For the comments saying that it makes sense for knights to be so OP. I mostly agree. However, pike men historically were basically the anti-knight unit.
it depends, because if he has a mass, the knight can break the pike. Overall, on the other hand, the mass is more a Templar weapon than a knight's weapon, so yes.
Fun fact they are used as force multipliers, Knights (or armored units) are typically more disciplined than the rest of the army. A famous story about this is how the Templars are the only ones to not retreat when holding a bridge against the Mongols, Saladin even has a kill order against them whenever his men capture Templars as they were too ferocious to be prisoners or even slaves
@@forickgrimaldus8301 it's interesting and close to the truth I think. However, I also think that the only way for Christians to lose against Muslims is a betrayal of their own side, and I think that's what happened : they were too strong to lose in fair combat.
@@williamspk608 not really Islam (their military tech was almost even, but Islam had a slight Population advantage over Catholic Europe) at the time was also very divided and the Crusades primarily targeted Egypt so only the states controlling that part of the Islamic world had to deal with the Crusades, Saladin "lost" because of misinformation on Barbarrosa and his passivity (Probably because he was old and probably dying at the time) so really Saladin had the advantage over Richard, Saladin just misjudged the strength of the enemy he was facing.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 I think we don't know the real story of that time, so we'll have to wait until we know it. Because the truth may not suit everyone.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 because in terms of the balance of power: how can we defeat an army with such superior weapons and fighters so sure of themselves psychologically? The Arabs were not "happy" to fight, where the Crusaders were completely in the fight psycologically
Stronghold 2 was such an unbalanced game. Knights, ballistas, catapults. Food production with meat was op, gong was so bad, sculptures were op etc. Yet my most favorite of all stronghold series
@@mirizid9667 *laughs in 50+ catapults* (seriously, in multiplayer, catapults are often used to one-shot any unit, a couple shots and those HAs are all dead)
A nights armor is very very expensive. So 10 knights means you are facing a very wealthy opponent with well trained and experienced men. If all you have is the village militia, you would be smart not to risk a fight.
I think that if the lord was also mounted, it'd be a pretty even fight. Also, personally, I don't really think knights being OP is a bad thing. They're a pretty expensive unit and are meant to be absolute tanks. I find that a fuckload of crossbowmen and archers are pretty effective against them, so long they actively pull back after clapping the lad's horse.
Because there is a little bit of delay before knights start attacking since they have an animation for pulling out their sword, lord wins against them. But the stats are the same. Same hp and same damage
i always wanted a mod for stronghold crusaders that would make lords more like in later installments of the series i also had a fantasy about a mod that would let you customize your lords weapons (for example: lord with a sword is basically nothing special, lord with an axe has bonus damage against buildings, lord with a torch would set troops and buildings on fire etc)
Yeah II figured instead of the direction they actually went, they should have focussed Stronghold 3 on the more lordly aspects and knightly aspects, maybe add a bit of RPG mechanics in there like cusstomizing your Lord, to Lords also becoming stronger and get more impressive equipment as they rise in their noble titles.
Yea knights basicly lords in terms of stats) Same thing are in Legends as well, you could ez win some enemys with Arthur coz he can summon knights on top of enemy castle)
Knights are literally the only melee unit you need in SH2 If your enemy has them, try building ballistas or other siege and let them fall in the water, in trees, buildings or rocks, or anywhere else where they usually can't stand (against walls works too). Then they die instantly.
Yeah, knights are very op, unless you need to cross the bridge, or something like that. Also traps kills them pretty well. They are not unkillable. I like that they are strong, but game should include more counters against them. For example make their mounted version more durable, but countered by pikeman. And overall, they are too cheap, even after price adjust in new patches.
What everyone is not understanding is that the horses have their own health, so you have to de-horse the knight before you can even kill him, downside to knights on horses is they can't climb walls or ladders
Would be a downside of they couldn't get rid of their horses, like in sh crusader 1. Since they can dismount in Sh2, they don't have downsides and make other units almost completely obsolete
@@Boxwood They're really expensive thou. Having Crossbowmen w. Pikemen can kill knights and hold a chokepoint. Ballistas can be built pretty cheaply and can instakill a knight by pushing em onto walls or into structures/moats/trees. Catapults also works the same way since you can build em really fast. Even better since you can place Siege Camps on other people's lands and snipe knights. I tend to use Swordsmen and Pikemen to attack over other melee units except maybe Warrior Monks due to them being a relatively cheap unit to mass with gold heavy (equipment wise) units.
Wdym? They're the strongest melee unit in SH1. And I'd they they're more threatening than real life knights. There's no way a single night IRL is going to take on 4-5+ even unarmed people, yet SH knight can take on even more.
@@lexlex44 basically the same unit you just upgrade, but okay, I accept this nitpick, this balanced by the fact they're really mobile, don't see any issue with that. They're still incredibly strong.
*HE HAS RETURNED !!!!!!!!!!* well that something. having never played the game cause my old PCs couldn't properly apply it and i haven't installed ever since anywhere else, this was quite informative😂😂😂😂
Knights are stronger because the transition to 3d means you can't have stupid amounts of units on screen without turning the whole game into a PowerPoint.
I mean it could be realistic, have you ever seen someone in full knight armor? Those guys were beasts lmao, life is kinda pay to win and a rich noble could afford armors that nothing would penetrate lethally. Yea 100 peasants are kinda too much because they would overwhelm them I guess but half of them would surely go down at least.
They are not OP, it's how knights should be, and they are very expensive, it's no wonder they were so favored in reality, they are simply anti-infantry, and were very resistant to crossbow also, something showed in stronghold 2.
Well, cool armor and sharp sword is really good in combat IRL, but even without overwhelming amount of human power - it's still relatively easy to kill them. They are still humans - just with iron shells (which also makes them a bit slow) and a good hit with a spiky mace or hammer - will probably kill them :) So, 36 maceman's should beat them i guess
They are not OP, it's how knights should be, and they are very expensive, it's no wonder they were so favored in reality, they are simply anti-infantry, and were very resistant to crossbow also, something showed in stronghold 2.What should be good against knights is the MACEMEN, and even then they should have problems.Because concussion(mace damage) is better against knights than than worthless poke spears
the ultimative anti Knight weapon tho is the halberd. You cold stab the horse or the Rider, you can toss hin from the horse with the hook and smash hin with the axe blade. Just Brutal
@@dragonlord4643 in SHC und SH2 there are Dates give on the screen, if thoose weren't no problem but playing somewhen 1100 with a Unit called Pikemen and that Unit using an Halberd and not a Pike is the little Detail i somehow cant live with.
Knights were so freaking busted. I remember playing the final SH2 mission on dark path , the siege of the kings castle. Showed it to my friend but failed horribly, only had 1 knight and my lord alive. NPCs opened the gates for me and I went in. Managed to somehow killsteal and win the mission with my 2 units vs like 50 NPC units beating down the king.
I think the lord is just a landed knight, and if he’d been mounted it would basically be a knight vs a knight. Basically whichever one swung first would win.
the same thing with sh legends, but they are easier to get in that version of game (becouse there are a lot of special units with a unique powers). 10-15 knights can stop all attacks from AI. With back up from 20 crossbowmen nothing could even stop them.
LMFAO, knights were counters FOR PEAR AND PIKES, their armored makes them DAMN SAFE against any form of piercing damage, so I don't know where you got the dumb idea that spears should be freaking good against knights, what should be good against knights is the MACEMEN, and even then they should have problems.Because concussion(mace damage) is better against knights than than worthless poke spears
@@lexlex44 the spears and pikes were for the horsed knights, to stop them for straight charge into spearmen. If you charge with a horse into a spear line, you either get impaled to death or you get dismounted and left face first to the ground in a precarious situation. If course, this would only happen if the horse or the rider are insane enough to do this, which would be wired because horses will avoid pointy sticks at all cost. It might be true that a fully armoured fighter would have an easy time against a spear, but no same man would fight against superior numbers. To fight against armour, you are correct. You need a mace, an axe or a halberd. Anyways, you don't need to be rude. Be polite, we are taking about balancing in a game. Take it easy.
Knights are basically 2 units. One on horse and then when they fall down. Also you cant compare stronghold crus knights with stronghold 2 knights, because in the 1st one knight are basically swordsman on horses. In 2 it isn't swordsman on horses but it's those better swordsman (forget their name) on horses.
Knights are far too strong. I remember in the campaign of s2 there was a mission where you had to conquer a castle and half your army was killed because some things were charging at you like instantly. Far too overpowered in the game
OMG, can anyone tell me how to set the same screen resolution? The scale is incorrect, much smaller than it should be. Tried running in compatibility mode, surfing the internet, no help. Screen 1920x1080.
Wow That armor is actually a really good armor No fantacy crap no great helm no fudal armor just a good old 15th century plate armor Funny a old a§§ game has better details than almost all the games these days
Actually the game is still laggy, I think the steam version is a bit broken but if you somehow got the older version on lower resolution or something it will run smooth. Not sure though
Knights in Stronghold 2 are basically like slightly weaker lords. A lord will beat a knight on foot with very little health left. That's why the meta in Stronghold 2 is to just get a group of like 50 knights to ride into the enemy castle (after making a breach with your catapults/trebuchets), dismount in front of the keep and then march them straight towards the lord. Unless the keep is packed full with crossbowmen, they will take out the lord and still have like half of their troops left. Honestly the game would be much better if there was unit collision, so you could block them off with a row of pikemen or something.
Lol... Knights (without charge) VS Infantry in Stronghold 1:25 Knights (without charge) Vs Infantry in this movie ua-cam.com/video/YBs4a4Io49I/v-deo.html
This game is imbalance, how come a pointy stick can't kill. For all I know pointy stick have conquer half of the world. Along pointy stick conquer the whole world.
They are not OP, it's how knights should be, and they are very expensive, it's no wonder they were so favored in reality, they are simply anti-infantry, and were very resistant to crossbow also, something showed in stronghold 2. So yes, unit wise, stronghold 2 is historically accurate.
@@lexlex44 Idk, we should ask those horses how they felt about that frontal charge. Horses were partially blindfolded (on the sides) but you can't just completely blindfold a horse, it would fall since not seeing where it steps... If you're running and see a wall, or anything that seems like an unavoidable obstacle, you don't just run headway into it, you slow down or stop. Horses were mainly used to carry the metal armour, so that the knights didn't have to wear it all day (Think about crusader knights in the desert, for example) But I might be wrong, since I've never charged with a horse into muslims... I've just read it in books/ on the internet
When i was a kid i found out that dismounted knights are weak vs alot of peasants ince the animation to sheath the sword after each kill took way too long
It is strange to see videos of stronghold in 2022 D: but yeah ... The knights are too unbalanced. Just a little bug in an ocean of bugs that is the game, but we love it expecially for these bugs xD
But crossbows stocking on top of each other with catapults and fire (fire bug the most annoying thing in the game )counter solo knight so easily Multiplayer army composition for the player that has the estate is horsesrchers + mantlets + Knights For the player not having the estate 1.same type of army with trebuchets on your base or 2. crossbow spam with mantlets and fewer knights and the strategy of stocking army on top of each other and abusung fire bug to harass the estate Crossbows with catapults eat knights for breakfast
Also you should consider that the cost of knights are ridiculous compare to other troops and the mass need of stable (5 early game in a pro match and ip to 9-10 in mid game is a lot of money ans only bread eco with estate can support that And also this should be acknowledged that knights with out horse are shocking
I've never played Stronghold 2 online but that's what I thought Crossbowmen + Knights and horse archers sounded like the dream unit comp What's the fire bug btw?
@@Jefflenious thats a good combo but you cannot harras with just that either ha and knight or ha crossbow and like 15 knights Fire abuse is to train some fire carts then select them and move it some where and while the cart is moving click the attack bottom down right and constantly click on a tree on the map :) rest is history (Siege cam and putting bakeries on sleep with likr 20 mantlet and 5-6 fire cart going for and army is devastating And thats why assasing placememt is so key because they are invisible you scatter some of them like 3-4 in front of your army so the enemy cannot place a siege camp close to your army because when he click to place it It says to close to enemy
@@Jefflenious ua-cam.com/video/TzvPAFqu6Cs/v-deo.html Out dated economy (it can be a lot better but the main way to play is this on the eco part) dm me and i will send you some more gold
@@Jefflenious being a high level pro in crusader 2 and almost a pro in sh2 and playing all the stronghods Sh2 is by far the best game when the game was alive (2011-2013) the golden era 😍😍it was insane 6 pro host minimum
For the comments saying that it makes sense for knights to be so OP. I mostly agree. However, pike men historically were basically the anti-knight unit.
*laughs in Husaria*
it depends, because if he has a mass, the knight can break the pike. Overall, on the other hand, the mass is more a Templar weapon than a knight's weapon, so yes.
@@williamspk608 ???
@@williamspk608 What? Pikemen beat any knight charges and making them obsolete any day
@@theunknownfencer6336 I said that knights can maybe be defeated, but not templars. Read again my previous message
Yes, Knights are powerful and GigaChad... As they should be.
Fun fact they are used as force multipliers, Knights (or armored units) are typically more disciplined than the rest of the army.
A famous story about this is how the Templars are the only ones to not retreat when holding a bridge against the Mongols, Saladin even has a kill order against them whenever his men capture Templars as they were too ferocious to be prisoners or even slaves
@@forickgrimaldus8301 it's interesting and close to the truth I think. However, I also think that the only way for Christians to lose against Muslims is a betrayal of their own side, and I think that's what happened : they were too strong to lose in fair combat.
@@williamspk608 not really Islam (their military tech was almost even, but Islam had a slight Population advantage over Catholic Europe) at the time was also very divided and the Crusades primarily targeted Egypt so only the states controlling that part of the Islamic world had to deal with the Crusades, Saladin "lost" because of misinformation on Barbarrosa and his passivity (Probably because he was old and probably dying at the time) so really Saladin had the advantage over Richard, Saladin just misjudged the strength of the enemy he was facing.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 I think we don't know the real story of that time, so we'll have to wait until we know it. Because the truth may not suit everyone.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 because in terms of the balance of power: how can we defeat an army with such superior weapons and fighters so sure of themselves psychologically? The Arabs were not "happy" to fight, where the Crusaders were completely in the fight psycologically
Most strategy games: don't attack with your cavarly into pikemans or spear units
Stronghold 2: how about i do it anyway?
knights are much different in sh2 than in sh crusader
Stronghold 2 was such an unbalanced game. Knights, ballistas, catapults. Food production with meat was op, gong was so bad, sculptures were op etc. Yet my most favorite of all stronghold series
stronghold crusader is less balanced, especially from the attack/defense point of view, where the defense is completely too strong
@@williamspk608 catapults
@@williamspk608 **Laugh in 200+ horse archers**
Balanced doesnt always mean its good. Just look at mw2, totally busted game but probably everyones fav cod multiplayer
@@mirizid9667 *laughs in 50+ catapults* (seriously, in multiplayer, catapults are often used to one-shot any unit, a couple shots and those HAs are all dead)
Imaging starting a siege during middle age with 10 knights and the defenders just capitulate..
Depends on the Castle minor yes large no
A nights armor is very very expensive. So 10 knights means you are facing a very wealthy opponent with well trained and experienced men.
If all you have is the village militia, you would be smart not to risk a fight.
@@bensosnowski1128 from a castle one nice boulder ends the ordeal
*surrender
I love how the maceman fight was so easy that one knight got bored halfway through and left.
In reality, pikemen should easily defeat the knights.
it depends, because if he has a mass, the knight can break the spade. On the other hand, the mass is more a Templar weapon than a knight's weapon.
@@williamspk608 No
@@williamspk608 nah, pikemen is the nuke back in the middle ages
@@SkeletauR yes of course, always more. You all affirm things about eras as if you had lived there. Never humility about the times you don't know
@@williamspk608 My profile pic can defeat yours.
I think that if the lord was also mounted, it'd be a pretty even fight. Also, personally, I don't really think knights being OP is a bad thing. They're a pretty expensive unit and are meant to be absolute tanks. I find that a fuckload of crossbowmen and archers are pretty effective against them, so long they actively pull back after clapping the lad's horse.
The lord wins on horse or if both are on foot. But only 1v1 get 2 knights in keep and its gg
Because there is a little bit of delay before knights start attacking since they have an animation for pulling out their sword, lord wins against them. But the stats are the same. Same hp and same damage
@@kingsguard5614 until a tower ballista shoots both of them of the keep, instakilling them
i always wanted a mod for stronghold crusaders that would make lords more like in later installments of the series
i also had a fantasy about a mod that would let you customize your lords weapons (for example: lord with a sword is basically nothing special, lord with an axe has bonus damage against buildings, lord with a torch would set troops and buildings on fire etc)
Yeah II figured instead of the direction they actually went, they should have focussed Stronghold 3 on the more lordly aspects and knightly aspects, maybe add a bit of RPG mechanics in there like cusstomizing your Lord, to Lords also becoming stronger and get more impressive equipment as they rise in their noble titles.
Yea knights basicly lords in terms of stats)
Same thing are in Legends as well, you could ez win some enemys with Arthur coz he can summon knights on top of enemy castle)
The multiplayer on pro level in sh2 in 8 or 10 y pt is about knights
In the old days the unmatched 150 knights by hali 🤐🤐 shocked every one
But now days with better knowledge 150 knight is ez just need ro focus and be fast
Knights are literally the only melee unit you need in SH2
If your enemy has them, try building ballistas or other siege and let them fall in the water, in trees, buildings or rocks, or anywhere else where they usually can't stand (against walls works too). Then they die instantly.
Yeah, knights are very op, unless you need to cross the bridge, or something like that. Also traps kills them pretty well. They are not unkillable. I like that they are strong, but game should include more counters against them. For example make their mounted version more durable, but countered by pikeman. And overall, they are too cheap, even after price adjust in new patches.
What everyone is not understanding is that the horses have their own health, so you have to de-horse the knight before you can even kill him, downside to knights on horses is they can't climb walls or ladders
Would be a downside of they couldn't get rid of their horses, like in sh crusader 1. Since they can dismount in Sh2, they don't have downsides and make other units almost completely obsolete
@@Boxwood They're really expensive thou. Having Crossbowmen w. Pikemen can kill knights and hold a chokepoint. Ballistas can be built pretty cheaply and can instakill a knight by pushing em onto walls or into structures/moats/trees. Catapults also works the same way since you can build em really fast. Even better since you can place Siege Camps on other people's lands and snipe knights. I tend to use Swordsmen and Pikemen to attack over other melee units except maybe Warrior Monks due to them being a relatively cheap unit to mass with gold heavy (equipment wise) units.
Are you sure about the "1 knight vs 1 lord"?
+ His horse, didn't think it would be this close
some lords can have horse too
Knight AOE2: I am too weak
Knight in Stronghold: Unlimited power
Aoe2 knight: 60food 75gold
Stronghold 2 knight: 200gold 100honor, stable and armor cost a lot as well
Knights in aoe 2 are super strong
Knights have 2 healths. One for horse. And one for the individual. They are literally the tank of stronghold 2. 20 archers barely dent it.
Knight op is historically accurate. Unlike the pathetic stronghold 1 version
Wdym? They're the strongest melee unit in SH1.
And I'd they they're more threatening than real life knights. There's no way a single night IRL is going to take on 4-5+ even unarmed people, yet SH knight can take on even more.
@@DezZzO_YT Wrong, in sh1 they loose to swordsmen, which is laughable ! And are also more fragile to crossbow than pikemen, which is double laughable.
@@lexlex44 basically the same unit you just upgrade, but okay, I accept this nitpick, this balanced by the fact they're really mobile, don't see any issue with that. They're still incredibly strong.
I remember how with the help of my only 10 knights I besieged an entire castle, lol))
Yeah, AI has quite strong attacks, but very weak defenses.
*HE HAS RETURNED !!!!!!!!!!*
well that something. having never played the game cause my old PCs couldn't properly apply it and i haven't installed ever since anywhere else, this was quite informative😂😂😂😂
Knights are stronger because the transition to 3d means you can't have stupid amounts of units on screen without turning the whole game into a PowerPoint.
1knight vs 1lord surprise me.
I mean it could be realistic, have you ever seen someone in full knight armor? Those guys were beasts lmao, life is kinda pay to win and a rich noble could afford armors that nothing would penetrate lethally. Yea 100 peasants are kinda too much because they would overwhelm them I guess but half of them would surely go down at least.
They are not OP, it's how knights should be, and they are very expensive, it's no wonder they were so favored in reality, they are simply anti-infantry, and were very resistant to crossbow also, something showed in stronghold 2.
Well, cool armor and sharp sword is really good in combat IRL, but even without overwhelming amount of human power - it's still relatively easy to kill them. They are still humans - just with iron shells (which also makes them a bit slow) and a good hit with a spiky mace or hammer - will probably kill them :)
So, 36 maceman's should beat them i guess
@@AliceRedFox96i think good plate armout can withstand maces, war hammers maybe not
Stronghold Crusader: rush horse archers
Stronghold 2: rush knights
Knights in thia game are too powerful! This is really not a good balance with its cheap money and honor!
This is terribly unrealistic. AND AWESOME
Actually it IS realistic, since knights are the most competent and well equipped warriors of Middle Age.
@@Marshal_Longarm yeah, I know. But take into account 10^6 people rushing towards you xD
Not even with automatic rifles you could kill all of them
Man love your videos
Still playing stronghold to this day
They are not OP, it's how knights should be, and they are very expensive, it's no wonder they were so favored in reality, they are simply anti-infantry, and were very resistant to crossbow also, something showed in stronghold 2.What should be good against knights is the MACEMEN, and even then they should have problems.Because concussion(mace damage) is better against knights than than worthless poke spears
the ultimative anti Knight weapon tho is the halberd. You cold stab the horse or the Rider, you can toss hin from the horse with the hook and smash hin with the axe blade. Just Brutal
Problem is, Halber got invented around 1300-1400 so a Bit later than Stronghold takes place.
This little itch always Freaks me out.
@@borbarad2.0 considering the Fullplated Knights which were more common from 1400-1500 than 1300, you could argue that halberds can be inclouded
@@dragonlord4643 in SHC und SH2 there are Dates give on the screen, if thoose weren't no problem but playing somewhen 1100 with a Unit called Pikemen and that Unit using an Halberd and not a Pike is the little Detail i somehow cant live with.
It would make sense for pikemen and spearmen to have increased damage towards any mounted unit.
Knights were so freaking busted. I remember playing the final SH2 mission on dark path , the siege of the kings castle. Showed it to my friend but failed horribly, only had 1 knight and my lord alive. NPCs opened the gates for me and I went in. Managed to somehow killsteal and win the mission with my 2 units vs like 50 NPC units beating down the king.
Lol i just played that same mission a few days ago and realized the same thing. Just wait, run in with the single knight and rush the king
I think the lord is just a landed knight, and if he’d been mounted it would basically be a knight vs a knight. Basically whichever one swung first would win.
The Knight only won the Lord cause of the horse tho, on foot the Lord would have one with basically 1hp
Yeah, Knights and Lords basically have the same stats!
Can confirm
the same thing with sh legends, but they are easier to get in that version of game (becouse there are a lot of special units with a unique powers). 10-15 knights can stop all attacks from AI. With back up from 20 crossbowmen nothing could even stop them.
Long time since last video ...
Wait is there any hotkey for Stronghold 2/Legends map editor that makes troops fight each other?
Or that was a mod?
I saved the map and played it for the test, don't know much about Stronghold 2 in general
Pike & spear should be a counter
At least in a horse they should yeah.
LMFAO, knights were counters FOR PEAR AND PIKES, their armored makes them DAMN SAFE against any form of piercing damage, so I don't know where you got the dumb idea that spears should be freaking good against knights, what should be good against knights is the MACEMEN, and even then they should have problems.Because concussion(mace damage) is better against knights than than worthless poke spears
@@lexlex44 dude calm the fuck down its just a game normally spear beats horse even irl it's why it was SPEAR and shot
@@lexlex44 the spears and pikes were for the horsed knights, to stop them for straight charge into spearmen. If you charge with a horse into a spear line, you either get impaled to death or you get dismounted and left face first to the ground in a precarious situation. If course, this would only happen if the horse or the rider are insane enough to do this, which would be wired because horses will avoid pointy sticks at all cost.
It might be true that a fully armoured fighter would have an easy time against a spear, but no same man would fight against superior numbers.
To fight against armour, you are correct. You need a mace, an axe or a halberd.
Anyways, you don't need to be rude. Be polite, we are taking about balancing in a game. Take it easy.
Giga Chad: Trains 20 knights
Omega Sigma Giga Chad king with 675 Armed Peasants: *Laughs*
Knights are basically 2 units. One on horse and then when they fall down. Also you cant compare stronghold crus knights with stronghold 2 knights, because in the 1st one knight are basically swordsman on horses. In 2 it isn't swordsman on horses but it's those better swordsman (forget their name) on horses.
Knights are far too strong. I remember in the campaign of s2 there was a mission where you had to conquer a castle and half your army was killed because some things were charging at you like instantly. Far too overpowered in the game
OMG, can anyone tell me how to set the same screen resolution? The scale is incorrect, much smaller than it should be. Tried running in compatibility mode, surfing the internet, no help. Screen 1920x1080.
Wow
That armor is actually a really good armor
No fantacy crap no great helm no fudal armor just a good old 15th century plate armor
Funny a old a§§ game has better details than almost all the games these days
Knights are very powerful, but they are also VERY expensive.
Why....
Yeah, Knights are absolutely overpowered in Stronghold 2 and Legends.
Hey gigachad....how in the WORLD can you run the game without lags?
Actually the game is still laggy, I think the steam version is a bit broken but if you somehow got the older version on lower resolution or something it will run smooth. Not sure though
@@Jefflenious ok thx!
Something to note: Game Speed determines the framerate
"Wood .... ?"
No knights cost gold and honor
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Knights in Stronghold 2 are basically like slightly weaker lords.
A lord will beat a knight on foot with very little health left.
That's why the meta in Stronghold 2 is to just get a group of like 50 knights to ride into the enemy castle (after making a breach with your catapults/trebuchets), dismount in front of the keep and then march them straight towards the lord.
Unless the keep is packed full with crossbowmen, they will take out the lord and still have like half of their troops left.
Honestly the game would be much better if there was unit collision, so you could block them off with a row of pikemen or something.
_"So how painfully unbalanced is Stronghold 2?"_
2:36
lord and knight have same power but lord was without horse for some reason
knights start dismounted at recruting. But you can mount Knigths and Lords
Lol...
Knights (without charge) VS Infantry in Stronghold 1:25
Knights (without charge) Vs Infantry in this movie ua-cam.com/video/YBs4a4Io49I/v-deo.html
This game is imbalance, how come a pointy stick can't kill. For all I know pointy stick have conquer half of the world. Along pointy stick conquer the whole world.
Historically accurate
They are not OP, it's how knights should be, and they are very expensive, it's no wonder they were so favored in reality, they are simply anti-infantry, and were very resistant to crossbow also, something showed in stronghold 2.
So yes, unit wise, stronghold 2 is historically accurate.
@@lexlex44 Idk, we should ask those horses how they felt about that frontal charge. Horses were partially blindfolded (on the sides) but you can't just completely blindfold a horse, it would fall since not seeing where it steps...
If you're running and see a wall, or anything that seems like an unavoidable obstacle, you don't just run headway into it, you slow down or stop.
Horses were mainly used to carry the metal armour, so that the knights didn't have to wear it all day (Think about crusader knights in the desert, for example)
But I might be wrong, since I've never charged with a horse into muslims...
I've just read it in books/ on the internet
11 of them can steamroll a whole castle belive me I tried it
What's funny is if you look at the dates, these skirmishes take place over the course of MONTHS
I think ur knight kill the lord because he had a horse, i haven't played it in long time but I remember it took 2 knights to kill a lord.
Arabian Horse Archers are the Knight's Kriptonite
1:25 "Accurate" demonstration of how the Romans wrote about the battle against Boudica with inflated numbers and all that
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When i was a kid i found out that dismounted knights are weak vs alot of peasants ince the animation to sheath the sword after each kill took way too long
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It is strange to see videos of stronghold in 2022 D: but yeah ... The knights are too unbalanced. Just a little bug in an ocean of bugs that is the game, but we love it expecially for these bugs xD
oh so that's why no one plays Stronghold 2
and you figured it out just now...
*MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE?!*
Why does stronghold 1 look better than 2?
Stronghold 2 was just bad
meanwhile tempelars in shc 2 "we giga Chad too"
This video took a lot of time.
Took about 10 minutes actually, I just wanted to take a break
@@Jefflenious yeah i was just saying that try to upload more frequently
First like:)
Chad
99 knight with horse + one without, speed will OP.
It's not overpowered, you peasant, they are expensive and are exactly how they should be.
The desert is a cruel place to fight even for Knights my lord
Can the horse die but the knight keep fighting?
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Peasant are best ...
Are Crossbowmen nerfed in this game?
2:45 😂😂😂 very xD
That's why I never use them against the AI.
why isnt it possible to mod Stronghold 2 :c
Only one reason why crusader is the best
sh 2 knight is the best knight
Yeah really the horses have same hp with a lord🤣
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Hey! Long time no see
I was just scrolling thorugh youtube and your video just pops up and i was like Jefflenious! 😆💪
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mounted knight vs unmounted lord?
they were billion...
Perfectly balanced game
Finally
A new video from you!
Quite accurate
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But crossbows stocking on top of each other with catapults and fire (fire bug the most annoying thing in the game )counter solo knight so easily
Multiplayer army composition for the player that has the estate is horsesrchers + mantlets + Knights
For the player not having the estate
1.same type of army with trebuchets on your base or 2. crossbow spam with mantlets and fewer knights and the strategy of stocking army on top of each other and abusung fire bug to harass the estate
Crossbows with catapults eat knights for breakfast
Also you should consider that the cost of knights are ridiculous compare to other troops and the mass need of stable (5 early game in a pro match and ip to 9-10 in mid game is a lot of money ans only bread eco with estate can support that
And also this should be acknowledged that knights with out horse are shocking
I've never played Stronghold 2 online but that's what I thought
Crossbowmen + Knights and horse archers sounded like the dream unit comp
What's the fire bug btw?
@@Jefflenious thats a good combo but you cannot harras with just that either ha and knight or ha crossbow and like 15 knights
Fire abuse is to train some fire carts then select them and move it some where and while the cart is moving click the attack bottom down right and constantly click on a tree on the map :) rest is history
(Siege cam and putting bakeries on sleep with likr 20 mantlet and 5-6 fire cart going for and army is devastating
And thats why assasing placememt is so key because they are invisible you scatter some of them like 3-4 in front of your army so the enemy cannot place a siege camp close to your army because when he click to place it
It says to close to enemy
@@Jefflenious ua-cam.com/video/TzvPAFqu6Cs/v-deo.html
Out dated economy (it can be a lot better but the main way to play is this on the eco part) dm me and i will send you some more gold
@@Jefflenious being a high level pro in crusader 2 and almost a pro in sh2 and playing all the stronghods
Sh2 is by far the best game when the game was alive (2011-2013) the golden era 😍😍it was insane 6 pro host minimum
Stronghold 2 knights are even more OP than Swadian knights in Warband.