this is the core of hammer and anvil.. but you cant have the hammer without the anvil .. you need beefy infantry with good morale .. also this would be impossible when the ai spams spears or have sabre cavalry and crossbows(especially god damn onyx dragons) .. so you need archers to take those down .. with shock cav and any good infantry and crossbows you can take out two fully stacked armies with one army .. if your stratigest on your archers is high cunning (ammo for archers) and you use sintinel for your infantry with high expertise(melee evasion) you start taking those 2 vs 1 situations as the norm .. now if your vanguard is good and you use azur dragons and your troops levels are high you literally can take 3 v 1 and dont even get pyrrhic .
actually very possible if they all spam spears, spears can ONLY brace in front of them. so you can split them into groups with cav, then dive into the exposed flanks with charges, as they do not repel charge damage from the flanks.
What difficulty are you playing on? As on legendary or even ver hard, AI never leaves their flanks open like that, and this strategy would be useless late game when AI has defenders of earth armies
and yes, this strategy work best at early/mid game, in late game this is still viable because AI wont have many stacks of defenders of earth, they will have a few which by late game you should have enough economy to field multiple elite armies
hey man can you help me out . i played this game i like to prolong such games to have as much fun as possible then my reform got filled all of it and i couldn't continue the turns and i still had 3rd of the map by enemy hand does it mean that i will lose when my reform all been filled ???
Now hold on. Does this still work? I'm sure they updated the AI and on romance mode it doesn't work as well. Also sometimes I click the unit to attack the enemy and then they randomly stop advancing. I want you to try this against Cao Cao and Sima Yi comp they're nasty strong and usually stack siege and have 2 spears or more standing inside the archers unit. Also why are the cpu ai got sooo low leveled generals vs yours lol and on romance the generals mean alot more so try that with it on and lmk how it goes with the special commands etc also tell me how this works vs sieges and actual pvp lol
2:52 First Example Battle - Against a mixed army
10:50 Second Example Battle - Against polearm heavy army
Very cool! I was in lots of trouble since the CPUs always stockpile armies. It's amazing how you can defeat a large army with a small one.
Thanks ! Hope this video helped you out !!
@@TotalWarKS It's efficient at low level but is it at higher levels ? Like lvl 10 for all units + lvl 8-9 generals ? Not sure, will try it
You made it look so easy. Short and precise to the point. Thanks for sharing.
You're like a virtual Napoleon, thanks for showing how to pull off this type of stuff
LOL
This video was very clear and helpful. Thanks!
I feel like ready to play Ma Teng now :)
this is the core of hammer and anvil.. but you cant have the hammer without the anvil .. you need beefy infantry with good morale .. also this would be impossible when the ai spams spears or have sabre cavalry and crossbows(especially god damn onyx dragons) .. so you need archers to take those down .. with shock cav and any good infantry and crossbows you can take out two fully stacked armies with one army .. if your stratigest on your archers is high cunning (ammo for archers) and you use sintinel for your infantry with high expertise(melee evasion) you start taking those 2 vs 1 situations as the norm .. now if your vanguard is good and you use azur dragons and your troops levels are high you literally can take 3 v 1 and dont even get pyrrhic .
my general is the anvil usually, baiting in the middle. if u look at second example there were 9 anti cavalry infantry units
actually very possible if they all spam spears, spears can ONLY brace in front of them. so you can split them into groups with cav, then dive into the exposed flanks with charges, as they do not repel charge damage from the flanks.
Would be helpful to start using a mouse than my track pad LOL. Thanks for making this video KS! Moving calvary like this is def a great strategy.
i cant seem to pull this off when facing a full retinue of protectors of heaven
Mad respect to any youtuber that says in their own video "there is no point in watching"
Very helpful👍thank you brother
What difficulty are you playing on?
As on legendary or even ver hard, AI never leaves their flanks open like that, and this strategy would be useless late game when AI has defenders of earth armies
this was legendary my friend, there will always be gaps as long as u keep riding in circles
and yes, this strategy work best at early/mid game, in late game this is still viable because AI wont have many stacks of defenders of earth, they will have a few which by late game you should have enough economy to field multiple elite armies
@@TotalWarKS It works until the ai has calvary superiority
What difficulty was you playing on, if that was legendary then you sir are a god
I think it was legendary, the level of the units matter way more than the difficulty
@@TotalWarKS No legendary you have a map
hey man can you help me out . i played this game i like to prolong such games to have as much fun as possible then my reform got filled all of it and i couldn't continue the turns and i still had 3rd of the map by enemy hand does it mean that i will lose when my reform all been filled ???
No you should be able to keep playing until you destroy everyone unless you have some DLC
Now hold on. Does this still work? I'm sure they updated the AI and on romance mode it doesn't work as well. Also sometimes I click the unit to attack the enemy and then they randomly stop advancing. I want you to try this against Cao Cao and Sima Yi comp they're nasty strong and usually stack siege and have 2 spears or more standing inside the archers unit. Also why are the cpu ai got sooo low leveled generals vs yours lol and on romance the generals mean alot more so try that with it on and lmk how it goes with the special commands etc also tell me how this works vs sieges and actual pvp lol
I raged quite after my army routed after 3 arrows hit them morale system is terrible
I think it is quite realistic, your units are most likely level 1 meaning fresh recruits who have never experienced battle
@@TotalWarKS I guess have to learn how to play I was writing it in the heat of moment haha. Thanks for the video :)
Method is heavily dependent on poor unit management from the AI opposition.
Who doesnt play in romance mode?
RMB after every battle 🤕
The biggest mistake you made in the fight, you didnt listen to sabaton the art of war for true sun tzu inspiration ;)
You could actually do better by frequently pausing the game, only that it won't be fun viewers to watch.
You could have rehearsed this before recording or at least edit it
Wow you drink a lot of coffee? .... your like ...
Click click click, send unit to , click click click click click
Poor units are cant teliport 🤣