Tanukhid fanboys/girls, if I ever get round to doing a proper "How to Play the Tanukhids" would you prefer I played as a horde or settled faction? I prefer settled but if that compromises the Authentic Tanukhid ExperienceTM then I'd try horde.
These guys are actually very useful. They have extremely good missile block chance, and they're free, which means they are perfect cannon fodder against both missiles and foot infantry. You just place them in front of your pikes while the enemy runs out of ammo and you shoot at them with your own ranged troops, and if they try to engage you let the pikes pin down enemy infantry and flank with your powerful light shock cavalry. Doesn't matter whether the enemy tries to sit back or rush you, as the Tanukhids you can easily have both scenarios work for you if you combine pikes, light shock cavalry, and this professional cannon fodder.
@@etl4967 Yeah, I've tried that too. Yet this is like a hundred times more efficient, since the guys have zero maintenance cost, and excellent missile block chance which means they're able to take a lot of enemy arrows.
You can also do that with legio and menaulatoi, just place the legios direct in the pike line and form a testudo, i almost win every siege battle against the huns.
@@etl4967 That is true, but if they decide to focus on the menulatoi, then it's bye bye tier 3 pikes for you. I often find it hard to use them in the game tbh cause pikes felt much weaker in this game, and they have no missile block chance as well, so anything more than a slinger's stone is gonna have a field day on them.
Yeah the Tanukhids' rely heavily on their broad array of cavalry and light infantry. Squishy but mobile. Even their light pikemen are speedy for their unit type but melt in arrowfire.
You need to try to stay horde until you get the "empire of the east" tittle then settle and you have access to end tier east Rome shock infantry. I think a mix between camel cab and tribal warriors is really what you need , but I haven't tried ever in legendary but if you manage to win with the Zenobia quest you are a legend.
Pikes are actually extremely useful. Your rebellion militia can take all the enemy fire, so your pikes are safe from that, and once you've pinned down the enemy infantry you flank with your shock cav
@@agustinl2302 the problem is that in Attila pikes are really bad, is better to have either shock troops with armoured pikes or just a good holder infantry with defense stance. But At early game pikes are really nice if you upgrade them.
@@SrMikicas Yeah, I was mostly referring to the early game, when pikes are cheap, the AI's units are not extremely powerful, and due to the circumstances they're probably the best you've got. Mid- or late-game I'd say two of those heavy armoured pikes per army is enough to help you in narrow streets when fighting city or yown battles, and also to protect your first line of infantry or missile troops from a frontal cavalry charge.
@@agustinl2302 My enemy had onagers so I decided to rush them. Terrain was open field with no forest. I sent militias forward and pikes behind but hunnic horse archers started to maneuver and shot my pike infantry I decided to retreat under horse archers arrow rain but when my pikes turn their back to go behind .... The hunnic light and heavy cavalry destroyed my militias over 6 seconds and under onager fire my spear infantry has perished only pikes and light cavalry left in my army. And hunnic horse archers killed all of my pikes without even engage them and my light cavalry couldn't catch up their horse archers in time so Decisive Defeat.. Your tactic needs to be updated. After this battle I lost entire Balkans in 2 turns in legendary difficulty
@@Apollon89 yeah the main problem with his strat against the huns is that their horse archer stacks specifically tend to just shoot at everything, so even if you put pikes in the back first they’d get shot. If you send militia in alone they get shock charged to death. By the time you’re fighting heavy horse archer armies you should pivot to some armored spears with good foot archers and fast reserve cav after all their melee cav dies charging your spears to clean up the rest of the cav archers. But you need a unit both good at missile block and anti cav to weather the huns arrow shower and shock charge combo.
west rome legendary part 2, please edit: thanks for 45 likes, we're still waiting for that masterpiece of you playing west rome on legendary, papa @Yrridian
At least now I know I wasn't just using them wrong. The only thing I did wrong was use them at all xD Love your vids, hilarious total war isn't something I knew I needed until I found you! Can't wait for Three kingdoms :)
Man, I thought the limitanei borderguards are bad enough, that means a single Oda long Yari Ashigaru from vanilla Shogun 2 in Yari wall mode can single handedly rout out these rebel militias.
I don’t know if you’ve used it before and it’s late so I can’t remember anyway, but you should definitely use Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” in one of your videos. It fits your style perfectly
Reminds me of favourite strategy of Vampire Counts in those games people here are likely to vilify - hiring full stack of zombies, finding biggest enemy army and creating biggest body pile possible. Except in their case magic exists and body pile gets back up:D
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Gods of the afterlife, spare his arse
What do you trouble my digestion for today?
You speak of meat, not honey
Speak plainly, and i will deal honestly
Speak plainly, and i will deal honestly
Be like a spear, and have a point, HAHA
This is probably the shittiest unit in Total war game
Attila's equivalent of Rome 2 eastern spearmen
Plebs in rome 2
Right I forgot
@@BloodyBaker plebs can do some half decent work if you charge them in the back of enemy unit. I do it all the time when fight a settlement battle
@@alfa99121 i know, this can also be done by any other weak unit from the back
Tanukhid fanboys/girls, if I ever get round to doing a proper "How to Play the Tanukhids" would you prefer I played as a horde or settled faction? I prefer settled but if that compromises the Authentic Tanukhid ExperienceTM then I'd try horde.
In all honesty, I found settled to be pretty fun, but horde is definitely a fun challenge.
I think horde just for the fun of watching you deal with the challenge 😂
@@theopinionator7196 Tanukhid horde is next to impossible for me. And I've completed WRE.
Settled is more fun
@@marny3559 oh geez, im getting ready to spam RIP in the comments 😂
These guys are actually very useful. They have extremely good missile block chance, and they're free, which means they are perfect cannon fodder against both missiles and foot infantry. You just place them in front of your pikes while the enemy runs out of ammo and you shoot at them with your own ranged troops, and if they try to engage you let the pikes pin down enemy infantry and flank with your powerful light shock cavalry.
Doesn't matter whether the enemy tries to sit back or rush you, as the Tanukhids you can easily have both scenarios work for you if you combine pikes, light shock cavalry, and this professional cannon fodder.
yeah hahhh this milicia unit is able to be worst then peasents from Bretonnia
I also use that tactic with eastern hillmen/spearmen and pikes in rome 2
@@etl4967 Yeah, I've tried that too. Yet this is like a hundred times more efficient, since the guys have zero maintenance cost, and excellent missile block chance which means they're able to take a lot of enemy arrows.
You can also do that with legio and menaulatoi, just place the legios direct in the pike line and form a testudo, i almost win every siege battle against the huns.
@@etl4967 That is true, but if they decide to focus on the menulatoi, then it's bye bye tier 3 pikes for you.
I often find it hard to use them in the game tbh cause pikes felt much weaker in this game, and they have no missile block chance as well, so anything more than a slinger's stone is gonna have a field day on them.
You are actually the funniest youtuber 😂😂
hmm is this a dream? 2 uploads in a month
The 4th seel must be broken.
Yeah the Tanukhids' rely heavily on their broad array of cavalry and light infantry. Squishy but mobile. Even their light pikemen are speedy for their unit type but melt in arrowfire.
Not as easily as menuolatoi tho
Quality
@@borntofart ok, mostly quantity
You need to try to stay horde until you get the "empire of the east" tittle then settle and you have access to end tier east Rome shock infantry. I think a mix between camel cab and tribal warriors is really what you need , but I haven't tried ever in legendary but if you manage to win with the Zenobia quest you are a legend.
Pikes are actually extremely useful. Your rebellion militia can take all the enemy fire, so your pikes are safe from that, and once you've pinned down the enemy infantry you flank with your shock cav
@@agustinl2302 the problem is that in Attila pikes are really bad, is better to have either shock troops with armoured pikes or just a good holder infantry with defense stance. But At early game pikes are really nice if you upgrade them.
@@SrMikicas Yeah, I was mostly referring to the early game, when pikes are cheap, the AI's units are not extremely powerful, and due to the circumstances they're probably the best you've got. Mid- or late-game I'd say two of those heavy armoured pikes per army is enough to help you in narrow streets when fighting city or yown battles, and also to protect your first line of infantry or missile troops from a frontal cavalry charge.
@@agustinl2302 My enemy had onagers so I decided to rush them. Terrain was open field with no forest. I sent militias forward and pikes behind but hunnic horse archers started to maneuver and shot my pike infantry I decided to retreat under horse archers arrow rain but when my pikes turn their back to go behind ....
The hunnic light and heavy cavalry destroyed my militias over 6 seconds and under onager fire my spear infantry has perished only pikes and light cavalry left in my army. And hunnic horse archers killed all of my pikes without even engage them and my light cavalry couldn't catch up their horse archers in time so Decisive Defeat..
Your tactic needs to be updated. After this battle I lost entire Balkans in 2 turns in legendary difficulty
@@Apollon89 yeah the main problem with his strat against the huns is that their horse archer stacks specifically tend to just shoot at everything, so even if you put pikes in the back first they’d get shot. If you send militia in alone they get shock charged to death. By the time you’re fighting heavy horse archer armies you should pivot to some armored spears with good foot archers and fast reserve cav after all their melee cav dies charging your spears to clean up the rest of the cav archers. But you need a unit both good at missile block and anti cav to weather the huns arrow shower and shock charge combo.
I would 1000% watch a full campaign stream of this guy.
How to use the militia properly: let them starve, give them knives and forks and they'll do better. And then they said that I'm a bad ruler, pff
I like the Tanukhids with their awesome roster of fast pikes with good missile block chance, stupidly fast shock cav, and armored camels.
Im so glad I subscribed to your channel, we need Total War meme videos to become a thing.
Turn 2: ERE throws every legionary in the middle east at you
So good to see this channel revived
Looks like the ol' pyrrhic victory is on the other foot now
west rome legendary part 2, please
edit: thanks for 45 likes, we're still waiting for that masterpiece of you playing west rome on legendary, papa @Yrridian
YESSS
YESSS !!
Love your stuff Yrridian:) continue the good work:)
It took me two times to comprehend what was happening on the screen
My lord! Our man is running to the battle!
It's a samfu display!
Gotta love that HP system
im so happy you are back
Is like playing skaven without technology
If only we could see a battle against mob units in Empire total war.
Horde is awesome when you get going.. when I settled I instantly regretted it
I haven't played Atilla, but I can appreciate a good sarcastic Total War video.
And by the gods this looks painful.
that's just formalized peasant militia
At least now I know I wasn't just using them wrong. The only thing I did wrong was use them at all xD
Love your vids, hilarious total war isn't something I knew I needed until I found you! Can't wait for Three kingdoms :)
urge to play Fallout 3 intensifies.
That's a lovely Western Roman Empire you have there.......
Be a shame if something happened to it.
the tanukhids were the first faction i conquered the entire campaign map with (also got the veni, vidi, vici achievement for some reason)
Nice vid! Kinda shame that food and growth trait dont work for them, they are bugged. Thx CA!
man,use those free unit in the desert will be another story.
my god he actually tried it watta absolute madman
unironically best faction in the game IMO
Oh Napoleon Total War memories.
Spartacus made it look so easy...
That whole faction was a meme
The Alans will just steamroll with the weakest cavalry forces. Wait for it........
leonidas would approve this
WE WANT MOREEE !!
Man, I thought the limitanei borderguards are bad enough, that means a single Oda long Yari Ashigaru from vanilla Shogun 2 in Yari wall mode can single handedly rout out these rebel militias.
I love you dude
I don’t know if you’ve used it before and it’s late so I can’t remember anyway, but you should definitely use Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” in one of your videos. It fits your style perfectly
Love ur vids
well... how do i put, even 1 million peasants are still... peasants.
+Provocateur I think you meant "not enough".
Million times zero is still zero
aaand he's gone again, darn that was quick...
Omg I missed you😭😭
now u know why it s free.
*P E A S A N T S .*
It's almost harvesting season.
Homines Armaturae in Fall of the Eagles are more useful than this I tell you
That’s pretty good
The new oriental spearmen
So...you're alive after all
Hmmm from the gathered statistics I can conclude that it might not be worth it but we'll need further testing.
wew lads its happening get your cameras to remember where you were when he uploaded again
I've never even played total war.
As I said before they lack the damage if they had base 40 damage they could be actually usefull
Oh look found the old Eastern Infantry unit from Rome 1
0:41 Hello darknest my old friend
WELCOME HOME FATHER
in rome 2 you had plebes with just short kitchen knifes... how can this unit who has a gladius and a large shield be as bad as them?
yee hes back
Tanu-what?
Yay
The tactic here is to have an army of these assholes tire your enemy out while your reenforcing army slaughters the exhausted enemy.
Winnable
Tanukhid you not!
*(pun pun)*
That's what you get for playing Tanukhids, lmao.
I already know how to win with empire 9f the east but yeah I'd watch
I'll admit it. I did think of this too.
Quality content
Roman soldier: They've surrounded us!
Roman General: Good we got them right where we want them.
Wouldn't they be quite useful if you rank them up + weapon/armor upgrades?
jesus christ your posting MORE? take my money
How to play as the Sassanids please.
Have to exhaust them before
А где продолжение того прошлого прохождения.
😍
"free infantry is shit" I'm shocked
Better than Pewdiepie.
Play as a German tribe next and unite the tribes into epic grossgermaniums and destroy the asiatic hordes
Ahahah nice!
Бывает
I always come back here and it just gets funnier 😂
Rebellion militia vs Bagaudae.
I made empire using this faction in hard mode
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I hack the money
These guys are suposed to be a cheap anvil to your chargers.
Why cant i recruit unit after becoming an eastern empire?
why so short? maybe a longer video next time :)
how did that other 1000 die
Tanu what?
Hahaha moooooore
ay bröther don't insult my favourite faction like that
Reminds me of favourite strategy of Vampire Counts in those games people here are likely to vilify - hiring full stack of zombies, finding biggest enemy army and creating biggest body pile possible. Except in their case magic exists and body pile gets back up:D
Can you do thrones of Britannia ?
we dont speak about "it-that-must-not-be-named" here
Hey i cant really find that faction in my game . Do you use a mod or a dlc. Sorry for beign dump im new to the game
Imagine trying to finish a tanukhid campaign only using the rebellion militia, it's tough enough as it is 😂😂
Why is this video claimed for "Sweet Victory"? It's not even remotely in the video.
Lol😂
Ok