But you should stop use them as fast as possible maybe only for emergency use they are ok.

You will replace them immediately when halberds can be recruited, zero reason to specificly recruit them over regular spearmen

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Brutal. When's the next informational video coming? Love your content bro

They are the most over tuned unit in the game

The one, major issue these guys face is their inability to ever win combat, which when fighting anything with fear, as in majority of your early fights, means they will always break long before your guns will have done enough damage. Swordsmen on the other hand will match skeletons and will beat back zombies making them actually hold the line a lot better. Though for later halbadiers and greatswords are far better choices (or just get more mobile guns with heroes and lords to try and pull enemy aggro).

Nah, flagellents. To the last man, not a step backwards.

take is as shitty as his fake accent

Still loses to fucking men-at-arms

If you have chosen and do the same, you can get up to 90

That flashing text its such a lame watch time tactic

I'm currently playing Elspeth von Draken, and my Free Company Militia front line is putting in work. Shootiest army I've ever played in Total War.

Still prefer my longbeards. But eh spearmen deserved silver shield at least... Like my goddamn quarrelers XD

Pretty solid, but the halberd looks so fucking cool

Yeah but I usually take halberdiers when I can, given, it isn’t terribly often until mid game that I get them in full force, in which case spearmen with shields are the best

I just use more guns.

Even without getting into detail with the stats I always prefered the spearmen with shield over the halberdiers because they tend to last way longer, especially when shot at due to their shields.

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Am I the only one here that never played for the empire?

Ok so what? This video makes very silly points. All of those general and tech tree skills also apply to halberdiers who have higher leadership and deal more damage and can get expert charge defence. Also every faction in the game has buffs like that so comparing them to ironbreakers who also receive buffs is silly. This video should be titled while spearmen with shields are the best line infantry, besides halberdiers.

And them you have the state troop version that is 100% cracked, and with Extra 30 armor from gelt they can tank black orcs

You are right they are good at the start of the game. But not in mid and late game. A Lord and some heroes are much better. If you use spells or arti or ranged units to get rid of the enemy infantry they will have big losses but you can hold out easy. Also some fast units to lure some of the enemy away or to kill their ranged units or arti are always good to have.

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Ah, but you did not take into account there greatest flaw… they’re French…

Everything good till a rocket crash in the middle.

They still die like flies sadly, due to low armor.

Me doomstacking artillery

In campaign, the best line infantry for the Empire is 4 units of Ironbreakers. Just make sure not to upset daddy Ungrim :p

*laughs in free, stable mods*

this dude doesn't understand how the game works 🤦

And Volkmar's Book of Nagash (number 7 I believe) boosts MA and MD and Leadership by ANOTHER +8 so that's 75 MD total. WTF.

They look utterly ridiculous spaced out that much…

Nah halbirds you fool

Cavalry of any kind is better in any scenario. You just need to cycle charge a lot.

I see your point, but wouldn't swordsmen end up doing more damage for slightly less melee defense? How common are cavalry charges early game against spearmen like that?

In a world filled with unspeakable horrors, these mere mortal men hold the line. The Empire endures!

Greatsword (state troop), unbreakable, best Empire infantry by far.

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Arch lector hero be like

They break instantly on contact. Great swords and halbediers are where it's at

I was playing Rome II once with 4 units of Socii Extraordinarii in an army attacking a settlement, and those bastards held down hundreds of enemies all on their own for the entire fight while I moved the rest of my forces thru the settlement

If they fought like Kruber does with the damn thing, you’d need nothing else

Wrong. It's Halberdiers. The 35% shield block is irrelevant as Empire, most enemies you face have weak or no range at all, and the ones that have range, Empire range firepower is far stronger so you can destroy their range first. Halberdiers have Expert Charge Defence, they will hold against even elite infantry charging into them, something Spearmen cannot do as they get wrecked by high charge bonuses boosting Melee Atk & damage.

Holding the line since 2016!

Halberdiers are better for the AP damage, charge defense against all, and greater melee defense. The shield really isn't that important, especially when facing enemies like chaos

Meh, tried them, swords are better against pure infantry. Killing enemies is a good way to survive I guess.

I prefer halberds, they just work. They have the charge defense against all, they may not have shields but they can tank damage as well as deal damage, i dont really have time to level up spearmen (because they lose, alot) i think i saw spearmen lose to spear goblins once.

I had a single unit of normal base garrison Swordsmen hold off 4 marauders with great weapons and a Norscan lord for like 2 whole minutes in a siege once. I always use Swordsmen after that.

Try to cut off that blank end of the short so it replays right away