Hey, French guy here. Actually mountainous regions are the best place the grow grapes. They're very windy, which drives off pest, and they give good soil. The best French wines have their grapes grown in the mountainous regions of France :)
I think it's worth mentioning that despite their lack of armour, most infantry units have at least 1 stack of throwing weapons, which allows them to take out around 25-40% of incoming melee units before engaging with them, which greatly boosts survivability. Also the Oathsworn and Wildlings have pretty good big shields, which boosts their ability to defend from arrow fire.
@@felisasininus1784 They are rectangular and cover the majority of their bodies though, particularly the head. In personal experience it has kept them alive from Forest Bandits and Stergian archers long enough for them to skirmish.
@@A_Potato_of_Infinite_Wisdom they are a good size but they hold them at a weird angle and it exposes their heads really badly if they held them straight I would agree
I think it would a lot of sense to show the world map with the existing factions. Makes the overview much easier to follow, instead of just seeing a map already unified. ;)
also, what you left out, is that marunath and seonon are prolly the 2 best citys in the entire game to own. HUGE traffic, good position, 4 villages, TONS of recruits and good products for workshops. and the 3 other bettanian citys are ATLEAST above average.
Thanks for these strengths and weaknesses videos. I've kind of been messing around trying to figure out what my pkaystyle really is so these vids are helpful
Battanians on my playthrough got battered into near extinction by vladians, I as a independent managed to capture all previous towns of battania after they rebelled from vladania due to loyalty as I picked battanian culture
One thing I’ve noticed playing the Battanians is that the Battanians ALWAYS have a smaller army than the opponents. Especially playing against the Vlandians. I’ll summon all of the lords possible and only have an army of about 1-1.2k whereas the Vlandians can have 2 armies of that size. I think it has alot to do with the base number of lords/fiefs
They tend to not create large armies. But that makes it really annoying to fight against them, because you can easily get caught by like 10 lords at the same time, and since they arent an army they have amazing movespeed
That is an oddly specific wish, but hopefully, i will be able to oblige. I am having a lot of fun with Bannerlord, so lots of content is fairly likely.
The battanians are more Gaelic/Brittonnic and Celtic rather than German because if they are German. The kilt and the skirt says otherwise. Also one weaknesses the faction has for me is AI. The Forrest people for some reason tends to go for aserai first and it happens every single time whenever I'm playing as a battanian.
They have the Mannerbund, the Wolfskins, which even include a reference to Tacitus' Germania. They have a minor Central Germanic influence, most likely to distinguish them from the obvious North Germanic influence found in the Sturgians.
Why do people seem to think finding noble lime troops is difficult? Aren't they always in villages bound to castles? Been a while since I played but back in early access castle bound villages always had at least one notable that offered noble recruits. Towns and town bound villages never do.
I used oathman as a shield wall/ sacrificial lamb to protect my archers and if you uses the horsemen in flanking attack that are great but if try using as heavy calvary you waste your time and money training them.
I found with mounted skirmishers if you use the follow me command you can get the enemy horse archers to turn around and they get peppered with throwing weapons
As a Sturgian, I can't believe it. My story with this faction, went from my most hated to most loved (after Sturgia). I always thought of the Battanians as murderers, pillagers, looters and genociders. Then after that, my Vlandian (sorry for offensive language) hate began. It came to the point where I compared my hate for the 2 factions, and felt like "The Battanians seem like chill dudes, maybe they're not that bad at all" and my hate for Vlandians (sorry for offensive language again) surpassed Battania. I started checking on the Battanian community, and they seem to be positive about Sturgia. After that day, Battania went from barbarians to brothers. Sturgia 💙🤝💚 Battania
we battanians always thought nice about you sturgians, but it appears that the sturgians are always attacking us in our back while we grind it out with the empire or the vlandians i mean, we didnt turn north when the khuzait raped threw your mountains 😢 now we feel kinda meh about sturgians
I do the same thing I play culture specific unless I use the empire and sometimes I stay with the empire troops the whole time sometimes I fold the conquered lands soldiers into my armies similar to how the Romans did
As Battanians we just slaughtered the Sturgians in a 130 day war, they are no more. Vlandians have 2 towns left, soon to be no more. Right now we are at war with the Aserai, they are giving us more of a hard time than Stugians or Vlandians did.
Sounds about right. The Vlandians, Sturgians, and Battanians all compete with each other reasonably well, but when they have to face off against Khuzaits or Aserai, the challenge is a lot greater. I recommend luring their cavalry armies into the woods, where your battanians will once again have the advantage.
@@Dare_To_Game it works a great!, I didnt think of that!, had a huge battle go on, we were actually outnumbered by 300 on the battlefield and managed to overcome the odds, I'm putting it down to being in a wooded area. Lost quite a few men, but those Fian Champions are something else! Thanks dude.
Wait, but grapes do grow in hills. Maybe not mountains, but I also wouldn't describe Battania as mountainous, it's just hills. I would sooner say I wouldn't think of grapes immediately because they are typically more southern European, while Battania has a more northern European culture, so I wouldn't immediately make the association either, but looking only at environment it's the best fit.
I guess, i just imagine the Battanian region being rather cold, and i don't associate cold climates with Grapes. Especially when you have the rather mediteranian feeling empire in the game already.
@@Dare_To_Game Climate, yes, but we don't know that it actually is colder. Battania seems most similar to Brittany though (culturally), which is not the best region for wine in France, but still pretty good. But it wasn't immediately obvious to me either, on that we agree.
I wouldnt say they are based in Celtic and Germanic, i would say they are based in Celtic and Dacian (The scaled armors, the bear hides and ofc, the Falxes)
@@felisasininus1784 Some Gaulish tribes migrated east, through the balkans and eventually settled down in Anatólia. They came into contact with the Dacians, maybe some cultural exchange might have taken place, but that doesnt make the Dacians Celtic.
Celtic blood doesn't exist. (TLDR at the end) European populations are genetically composed by 3-5 different groups that predate the Celts. Hunter Gatherers (Western, Eastern, and Caucasian), Farmers and Steppe Herders (themselves the result of a mix between Eastern and Caucasian Hunter Gatherers). These 3-5 groups occupied all of Europe and mixed with each other giving origin to the Celts, Germans, Latins, Greeks, Slavs, Iberians, Basques etc... The devil lies in the percentages. Some populations were fairly homogenous, such as the Germanics and Slavs (mostly Steppe Herder) and the Greeks, Latins and Iberians and Basques (Mostly Farmer, with Hunter Gatherers too in the Basque case). The Celts are more complicated, because the celtic languages developed "vertically" along the Atlantic coast of Europe, so the Celts were very genetically different from eachother. Those from Britain had mostly Steppe Herder, so they ended up being genetically closer to Germans and Slavs, while those in Iberia had mostly Farmer, so they ended up being genetically closer to Basques, and to Iberians and Romans too, to a lesser extent (Iberians and Romans had less Hunter Gatherer, unlike Basques which had a lot, just like the Celts). Those from Gaul were... you guessed it, unsurprisingly, something in the middle. So, where do the Dacians fit? Well, coincidentally, also somewhere in the middle. The main difference being that while Celts had Western Hunter Gatherer in the mix, Dacians had Caucasian Hunter Gatherer instead. So, genetically speaking, Dacians were, indeed, quite similar to Gauls, but not because they were mixed with Gauls, but because they both were a result of mixing in similar amounts by the same groups, way back before Celts existed. There is another way of looking at things, through direct paternal linneage, which is better at mapping migrations because it traces direct linneage rather than genetic similarity, although they usually correlate, it is often not the case. As far as linneage is concerned, then the Celts had around 3 linneages, The Northwestern group (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and large parts of England, and Brittany, possibly a result of the Celtic Britons fleeing to Brittany after the Saxon invasions), the Southwestern Group, which comprised the Celts of Iberia and most of the Gauls. But also Basques and Iberians, in higher amounts even. And the Eastern Group, which is found overwhelmingly in Northern Italy, but also in Gauls and Romans to some extent. I am not entirely certain this linneage was already common in Gaul by the time they began speaking Celtic, thus making it a Celtic linneage, or if it was introduced in Gaul later by the Romans, making it it not Celtic in that case. None of these groups are very common in Romania, (Instead they share overwhelming a group with the Illyrians) but they do exist in small amounts, expecially the Eastern group. However, since it existed in higher amounts within Romans than Gauls per say, it's hard to tell if this is a result of Gaulish migration or Roman colonization. TLDR: "Celtic" is a linguistic term, and the historical populations that spoke Celtic and thus were the historical Celts (Gauls, Britons, Gallaecians, Celtiberians, Gaels, Picts...) belonged to at least 3 distinct genetic linneages (British Islands + Northern Gaul / Iberia + Southern Gaul / Northern Italy + Alpine Area). Dacians had some admixture with the third group, but arguably more likely due to Romans, which also belonged to that linneage group. However, when comparing the whole DNA, the Dacians were, indeed, very similar to the Gauls.
I hope to see khuzait next … I do The roleplay all the time it’s way more fun just playing the race and having a full army just of the same race.. but aserai and khuzait is my two favorite kingdoms .. I will put sturgia as my third lol
I'm running a large(349 men) army and i'm going cheap with Batannia using only t4 falxmen and picked warriors a flanking detachment of all T2/3 skirmishers and a big group of 116 archers all Heroes/militia/Traders and i'm surprisingly fine at day 1065 i've conquered almost the whole empire and still have all starting settlements at max difficulty.
I tend to build my Battanian army with between 1/3 - 1/2 being the Fian line of archers, and the other 1/2 - 2/3 being a mix of Oathsworn and Wildling lines of troops. I start the battle with the Oathsworn and Wildling either forming a shield wall or if there is a bunch of cavalry or horse archers in the opposing army will use either the square or circle formations with my archers in the middle.
Awesome video. The Battanians are definitely a fun faction. Yeah, the Fians are overpowered, but that ust makes up for the fact that the rest of their troops suck.
Battanian troops suck? -Wildlings are amazing(javelins) -Falxmen will destroy horses -Oathsworn are average -Mounted skirm are unique and synergies with wildlings -Horsemen are bad -fians are insane.
@@hoticepartywildkings have terrible armor, especially the helmet. They get shreded in close range. Falxman are just outclassed by stuff like the heroic line breakers or menavilion
@@alex2005z wilding have javelins, engage command with some speed buffs and you will kill any infantry by half before they reach you. All shock troops do their job well but when it comes to simply taking out horsemen the vet falx is top. Add a dash or a lot of fians and you have an amazing army
@@hoticeparty they really dont do that much damage hitting into shields. And if cavalary comes in and knocks them over, your kiting ends. Beaides, I can just use regular archers for that kiting maneuver and do it for way longer
it's my first playthrough and i decided to go Battania for movement speed playing on max difficulty only getting battanian troops. Man i'm stressed out, only after 50 hours in i discovered they are the hardest faction to play as, bound to go extinct due to lore, Caladog is a madman and it is at war with the Sturgians, Valandians, ASERAI FOR SOME REASON and the empire sometimes, i also decided to the the dragon banner quest and it was not a good surprise finding out that old woman wants me dead, i have to keep doing quests because apparently if the conspiracy level reaches 1500 all the empire declares war with no possibility for peace, we can't fight the empire because all the other factions listed above keep attacking us, i'm always low on troops and none of them can hold their own expect for the archers (they are hard to come by sometimes), even fighting all the factions we are still winning and gaining territory because i keep destroying their armies with auto-calc when i defend a castle and capturing their vassals (you can win 3-1 without even having to fight), i don't see my wife and kids in 1 year and i'm about to give up, i chose the hardest start for my first playthrough man whyyyy
Battanian fians, Vlandian cavalry and Sturgian shield bearers are pretty fun army. I just started the dragon banner war with the empire and so far holding out, aiming to go on the offensjve soon just need more companions and money
"2 quivers of armour piercing arrows" - just a slight correction, the damage is piercing, much like swords have a piercing damage type but this is not "armour" piercing and against heavy armour, blunt would be better.
i usualy take no infantry and take like 90% fians and 10% cavalry and just sacrifice the cavalry for a battle of 200 fians and cavalry against like 400-500 army
Roleplaying as your culture would be fair if lords of other cultures also recruit only from their, at least they should be able to recruit only from their kingdoms inside their frontiers
The Fian Champions can´t beat everyone... most yes, just did a 100 Khans Guards vs 100 Fian Champs .... wasn´t even a contest. The Khans wiped the floor with the Fians.
Depends how you look at it. It isn't huge in the sense that an open world game map is, but it can take multiple days to cross it depending on the makeup of your army.
Started a game with a vlandian character, but after garios and his goons ate half of vlandian land I retreated to Batania, married, had a kid and served as a mercenary/enemy of my enemy for 3 years
I'm new so this could be the case with all AI Kingdoms but it seems Britanians love declaring war on neighbors who vastly outnumber them and lose all their territory along with mine.
Hey, French guy here. Actually mountainous regions are the best place the grow grapes. They're very windy, which drives off pest, and they give good soil. The best French wines have their grapes grown in the mountainous regions of France :)
I know that mountainous regions aren't bad for grapes by default, i just thought the climate needed to be warm enough for Wine quality grapes.
thats not true. France isnt real and is a chinese psy op.
@@Dare_To_Game look up Icewine hehehe
@@Dare_To_Game hot summers cold winters ?
I think it's worth mentioning that despite their lack of armour, most infantry units have at least 1 stack of throwing weapons, which allows them to take out around 25-40% of incoming melee units before engaging with them, which greatly boosts survivability. Also the Oathsworn and Wildlings have pretty good big shields, which boosts their ability to defend from arrow fire.
I wouldn't exactly call the Oathsworns' shields "big".
@@felisasininus1784 They are rectangular and cover the majority of their bodies though, particularly the head. In personal experience it has kept them alive from Forest Bandits and Stergian archers long enough for them to skirmish.
@@A_Potato_of_Infinite_Wisdom Well, your live experience speaks louder than my prejudice, I suppose.
Maybe I'll test it out myself.
A single sturgian shield wall and it's over for them, and depending on the level and number, even a vlandian cav charge.
@@A_Potato_of_Infinite_Wisdom they are a good size but they hold them at a weird angle and it exposes their heads really badly if they held them straight I would agree
I think it would a lot of sense to show the world map with the existing factions. Makes the overview much easier to follow, instead of just seeing a map already unified. ;)
That's a fair point. Unfortunately, i have now completed making these guides, and i did it on this save, but i regret my actions.
also, what you left out, is that marunath and seonon are prolly the 2 best citys in the entire game to own.
HUGE traffic, good position, 4 villages, TONS of recruits and good products for workshops.
and the 3 other bettanian citys are ATLEAST above average.
Also, very close to eachother, making defending both easier
I'm independent and got in a war with them and took aster castle cause of position lol
FOR THE WILDS! FOR FREEDOM! FOR BATTANIA!!!!!!
Damn bro, anyone else get hard reading this lol jk 😜
For Battania!
@@Dare_To_Game my favorite part. Is that there horseman look like the riders of Rohan 😂
"Civilization" has plagued us for too long!
Battania feels like they are the pikts from old school brittania
Thanks for these strengths and weaknesses videos. I've kind of been messing around trying to figure out what my pkaystyle really is so these vids are helpful
You are so welcome!
Battanians on my playthrough got battered into near extinction by vladians, I as a independent managed to capture all previous towns of battania after they rebelled from vladania due to loyalty as I picked battanian culture
i really love having different types of troops with sturgians and battanians. its just the vibe :D
House stark strat
One thing I’ve noticed playing the Battanians is that the Battanians ALWAYS have a smaller army than the opponents. Especially playing against the Vlandians. I’ll summon all of the lords possible and only have an army of about 1-1.2k whereas the Vlandians can have 2 armies of that size. I think it has alot to do with the base number of lords/fiefs
They have the smallest lord base with the khazuits and sturgians not being far ahead of them.
i think vlandians have the most base fiefs in the game tbf
They tend to not create large armies. But that makes it really annoying to fight against them, because you can easily get caught by like 10 lords at the same time, and since they arent an army they have amazing movespeed
@@alex2005zyeah, I’m playing as battania and I have noticed that an army will attack one of us and then we all come out and the trees and win somehow
Ever since the update the battanians got, I’ve been seeing them body absolutely everybody, so I’m looking forward to this!
Don't stop the bannerlord content. My Christmas wish is that you will be making Bannerlord videos all the way through December.
That is an oddly specific wish, but hopefully, i will be able to oblige. I am having a lot of fun with Bannerlord, so lots of content is fairly likely.
You are just powering through these. I am loving every minute of it.
Glad you like them!
The battanians are more Gaelic/Brittonnic and Celtic rather than German because if they are German. The kilt and the skirt says otherwise. Also one weaknesses the faction has for me is AI. The Forrest people for some reason tends to go for aserai first and it happens every single time whenever I'm playing as a battanian.
Yeah, it is rough when the king decides to pick the hardest enemy for the faction first.
The Germanic tribes are just a subgroup of Celtic tribes, so he is still right
They have the Mannerbund, the Wolfskins, which even include a reference to Tacitus' Germania. They have a minor Central Germanic influence, most likely to distinguish them from the obvious North Germanic influence found in the Sturgians.
@@rapecelwell the sturgians are supposed to be inspired by the rus "vikings" from eastern europe (mainly ukraine)
@@aurelius7160 They are still North Germanics
Why do people seem to think finding noble lime troops is difficult? Aren't they always in villages bound to castles? Been a while since I played but back in early access castle bound villages always had at least one notable that offered noble recruits. Towns and town bound villages never do.
Quality tips. Imma be stacking those Fians TALL.
Good luck! A solid Fian base makes a very strong Battanian army.
Starting my Battanian Calvary playthrough soon...wish me luck 😁
I used oathman as a shield wall/ sacrificial lamb to protect my archers and if you uses the horsemen in flanking attack that are great but if try using as heavy calvary you waste your time and money training them.
dat forest movement speed do go hard doe
Yeah, it does. The woods are of course a great strength for Battania.
I found with mounted skirmishers if you use the follow me command you can get the enemy horse archers to turn around and they get peppered with throwing weapons
As a Sturgian, I can't believe it. My story with this faction, went from my most hated to most loved (after Sturgia). I always thought of the Battanians as murderers, pillagers, looters and genociders. Then after that, my Vlandian (sorry for offensive language) hate began. It came to the point where I compared my hate for the 2 factions, and felt like "The Battanians seem like chill dudes, maybe they're not that bad at all" and my hate for Vlandians (sorry for offensive language again) surpassed Battania. I started checking on the Battanian community, and they seem to be positive about Sturgia. After that day, Battania went from barbarians to brothers. Sturgia 💙🤝💚 Battania
Interesting I found Derthert in my first play through and killed him lol Also Battanian archer with Sturgian infantry is op.
we battanians always thought nice about you sturgians, but it appears that the sturgians are always attacking us in our back while we grind it out with the empire or the vlandians
i mean, we didnt turn north when the khuzait raped threw your mountains 😢
now we feel kinda meh about sturgians
@@platoonmexx9278 yeah but thank fully it happens rarely
I like the Vlandians but they are bullying my Battanians, quite strong.
Need to find a way to punish them :))
@@agrikantus9422 Battania's weakness is Vlandia, Vlandia's weakness is Sturgia, Sturgia's weakness is Battania. And the cycle goes on. 😅
I do the same thing I play culture specific unless I use the empire and sometimes I stay with the empire troops the whole time sometimes I fold the conquered lands soldiers into my armies similar to how the Romans did
As Battanians we just slaughtered the Sturgians in a 130 day war, they are no more. Vlandians have 2 towns left, soon to be no more. Right now we are at war with the Aserai, they are giving us more of a hard time than Stugians or Vlandians did.
Sounds about right. The Vlandians, Sturgians, and Battanians all compete with each other reasonably well, but when they have to face off against Khuzaits or Aserai, the challenge is a lot greater. I recommend luring their cavalry armies into the woods, where your battanians will once again have the advantage.
@@Dare_To_Game it works a great!, I didnt think of that!, had a huge battle go on, we were actually outnumbered by 300 on the battlefield and managed to overcome the odds, I'm putting it down to being in a wooded area. Lost quite a few men, but those Fian Champions are something else! Thanks dude.
Wait, but grapes do grow in hills. Maybe not mountains, but I also wouldn't describe Battania as mountainous, it's just hills. I would sooner say I wouldn't think of grapes immediately because they are typically more southern European, while Battania has a more northern European culture, so I wouldn't immediately make the association either, but looking only at environment it's the best fit.
I guess, i just imagine the Battanian region being rather cold, and i don't associate cold climates with Grapes. Especially when you have the rather mediteranian feeling empire in the game already.
@@Dare_To_Game Climate, yes, but we don't know that it actually is colder. Battania seems most similar to Brittany though (culturally), which is not the best region for wine in France, but still pretty good. But it wasn't immediately obvious to me either, on that we agree.
I wouldnt say they are based in Celtic and Germanic, i would say they are based in Celtic and Dacian (The scaled armors, the bear hides and ofc, the Falxes)
Kind of like the stereotype “Barbarian enemy of Rome”
The Dacians were actually somewhat celtic themselves.
@@felisasininus1784
Some Gaulish tribes migrated east, through the balkans and eventually settled down in Anatólia.
They came into contact with the Dacians, maybe some cultural exchange might have taken place, but that doesnt make the Dacians Celtic.
@@FaithfulOfBrigantia Sure, but some Dacians must have literally had celtic blood, making them somewhat celtic. lol
Celtic blood doesn't exist. (TLDR at the end)
European populations are genetically composed by 3-5 different groups that predate the Celts.
Hunter Gatherers (Western, Eastern, and Caucasian), Farmers and Steppe Herders (themselves the result of a mix between Eastern and Caucasian Hunter Gatherers).
These 3-5 groups occupied all of Europe and mixed with each other giving origin to the Celts, Germans, Latins, Greeks, Slavs, Iberians, Basques etc...
The devil lies in the percentages.
Some populations were fairly homogenous, such as the Germanics and Slavs (mostly Steppe Herder) and the Greeks, Latins and Iberians and Basques (Mostly Farmer, with Hunter Gatherers too in the Basque case).
The Celts are more complicated, because the celtic languages developed "vertically" along the Atlantic coast of Europe, so the Celts were very genetically different from eachother.
Those from Britain had mostly Steppe Herder, so they ended up being genetically closer to Germans and Slavs, while those in Iberia had mostly Farmer, so they ended up being genetically closer to Basques, and to Iberians and Romans too, to a lesser extent (Iberians and Romans had less Hunter Gatherer, unlike Basques which had a lot, just like the Celts).
Those from Gaul were... you guessed it, unsurprisingly, something in the middle.
So, where do the Dacians fit? Well, coincidentally, also somewhere in the middle. The main difference being that while Celts had Western Hunter Gatherer in the mix, Dacians had Caucasian Hunter Gatherer instead.
So, genetically speaking, Dacians were, indeed, quite similar to Gauls, but not because they were mixed with Gauls, but because they both were a result of mixing in similar amounts by the same groups, way back before Celts existed.
There is another way of looking at things, through direct paternal linneage, which is better at mapping migrations because it traces direct linneage rather than genetic similarity, although they usually correlate, it is often not the case.
As far as linneage is concerned, then the Celts had around 3 linneages, The Northwestern group (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and large parts of England, and Brittany, possibly a result of the Celtic Britons fleeing to Brittany after the Saxon invasions), the Southwestern Group, which comprised the Celts of Iberia and most of the Gauls. But also Basques and Iberians, in higher amounts even.
And the Eastern Group, which is found overwhelmingly in Northern Italy, but also in Gauls and Romans to some extent. I am not entirely certain this linneage was already common in Gaul by the time they began speaking Celtic, thus making it a Celtic linneage, or if it was introduced in Gaul later by the Romans, making it it not Celtic in that case.
None of these groups are very common in Romania, (Instead they share overwhelming a group with the Illyrians) but they do exist in small amounts, expecially the Eastern group. However, since it existed in higher amounts within Romans than Gauls per say, it's hard to tell if this is a result of Gaulish migration or Roman colonization.
TLDR:
"Celtic" is a linguistic term, and the historical populations that spoke Celtic and thus were the historical Celts (Gauls, Britons, Gallaecians, Celtiberians, Gaels, Picts...) belonged to at least 3 distinct genetic linneages (British Islands + Northern Gaul / Iberia + Southern Gaul / Northern Italy + Alpine Area).
Dacians had some admixture with the third group, but arguably more likely due to Romans, which also belonged to that linneage group.
However, when comparing the whole DNA, the Dacians were, indeed, very similar to the Gauls.
I hope to see khuzait next … I do The roleplay all the time it’s way more fun just playing the race and having a full army just of the same race.. but aserai and khuzait is my two favorite kingdoms .. I will put sturgia as my third lol
I have actually already done one for the Khuzaits. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/vu6FPczI0yI/v-deo.html
I'm running a large(349 men) army and i'm going cheap with Batannia using only t4 falxmen and picked warriors a flanking detachment of all T2/3 skirmishers and a big group of 116 archers all Heroes/militia/Traders and i'm surprisingly fine at day 1065 i've conquered almost the whole empire and still have all starting settlements at max difficulty.
My Khan's Guard horde will slice up your army any day
Sounds like a fun mix.
noble troops can be found at villages connected to castles
Was about to post that. Best tip imo!!
So you can only get the Highborn Warriors at a village bound to a castle?
me when fian champions
Yes, you are correct. That is the distinction for where the noble lines can be recruited.
Excellent video mate. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the visit
I tend to build my Battanian army with between 1/3 - 1/2 being the Fian line of archers, and the other 1/2 - 2/3 being a mix of Oathsworn and Wildling lines of troops. I start the battle with the Oathsworn and Wildling either forming a shield wall or if there is a bunch of cavalry or horse archers in the opposing army will use either the square or circle formations with my archers in the middle.
Awesome video. The Battanians are definitely a fun faction. Yeah, the Fians are overpowered, but that ust makes up for the fact that the rest of their troops suck.
I definitely agree. They are really the only stand out unit in the entire faction, so it is fair that they are as good as they are.
Battanian troops suck? -Wildlings are amazing(javelins)
-Falxmen will destroy horses
-Oathsworn are average
-Mounted skirm are unique and synergies with wildlings
-Horsemen are bad
-fians are insane.
@@hoticepartywildkings have terrible armor, especially the helmet. They get shreded in close range. Falxman are just outclassed by stuff like the heroic line breakers or menavilion
@@alex2005z wilding have javelins, engage command with some speed buffs and you will kill any infantry by half before they reach you. All shock troops do their job well but when it comes to simply taking out horsemen the vet falx is top.
Add a dash or a lot of fians and you have an amazing army
@@hoticeparty they really dont do that much damage hitting into shields. And if cavalary comes in and knocks them over, your kiting ends. Beaides, I can just use regular archers for that kiting maneuver and do it for way longer
it's my first playthrough and i decided to go Battania for movement speed playing on max difficulty only getting battanian troops. Man i'm stressed out, only after 50 hours in i discovered they are the hardest faction to play as, bound to go extinct due to lore, Caladog is a madman and it is at war with the Sturgians, Valandians, ASERAI FOR SOME REASON and the empire sometimes, i also decided to the the dragon banner quest and it was not a good surprise finding out that old woman wants me dead, i have to keep doing quests because apparently if the conspiracy level reaches 1500 all the empire declares war with no possibility for peace, we can't fight the empire because all the other factions listed above keep attacking us, i'm always low on troops and none of them can hold their own expect for the archers (they are hard to come by sometimes), even fighting all the factions we are still winning and gaining territory because i keep destroying their armies with auto-calc when i defend a castle and capturing their vassals (you can win 3-1 without even having to fight), i don't see my wife and kids in 1 year and i'm about to give up, i chose the hardest start for my first playthrough man whyyyy
All Battanian castles' villages will have the noble troop line.
They're quite easy to recruit and amass.
You are correct. I overstated this as an issue. They are quite easy to collect.
You can also get them from forest bandits
1 billion denars xD! Gotta love bannerlord's economy. So stupidly complex it breaks itself to pieces..
Great guide as always!
Battanian fians, Vlandian cavalry and Sturgian shield bearers are pretty fun army. I just started the dragon banner war with the empire and so far holding out, aiming to go on the offensjve soon just need more companions and money
"2 quivers of armour piercing arrows" - just a slight correction, the damage is piercing, much like swords have a piercing damage type but this is not "armour" piercing and against heavy armour, blunt would be better.
Yay here we go
Hope you enjoyed it.
i usualy take no infantry and take like 90% fians and 10% cavalry and just sacrifice the cavalry for a battle of 200 fians and cavalry against like 400-500 army
That's fair. You have built in attrition, but it works.
Grapes actually originated from mountainous regions in the middle east and the Caucasus.
a mix of fians & falxmen and you can beat any opponent, plain and simple
but the highest tier of the falxmen perform shitty in an infantry grind, their weapons are too long, they dont get hits
Yeah, they are definitely bad in a grind, that's why i only use them as shock infantry. Smash and retreat style.
Really enjoying these only got bannerlord recently
Thank you. I am glad you are enjoying them. I hope you have a great time with Bannerlord.
You pronounce it feean not fian btw
I'll try to remember that, but certainly no promises.
Noble troops only recruit in villages bound to castles
Roleplaying as your culture would be fair if lords of other cultures also recruit only from their, at least they should be able to recruit only from their kingdoms inside their frontiers
Battania is modeled after Gaul so the Germanics. Some great wine comes from the Austria area.
I think it is fair that the Battanian Fian Champions are so strong. After all, the rest of their army is pretty bad.
I agree. Its not ridiculously OP when you consider they carry the whole faction.
Othsmen and fian champion can be a good combination
You may take my wife but you’ll never take my butter.
A creed for any true Vlandian.
Where Did you find the Warlord Armor? I can’t find it any where, only on Battanian horseman, but I cannot purchase or loot it..
Battania always gets completely swallowed by vlandia.
Yes, if you leave the AI to their own devices, typically Battania falls early, usually with the majority of their territory being taken by Vlandia.
The best way I have found to run a campaign is to crush valandia asap
Can I combine them with Sturgian heavy troops and cav?
Anyone else like me who picks their units based on how cool they look 😎 😂
battania strength: peter griffin ppl
battania con: peter griffin ppl
Just beat an army of about 300 while having only 70ish fian champions....ABSOLUTELY love these guys, but really expensive to upkeep
YEET
YOTE
They need a clear buff ngl
The forests are a godsend during war.
Technically by definition Battania is an empire 😅
The Fian Champions can´t beat everyone... most yes, just did a 100 Khans Guards vs 100 Fian Champs .... wasn´t even a contest. The Khans wiped the floor with the Fians.
Isn't the game map small?
Depends how you look at it. It isn't huge in the sense that an open world game map is, but it can take multiple days to cross it depending on the makeup of your army.
I love Battania. It's fun to be a full army of Fians.
It is definitely fun, but the lack of varied gameplay can get old.
Started a game with a vlandian character, but after garios and his goons ate half of vlandian land I retreated to Batania, married, had a kid and served as a mercenary/enemy of my enemy for 3 years
Stop saying appropriate difficulty. This game is hard on any level.
Battanian“grapes” are just blueberries
You really don't like people enjoying the game on easy mode do you
I find easy mode to be the chad experience, because you dont take as much damage and can go bezerk more often therefore more fun
Battanians closest thing to scottish freedom 🏴
I'm new so this could be the case with all AI Kingdoms but it seems Britanians love declaring war on neighbors who vastly outnumber them and lose all their territory along with mine.
Use a new game so we can see where the kingdom boundaries are when you talk about it
Sieging these guys really sucks XD
Worst group in the game