
I've read this silmarillion multiple times it's a great book and its own right even if it doesn't have nearly the literary genius of the lord of the rings. It's an amazing stage setter though for the later books
Awesome! And that's a LOT of episodes as I had a 'release schedule' while I was on vacation that I think was something like 12 episodes in the past 14 days. I appreciate you regular viewers and appreciate your FEEDBACK as well. I can't make the content you fellas like unless you speak up. Cheers!
I had something similar once, managed to turn sturgian troops into hero unit thanks to a mod and turned a group of 499 sturgian troops in named character XD thats a force to reckon with since all of them become the equivalent of combat oriented lord(who minds you can be a threat on any battlefield) it was my most fun to date bannerlord run and the only one I remained as a mercenary company the entire time. Overwhelmed a siege camp just as they started the siege, had unexpected reinforcement from the ai lord who sallied out his entire force. I'm not sure if the mod still work, but I would love to try this again but with a different faction's troops
Damm, what a pity! Maybe if you were less reckless you would have stayed alive enough to make use of the reinforcement and win! Probably one of the problems was that you made your troops retreat too much from the door, giving the enemy enough space to push through. Gg thought
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions it’s heavily modded, i think dramalord is what’s causing them all to bump buns and make kids like crazy. my wife was disloyal lol i had to let her charge into a fight alone
Apologies friends, I had to make some snips to this video cutting out some of the Lord of the Rings scenes at the request of a copyright strike. I had seen this used before by others in similar situations and learned later that if you get 'chosen', almost like an audit, you've got to make these changes are take the video down - soooo, hopefully you fellas don't mind and can still enjoy this thrilling siege defense!
man , i left a comment on another video of yours. how you do or what you do that they come at you in such a big number ? . i got a beautiful perfect army , but i only get to fight against small armies .like 500-1000 . is boring . i even tried to give to enemies gifts money and towns , and i gave them a break like few months up to a year , and then attack them again but they're way to week . i love the game ... but it becomes boring without any challenge
That's a hard question to answer. I love ALL kinds of history(war, philosophy, politics, even artistic history), so my preference is Will Durrant and the Story of Civilization(amazon audible), but I also like the Great Courses, plenty of great options and ideal for when you are traveling, working out and walking: www.audible.com/pd/A-History-of-England-from-the-Tudors-to-the-Stuarts-Audiobook/B00D97SK7Q?eac_link=9yF3lWCZIXKv&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B00D97SK7Q&qid=iPWk15F0uG&eac_id=133-3969374-6931303_iPWk15F0uG&sr=1-1
Go tell Sparta, thou who pass by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie. If you can destroy the ram before it gets to your gate, that helps alot. Did you put your Militia spearmen into shield wall ?
May not have here consistently. This battle was recorded a few months ago, before I really started to focus on siege more and my tactics and polish shows in the sieges to come. Certainly it's better to destroy the ram - and I'm working on a guide that covers things like that.
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions In the game, Med 2 Total war, you could charge your troop out before the ram reached the gate and stop it in its tracks but BL doesn't do that, hard coded to move to gate unless destroyed by artillery.
Heya fellas, this video was from a siege about two months ago(part of the "300" series), and I didn't want it to be out of chronological order. Some of the "300" battles I've chosen to fight more than once because of their difficulty, but also Epic nature. Believe it or not some of the Sieges to come are BIGGER and more gnarly than this, so hope you enjoyed it!
My friend may I provide some advice?
@@InactiveNight Always, go for it...
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Id only really change your formation, square for the infantry triangle for the bowmen, you might not get what Im saying but if you do then I say itd improve the kill box and you wouldn't have micro manage as much, Glad you took out the siege tower on the second try
@@InactiveNight Thanks, will consider that
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Thanks and No problem I'm an avid enjoyer of strategy myself, I can see your exp from I'm assume Rome Total War the strat you use is one of my favorite along with a false Sally to draw their cav into my oily gates
Dude 5000 kills you’re insane. Also thinking it’s Shaun Strickland teaching me how to play banner lord makes me chuckle. Great video as usual you should be the biggest banner lord guy on UA-cam
Bro!!! They do sound the same 😂
Funny how often people say that... Maybe we're related. Glad you enjoyed it, brother.
LMFAO real
"so heres the fucking thing guys" - sean strickland
@@IVslam LOL, I'm NOT Sean Strickland, but I'll play the role I guess...
"when you're throwing javelins through people's forehead it's okay to swear just a little bit"
It’s like the enemies have learnt to bring huge armies against you now
Yeah this seems to be the case in my extremely late game campaign but the other factor is the enemies have huge armies and I don't have very many cities or castles left so it's like a maniacal game of music chairs and the enemy is just rampaging and raging on every target I have for them to attack...
Meanwhile your vassals are in assfuck nowhere not being able to choose whether it wants to save their king or go after a forest bandit party of 3
@@Chadius_Thundercock AI. Artificial Imbicility.
That guy's kill count is greener than my investments
lol, hopefully this comment ages well - it's certainly green today! :)
only bannerlord youtuber i can watch love the profanity, tactics and historical tidbits, awaesome video
Thanks, I appreciate that and glad just being MYSELF is enjoyable for others to watch. I Loooove me some bloody battle, profanity and historical tidbits so we're all winners here!
Went from loosing 200 ish man in equal fight to loosing 10 men while outnumbered by 500 from watching ur videos, goated youtuber goated tactics
Looovin' to hear this kind of comment. Basically guys taking the mad scientist recipe here, adding their own mix and then crushing it. Awesome - keep reporting if you continue to rip it, I love hear this.
TE-"I've never done a battle of 4000 vs 300."
Proceeds to go up against even more insane odds and win, lose, or draw, just put on an absolute class on how to do this type of battle.
Impressive as always. Watching you got me to pick up Bannerlord again. I've always just used basic tactics and couldn't get into the game too much. Now I'm branching out, using more tactics and different types of units, and I'm finding I'm losing a lot less people which means my army really starts to get some elite troops and I can really take on more armies than before. Prior to watching you I wouldn't touch an army I didn't outnumber. They'd crush me with their elite troops. Since picking it back up, while I'm not on your level or anywhere near, I did take on 553 with an army of 225 and won. Being able to take on battles like that makes the game so much more rewarding and fun. So thanks for the inspiration!
This is one of the best paragraphs I've read since I started the channel. It sums it all up - my desire to share the beauty of tactics with fellow enthusiasts and watch them turn into battlefield beasts, breathing new life into a great, if flawed game, and inspiring you fellas to take on your worst enemy. Fuck 'em up and keep getting better, it's a pleasure to hear about...
I am more scared of my pc crashing then an army of 5000
some actual amazing commentary over this. Really loved this video man good work
Appreciate that! It's been a long journey to get these vids to a spot where I think the commentary is pretty good, still some polishing I need to do!
Hello mate!
I didn't only enjoy the battle i really enjoy your battling spirit!!! :) Keep it up the good work friend!
Ive been playing for about 2 weeks now and your vids taught me loads. Keep the blood flowing
Lovin' it, keep rippin' it mate.
Damn this was so amazing to watch! I was really hyping up with you to slash these frickers down and win it!
Time flew by like crazy also you are an amazing voice actor! Absolutely loved this Video
Thank you kindly for this bevy of compliments - we have regular EPIC SIEGES on the channel, not all as big as this, but some BIGGER - so drop by another time and catch a few more. Cheers!
"morale system? whats that?" - Taleworlds picni- *development* meeting room.
lol, Poor TW, beat on by everyone lately...
Haven’t played hannerlord in months i can’t be having these videos dragging me back in my timeline
Hah, join the channel and maybe it will. :) The game is sooo fun once you do some advanced tactics.
That was sick, love your down to earth style. subscribed!
Bro actually you are insane you made me addicted to this game
I haven't been sent to any asylums yet, but I have played Bannerlord 8000 hours... Guess that's at least SOME level of insantity. Glad to addict you as well haha!
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions maybe we will be sent to there together because I'm on my way to insanity too 😂
I loved this video from you! Do you make campaign tips videos too?
Because currently I'm struggling with finding out when to create a kingdom and if I have, then how to not get bankrupt while holding off hordes and hordes of enemies.
Here's the newest campaign we're playing out. Not every minute is included, but probably everything you want. A few episodes a week.
ua-cam.com/video/LUtPo13es_g/v-deo.html
The mic quality has improved big time from the older videos. Watched a bunch last night and what a difference.
Going to watch this now 🍿
Yeah, even some of the content I am still releasing is a work in progress. I've only been doing this a little less than a year so still working out some glitches, sound issues and polishing things up. I appreciate that you notice it's improving!
Bro no joke you are the best bannerlord player I have ever seen 😂 keep up the good work love watching all of your videos ❤
There are no doubt some great players out there and I have seen better, but I appreciate the compliment and stoked you enjoy what we're sharing brother...
What helps if you're on low HP but know that ally AI won't cut it, just reload your range weapons at the arrow barrels and hunt down most armored units from a distance to give your AI better chances.
Furthermore I understand that you run around in order to keep the situational awareness, but once things "calmed down" It's worth to man the ballista and start mowing down the incoming enemy reinforcements.
Actually placing the ballista at the gate house might help a lot since you'll still see and command your forces easily.
Learned a lot from you today! Thank you!
Thanks! Happy to share info bud. We both get better.
This channel definitely needs more views
I appreciate that sentiment bud, though right now it's growing at 100 subscribers a day, so doing pretty well.
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Nice
For me, the appeal of a great defence is the story of an overwhelming and awesome enemy being held in check by the sheer will to fight (and smart tactics) of the defenders. Read David Gemmell's "Legend" for an epic example if you want a good fantasy genre story with all these aspects.
I totally agree. Not the first person to recommend Legend either, and I've added that to my Winter reading list. Cheers (and INTO BATTLE!!)
probably my favorite mount and blade youtuber i've found if you stop making videos im gonna stop playing bannerlord😂
Very good !!! good content. already suscribed. keep it up
Thanks for the sub! Hope I can continue to help and entertain. Cheers!
So happy I found this channel!
this video was like a movie!
“Kobe Bryant layup” had me laughing my ass off lol
Thanks! Haha, I just say whatevers on my mind.
if that militia reinforcement showed up 1 - 2 minutes sooner i think it would be a win cause that seemed like a significant amount of them even if they are just meat shields.
best comantator i ever heard on youtube or whatever
never underestimate the effectiveness of sturgian heroic line breakers in a siege, form them in square, and when the gates busted have them stand in the gate and they will take 50 enemies out for every one of them lost with a good captain
my last vanilla campaign, around midgame (getting my first fief), my sturgian heroic line breakers were swinging their axes at super speeds, and it would take roughly 3-4 hits to break a high tier units shield, 1 hit for low tier units, easily able to deal with any enemy that tried to get through the gates, the javelins being thrown over their heads helped
It's an interesting concept but I would rather have them just within side the citadel so that they have a numerical advantage no?
man that video intro took me 15 years back in time.
the cheesy music, cheesy lotr compilation, cheesy text effects. its perfect
Haha, well I AM old school, you caught me.
Banger video nice that youtube recomended this to me 👍
Thanks bud check out the channel there's plenty more where that came from...
So first thing just saw, you took a town, then dumped your prisoners, when you could have sold them right here in the town 😂
I’m thoroughly convinced you haven’t played enough at this point 😭
INSANE. Definitely craziest bannerlord siege I've seen. The amount of arrows and shit at 7:30 slapping off that wall was unreal
Thanks! Believe it or not, we just had one with.... ELEVEN THOUSAND enemies! lol.... If you loved this one, check it out... ua-cam.com/video/1oogplDtC6Q/v-deo.html
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions LMAO gonna check it out now, thanks for the content!
Ive been watching your old videos and you really dont stop improving and cranking up the difficulty😂
I struggle when the odds are only slightly lopsided
I think you're in the right place to start rippin' it. Many guys come back in a few weeks after some Tactical Enlightenment and tell me they are crushing battles they used to lose. Hope you're the same. I HAVE to increase the difficulty simply because the tactics we're employing crushes mediocre forces. Here's a vid that may help, but you can also try the intermediate tactics series(a playlist):
ua-cam.com/video/9fAMDrPd1VM/v-deo.html
This is a great channel for us to us. Thank you for sharing your ideas. I have been getting shot up on the walls while defending. I will move my men out off the wall for a better position.
Good to hear it! There are SOME times where it's fine to have guys up there, say for example if you have a massive amount of archers and are NOT badly ounumbered. Otherwise, there are better places for them.
Commenting cause this game looks sick and you're commentary was very good.
Thanks mate! It's a great(if flawed game), and I appreciate it.
Was recently involved in my first siege. Except my first was defending instead of attacking. We were severely outnumbered and they had higher tier troops as well. Somehow we won by a huge margin though because there dumbass had no range units and just stacked all there infantry on one ladder.
Love it. You'll get better and better and win much harder sieges!
Just getting into bannerlord but watched ufc ages .....was like strickland.......then i read the comments 😄 🤣 love the content
lmao... amazing how often I get this...
Use must be from similar areas or lived similar @@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
Its literally just like my strat playing the M&B Warband: Pendor 😂😂😂 glad it still works here despite the many entrances the enemy can take
First time finding the channel. You are fkn hilarious dude 😂😂 "here catch" earned a sub
Hahaha💯 yeah I have a bit of a twisted and dark sense of humor but I'm glad you enjoy it bud. Welcome aboard!
Sean Strickland be playing Bannerlord now 🔥🔥🔥
i always try to knock down the towers and battering ram first. That makes it easier to herd the enemy where i want them to be and cuts down on the breaching locations. A coulda, shoulda, woulda moment for sure. But the battle lasted longer than i expected, a costly win for the enemy.
Agreed!
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions working new strategies and adapting to the glow of the battlefield is so much fun 😄
I was very invested in this, great battle
Please make an “army core” video just a guide on how you set up your cores and what troops you like to take into battle thank you!!! Great vids !
You probably mean THIS episode though my corp system today is more refined, this is a GREAT video to understand my basic battle philosophy and control of eight divisions.
ua-cam.com/video/DJyS2O_qKJY/v-deo.html
Hey dude, your bannerlord stuff is sick. I'm mainly known for being an Elden Ring invader, but I'm a huge medieval nerd and I cannot stop playing games like Bannerlord and Chivarly 2. I plan to branch out to those games on my channel, although it is a risky move.
I have always really enjoyed the tactics aspect of bannerlord, mainly for role playing game reasons. It is cool to win impossible battles with your own wit. I destroyed 1200 Sturgians with 400 Legionaries, Sharpshooters, and Banner Knights yesterday. Nothing quite like that feeling.
And yes you are right, seiges do hit different for some reason. Not sure why. My favorite is the Watchers on the Wall from Game of Thrones. It isn't a traditional siege due to the 600 foot high ice wall, but it is close enough.
We're like kin. I LOVE tactics and roleplaying in massive battles. I checked out a few of your vids. I don't think I have the coordination anymore to compare with you young guns, pilot fighter reflexes. I'll probably still to strategy and tactics.
NOTHING like a great siege for me, just the stress, strain, epic feel, and fight to the last man...
the spartans actually had a few thousand experienced and well trained soldiers that were guarding a small area which stopped the persian army from advancing deeper into greece,the spartans initially devastated the Persians up until the Persian army flanked the spartan army by going through the mountain that was next to the battle field which then made majority of the spartan soldiers retreat while leonidas and his 300 men stayed
Yep, thanks for adding this here - Excellent historical enrichment!
One of the best siege defenses Ive seen.
Great video, thanks for uploading it.
You got it!
I think the craziest thing about this is the fact battania got 5000 troops together in one spot
In this campaign, with war against ALL eight Kingdoms, we only have 2-3 cities and 2-3 castles, so the enemy has only a few targets to send all of their forces. If's happening more and more and some of the battles coming(soon) have well OVER 5,000 enemy troops...
Requiem for a Dream is such a banger of a song for sieging.
For sure agree, OPTIMAL for an epic battle/finish.
Awesome video. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do!
Man I just discovered this channel and while watching I thought I was listening to Sean Strickland 🤣
Maybe you are? LOL
Awesome. You don't panic and you make good tactical decisions. I like using fians and usually my infantry is in square formation, if you put them in front usually the enemy that is much more numerous will surround them and then the fians will pick them easily shooting at their backs. I was emulating napoleonic wars tactics in open fields to stop cavalry charges, but it turned out useful against infantry as well.
If you'd like to know more examples of battles with incredible odds, look for Battle of Szigetvar and Battle of Kiseg/Köszeg
I only know of these two battles by name, time for some studying - Thanks fellow Tactician!
both heartbreaking and epic, the bodies at the gate had to have been stacked 5 feet tall
the moment you could get chance to kill the ram would be game over for the siege, you could just farm them on the ladders with some high tier troops .. and some archers from the sides
never tried figuring out the mechanics behind commanding armies of melee units, every play through ive done has been solid vlandia crossbow armies or going the khan approach with a solid army of khan guards that circle the enemy on horses. You must be hella deep into this game to have 40 companions.
Some 80 years brother 80 years! Tactics make the game 10 times more fun. Hopefully you head in that direction 😉
Thank you Sean Strickland.
hahah, you got it mate.
You are a legend bro i think caladog is crying right now 😂😂
lol maybe so
It’s a shame this city didn’t have a more defensible fall back location , I’ve won a few where my initial force has kinda lost the gate and there’s hardly any chance to get it back so you run off with most of your men and set up your archers in a little choke and defend from there
Yep we've had some epic siege defenses where we took a defensive stance deeper in the keep just not this time there's not a good secondary defense in this city
Very nice defending. Never thought to let the enemy enter and make a killbox inside the fort. Very nicely done. Of course, I never faced such insane odds :). I don't know how the AI ever got that many units together, I think the biggest pool of armies on one side was a little under 2k troops.
Also love the editing and the music of the video.
P.S.
Can you share what axe you are using (I'm assuming crafted) ? Seems perfect for siege battles.
Thanks for the kind words. I love a great seed. The huge armies are from a very late game campaign. The ax is a custom ax which I no longer have the directions for but I can say look for a short fast ax that's better for seeds than a long slow one
This is awesome!!!
Thanks! Hope you check out the rest of the channel mate, more where that came from.
Man, your videos are addictive 🔥
That's about the best thing you could say and unlike other addicting things, I don't think my product is harmful to your health, although you may be more profane afterwards, lol...
Sieges like this are so hard because even if you're outnumbered 1 to 5, a 1 to 5 kill ratio wont do. Because once your inital elite troops are gone and militia comes you know you cant keep it up, so you need like a 1 to 10 kill ratio
Yep. I have some even more extreme sieges coming up, with 8-1 even 10 to 1 odds. Should be spicy!
Another great video Sean keep it up 👍
Hahah, Sean indeed, thanks mate.
This was awesome man thank you
Glad you enjoyed it and hope you drop by again. We have WEEKLY episodes on Epic Siege and believe it or not this isn't even the biggest siege I have fought thus far... More coming!
Just a tip if the enemy starts the attack with a siege tower it’s a good idea to destroy it that way the enemy has one less wall they can attack from allowing you to focus your troops in other key areas
This was really eye opening on defense tactics. I’m definitely going to put more archer forces on the ground for uphill battles like this. Was there a reason you didn’t prioritize taking out their siege engines? I know getting as many elite enemy kills as possible was mentioned, but would taking out the Ram have helped holding out longer? This was awesome to watch, thanks!
Sometimes it's not practical to take out their siege, sometimes that gamble costs you everything and sometimes I don't take out the ram to make the siege more epic/harder.
unreal got chills from that first battle
Awesome! Sometimes I get them playing - there's a mysterious and fascinating feeling of being neck-deep in a massive and chaotic siege. Feels so primal! Check out the playlist there are many more awesome sieges, some I actually like MORE than this one...
Bro what did you do, to get the whole force of Battania on you, did you disrespect Caladog's mother? Jeez
No we did naughty things to his sister although it was with consent
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Archers covering your infantry in a defensive siege like that works so well on Bannerlord for a simple reason : Arrows stagger enemy infantry and restrain them from even attacking your troops. And if they manage to land a hit, either it's on a shield, or on an heavy armour, doing almost no damage. With enough archers, there is so much arrows staggering the enemy infantry that it's almost as if they're getting perma cc'ed until they die.
Yep, it's savagely effective. The best thing for them to do would be to split, shield-wall and charge the archers but then we'd just break our square into an attacking division and cause carnage.
Aww so curious to see the loot pole after that bloodbathe.
As a lord of the rings buff, you earned yourself a like from the intro alone
(Anyone yet read the silmarillion?)
I've read this silmarillion multiple times it's a great book and its own right even if it doesn't have nearly the literary genius of the lord of the rings. It's an amazing stage setter though for the later books
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions I love to hear that!!! And yeah its not as good as lotr. Bit my second Name is feanor, wich obliges me to nerd about it.
@@starscreamjan6155 The most awesome and terrifying elf in history...
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions and an arrogant dick.
I found your channel a couple weeks ago. I haven't missed an episode since. 😁🥳
Awesome! And that's a LOT of episodes as I had a 'release schedule' while I was on vacation that I think was something like 12 episodes in the past 14 days. I appreciate you regular viewers and appreciate your FEEDBACK as well. I can't make the content you fellas like unless you speak up.
Cheers!
I watched your kill box video and thought you were funny this just proves it #greatcontent
Awesome mate, it's fun just being me and fellas enjoying the content. I appreciate all the encouragement! Cheers!
I’m about to watch this for some pointers on my 1800~ vs my 450~ siege on 😅
Amazing videos man!
Thanks! More to come, including EVEN bigger sieges(LOL), I know hard to believe....
Dam honestly man am shocked. How do you even get 5000 kills ? Been watching you for awhile now loving this
Stoked you loved this battle because(shhhh), there are BIGGER sieges coming.... 6,000? 7,000?? More? Mmmhmm.
EPIC af bro!!!
Thanks mate!
Great freakin vid. Impressive
I had something similar once, managed to turn sturgian troops into hero unit thanks to a mod and turned a group of 499 sturgian troops in named character XD thats a force to reckon with since all of them become the equivalent of combat oriented lord(who minds you can be a threat on any battlefield) it was my most fun to date bannerlord run and the only one I remained as a mercenary company the entire time. Overwhelmed a siege camp just as they started the siege, had unexpected reinforcement from the ai lord who sallied out his entire force. I'm not sure if the mod still work, but I would love to try this again but with a different faction's troops
Man!, that was a very close one 😟
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Close ones are great! The best battles are not the routs, but the close, and tight affairs.
Damm, what a pity! Maybe if you were less reckless you would have stayed alive enough to make use of the reinforcement and win!
Probably one of the problems was that you made your troops retreat too much from the door, giving the enemy enough space to push through. Gg thought
Thanks for your thoughts here you're right I probably win with a few less mistakes
loli think calradic racism is widely accepted haha another great video man! great for the run im doing rn were almost at 200 companions
Excellent! I won't go too far off the deep end but @#$!@#$( fuckin' Aserai haha
200 companions? My god, your entire army will be companions!
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions it’s heavily modded, i think dramalord is what’s causing them all to bump buns and make kids like crazy. my wife was disloyal lol i had to let her charge into a fight alone
If they made co-op in the campaign it would be bad ass.
11:20 had me cracking up
Thermopylae, the story of The 300 Spartans (and their 1500 allies) lmao
Imagine if dead bodies had full phyics. Phyical blockade of bodies :D
did one yesterday 600 vs 3300 against the vlandians. was a long battle but we won
Long battles are often the best if they are CLOSE. Sounds like it might have been...
They might have won, but like the Spartans and their Greek neighbors you made them pay a hell of a toll.
Exactly how I feel about losses like this...
Man I strive to play this game like you lmao
whats that two handed axe youre using? if its crafted do you have a guide?
Apologies friends, I had to make some snips to this video cutting out some of the Lord of the Rings scenes at the request of a copyright strike. I had seen this used before by others in similar situations and learned later that if you get 'chosen', almost like an audit, you've got to make these changes are take the video down - soooo, hopefully you fellas don't mind and can still enjoy this thrilling siege defense!
man , i left a comment on another video of yours. how you do or what you do that they come at you in such a big number ? . i got a beautiful perfect army , but i only get to fight against small armies .like 500-1000 . is boring . i even tried to give to enemies gifts money and towns , and i gave them a break like few months up to a year , and then attack them again but they're way to week . i love the game ... but it becomes boring without any challenge
@@Alex.D.B23 Try STENGTHENAI mod, it's not what I use(my campaign is just very late), but it will give you massively artificial enemies
With all your references to historical generals and commanders I was wondering if you have books or videos you could recommend?
That's a hard question to answer. I love ALL kinds of history(war, philosophy, politics, even artistic history), so my preference is Will Durrant and the Story of Civilization(amazon audible), but I also like the Great Courses, plenty of great options and ideal for when you are traveling, working out and walking:
www.audible.com/pd/A-History-of-England-from-the-Tudors-to-the-Stuarts-Audiobook/B00D97SK7Q?eac_link=9yF3lWCZIXKv&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B00D97SK7Q&qid=iPWk15F0uG&eac_id=133-3969374-6931303_iPWk15F0uG&sr=1-1
Greatest battle i have ever seen
Thanks! Our entire Epic Siege series is very popular, as is THIS monster battle: ua-cam.com/video/KlZV8I4URHg/v-deo.html
Go tell Sparta, thou who pass by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie.
If you can destroy the ram before it gets to your gate, that helps alot. Did you put your Militia spearmen into shield wall ?
May not have here consistently. This battle was recorded a few months ago, before I really started to focus on siege more and my tactics and polish shows in the sieges to come. Certainly it's better to destroy the ram - and I'm working on a guide that covers things like that.
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions In the game, Med 2 Total war, you could charge your troop out before the ram reached the gate and stop it in its tracks but BL doesn't do that, hard coded to move to gate unless destroyed by artillery.
made me think of the battle at jerusalem in kingdom of heaven
10/10
Awesome episode
21:10 was epic 🔥
Damn that was crazy!
It felt crazy fighting it too you can hear the strain in my voice...