I just realized the Champions of Thunaroz were a group of warrior worshippers of the Thunraz, the Proto-Germanic god of Thunder which one might recognize as the Norse god Thor.
The pantheons they worshipped were quite similar which is to be expected due to close proximity (relatively) and coming from similar groups of peoples prior to their migration and split.
2 very good factions. The Cimbri are very scary. I use them quite often, their 200 strong Elite Skirms are insanely strong. Full on Melee beasts with full Javs.
My Broz! Definitely my favorite of the barbarian factions. That down hill light cav ambush on his horse archers was beautiful haha Happy to see you redeem yourself on this one
haha cheers mate, to be honest it looked a lot more planned out than what it actually was :P I kept them up there "just in case" and in this instance I got very lucky with it. He played really well!
Army position definitely didn't help him, but I think his choice of mostly horser archer cavalry is what did him in. Media does a lot better with their heavy melee cav, not horse archers or jav cav. Especially when they're caught out of position like they were.
Text book Germanic approach you ended it nice and quick almost like an ancient world Blitzkriege (how German of you :P). Might give the German factions ago again haven't played them in a very long time, mostly just had trouble using them properly which is why I usually stuck with Gallic factions when it came to babarians. I could see what your opponent was trying to do though, and had his CAV gotten into your back line this battle could have been very different very text book Eastern. Some other fun Germanic tribes to have in DEI or hopefully ROME-3 would be: The Teutons: Allies of the Cimbri whose intial encounter with Rome lead to the Marrian reforms. The Cherusci: The Tribe of Armenius enough said ;) . The Suebi and Marcamoni: Both already in the game and both have quite the story and impact on Rome. And finally The Goths: This one if handled correctly would be very fun there is a Video on youtube called the History of the Early Goths I think by the channel Invictus? It covers their potiential origins (Scandinavia) and how they were able to grow and become so powerful. Also would go well with the Romans stating the differences between West Germanic tribes and East Germanic tribes which explains why during the crisis of the 3rd Century the Romans didn't call them the Goths they mistook them for Scythians.
Your right about his cav, I got lucky in pinning it down to be honest. But I also had SO much infantry, it'd take a long time for them to have a serious effect. I swear the Cherusci are in game but aren't playable, don't quote me on that though... The Teutons I wouldn't know.. I actually think the Germans are way more powerful than the Gauls. You just gotta use the ambush style of fighting combined with their special units. They have great axemen and swords that can seriously chomp through enemy lines. There is even pikemen you can use against factions like Rome that would get stomped by pikes.
@@Immersaholic True the use of gorilla deployment and your numbers still would have most likely lead to your victory, the Cav not being pinned down the way they were though would have at least given you some trouble, any kind of heavy Cav like that left unchecked can be a nightmare. And yeah the Cherusci are in game just not playable which is a shame considering the effect that Tribe had on Rome (destroying three legions), maybe could have some uniqueness to them in the late game due to Arminius being raised in the Legions and that after the ambush at Teutoburg the Cherusci looted weapons, armour, and equipment from the dead Romans. Yeah my problem I had with the Germans was not playing them properly, and I last played them in Vanilla Rome-2 in the Imperator Augustise campaign XD .
I don’t think his army was too bad, those spears are fantastic. It’s just I brought the perfect counter to armored spears - armor penetrating axemen and swords
@@Immersaholicyeah but you not gonna win. I mean what I will brought is tones of light infantry and archers and and dropped horse archers for more melee javelin cavalry. The only thing would worry me is the fear factor Because now he limited his army. By the way I do not get a notification on you replies
I just realized the Champions of Thunaroz were a group of warrior worshippers of the Thunraz, the Proto-Germanic god of Thunder which one might recognize as the Norse god Thor.
Oh nice!
The pantheons they worshipped were quite similar which is to be expected due to close proximity (relatively) and coming from similar groups of peoples prior to their migration and split.
Sheesh that was an absolute smashing, I wonder if a hellenic faction or rome would have faired better. Short and great battle nonetheless!
I did get very lucky in this battle with his deployment to be fair. That and he smashed me in the first battle lol :P
2 very good factions.
The Cimbri are very scary. I use them quite often, their 200 strong Elite Skirms are insanely strong. Full on Melee beasts with full Javs.
Indeed! Both very underrated but both have super high potential!
My Broz! Definitely my favorite of the barbarian factions. That down hill light cav ambush on his horse archers was beautiful haha Happy to see you redeem yourself on this one
haha cheers mate, to be honest it looked a lot more planned out than what it actually was :P I kept them up there "just in case" and in this instance I got very lucky with it. He played really well!
Now for the faction review 😊
Hehe 😉
What a beautiful rush. Glorious
I do love a juicy rush
Nice to see Media getting some love, even if they did kinda get slaughtered here lmao
We do love Media here!
Army position definitely didn't help him, but I think his choice of mostly horser archer cavalry is what did him in. Media does a lot better with their heavy melee cav, not horse archers or jav cav. Especially when they're caught out of position like they were.
Text book Germanic approach you ended it nice and quick almost like an ancient world Blitzkriege (how German of you :P). Might give the German factions ago again haven't played them in a very long time, mostly just had trouble using them properly which is why I usually stuck with Gallic factions when it came to babarians. I could see what your opponent was trying to do though, and had his CAV gotten into your back line this battle could have been very different very text book Eastern.
Some other fun Germanic tribes to have in DEI or hopefully ROME-3 would be:
The Teutons: Allies of the Cimbri whose intial encounter with Rome lead to the Marrian reforms.
The Cherusci: The Tribe of Armenius enough said ;) .
The Suebi and Marcamoni: Both already in the game and both have quite the story and impact on Rome.
And finally The Goths: This one if handled correctly would be very fun there is a Video on youtube called the History of the Early Goths I think by the channel Invictus? It covers their potiential origins (Scandinavia) and how they were able to grow and become so powerful. Also would go well with the Romans stating the differences between West Germanic tribes and East Germanic tribes which explains why during the crisis of the 3rd Century the Romans didn't call them the Goths they mistook them for Scythians.
Your right about his cav, I got lucky in pinning it down to be honest. But I also had SO much infantry, it'd take a long time for them to have a serious effect. I swear the Cherusci are in game but aren't playable, don't quote me on that though... The Teutons I wouldn't know.. I actually think the Germans are way more powerful than the Gauls. You just gotta use the ambush style of fighting combined with their special units. They have great axemen and swords that can seriously chomp through enemy lines. There is even pikemen you can use against factions like Rome that would get stomped by pikes.
@@Immersaholic True the use of gorilla deployment and your numbers still would have most likely lead to your victory, the Cav not being pinned down the way they were though would have at least given you some trouble, any kind of heavy Cav like that left unchecked can be a nightmare. And yeah the Cherusci are in game just not playable which is a shame considering the effect that Tribe had on Rome (destroying three legions), maybe could have some uniqueness to them in the late game due to Arminius being raised in the Legions and that after the ambush at Teutoburg the Cherusci looted weapons, armour, and equipment from the dead Romans.
Yeah my problem I had with the Germans was not playing them properly, and I last played them in Vanilla Rome-2 in the Imperator Augustise campaign XD .
havent played either faction yet but the battle was very interesting
Both are amazing and very fun!
Now here's something I haven't seen. Germanic vs. Iranian armies.
Well the Cimbri were migrators :D
can avoid these ambushes by starting the battle further back in your own area
True, it’s just something people don’t expect
Wow, very impressive 😮👍
it seems that I highly underestimated this tactic
Thanks mate, I was lucky it worked out so well
Those poor Medians! 😧
haha my man Manco gonna hate seeing those catas go down
@@Immersaholic 🥲
2 of my favorite factions to play
They are fantastic for sure
that was beautifully played
Cheers mate, to be fair I did get very lucky with the deployment but it was a good guess on where he'd set up.
smesh time
Thiis was not even fair like he chose the wrong army. if he brought melee and that cavarly . I mean low cost melee he would
I don’t think his army was too bad, those spears are fantastic. It’s just I brought the perfect counter to armored spears - armor penetrating axemen and swords
@@Immersaholicyeah but you not gonna win. I mean what I will brought is tones of light infantry and archers and and dropped horse archers for more melee javelin cavalry. The only thing would worry me is the fear factor
Because now he limited his army. By the way I do not get a notification on you replies