An Average Gamer's Guide: Total War Rome 2 Army Tactics

[@herpthederpandderptheherp633]

Very helpful, I can finally stop getting called a bot in multiplayer battles.

[@kusee.]

:D

[@DutchTDK]

But being called a bot in total war means you're bad

[@panzerace8251]

@@DutchTDK That's the point

[@davidsteis347]

That comment made me laugh so much, thx 😆

[@damuvang1915]

Yeah when I play I get nervous and do dumb things. It’s scary when you have like 5 other dudes questioning what the hell you are doing lol.

[@licensetothrill]

Thank you so much for this video! This is a high quality standard-setting example among many bad KZbin channels! The things I really like: 1. Your intro is not 2,000,000 deciBels louder than your dialogue like so many obnoxious videos with terrible sound. 2. Your voice is loud and clear (majorly important) 3. You do not ramble or blab or get so far off track that I turn off the video. You are concise, precise, and to-the-point. 4. You actually explain this Total War game in a way that is understandable to new players, unlike so many other KZbinrs. 5. Your advice makes a lot of sense, logically, and I can tell that you're a right-minded player with great advice to follow. 6. It's less than 30 minutes (not crucial, but nice). 7 (bonus). Your tips are organized by their function in the game, and it is a highly logical and sensible way to organize them. I love it!!! Thank You, Sir, for this great video.

[@Hylorchannel]

+Nerdicus Nerdly wow thank you so much for this compliment! I try to produce videos I would watch and that's exactly what you listed. I don't like people rambling or going on tangents that are entertaining but off topic. If your going to teach, teach, if your going to entertain, entertain. That's my philosphy!

[@Hylorchannel]

+Nerdicus Nerdly wow thank you so much for this compliment! I try to produce videos I would watch and that's exactly what you listed. I don't like people rambling or going on tangents that are entertaining but off topic. If your going to teach, teach, if your going to entertain, entertain. That's my philosphy!

[@licensetothrill]

You're very welcome :) I hate most game videos on KZbin because they're such low quality, so it was really nice and refreshing (and uplifting) to see this video. It's all around, really well made and it's wonderful to see. I just made my very first KZbin video last night, actually! I'm a beginning Minecraft mod author and started a channel at another location so I can upload mod demos, tutorials, and programming tutorials. I also plan on starting another channel to teach people audio engineering for KZbin content makers. I went to college for audio engineering and love to do the pro stuff, but I find the biggest need for audio education is in the home video studio department - a lot of KZbin videos just have junk audio. However, yours was refreshingly wonderful. I was impressed with the audio and will be coming back for more videos because of it! I'm also very good at high-end audio editing, as I do a lot of audio forensics and restoration, so if you or any other KZbinrs you know ever want to learn some really good audio editing techniques, just let me know :) I will warn you though - the software required can cost hundreds. But the increase in quality is hundred-thousand fold.

[@Hylorchannel]

+Nerdicus Nerdly it's super cool to hear how my audience is so wide and so widely skilled. I look forward to learn more on how to edit my audio from your channel. Let me know when you set it up. Pro tip: do one channel at a time and stay regular. I am bad at the second part since I own a video production company and I get busy but still lol

[@MrR3set]

He is a southpaw not right-minded

[@JR_ST]

My usual tactics (land) would be to invest in quality infantry, stack up my cavalry, and have half as many missile troops as infantry. Also weapons like a ballista that’s can deal damage from afar (at least one or two) is always good to weather some troops before they close the distance.

[@Hylorchannel]

Your incredibly welcome! I have so many more planned! Each time I read comments appreciating my work it just makes me go that much faster at getting the next one out (when I am not sick that is).

[@damuvang1915]

Hi buddy I just got this game but you are helping people many years later. I checked your channel and it’s been 5 years! I wish you best of luck in life 😊

[@chottabeamm]

When I was just a wimpy teenage boy. This guy was throwing a sequel to Sun Tzu's Art of War. Nice tips man!

[@wolf-8476]

Best tutorial Ive saw on this topic. Im not bad at diplomatics and all the other stuff but I am dreadful at the battles ( lost almost all of them on grand campaign ). Thank you for this great tutorial, made me understand how to approach battles and win them :D

[@croatianSplit]

Do you still play

[@photosyntheticzee9915]

Something I completely didn't realize about slingers is how useful they are compared to all other missile units. Great range, shields, plenty of shots. Bane of archers, even mounted archers, as well as the flanks of infantry. I'm playing a versus campaign with a friend, I am Macedon and he is Scythia, so I guess I should plan on spending a lot of time having my hoplites sit under missile fire.

[@aurelianxix1995]

Very informative and helpful, thanks a lot :D. All hail the Roman Empire!

[@calbeau7989]

Please don't hate me for this. Normally I only watch my fellow Englishman play Total War games, when I watch Americans I can hardly understand them and they get pretty annoying, you however my colonial cousin, your accent is just right. You play the game slow and steady, you give in depth advice and you are very well spoken for an American. You're great and you will progress far in to my favourite gamers! Keep up the good work buddy. Love from your tea drinking red coat cousin here in England!

[@Hylorchannel]

I greatly appreciate the compliment! Glad to hear I am hitting all the points of being entertaining and educational :)

[@Nostaw03]

An Average Gamer Same here! Thanks to the vids my provinces don't hate me!

[@calbeau7989]

***** Can you not read?

[@masonw2705]

"Well spoken for an american" how could an american not take that as an insult?

[@lucw4488]

Hah... A Wiegand! Are you descended from Germans?

[@AwesomeLionSaurus]

Great advice. Pontus is definitetly your preference I see =) Looking forward to more of your guides, there are so many "hidden" features in this game that seems kinda essential to know when playing higher difficulties. I thouroughly enjoy how you clearly (despite being sick here) and explicity explain and articulate your arguments, your point of view and it's intended effect. Thank you for your great contribution to the community

[@jamszalay]

I think he saw you playing rome and figured you brought velites to the fight.... Then panic ensued. Great fight.

[@Hylorchannel]

Thanks so much! Got to love a good trouncing!

[@mm2mm0]

Even the vid came out 5 years ago, take my like and sub sir!

[@arifhendriyana4399]

im a perfectionist commander, ill put my army in a perfect shape and make sure to form a perfect long box(Es).

[@kynareth3605]

I'm a rome total war veteran who recently moved onto rome 2. I would have thought that with 900 hours on the original I would be good at rome 2. I was wrong, it's a whole different game, cavalry functions completely differently and general gameplay and tactics are all different.

[@Scottiii95]

+Papanak the vaper VAPE NASH YALL

[@jessejuell9833]

agreed

[@Tespri]

Wow, surprisingly educating. I really had no clue about how to do against players (never really did play against them), but this fight explained pretty well some tactics and ideas that I should use.

[@jasperfarmer5128]

So am I correct in saying that Cavalry is used most advantageously when moving on a charge or initiating a fight from the rear, or the flank of an enemy unit? I seem to find that when cavalry gets locked down and put in a long engagement they seem to do much worse because of that. I'm new to this style of game by the way, loving it so far. These videos are a massive help. Thank you!

[@Hylorchannel]

Your very welcome! Some cav is meant for using their charge bonus (shock cav) and others are meant for both shock and sustain. The best use over all is to lock down a unit with infantry first then small flanks and rear with cav. Only time I engage my cav directly is if I know the infantry will break quickly and easily.

[@jasperfarmer5128]

Oh okay I see now, thank you.

[@Hylorchannel]

As always, you are very welcome.

[@victuz]

Cavalry isn't supposed to be engaged in long combat, it's supposed to do hit-and-run tactics just to harass the hostile troops and lower their morale. Unless of course you have a heavy anti-infantry cavalry dedicated to cut down running troops.

[@damuvang1915]

I love using cavalry for skirmishing in small engagements before battle

[@craighill4516]

Great tutorial, the best one I have found for battle tactics. This is exactly what I have been looking for. THX. Subbed.

[@Hylorchannel]

Thanks so much! I am glad I could be of help!

[@vampire_lord1239]

An Average Gamer SOMEONE PLEASE HELP, My rome 2 always freezes up at the very beginning loading screen it worked fine for the last few weeks now all of a sudden its not wanting to load please help thanks in advance.

[@davidkumar9216]

I got the no unit upkeep cost and I think that's a huge reason I love total war Rome 2 so much on the campaign. I can destroy everyone it's just a matter of time

[@andreygalkin8870]

Oh dear I was so brilliant at Empire and Napoleon TW, playing Rome II actually pains me to watch how utterly terrible I am at ancient warfare

[@victuz]

Firearms sure does decrease our tactics skills hahaha 😂 Imo it's so much awesome and satisfying when you win a melee battle when outnumbered, like, you can use not only you archers, but ambushes through hidden units, or having the higher ground for cavalry etc etc

[@JaredWilmer]

Great work - but this is a pet peeve of mine... Cav-al-ry = horse soldiers vs. Cal-va-ry = Jesus being crucified (the really odd thing is that you switch back and forth between the two)

[@landlockedcroat1554]

if hoi4 had the in depth diplomacy like this game it would be the best strategy game ever

[@burritoinspectormctaco1814]

Great video guide! Useful info for a returning, casual player. One stylistic critique. Calvary is the reported site where Jesus was crucified. Cavalry is the mounted combat arm.

[@tonydesanto3670]

Thank you! You are a savior! This video was awesome and really helpful

[@benrayner9813]

Thanks dude this was helpful and well made

[@TheHalfwayXBray]

Thanks for the tips and I can't wait to try them

[@ThomasSev29ID]

You sir, are awesome! You give me hope in buying Rome II Thank you! Thank you!

[@ewoksarecool]

Great guide! I cant wait for the skirmish vid, its definitely the part of my game that needs the most improving

[@Hylorchannel]

Skirmishing should be up and running further along in my playlist. I hope it helps!

[@mrgamerlion9591]

Thank you so so much , Hylor

[@emperorshowahirohito3424]

I used both real Roman and Carthaginian Tactics... ended up destroying the RAM of my computer.

[@euanharker6742]

Been coming back to this for days! Hopefully will win a game soon 😅

[@StreamdancerSmurgle]

Leaving a supportive comment as thanks.

[@L1MetalGaming]

I found you! Liking icons & the opening. Lookin good! All these guides make me want to be a PC gamer again. I used to love Shogun Total War, Medieval Total War, Stronghold, AOE, & Starcraft. My boss has a pretty good PC laptop for sale. Hmmmm......

[@paravinicius1]

Keep up the good work. You help us a lot!

[@lordaragorn001]

You are amazing, one love.

[@TheZod00]

24:58 lol that pun

[@noobnoob8922]

I played the game arnd when I was 15 and could not win these battles. Auto resolve was my go to. Maybe today I will finally win one.

[@Hylorchannel]

Do it! I know you have kids but I can hook you up with vent info an everything so you can have a small community of us to play with. Battlefield 4 is coming out soon...

[@Hylorchannel]

In full disclosure I think the naval combat is incredibly wonky and I have yet to discover myself or through the internet how to fight properly with ships. Auto-resolve for the win I suppose.

[@riptidezim6151]

dude just but ur boats on ramming mode, i won a 4v8 with this strat

[@Tagger1218]

Subbed...I'm horrible at battle tactics. This is the kind of instruction I need. I'll definately watch more of your videos for more of the same.

[@Hylorchannel]

Your so incredibly welcome! I am glad that I can help in any way possible and I hope if you have any further questions you feel free to drop them in a comment :)

[@musical_pumpkin1123]

I enjoyed this make more please

[@Hylorchannel]

Subscribe and your wish is my command :)

[@musical_pumpkin1123]

haha i just did, can you make more vids on tactics? or do you have those/

[@Hylorchannel]

I have planned on doing a new Let's Play series for TWR2. In there I plan on talking tactics and grand strategy. Check out those videos for more information!

[@musical_pumpkin1123]

will :D

[@musical_pumpkin1123]

I actually plan to start a youtube channel for vid games

[@camiloparada9529]

Great guide

[@CrazyDutch91]

nice video, strange how it says close defeat at the end though.

[@Hylorchannel]

CA has admitted that replays will not always show the proper results at the end. Seems to be the case in almost all my replays. The replays also may not show the correct time of day and weather effects. Kinda silly honestly.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

Good presentation. 👍

[@illybillie9916]

good vid

[@monkeybrains911]

subbed and u deserve more :D

[@Joe_Friday]

What is the main differences of uses with melee infantry vs spear infantry vs pike infantry? It seemed to be more pronounced in something like Shogun 2. In Rome 2, for instance, it seems like spear infantry doesn't have the same effect against cavalry like it did in Shogun 2. Triarii vs Praetorian Guard for instance. Why would I use one over the other?

[@BattlestarGenesis]

Very helpful thanks :)

[@MrShadowHardStyle]

Can u make a guide about what to expect from different armies because what if you get rush against rush

[@TheSonzeK]

try going with that against horse spam

[@tristinedmonds9612]

you sound exactly like Jacob from trailer park boys

[@davidgreatestkingofisrael1181]

Your PC is awesome !!!!!

[@BASSASist]

Also use slowplay button when shit hits the fan!

[@nanderlizernanderlizer684]

doesnt work in mp

[@rynardtsieberhagen3049]

thx man awesome channel *subbed*

[@TheeOK1]

I would like to understand where did you learn stratagem? did you learn from playing the game or from outside sources and research.

[@digihelix2514]

How did u lose? I'm new to total war rome 2 and don't understand. That looked like a win to me!

[@grandstrategos1144]

Ran out of time

[@MrXxsuper]

after I saw this wideo, and tied to build a rush army instead of a balanced army, I have gotten much better, in all maps. balanced army was not for me.

[@arcanith7154]

Does Naval combat fancy you? I simply don't know how the hell to use my ships effectively, the enemy just ram my ships to death and I can't seem to figure out how the hell to fight effectively.

[@GRAHAM282828]

20 minutes into the video and not a single tactic was shown yet……

[@wwaqashussain]

which software you are using to capture the vedio

[@thefishisfish4036]

And what should you do if er is a flag in the battle (2loadout

[@nanderlizernanderlizer684]

i know this is super late but what do you think about elephants? is it best to send them in first and create an opening for your infantry or cav or will they be descimated by archers?

[@tonyschmittou8845]

Send cav in to kill the archers especially ones that have the fire arrow ability. After that just send your elephants in to take out the infantry. If you dont take out the archers first your elephants will die out pretty quickly.

[@Victor-bq1gx]

How did you disable proximity fading?

[@MrShadowHardStyle]

Close defeat ?

[@juststained]

That confused me too

[@arcanith7154]

That's what I do, however I'd like to know a way to fight the AI properly case I want a chance. Like land battles, I invade a town with great troops yet the balance shows they got superiority with just one army and the garrison army, yet somehow my forces win that with basic strategy that is easily exploitable as well. Ridiculous, Legendary dificultie and you can just stand there with the javelins on the border and watch the enemy suffer heavy losses to them as they just stand there and replace.

[@yankee2110]

Cav-al-ry not cal-va-ry. I have made the same mistake often.

[@mshsz]

I would share with friends but then id end up running around oblivious like a headless chicken like your enemy here when I play them..

[@wildmonkiesJR]

Could we possibly play Total War: Shogun 2

[@Taos87]

darn, currently being processed. oh well. FIRST! p.s Thanks for these vids

[@alwinalmasco7055]

which is better? Archer or Slingers?

[@JACK-jp5jr]

archers

[@trombonistdk]

Average gamer I always have problem with the opening engagement because I force all my troops forward any tips for this

[@Hylorchannel]

Learn to use skirmishers and use more mobile troops to scare off their's.

[@trombonistdk]

Thanks man I will I have been lately and it's helped alot

[@lloyd3879]

average gamer is it possible to make a 4 group armies into 1.... i mean every group there is a general?

[@dkelrk1]

I think I caught cold from you. I am not pleased! >:( Oh, cool guide!

[@jurijsoklic5026]

Are you playing battle against CPU or noob player?

[@prettydank1786]

OP blaze it quickscoping player

[@jimmytodd5225]

Do you mean npc not cpu that’s for your computer

[@jerielwiranto4524]

well you wont use 3 of your best cavalry to charge head on and hold the enemy flank as they are freakin expensive in the campaign, and losing it is a pain in the ass hahaha

[@jerielwiranto4524]

but i love the strategy, swift and well organised

[@albertoruizfranco9595]

... explain why was it a "close defeat"

[@Hylorchannel]

At the time this was being filmed play backs of recorded games were showing incorrect endings.

[@katetroyer9204]

oh the rest of your army body is made up of praetorian guard, really... praetorian guard are one of the most OP units in the game they will destroy most other swordsmen and are more then a match for strong hoplites you should have had armored legionaries of evacoti cohorts.

[@DirtySerb]

I need some help. I've been playing Rome 2 on and off for 9 months and I keep getting wrecked! I have the settings on easy and tactically I know what I'm doing with my Legions'. Generally when I start a new game I spend a lot of turns building my economy, cities and technology along with my armies. I don't attack anybody until I feel I'm strong enough to do so. Here is the frustrating part. I'm continually attacked by Italian rebels along with 2-3 other factions. I can't hold any conquered territories because of the back to back attacks on multiple fronts. The armies that attack me ALWAYS outnumber me by 2-1, I can't get reinforcements to units besieged because yup they get ambushed. If I abandon the territories and fall back to consolidate my Legions I'm attacked. I'm CONSTANTLY outnumbered and inevitably Rome Falls! It's gotten to the point where it's not fun to play when I can't even hold territories from minor factions. Again I've tried diplomacy, trade, military alliances etc etc etc. NOTHING WORKS! It's almost pointless to play it when I know I'm gonna lose and it's Never a question of if, only when. Any advice would be much appreciated as at this point im about to just toss the game in the trash.

[@davidkumar9216]

Michael V If you are not doing multiplayer then get the no into upkeep mod. If you are maybe be more patient with expansion idk I suck at the politics mostly. But the no upkeep helps a ton and makes the campaign way more fun since all your armies will be full stacks

[@jameschebahtah]

some tips. Don't use forced march often. Don't be conservative when it comes to military recruitment buildings, have one in at least every province, it makes it easy to build up a reactionary force wherever your forces are. Don't neglect public order, and if a province rebels, stamp it out quickly before it gets too big. Don't expand too quickly, especially if your having trouble. Set yourself up for success whenever possible with overwhelming force and/or using spies to deadly affect with poison. Autoresolve as little as possible as you'll lose less men this way. Early campaign for Rome you shouldn't declare war on Epirus or Syracuse until you've dealt with most of Carthage. Take Cisilpine Gaul quickly and don't expand too quickly until you feel confident enough to move into France. Carthage won't be easy to fight, but it can be done with enough focus and armies. Don't go straight for the big cities, squeeze them dry first. These are only a few, hope they help you out. If you need anything else, my steam is Doggo Does a Game, we can do a multiplayer campaign sometime if you want.

[@jameschebahtah]

And do yourself a huge favor and download both Technology time reduced to half as well as some Mercenary upkeep reduction mods, and if you like Roster expansions Sebidee's unit mods and Radious's unit mods

[@MrR3set]

Michael V You should conquer the territory to the north of Italy and the Syracuse province(Glass to trade and Syracuse grain if i can recall well) and. Then make trade agreements and dont upgrade all buildings at once, meanwhile level up your agents (they are so op) and build your armies (At first you could autoresolve everything with full hastatis -thats what i do hence those starting units are shit and boring). If you decided to use autoresolve use it until you see fit (in my case until i can recruit cretan archers hence they are fun) then i use manually on the ones that are not that easy to win

[@lkm7]

I ADOPT YOU!

[@Hylorchannel]

I will take that as a seriously awesome comment.

[@nicolasmiller]

2013 wow

[@abk5828]

dude you lost the battle??

[@GeneraleF]

Why did you lose?

[@spacevisitorelhombrecohete5581]

Andrea Belli he conceded defuq ?

[@hebber1961]

Why is the ai here so docile in the early battle?

[@кровисиы]

cavalry not calvary

[@RagnolfGaming]

It's on fucking easy mode

[@markwinchester5434]

The live battle he showed was a replay from multiplayer, not a custom battle on "easy mode". He was just using the custom battle setup screen to illustrate different army types and such.

[@jokoono7354]

and he gave himself a bigger army. try that bullshit with 1 to 2 lol

[@TJ-wt9op]

Hop - Li - Tays Not Hop - Lights

[@hungothanh4913]

I love the freedom of controlling army in 3d environment. However, the game's mechanic is quite boring to me

[@alosaist]

Ο ΠΟΝΤΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΠΑΝΤΟΥ ΡΕΕ

[@roygfs]

too much cocaine

[@therocketleaugedr.2198]

/,asndlyasodya

[@impuredeath2]

do you even lift bro?

[@ambiorix0]

i wish i could play this game with such hogh graphics :o pff

[@MBC022]

you kinda over-complicate things, but thanks

[@Sammy_Chouchou]

Ewww, Pontus

[@ripclcze8845]

Lol

[@jurgiscool4508]

If you so good at battles why you fighting vs Same strenght (army) oppenets like you?

[@jurgiscool4508]

Anyways LIKE Nice video thanks!

[@scooterrodriguez2711]

JurgisNOTcool

[@rtwmoder]

Parthian player is veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy noob😂

[@Multieculti]

Haha tactics in Rome 2? they move al to 1 direction haha AI is stupid