Celts Faction Guide: Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion

Today we discuss strategy, tips and advice for the Celts Campaign for Rome Total War
Barbarian Invasion
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[@fatmanyevo6235]

Hounds of culann is such a sick unit to include It's drawn straight from Gaelic mythology.

[@boshengjones1778]

How to they compare with the German Berserkers from the vanilla rtw?

[@fatmanyevo6235]

@@boshengjones1778 I couldn't tell you as far as stats are concerned but they're essentially the same as far as special abilities like berserk are concerned. I don't tend to use either units I just think they're cool additions.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

Pretty sure its just Irish mythology

[@fatmanyevo6235]

@@GAMER123GAMING "pretty sure" there is no difference.

[@Danymok]

Ah, Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion, one of the best, if not, *the best* Total War DLC

[@samuelkatz1124]

Personally I like FoTS more, BI is definitely second place

[@WandererOfWorlds0]

I think Three Kingdoms was the best expansion. Four campaigns + unit overhaul for all.

[@OperatorMax1993]

i agree it is by far *the best* Total War DLC also Kingdoms in Medieval 2 is also great

[@hannibalburgers477]

There are like five unique barbarian factions with different names. Axe infantry based Horse archer based Weak horse archer weak Infantry Weak cav good infantry Celts

[@louisdemm1758]

Berserkers are broken. I dominated the map with an army of mostly Hounds. I'd just unleash the crazy bastards and back them up with some swordsman and I'd use Cavalry to clean up it's epic as fuck playing the Celts. You go from taking Briton from the Romans, fighting off the Roman-British who rise from the ashes and beating off the Saxons. Once you start expanding it turns into a steamroll.

[@timothyernst8812]

Schiltrom is also called the hedgehog formation. It causes all the men to stand with their back toward the center of the formation and their weapons outward. It's meant to eliminate the unit's flank, so it's an ideal formation to get into if you're about to receive a charge. Since there isn't a lot of overlap in the formation, though, it is more vulnerable to missile fire than the standard formation or shield wall.

[@asfm2]

Yeah Placus the Horseman is a bro. I did a Romano-British playthrough in remastered and he got left behind when Western Rome contracted. He just hung around and even helped me fight off a Saxon landing once.

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

Celts, the only faction who dont know how to make bow of archers. Dammit you know how annoy its gonna be when invade France while meet with Horse archer horde!

[@tobysullivan3510]

The faction description muddles up Julius Caesar’s invasion attempt of 55 BC, where he took Kent but was forced to retreat through a combination of British resistance and rebellion in Gaul, and Claudius’ invasion in AD 43 where the British were finally defeated. Just so everyone knows

[@RRW359]

There's another reason to go after the saxons. To my knowledge, Vixus Saxones is the only barbarian city that starts with a level 2 port. The Celts can't build those, but if they take a city with one, they can use them to make large boats. Obviously several Roman cities also have level 2-3 ports (at least they do by the time I get to them), but it's nice not to have to choose between keeping a culture penalty in your city or building a better navy. Because both the game counts both the Celts and Saxons as the same culture (barbarian), none of their buildings give you a culture penalty. Not to mention the increase in trade.

[@MajkaSrajka]

Saxons are the only faction in the BI that has "prevers naval invasion" flag checked to true.

[@ryanc4033]

As the Celts I just got huge numbers of the Hounds of Culann, it’s just insane

[@Scurge237]

Unironically one of the best factions imo.

[@driednoodles4291]

Thank you lugotorix for this video I’ve been wanting a Celt video👍🏻

[@MatthewChenault]

Well, yes, Lugatorix. The Saxons have an obsession with the British isles because that’s a part of their hard-coding in the game. That was what happened historically as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came over to the British isles around the time of their abandonment by the Romans and swiftly conquered the Romano-British.

[@alasdairmclaren3084]

Doesn't the Romano Britain spawn when you take the 2 roman cites in britain. Not just by rebellion

[@NotFinnish]

Yeah I played as the Celts and Saxons and I can verify this is true

[@lugotorix6173]

Ahh yeah you're correct indeed, it seems I slightly misremembered how the Romano-British work, I'll be more careful in the future. Thanks for letting me know

[@drandana3661]

You can play as them now... Sort of. I can't ever win

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

The Romano-British appear as long as they are under a NON-ROMAN faction. Western Empire, Western Rebels, Eastern Roman Empire and Eastern Rebels controlling the british cities will never make the R-B to rebel

[@drandana3661]

I also have the tablet version which is enjoyable yet inferior. You can just play Romano British straight away, although the Celts and Saxons smash you on all sides by turn 30 and don't let up. Ive yet to overcome this

[@OriginalDraguza]

I remeber that once I played as west rome, made the british isles rebel and it moved to the west rebels, not romano british, and they did not spawn. The Romano-British only spawns if their 2 cities fall to other factions like the saxons or the celts.

[@lugotorix6173]

Yup that's correct it seems I made a mistake, I'll be more careful in future. Thanks for letting me know

[@thortor1216]

I took over Britain with a huge army, thought I had it made until the Romano British appeared and instantly vaporized everyone

[@lc8113]

Gallowglasses have a nice low upkeep for their quality, I usually just utilize them alongside a reasonable amount of Noble Clansmen and you can easily compete with the more advanced factions on the mainland.

[@WTFisDrifting]

Those crossbow men are amazing. They can hold their own in melee. Their crossbows reload faster than any other in ye game. Hands down best Celtic unit in BI

[@danielrojasruiz884]

You're the best,man. Keep on with this great guides

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, will do

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, will do

[@NotFinnish]

The thing about the Celts is that you have life 6 family members only a few turns into the game so money can get pretty tight.

[@WTFisDrifting]

Luke Kuang best early cav you get let them fight and only the strong will survive 😂

[@lugotorix6173]

Yes that's a good point actually

[@Blooticus]

Need a Romano British overview!

[@MajkaSrajka]

Romano-British are weird and imba. They have crossbowman in the unit rooster but cannot train them. They don't even get the experience on their archers. They do not have a regular barbarian-ish cavalery, but have the pretty heavy Sarmatian Cavalery available on the first level of stables - which is quite imba for the retrains. To top it off, because they have no other cavalery above them (WRE higher tier cavalery is actually subpar or not quite big of the upgrade over Sarmatians), they actually do get +1 and +2 starting experience from higher level stables. They also share all buildings including temples with Roman factions, meaning you also have access to the +2 experience temple, meaning you can have them with +4 starting experience, meaning you can boots their already respectable 8 attack 23 defence to 12 attack 27 defence (or 14 attack 29 defence with top level forge). Even with their already decent armor, they still have "fast moving", "good stamina" and "good morale" (9). They only thing that is a little problematic is their high costs (just as all Roman units) of 1100 and their upkeep of 383, but with Roman tech campaing map buildings and Londonium being a pretty great moneyprinter city due to its great trade resources mean they are a mid and late game force to be reckoned with.

[@kevin06289]

i think you can play it without unlocking any data file on ipad version, glad if that helps anyone😘

[@MajkaSrajka]

1) Celts start with 15.000 in cash. Western Roman Empire starts with 1.000 in cash. Go ham on the mercenaries 2) Romano-Britis spawn in forests west from Londonium whenever both initial Roman cities are in non-roman hands, meaning rushing them may cause them to spawn faster 3) Londonium is one of the best trade port cities in the game and will give you a lot of cash - if you have someone to trade with. If you capture it from the WRE, you may have to capture a northern France to fully unlock its moneymayking potential. 2-3k trade income alone is possible there - which is a total opposite of the two starting towns that have no trade resources 4) Gallowglasses are one of the very few barbarian units in BI that have war cry. War cry is +10(!) attack for thirty seconds, making them possibly the best shock troop infantry in the game 5) Gallowglasses on the campaing map cost only 650, and have an upkeep of only about 160 6) Celts have a great +2 experience temple, as well as higher tier barracks have a bonus starting experience on Gallowglasses. 7) Hounds of culann unlike German barbarians in base game are quite cheap and are trained from the first level of the temple (but they still build 2 turns), meaning you can demolish&replace temple in one turn and train or retrain your berserkers almost instantly. 8) Scotti Chairots are not a archer-chairots like many chairots in the base game but javeling-throwing ones which is kinda cool 9) Saxons are the only faction in the BI that has "prevers naval invasion" flag checked to true, which make them consistently try to land in britain. From my experience their attack seem to be pretty weak 3-4 units and I've never seen them capture any land in Britain.

[@KKmanmi]

The fact chariots only knock-down enemies and don't damage them makes them useless, especially since they don't even cause fear any more.

[@budwyzer77]

The knockdown effect kills cavalry due to engine limitations. Horse-based units don't get back up, after all...

[@gustavoargumanis1863]

Showing that the era of chariots is over

[@Dolfy]

the most fun campaign in BI just from their units alone imo god i love crossbows

[@selder_7]

I got burned by overreaching to quickly take Britain to then build up a decent baseline economy and then was immediately set upon by the Romani Brits and was not at all prepared for them

[@enoenis7684]

Why don't you talk about the different types of temple's for every faction anymore?

[@lugotorix6173]

That's a good point I'll try and remember for future guides

[@stonferen584]

The Romano-British show up whenever you take all Roman settelmants in Great Britain so evem of you rush the Roman settelmants you'll still have to deal with the Romano-British

[@NotFinnish]

It isn't really easy to take on the Saxons, there is a lot of pirates everywhere. The Saxons will often take Campus Frisii or Campus Chatti 1/2 the time.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

You just build a navy big enough to deal with 3 pirate ships, take Vicus Saxones which is really defensible and take the little villages once you’ve replenished your army. It’s not really that hard. Or you take campus frisi first because you can get there in 1 turn by boat and then roll on the saxon town over land.

[@michaelkats6196]

At least, Celtic army in Barbarian Invasion has cavalry and crossbowmen. It would be better if it had and artillery.

[@drandana3661]

Can you do one on the Romano British?? They are now playable but I can't seem to ever get a foothold before I get slaughtered by Saxons

[@CaptainFalkorm]

I'm sad there's still no Vandal faction guide, I quite enjoyed those videos

[@lugotorix6173]

Vandals faction guide will be coming soon i promise :)

[@JimB.Walken]

Spam doge and win.

[@Danymok]

When will you upload a new video?

[@lugotorix6173]

I've got midterm exams at the moment so I can't currently, but I'll begin recording at the end of january, i've got plenty of video ideas to come!

[@Danymok]

@@lugotorix6173 then good luck to you imperator

[@markotasic4847]

Hi Lugotorix :) I'm trying to find download link for Rome Total War 1 Gold Edition, but I can't find any good sites. If you know, can you give me suggest where to look to download good Rome Total War 1 Gold Edition ? Thanks in advance.

[@lugotorix6173]

Hi, I bought Rome Total War gold edition on steam a long time ago. Were you talking about free download links? because I don't know anything about that, sorry

[@JJvideoman]

Man have you ever tried an Armenian campaign? Once you have money and spam archer cataphracts it's hilarious

[@lugotorix6173]

Funny you say that actually. Keep watching the channel, something is coming very soon...

[@JJvideoman]

@@lugotorix6173 yes!!! I've only done their campaign on hard hard.not vh vh...but you can pretty much easily beat the game with cataphract archers and catapults if your economy is good enough. Hilarious stuff

[@justinbrockway7044]

Did you ever make a video showing how to add more faction in this dlc? KZbin doesn’t have anything helpfully

[@sourcreamandcurtains]

[hard drive program location]Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\bi\data\world\maps\campaign\barbarian_invasion\Descr_strat.txt Copy the unplayable factions into the playable.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

Romano British spawn once Rome is gone from Britain. Do expect them once you take londinium

[@redblaze8700]

Agreed! That's why I prefer taking Londinium last.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

@@redblaze8700 it’s why I like to starve out London so you don’t take any casualties before the RB turn up. You can fight them with your fresh troops then. 🍻

[@n3dc0n]

Please may you help me fix my lag on rtw I don't have Nvidia control panel and it's about 5 frames

[@KKmanmi]

Try messing about with the 3D display driver settings if there are any, if I recall you can swap between hardware and software rendering etc

[@markghostproductions3697]

Will you ever do Rome 2 faction guides?

[@lugotorix6173]

I've never played Rome 2 so its unlikely but if I ever get some experience with the game i might :)

[@markghostproductions3697]

@@lugotorix6173 Well, if you ever do, I'm sure we'll enjoy it as much as we enjoy these!

[@randomname2159]

why dont you do total war rome 2? @lugotorix i played both games and the updated version is a lot of fun too

[@lugotorix6173]

Personally I've never had too much interest with the modern games, and I'm not sure if my laptop could even cope with rome 2 to be honest, but i might in the future :)