Best Siege Defense Tactic! - Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord (1.0.0)

[@Goatboy451]

If Skynet ever unleashes an army of Terminators to kill us all, you'll be our John Connor.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Sounds good

[@mopground]

lets hope skynet has equally shitty ai coding

[@MorgothBagluir]

Well, if the Terminators use the same AI as developed by the geniuses at TaleWorlds, I don't think humanity has much to worry about, lol.

[@DanCantStandYA]

1. he better have good cardio

[@jaysonp9426]

Skynet sends terminators* Archers ready! Open the gate!

[@grouchoh]

Still works, Just had to defend Diathma against 1400 to about 350, A little wonky to figure out the positioning of the gates. But literally saved my first city. Thanks Spartan Gaming!

[@drakesmith6132]

How do you get catapults to focus fire on the ram?

[@Theqmortis]

catapults will always focus the ram first

[@kingt0295]

@@Theqmortismine always focus on the siege tower first

[@s0nycz3kk]

@@kingt0295 I think it depends if the mangonel can actually hit the ram, I've defended castles and shit with weird ground elevation, meaning even on the shortest range setting the mangonel would just overshoot the ram and so the men manning the mangonels (dayum), would focus something else they can shoot at actually. A lot of times a grouped infantry.

[@MaLordWotan]

Sadly almost this exact situation happened to me earlier. Joined Empire fo main quest & took a castle.... ended up defending 200 vs 800 and most of their army was heavily armored troops. TLDR: Lost all 200, but they lost 710.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Well hopefully next time you can use one of my Siege Defense tactics to get revenge

[@MaLordWotan]

@@SpartanIsGaming Looking forward to it, earned a sub & appreciate your knowledge!

[@Tinylittledansonman]

Siege defense is ridiculously easy in Bannerlord. The hard part is getting an enemy to actually besiege and attack.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

The ai armies decide what castle to attack based off of garrison strength. So if you were to take out all of your garrison, put all battanian milita or tier 1-3 archers in low numbers, and wait outside the castle. You could provoke the enemy to attack then jump into the castle right before the siege begins. I’ve done that a lot for campaigns where I want to collect all the enemies lords fast.

[@Tinylittledansonman]

@@SpartanIsGaming Takes too much time though. You could run three sieges in that time and capture way more enemy lords. Also makes no sense from a strategic point of view. Instead of a garrison and an army you just have an army setting a trap.

[@restitutororbis675]

@@Tinylittledansonman it doesn't even take that much time bruh you entice the enemy by having a weak garrison and when they siege it they will go straight in for the attack, sometimes without even building a ram because the ai sees the defender numbers as nothing, after that you break into your settlement and capture alot of enemy lords in easily

[@TechnoMinarchist]

I mean, historically it's not that inaccurate. Castles are force multipliers. A lady (her husband was away), her chambermaids and fewer than 30 guards were able to repel an army of 17,000 Frenchmen due to their castles defences during, if I remember correctly, the Hundred Years war.

[@mortache]

​@@TechnoMinarchist are you actually talking about Corfe castle during English Parliamentary wars? It was against like 500-600 troops with 80 defenders, they suffered TWO casualties while dealing over a hundred. The castle only fell because someone on the inside betrayed them and opened the back door

[@user-pf9re9hf8k]

I'm new to bannerlord and started doing this in sandbox mode and everytime the ram makes it to the gate. How do I get the catapults to target the ram?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

For this tactic you will want to use no more than 50 Infantry inside the gate since the AI will bug out if you place to many. If you have over 50 infantry make a group of your strongest shield infantry and place them in the gate then you can place your other units either slightly further away from the gate in a square formation or keep them in reserve to throw javelins. You can also use 2-handed warriors to charge in and out while the enemy blobs up.

[@ReedyD1953]

Is there a way to ensure all onagers fire at the ram???

[@venerablev4835]

@@ReedyD1953 That's been my issue in a castle defense. I even went up and manually aimed it at the ram and my troops swapped back to their other target instead.

[@jsolis99]

@venerablev4835 it drives me crazy!!!!! I'm like "the ram is there!!!! Fire at it" and they keep aiming at other useless targets

[@godlymegatron5698]

Can you make a console version of this tactic. It's been a while I played since launch on Xbox because it was trash horses flying everywhere, the world going dark, and the loading screens the anti christ of gaming puts skyrim to shame. Ever since then I kept to warband. It seems like you cheated with the spectator mode where you manually moved your archers because they were close. 5:04 Could be pc specific for all I know and anyone could press the command to move back instead. Which is all the more the reaaon a vanilla console version would be appreciated. No mods. No keyboards. No blue tooth or controller plug in on a pc. Then test all the versions and settings. For example, setting it to 300 size for the game and mess with difficulty.

[@TriNguyen]

work in 2024. thanks so much! i win battle 500 agains 1k1

[@roadhouse2476]

Can you go into that bird's eye view troop command on console? Or is that a computer only feature?

[@XxShadow101xX]

Its a mod. "RTS Camera" on Nexus

[@ReedyD1953]

So how do I make sure the onagers focus down the battering ram?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

You can take direct control of the rock onagers (only takes 3-5 hits) and if it isn’t destroyed then you can through boulders at the ram once it’s close. I use RTS camera and it allows me to tell my soldiers what formation to attack so I can just tell my men to all attack the ram but it does make anyone not on a catapult run against the walls.

[@thomasmain5986]

I notice on the latest version, it's bugged you will fight a big battle, the enemy will only have a few men left, but the ai will just start another battle, and then another. Trouble is you don't get the loot or the experience for your men, only for the last battle where they might only have ten men left. I guess the AI keep's retreating losing men. In addition it's weird when you are besieging a town or castle with another allied army, the AI will just attack you, not the other army, if you try the same thing you have to fight all the besieging forces, dosn't seem realistic or fair.

[@nidatahir9216]

Yeah I get mad at this alot because ill level up a bunch of fresh tier 2,3 troops and then they retreat and I get no loot or xp, thats why I just auto resolve most of my battles ik I can win

[@thomasmain5986]

@@nidatahir9216 I don't know much about medieval battles, but I am sure that when you rout a army, and go into pursuit mode, that army is not coming back. So why the diminishing battles, who thought that was a good idea. If you win then it's over. Give us the loot and the XP.

[@meldonsleep5298]

@@thomasmain5986 you have to go to game options...you have it set for siege battles that the enemy comes in waves of 3. The setting is waves of 3/5/or infinite, and in infinite means in every battle you must fight continuous spawns of enemies until the entire army is diminished to 0. The longer you play the game the longer these battles are drawn out because armies only get bigger

[@thomasmain5986]

@@meldonsleep5298 Ok thanks I'll do that. I tried it dosn't work, but they appear to have fixed the XP and Influence and Loot issue.

[@SoakieCat]

@@meldonsleep5298 This isn't what they're talking about, I have or had mine set to infinite, it doesn't stop the enemies from routing and if enough route you have to fight them again in a completely separate battle

[@fangan4770]

Interesting Bug Abuse. But somehow the game becomes less and less interesting for me the more I see how the mechanics can be exploited.

[@K.O.Star_]

Does anybody know how to command Hero's on PS4?? Or like how to command specific soldiers to which positions. For example if I have some Valandian Spearmen and I have a bunch of cavalry coming at me how to I make it so those Valandian Spearmen get to the front of the line in a shield wall?

[@ethanmoss3791]

I think you could put spearmen in their own unit and do it that way. I’m on console too and it seems like it’s way too clunky and it seems much clunkier than PC for giving specific commands.

[@mopground]

how do you tell what your onagers to shoot at?

[@staroyouno]

I done something similar by pulling everyone off the wall and putting infantry units in front off the inner gate, then used archers to shoot over them, beat an army off 1200 with 300 soldiers with only 56 injured.

[@Cowboys777]

So you place your archers where? In between the two gates? Or?

[@staroyouno]

@@Cowboys777 soilders in between the two gates in square formation. Archers facing the inner gate from the courtyard. This way the enemy focus on the gates and you can shoot them in the back or off the walls.

[@TheBrokenrubber]

I got about just over 200 with over 900 attacking me I'm close only been playing a few days this might help lol

[@jayronarellano8993]

Omg, this is very helpful! I got an army of 200 defending 1000+ army, and they get obliterate easily! Kudos for sharing, you deserve a follow/subscription and a like!

[@Jimmy_nut_tron]

HOLD UP, I put this on for background sound while in a siege battle while I’m defending and I have about 100 BATANIANS and I’m attacked by about 1000 ASERI how did this man know? HOW

[@SpartanIsGaming]

More exploits and tactics are on their way Spartans! Let me know if you try this Siege Defense Tactic for yourself and how it goes! I want to see you Spartans defending castles with 300 Spartans against 1000s! If you have any questions join the discord and ask me directly: discord.gg/5ejEEmd2de

[@onepiecepredictor1877]

It was intriguing

[@caseykeller4713]

i think my favorite part about bannerlord is the meta game. perfect example is your tactic of opening and closing the gate in order to manipulate the enemy army

[@SpartanIsGaming]

@@caseykeller4713 It's so satisfying finding ways to exploit the AI like that too

[@CubeFrog]

So I just started playing on console, so I can't mod it and I'm stuck with a ≈400 v 1200. The castle is rather narrow, and I can't put my archers very far away. Additionally, all I've got are four ballista, and I've yet to see them successfully take down a single siege engine. Any tips? Pretty stuck.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

@@CubeFrog Ballista's can't take out Rams so if the enemy destroys your gate this strategy won't work. I have another backup tactic video for your exact situation coming in a few days.

[@jongfungming]

You save my marriage with correin 😂

[@calebbolyard8679]

I used this countless times in a previous play through when this video first came out I just picked the game back up and forgot about it until now when I was outnumbered 1200 to 400 and thank god it still works 😂

[@calebbolyard8679]

You can pretty much afk until the battle is over it’s insane

[@8bit-ascii]

@@calebbolyard8679 did you try the Realist Battle Mod with this strat? there was an ai overhaul in the mod, but im not sure if siege ai was improved

[@calebbolyard8679]

@@8bit-ascii I only play on console bro not cool enough to be part of the PC master race

[@alliesotherness9456]

So I tried this but what do I do about the ram? My castle usually makes ballistas instead of catapults so the ram never gets damaged or destroyed. Also a part of my troops don’t listen to my orders to hold positions and still hit the walls, what do to stop that? Sorry I’m new 😅 thanks in advance

[@SpartanIsGaming]

I’ll have a new tactic video out soon for if you can not destroy the ram. It’ll completely freeze the enemy in place

[@calebwenzel5634]

I have a 175 v 1500.. I don't think I'll make it guys

[@simaocouto8106]

nice content. I wish they fix this exploit and also ladder camping. It would make the game more interresting.

[@RodasAPCTV]

If the archers looked to the ladders ladder camping would be mostly fixed. Everything else is probably going to take years till one modder fixes it

[@jaymate4556]

Thanks for this but can you do one that's not exploit based? It feels like cheating and I am a Noble of the Satiricus Imperium you see. This will not bring me honour in victory!

[@Tyler-Senpai44]

I tried this with the empire forces and it works super well Edit: the crossbowmen itself is enough to hold the castle alone

[@jaceclarke6139]

Every time I try this, my soldiers just close the gate on me. I don’t even order them to, they just do it anyway. I have to fight my way back into my walls. It’s really stupid

[@SpartanIsGaming]

You have to make sure none of your troops are near your gate or assigned to guard the gate or they’ll close it

[@kilersocke]

How do you order your catapults to aim for the ram only? Do you need the RTS camera mod for that? In the battle itself the only thing i can see is my charakter in the gate house. No need to say you cant order your troops properly while stayin inside.

[@TheHalflife8]

My only question to this tactic is, the archers will not eventually run out of ammo ? 🤔

[@SpartanIsGaming]

In a siege defense your archers have unlimited arrows

[@hanneswurstbrot6902]

Don't they need to refill on the barrels aß we do? All the barrels i know of are on the walls

[@archsteel7]

@@hanneswurstbrot6902 I believe only the player needs to use those

[@martinlemay2195]

my army just doesnt stay in formation. The archers will immediately go to the wall and get killed, same with the infantry. Can anyone help?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Tell them to change formation, like go into line formation and then command them to go to a point and they will start listening to you

[@caseykeller4713]

siege ai is back to square 1 with full release. i’ve been able to conquor like 7 castles and 4 towns with nothing but my own party. i’m not even in a kingdom. i’m a random clan who happens to own 5-10% of the map. kingdoms can’t declare war on me unless i allow it and when i sue for peace it’s typically a 1 time payment of 100-300k. fyi i haven’t taken any stergian lands but all my feifs are imperial and i’ve conquored them all with no more than 200 tier 3-5 stergian infantry. i don’t use archers for sieges anymore unless i’m defending the walls. edit: i forgot to add that i don’t use siege engines either. i have my party bum rush the least defensible wall with ladders and just kinda micro manage them as the defenders throw themselves onto my nordic phalanx

[@W_i_n_n_e_r_Man]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@discountstepbro60]

Ngl, the ground in and outside that killbox looks damn satisfying with all those dead dudes

[@derpybaboon3096]

I’m gonna use this tactic now

[@MrHitOrMiss16]

It went poorly, I had 400 men and they had 2200.. Fricking northern empire

[@teddys5775]

It’s perfectly balanced

[@jidechukwuwilliams4833]

Proof that Ai in mound and blade is way dumber than Ai in total war.

[@jorsm.3893]

It's funny to watch :P but I don't like the idea of making them run backwards agan by opening the outer gate. The storming of the gate from the inside on the other hand does seem realistic.

[@brazilfootball]

I'm not worried anymore about A.I. outsmarting us anytime soon 😂

[@antoniosamuel7507]

How do I get the camera mode mid fight like this??? Or is this only a pc thing???

[@SpartanIsGaming]

RTS Camera Mod on Pc/Nexus Mods

[@91mrpogi]

Makes me wonder if it's possible to take all units to a castle siege, ie if you are able to control at least one castle from one of the main factions, you can be able to use all existing units to attack a castle

[@andrewweaver4004]

Used a similar strategy but I put all my Infantryman in the door way with a set of my Archers on the walls and a set behind the Infantryman

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Sounds like a good idea to try

[@thatonedude6247]

Today me and 400 sturgians (60 militia and 350 from my army) deleted 1000 elite battanians hehe felt good bro they asked for peace after that. Weird thing they never retreat, they sent the whole army at us and most of them were heavy infantry almost no battanian recruits

[@at930pmgames]

My troops runs automatically to the walls. How do you make them steady?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Immediately give them any command like line or shield wall. There will always be some who man the siege engines if you have them

[@kevinslominack97]

The only way I get my Archers to stay i position is to put them in shield wall, then they don't fire. Any suggestions?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Spread them out while in shield wall so there’s only 1 line. If you have to long of a line split the group and put the extra somewhere else.

[@kevinslominack97]

Thank you! How do you get the onager's to focus the ram? Also do I need to assign people to man them?

[@jsolis99]

It works great... only my archers get killed.. BECAUSE THEY DON'T STAY IN PLACE!!! 🤣😭😡.. it's a 5 to 1 kill ratio which is demolishing!!!!

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Place your archers in a shield wall to prevent them from moving. If you can’t stop them from going to siege equipment get rid of the equipment before battle. If they are moving to man the walls you’ll need to restart and manually turn on and then off delegate command.

[@funkyfreak97]

Those aren't catapults...

[@OSMAND95]

My castle was besieged by 1225 soldiers and I only have 220 warriors

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Sounds like a fun battle!

[@iain-duncan]

hahahahahah you turned bannerlord into bloons tower defense very epic

[@Lamontcarter9]

Ok I'm literally going through this problem now, I currently just took Varcheg, and the Vlandians are on my ass. They keep coming with well over 1200 soldiers and I'm currently at War with the Battanians also. I keep getting wiped, I really don't know all the controls that well and I'm on console so I can't use the free Camara mode you have either. Please help.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

I’d recommend using my first siege defense tactic. It’s the most simple- kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2qshXeoaNeEY7s

[@rokirynari1492]

Had no idea you can place troops like that I just say archers stand here at the battle prep

[@riley5308]

Hay Spartan,how do I download mods on Xbox for mount and blade 2?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

At the moment mods are only available on steam workshop and nexus mods for pc

[@riley5308]

Ok thx

[@davidmacon1138]

People often wonder about medieval battles and how powerful and deadly full plate knights are, and yet, if you actually know how these things work....The humble and hated archer is your most prolific killer on the battlefields. Far higher body counts per capita with each engagement.

[@kamilbuszta6596]

Alternate title: Bannerlord Baloon Tower Defence 5

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Bannerlord balloon tower defense, I Iike it!

[@koruin77uk]

I have ballistas only and can't destroy the ram, what to do im stuck for 2 days trying to beat it, help * i got 40 melee and 80 archers vs 12000army* and im on ps5

[@SpartanIsGaming]

I have a new tactic coming soon for if you can not destroy their ram

[@adennkyramud116]

Trying this strategy out rn in a siege of Syronea, 1600 Imperial army vs my 800 Sturgian defending army. It's going well, up until the point where my second melee force decides to slowly whittle themselves down by running forward to man the catapults and whatnot behind the enemy. Rather frustrating to see a 50+ man group become 5 in the spawn of a few minutes Any way to avoid that and make them stay put? I've been ordering them and they just don't listen

[@skytpe6096]

You dont need to do this tactic with 800 soldiers. You dont even need tactics to defend a 1600 man against 800.

[@shin_elise]

used to work. Now it doesnt i tried almost 20 castles and town

[@Ri6iekytyt]

What was that you can fly with camera

[@shadowflamesmaster8092]

I have some problems performing this tactic that my archers just automatically go to the walls and dir during this

[@skytpe6096]

Select all your archers and command them f3+ face the enemy and then place them. They wont reinforce the walls anymore

[@precise7719]

If you're castle can't build catapults this will never work. Ballista's won't stop the ram.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

I have a new tactic for if you can’t break the ram coming tomorrow.

[@derrickcook1824]

How are you putting troops on the Weapons. Once I take them off I can't make them get back on?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

You can split off a few archers or infantry into their own group and manually select their group and look at and click the siege weapons. Same goes for siege engines, ladders, and attack gates. Your crosshair will turn into a gear symbol if you do it right.

[@Sydberg]

Elon Musk: "AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization." AI:

[@akagaminoshanks111]

Bro how do u switch ur hero and watch others(like u flying over the town )i dont know am new to game...

[@SpartanIsGaming]

I use a mod called RTS Camera to fly around the battlefield or take over control of allies.

[@boiledkraken3798]

When I'm defending, it won't allow me to command the garrison even though it's my own castle. Can anyone help?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

You have to change their formation when you spawn. Put them in line formation then tell them what to do.

[@nidzo2325]

1:36 what did you call me 😂😂

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Funny enough I actually had a video recently demonetized for saying Onagers. So now I have to call them catapults instead lol

[@corsair831]

This is cool and all and I get that it's a single player game so have fun how you like, but is there an effective way to defend a castle if you don't want to use exploits? So far in every test I've tried the castles wind up getting at the very best ~~1.5 KDR (without literally using Fians vs Peasants etc).

[@blackwoodsecurity531]

The perk that gives you an attack DMG bonus in simulations (when you choose send troops instead of joining the fight yourself) Helps immensely for siege defense for the exact reason it advertises for.

[@ohhhSmooth]

This is exactly the kind of creative strategy I was looking for. 👍🏻 I am currently Trying to figure out how to play Vlandia. My sharpshooters will be amazing with this defense!

[@xradeckx]

The big question is, how to know where is going to siege the enemy, cause always for me at least the siege has started and i need to lose a few units to get the gates and help defenders... Haha

[@SpartanIsGaming]

They attack the weakest castle/city that’s along the border of both factions.

[@Darduel]

My idiot archers keep charging for some reason despite clearly instructing them to stand in a line 40 yards from the gate?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Put them in a dragged out shield wall so they don’t charge

[@lockout6896]

A army with 4 trebuchet and a castle with 4 onagers can’t happen normally in Bannerlord because of how the siege building works.both sides fire the whole time

[@caseykeller4713]

yeah it sucks you don’t have any control over your own fiefs when your stuck inside them during a siege but at least when your the offensive force you can move the siege engines into the reserves as soon as their built so they don’t get shot at then move all 4 engines up at the same time while your siege towers or ram are being buikt

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

you can if you put them to reserve right click on the siege engine when it is completed.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

but yes not while defending because AI doesn't do it

[@tik608]

Your probably on PS5/Xbox x. I apologies in advance, the UI is god awful. If you haven’t realized yet, all party members can smith and to craft other weapons (non one hand sword) you have to click on free build. I loved warband/ bannerlord on console but sometimes playing a non modded version is a nightmare.

[@iain-duncan]

@@user-wq9mw2xz3j holy shit...

[@Brolaf2000]

... missing info here X) how to focus ram, how to move camera liek u do just two of em xD

[@SpartanIsGaming]

RTS Camera and select the unit that is on the onager and middle click the enemy formation controlling the ram. You'll make all onagers target the ram but will make your troops not on the onagers run in place. You can also take control of an onager to help out. (Should only take 4-6 rock onager shots)

[@MrHenning3000]

Wow that was cool!

[@toastywrath2346]

This doesn't work on xbox. Assigning troops is just straight up broken. it just doesn't work. And if you try to move the archers, it takes them off the catapults.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

You’ll have to get rid of the catapults and siege equipment before battle for the best chance of your archers staying in place.

[@toastywrath2346]

@@SpartanIsGaming but you need the catapult to take out the ram. My friend tried it on pc and it worked fine

[@ELI1Kenobi]

Does anyone know how to operate Siege equipment in PS5/4??? A video on that would be great!

[@gedacol1995]

Hi could you plz explain how to access strategy view?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

RTS Camera mod, you can activate it on steam or through downloading on nexus mods

[@asmusiic6093]

My troops dont obey me, what iam doing wrong?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Change their formation to shield wall then back to line formation and they will start listening to your commands

[@asmusiic6093]

@@SpartanIsGaming thanks mate!!

[@asmusiic6093]

@@SpartanIsGaming I dont know if this happen just with me, but every time theres troops inside the fucking wall, and the siege never end, theres something that i can do?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Oh I just had that happen in my gladiator campaign. I either shoot them or charge my infantry in sped up speed to glitch them through the walls.

[@frediiofficiel7401]

but if yu don't destroy the door breaker how yu do ? like if yu don't have anything to destroy it and only yur hand ?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

I’ll be covering that in the next siege tactics video

[@niaintsoakiadyfinaritraran5443]

Hey, is this camera mode a mod? If not how do you have a tactical view like this?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

RTS Camera on Nexus mods or steam workshop

[@BanuHaqim]

I feel like a noob. How do you go from third person on yourself to free floating to re-deploy troops?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

RTS Camera mod on Nexus or Steam Workshop

[@marcellotrusendi8560]

Alright so two questions: 1. How do you deal with the ram? 2. How do you hover out from your character? (I'm playing xbox)

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Use rock onagers instead of fire and man the onagers yourself. For the hovering use RTS Camera (can’t use on console)

[@marcellotrusendi8560]

@Spartan Gaming Thanks I'll give it a try. I have 250 soldiers against 2600 troops lol🥶

[@Million900]

Do this without t6 troops?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

You can do this tactic with peasants as long as they have a bow and enough shields in the gate.

[@ambre4329]

i love and hate how effective this is; sometimes Bannerlord got it's AI acting so goofy and buggy it kinda of takes the feeling of a last stand or epic battle

[@milkco6607]

It didn't work for me. The ram lived and when I had my troops pull back the try to distract the guys coming in at the gates, they went for my archers.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

The gates have to stay in-tact for this strategy to work. If they are destroyed the ai changes to charge. You can retreat your men to a choke point or a tower if the gate falls and hold to the last man.

[@milkco6607]

@@SpartanIsGaming Do you have a guide on how to choose some good spots at different towns and castles?

[@infected_reaperz344]

I can easily defeat 4-5x armies while defending using battanians. Last night I defeated 1.8k western emipire army while only having my 130 trops and around 300 militia. I split my archers in 5 or 6 formations, and 2 or 3 infantry groups,depends on how many ways they are attacking(ram,siege tower and ladders). My archers always take balistas,or oranghers. I always use balista and harrass them while they are walking towards us. When they start to push really hard I jump towards my infantry and block them on ladders or siege towers. They always retreat, because they loose more than half army trying to get to the walls. Archers easily kill more than 300 trops alone and infantry does the rest. I use fians as archers and wildings as infantry. I play on bannerlord settings so pretty much this tactic works on every setting. I havent lost single siege with it

[@cesarduran1896]

This worked for me only problem I had was my guys didn’t target the battering ram

[@Dwimerytguy]

Watching this video as owner of a fresh kingdom with 200 soldiers with 1200 army siegieng my only castle :D

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Good Luck on your Siege Defense Spartan!

[@Dwimerytguy]

@@SpartanIsGaming Realm of The First Men will stand strong

[@Dwimerytguy]

It freaking worked :D However i had to open the gates and swiftly destroy the ram by hand :D

[@Brubarov]

So you basically take advatange of weird AI behaviour haha sure why not.... why don't their infantry rush to the front gae and bash it with their weapons??

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Castle and city gates are usually impossible to breach with melee weapons and need a battering ram. Usually defenders would drop hot oil on their heads or have peak holes to shoot anyone who attacks the gate.

[@Brubarov]

@@SpartanIsGaming I tried you trick again but did not work(again). Sorry. My 3 catapults do not destroy the ram, and the attackers fro siege tower/walls actually run around after the archers even if i put them further than what you recommend. I'm trying to defend a castle 2v1 (800 vs 400) and have a hard time even having a 1v1 killing ratio. Archers die very easily. I've tried 5 different times with different tactics, I feel very dumb.

[@sethmccuckins]

My archers didn't feel like staying where I told them to

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Make sure you change them into shield wall and they will start listening to you. If you don’t change their formation they will run to the walls and ai will take over

[@ELI1Kenobi]

Thank you all for the helping suggestions...putting the units in line formation instead of scatter helped a lot. The problem in MARUNATH is the inside space but eventually came out ahead after several tries.👍🖖

[@kodekoistinen9706]

Are you playing easy because that wouldn't work with hard... Right?! o.o'

[@SpartanIsGaming]

It’s a custom battle

[@kodekoistinen9706]

@@SpartanIsGaming Okey well I'm definitely trying that out on my next campaign :)

[@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcat0]

Played for 3 months and I only just notice I could drag troop in formation

[@JohnixFTW]

How do you have 3rd person control of your army?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

RTS Camera

[@maximomartin2529]

Love the idea!

[@juanignaciocaballerogarzon977]

But the problem is that onagros or balistas apear randomly, also how you tell the bots to focus on the ramp

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Just posted a new video covering what to do if you can't destroy the enemy ram. And for focusing fire on the ram you can either take direct control or tell the soldiers on the onagers to fire at the ram by selecting the unit then middle scroll wheel clicking on the enemy formation that controls the ram. You need RTS mod for it

[@_Makanko_]

How important is it for yourself to stick to the outer gate? I'm running bannerlord without mods so I can't really get a tactical view with RTScamera. I'd prefer to scout with my main guy but I'm worried about it. I'd love if you showed off how to destroy the ram without siege defenses.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

By sticking close to the gate and opening and closing it you are resetting the ai so they don’t start to fight your infantry. If you have over 30 infantry alive in the gate you can run around but keep in mind you won’t be able to get back in. It’s risky but you should be okay to run around.

[@kishkay6376]

wait, how do I view the battlefield while still being alive???

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Through a mod called RTS Camera. Easily the most important mod for any campaign in Bannerlord.

[@HughJazz47]

Does it still work? I‘m trying to do this tactic in my city, but the door keeps getting closed.

[@SpartanIsGaming]

Haven’t tried this siege defense tactic in the latest version but it worked for 1.0.2 and the ai most likely hasn’t changed. Militia or soldiers not directly under your command will close the gate. You just have to make sure you start the battle manually placing everyone under your command. If they run to the wall on their own you’ll know you did something wrong.

[@HughJazz47]

@@SpartanIsGaming ok thanks!

[@aghasurkhailhaiderqazilbas8570]

you really went Spartan on them 😂but with 100 not 300

[@ghostcat5303]

Bro watching those poor aserai attempting to reach the shield wall but getting brutally perforated by the Fians made me giggle

[@nanashikureha3828]

What the fool enemy lol..

[@MostafaOT]

Problem is, my guys never manages to destroy the batteringram, you got any tips on how to fix that?

[@SpartanIsGaming]

If you can’t destroy the ram use one of the other siege defense tactics I have. I’d recommend Sally Out tactic- kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKiopXd-hcSamrM o

[@MostafaOT]

@@SpartanIsGaming Thanks for the answer mate, usually when being attacked, i only have time to place max 1 siege, (sometimes 2) in ur video it requires 4, iv never had opportunity to place 4 siege before the AI attacks 🥲