Commands Guide - Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord - How to use ARCHER & INFANTRY Tactics Tips!

Battlefield Commands Guide in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord. How to use Infantry and Archers to win on Realistic difficulty!
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[@cornelljohnson8224]

Of course you recommend archers over infantry. You're English.

[@TheNickamd]

I knew I wasn't the only one who thought about this lmao

[@jxslayz6663]

I swear this is true. Even on Battlefield servers. US = Run n gun, snipers, smg's, well rounded gun selecions by players. UK= SNIPERS, MORE SNIPERS, very few other loadouts.

[@bernardocarneiro2110]

"Of course you recommend airships over navy fleets. You're Germain"

[@TheMelnTeam]

To be fair the devs are even more guilty of this, given how easily arrows defeat even heavy armor with high consistency. Agincourt was notable in history for a reason, but in Bannerlord every battle is Agincourt basically :D.

[@MajorCoolD]

@@TheMelnTeam Agreed, even with the best armor and 'high' HP it takes only like 3-4 arrows to take you down. I know I will get a lot of hate for this, but I personally think that right now bows are overpowered, especially with the fairly high accuracy of the AI, one can decimate troops RAPIDLY. Though in all honesty its not easy to find a good balance. But right now... I see little meta reason not to go bowmen rather than crossbows since even the higher tier weaponry there the Bows consistently do at least 2/3rds of the damage of the crossbows and shoot 3 times faster overall. It's also how armor seems to do VERY little difference to arrow effectiveness simply due to how the current damage system works. But I personally think they could easily fix it by making arrows less effective against armor, or armor simply twice as effective against arrows.

[@TybaltS]

It would be nice to have a command for our cavalry to engage a certain type of unit. like "cavalry engage enemy's cavalry/or infantry or archers"

[@jackmion]

Yes. So that I don't have to lead my cavalry into the archers personally.

[@juanpere9073]

I think your troops target somewhat the location where the flags are at the moment you order the charge.

[@TalonAshlar]

There is actually already is a way to order your troops to engage a specific target in mount and blade banner-lord. You need to assign them to the light cavalry class and select advance. By the way all the company slots have their own ai profile and when set to advance will act differently IE cavalry in the infantry slot will form tighter formations and try to dress ranks with units on either side.

[@shl6367]

Grouping troops into different number actually changes their behavior

[@deusvult6920]

It would be nice to have the ability to direct any unit type to attack a specific unit it's stupid we can't lol

[@LordSnackx]

I don't have a computer to play this game, but I'll watch this anyway looks like a super fun game

[@BlackSuperman643]

Exactly. I’m enjoying his gameplay until it’s released on console

[@jk.smalls]

Same man, I played warband on my old dell but I'm gonna have to upgrade to run this gem

[@szponixx]

You can play it on Geforce NOW

[@saiatoli1574]

I'm literally buying my very first PC just to play this game lol

[@CrazedAussie96]

@@saiatoli1574 I did the same for Pugb lol But that was in like 2017 i think.

[@alharrington6973]

I've played a lot of M&B2 but mostly on easy difficulty, which you can just charge and win everything. Never bothered to control the army as I didn't need to. Nice to finally see how to effectively do it when I bump up my difficulty settings. Thanks Danny!

[@Fruitcupper]

Thanks for the great tips ESO! Troop formations and keybinds are something I was really sketchy on in game.

[@coolcam271]

Few months late but hopefully this tip still helps somebody: Another trick you can use (although slightly cheesy) is to use the archers the same way he did in this video where they're positioned above the enemy waiting for the charge. As the enemies move in, your archers could kill as many as 100 men, then riiiight as the enemies are about to reach your infantry, hold tab and retreat from the fight. After this you'll be able to restart the fight, but the enemy will have many less troops as your archers just shredded them. Then you can go ahead and set up your archers again with full arrows, I've won 100v1000 fights using this method :)

[@Paulunatr]

Bout to pick this game up and I'm always in the market for cheese. Thanks for the tip!

[@tribsta1018]

HahahahahHa 100 hours into the game and I never knew about dragging 😂😂😂

[@outsider357]

same lol

[@pet3rlustig667]

Nice video mate. Looking forward for the Cav-Technique video! Cheers

[@blacksanta7367]

Morale is honestly such an important factor in battles. That's why experienced, higher tier troops, is much more valuable than a numbers advantage. I have a cavalry-first type of army and when the enemy soldiers start to flee, that's when I can inflict most damage while my high-tier infantry just tanks damage and stalls.

[@robertwildschwein7207]

I have a huge army of random looters, bandits, sword sisters, mercenaries and the odd normal troop. My main strategy is F1 F3.

[@pyotrchirikhin628]

Your my favourite you tuber I use all tips and never miss a vidio keep on the good work

[@shampdg]

How to beat any Enemy: Step 1: have the best troops.

[@ciscogonzalez9372]

Wow you are by far my favorite you tuber for banner lord, very simple and and every time I try them it works

[@lukeofficial6526]

Another great video ESO, great stuff my dude!

[@Wisconsonne]

was literally just looking for a guide like this last night as i'm starting a playthrough with me not riding a horse at all. You rock man

[@ParallelMango]

Man I tried this but it really is a challenge to not ride at all. You lose so much distraction and kill potential. Especially vs calvary.

[@droe2570]

@@ParallelMango You're also slooowwwww. It's hard to catch up with many enemies on horseback. Your lack of mobility on the battlefield is also a problem, making you very vulnerable.

[@chopyodikov]

I would not get off the horse when commanding. The oversight you get on horseback is just vital. If it is an easy battle, you can of course just press F6 and jump in the action.

[@calmbirth1]

I've been playing a centurion role … I swear if 1 more of my men runs in front of my pila … grrr

[@jk6006]

if seen this video just now really good explaining thanks mate

[@ludovicdomingues132]

what you can learn from this video : Whatever your tactic if you have full high end troops including fian champions against recruits you can win even 4v1

[@J0EB0B555]

Yeah I've been playing on very easy difficulty and I've literally beaten armies ten times my size because the other factions don't seem to level up troops. They just fight with whatever they recruit.

[@TheMysteryMushroom]

@@J0EB0B555 change the difficulty then xd

[@lgamradt]

A more advanced and micro-management-requiring Tactic I use EVERY time: As soon the the Shield Walls bash against each other, PULL your Archers to their LEFT FLANK. Back it up with cavalry though. You pull them to the left flank, because the enemy is holding their SHIELDS in the LEFT HAND, so since you're coming from their RIGHT SIDE, you are shooting that juicy uncovered softspots, and every shot WILL BE A HIT. That's a tactic used by many Generals in History in Reallife, for example Hannibal Barca or Scipio Arficanus. If you even have some extra cavalry, just let them Hammer and Anvil the rest of the enemies, and let them pick off any withdrawing units. Just try it out, I've won battles with this tactic outnumbered 4:1 with Tier 3-4 units. Sure, it requires some sort of Nerve-racking MM, but that way you can play the game on realistic difficulty as it is supposed to be played, and turn up the fun factor tenfold. Maybe, if you are reading this ESO, you can make a vid about it, as I think it would be a nice tactical weapon every good General should have ;)

[@SL-mj2eq]

Uhm the Ai is braindead. No advanced tactics required to win any battle in this game. i can summarise the commands that win you every battle in this game. 4-f6, 2-f3-f3, Wait 45 seconds 1-f1-f3 wait 5 seconds and 0-f1-f3 or 0-f6. And the battle is won with less then 20 casualties. Yey onto the next battle... :)

[@lgamradt]

@S L You‘re right, it‘s often just stupid. That’s one of the main reasons I don’t put my Cav (4-F6) into AI Control. My recommendation was also more for the inexperienced gamer, that doesn‘t want to bother with simply theoretical Hotkey advice.

[@Torchutube]

Best command vid I’ve seen to date! Thanks!

[@ryanallerton9935]

How weird that I’ve been looking all over for a command tutorial and this comes up. Thank you 😂

[@Slyrouth]

This was super helpful. Thanks Danny!

[@Fuckmedead]

Great guide and love your videos!

[@NerdletteGaming]

I needed this so much... I am still not sure I will get it right but this helps :) Thanks!

[@ninjaGrim1]

good stuff! keen to see your take on cavalry, feels like mine are quite ineffective when i have them just follow me while i charge into their infantry flanks, n they all just get themselves killed when i leave them on self-command

[@charlesjoy7321]

Hi ESO Just subed, really enjoying the content, nice work.

[@ESOdanny]

Thank you! Glad its helpful!

[@Locutus.Borg.]

Having studied ancient warfare, particularly Greek and Roman I was already employing these tactics but it is a good tip for people who are unaware of this strategy. I also have cavalry (Imperial Elite Cataphracts) on one flank and veteran horse archers on the other flank. Also, I have a large number of companions as a mobile fighting force as auxiliary cavalry all bound to the 5 key (skirmishers) which I station behind my line and can be deployed to either flank as required. Good tip on your earlier video to use Battanian Fian Champions and Imperial Palatine Guards combined as ranged units. I favour Imperial Legionaries as infantry instead of Berserkers and they do the job nicely of holding the line and halting the enemy advance and mopping up routed units. Keep the videos coming battle brother. They are much appreciated.

[@SL-mj2eq]

Why not use dismounted sturgian druzzhiks as infantry dismount there horses on the left flank of ur archers.

[@MetalGamer666]

Romans and Greeks didn't really use these tactics, though. They had much fewer archers than infantry. The Phalanx and the Maniple did the heavy lifting most of the time.

[@MetalGamer666]

@@SL-mj2eq Are they good as infantry?

[@popkahchin]

all western strategies are useless against Mongolian calvary 😂😂😂 That was also how they conquered Europe and Asia.

[@Locutus.Borg.]

@@MetalGamer666 I guess in my comment I confused the issue of my study of ancient history and ancient warfare with the tactics I use in the game. What I was trying to convey is that I have a decent understanding of ancient military tactics. I don't suggest that I am a Caesar or an Alexander but I understand much more about this subject than the gaming casual would concerning military tactics. My mistake making a comment that appeared to merge two different empires and ages of warfare with the tactics I employ in this game.

[@sezione]

I highly recommend using horse archers as well, not for harassing the enemy troops but for the rate of fire. I personally use crossbowmen, not regular archers. Proportions would be 10 Crossbowmen, 10 Mounted horse archers and 10 infantry. I can absolutely guarantee you`ll annihilate upwards of 3.5 to 1 proportions of enemy armies. Also, I highly recommend placing some 10-15 cavalry units to your left, that is generally where the enemy cavalry comes from...

[@SL-mj2eq]

Thats not hard the AI sucks balls there army composition is 60%-80% low tier troops. The first and last battle i lost was against 17 looters vs me at the start of the game. And even then they lost 90% of there party. If only the AI would be asgood as there rock trowing :).

[@weixianng]

Are crossbow men more effective than archers? Don't they have lower fire rate?

[@sezione]

@@SL-mj2eq they do start with good tier troops I think? I`m not sure, I remember reading in some patch notes that after the lords are defeated, their armies will have more recruits, which would make sense realistically, but if that is not the case and it`s just a standard setting in the game then yea, sucks balls

[@pawariswangkiat7468]

Good tactics like longbow men of English medieval warfare! There are many commands that was not shown. I hope you can make more videos in the future please.

[@teapouyan5710]

Very nice thanks for your best videos about mount and blade2

[@Zetler]

Great video!

[@Warhawk_]

Thanks Danny.. good advice!

nice vid :D tnx for making them

[@ParallelMango]

Bro, love the videos. I was looking for this guide yesterday! Glad you posted this. Gj

[@nightwalker3377]

Hey Danny! You should make use of smithing more in Bannerlord. Its good for making some additionnal coin and for making yourself a unique weapon

[@xcho20]

7:52 In situations like this i usually put shielded infantry at the foot of the hill, so they can draw enemy archers on themselves.

[@PalebobUK]

That's what i do, they can block some of the incoming arrows with their shields, and its maybe better for cavalry to hit a shield wall than plough through your archers while you're distracted by something.

[@Steve-ps6qw]

Talesworld needs to put you on their payroll because I bought this game after watching several of your videos. I wasn't sure if I should get it or not but your efforts convinced me to make the purchase. Also, I subscribed because all your videos are top notch and extremely informative.

[@JasonBourne119915]

Great video, thank you, I had no idea what I was doing hahaha

[@CattusVert]

I notice that A.I don't tend to have many archers in their ranks and even if they do they're normally low level archers so they have lower range, so all you need is about 40-50 mid to high tier archers which is easy if you just farm big looter partys or just large bandit partys in general and then whenever your in a fight your archers will always out number and out range the enemy and just melt them.

[@Ravenoustoxic]

my tactic is usually infantry with the support of horse archer as stationary rear archer(not galloping) additional height on horse gave them elevated view advantage plus movement speed upon retreat.

[@Tavor57]

I feel like this is a good beginner video, but even so you should probably clear up a few points. Like the missconceptions of infantry blocking archers. If you can have your infantry in front of your archers right off the bat without them blocking line of sight, that's something you should probably do, cause it let's you focus on other things before the infantry forces meet. It also allows your shield wall to absorb a lot of the enemy archers' arrows, which might otherwise hit your archers. With armored forces like Battanian Fian Champions the damage of that wouldn't be the main problem, but rather their animations getting interrupted, slowing their rate of fire. The only real reason to have your infantry behind your archers are if they would block the line of sight, in which case having them like 1m or less behind them so they can quickly charge is better, cause that way you don't leave a gap for the enemy cavalry and it takes less time for the infantry to get in position once the enemy archers are in range. Further more, I know you didn't touch on cavalry this video, but for those interested, the idea is that your cavalry harass the enemy, to lower their moral, and take out as much of their cavalry as possible, before the infantry meet, at which point a final cavalry charge is often made from behind to take out the archers.

[@rpscorp9457]

Aye....my shield wall infantry is *always* in front....in hopes that the enemy will try and shoot down my infantry first, which are a lot cheaper in resources then a squad of high tier archers. My archers will be behind them hopefully on higher ground, and my cavalry off in the back to one side or the other... As soon as my infantry gets engaged the cav will start flank orders .

[@UlissesSampaio]

Cool vid!

[@michaeltreser1435]

very helpfull, thanks.

[@axellno1759]

There is a pretty good experiment built in the game. Just choose the custom battle from the menu. One can quickly found that 500 horse archer beats any combination of armies. So it is worth it to build an army like that. Very hard to beat, but you will ride your horses for a long time making rounds around your enemy sometimes. I really like it though.

[@HiBunnyGames]

this is amazing

[@bcfb21]

M&B 2 and the first one have so many buttons. The challenge of learning them all excites me.

[@miklosholloszabo]

Thanks!

[@johnmorris266]

Thanks for an awesome tactics video Danny! Love all of your content, especially your hilarious play throughs. Keep up the awesome work

[@geraldimhof2875]

Next up: Anvil and hammer tactic. That's my go to. A mix of vlandian crossies and arboreal archer rain down arrows like you do, some inf act as the anvil, holding the enemy and then vlandian knights charge in from the sides. Crushes the moral in seconds

[@jonnyzuma6884]

Another word to the wise, use your fire at will button. At the start of the engagement, hold your fire. Wait until the enemy is 75-100 meters closer than the archers usually start firing, then fire at will. This will save ammunition, because the first two volleys rarely hit at such a long distance. Once the enemy starts fleeing, hold fire again, wait for the next wave of enemy to get close, then fire at will again. Usually you will only have enough ammo for 2 waves of enemy, at which point you are going to have to charge and break them with everything you have.

[@noone184]

And thank you for the videos

[@arf209]

8:26 that was epic, whit the music

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

omfg I had no idea you could remap units to different numbers...that is going to make things so much easier

[@arasharashi9917]

woooow excellent

[@nakkihammeri]

Nice vid. Personally I find changing shield warriors to shielded skirmishers might work better and I dont use shieldwall formation on them they just stand behind archers in loose formation and when enemy gets close they throw their javelines and if enemy has not been routed yet i charge with the skirmishers. kill some of the runners and then form the line again before the reinforcements hits. rinse and repeat. These tactics work only against forces that dont have lots of cavalry as they counter archers but small horse forces die before their charge hits.

[@SL-mj2eq]

This is why u need to use sturgian druzhinnik champions or sturgian horse raiders as infantry.... dismount them to form a wall of horses to protect ur archers ... Lol. The raiders have javi's cos u like em i guess but are less armored then the druzhinniks offc. And using cav makes u faster on the map :p just a bit more costly offc. but yeah money isnt hard to get anyways.

[@xianzai_ad1928]

My method is inspired from the German blitzkrieg, I basically charge at them. My cavalry are trained and seasoned, with them we Disrupt the npc formations. So ,by the time my heavy infantry and archer come into range their moral is lowered. I’ve fought armies double my size, but I’m still new rn I have 253 troops under me and 12 fiefs and 1 town

[@0707RD]

Can you do a video on how to use skirmishers most effectively? Whether its charge or advance/fall back?

[@cr4zyme1]

@eso very nice video really helps out a lot! just a quick question is there a button to select all your troops agian at once? if i might want to have them all charge in or let them be commanded by their sergeant?

[@ESOdanny]

Yes if you have troops on 1,2,3 then you press 4 you will select them all.

[@cr4zyme1]

@@ESOdanny thanks! i have been trying to figure it out just didnt try that yet :D

[@BlackSuperman643]

Awesome

[@jamessantangelo912]

A basic understanding, thanks for not assuming im looking up tip videos because im already a seasoned player.

[@braden6288]

are you gonna do any more Skyrim play through vids?

[@gantorisdurran710]

Splitting the Archers into 2 groups helps a lot with Cavalry aswell, they can only molest half of them at once rest can keep firing.

[@TrueInvisible]

very beautiful lesson! looking forward cavalry tactics next!

[@ComradeNEURO]

Legend

[@atakanbayram251]

If you command shield wall ahead ıf the archers it will be more beneficial cause they have a chance to stop chavalary charge if the stay together and you can defeat 3 times army if you charge infantry with your cavalary

[@lireth3851]

Skirmish can be really great to deal damage and keep your troop safe. But instead of using advance, use your position tactic but mimic skirmish and lower the frequency to ask they move. Also use those infantry to block enemies from getting close to archers while they fall back. If first wave of enemies break, you can take back those ground again and kill enemies much easier rest of the round. if the map is flat enough this is the best tactic you can use.

[@caad5258]

I have around 200 hours in Bannerlord, but you just schooled me on basic commands. I was solely using the F1 key to position troops, unaware of the click and drag option. Feels bad man.

[@d.mat.zero6525]

as one else use the battle of Agincourt tactics with their archers (guard your archers with spear men, instead of ground spikes) having them in flanking towers

[@anthonygarrido7737]

Hey eso I would like you to explain a little more in depth on how the morale system works. I've only ever been able to keep morale around 60 in my game and have no idea how to raise it. If you could also explain how to level up the leadership skill I would appreciate it. Excellent video by the way helped me out alot.

[@ESOdanny]

If you hover over it will help seeing where plus and minus comes from. Having lots of food types, winning battles etc really helps bump it up

[@Sandrosian]

If you are just doing "normal activities" your morale is always stuck around 60. If you win a lot of larger battles or capture castles it will go up a lot. As for leadership skill, you have to assemble an army with other lords.

[@hollywoodandcoexperience9657]

You should use the pike units to move in and out of the archers, 1 unit in close other in lose then there more or less fine, big long pointy stick vs man on a wild beast easy win!

[@troyani5992]

9:41 its not the power of the tactic, its the fact that you are using legionarries and Battanian highborn Champions, literally the best infantry and archers in the game, of course your gonna win the battle with minimal losses.

[@JoeMartinez18]

so... basically what people do in Warband while playing Rhodoks :D

[@r3xxd367]

my friend thanks to you i take on 250+ armies with 98 soldiers because of you

[@flankey7]

Battanian Fian archers are in comparison to every other archer almost like if they had an automatic 50cal sniper rifles vs wooden sticks. Arrow performance vs armor aside, they vastly outperform any other unit in the game. They can snipe whole armies before they get close :D

[@elhananiluz8435]

Danny nice work you look normal agien :)

[@h4zE76]

Eso, it woulf be nice if gonna make a video about best graphic settings

[@balvarinenz]

interesting strategy, there is the obvious fian vs recruits comment but i think the idea is still valid. for my strat i tend to have a loose formation archer wall on a hill with a shieldwall infantry team infront an slightly below them, the wall tends to take most of the arrows from the enemy an my guys can still shoot with plenty of visibility, then slightly earlier than you ill charge my shieldwall to keep the enemy at bay an allow my archers to keep nailing them, i found in harder situations against better trained armies the arrowfire would do too much damage to my guys, hence the shieldwall 'tanking' in the front

[@UnitedGamersAuthority]

This method totally works, my army of 99 mixed men destroyed an army of 197 men...I will be sending you the screenshots later...now get a video showing how to input cavalry.

[@justanameonyourscreen5954]

Yeah...I had to adjust my tactics when I went up to Realistic...taking a City ends up in a lot more deaths now...

[@TheMelnTeam]

If you can win in the field, build trebs and move them to reserve. Deploy 4 at once. It will kill a good chunk of defenders before the assault and if you wait for the trebs to breach both parts of the wall before assaulting it's the most trivial way past walls in the game. Downside is that it takes a long time to make 4 trebs, so AI will pile a ton of troops onto you. Hence the need to be able to win field battles.

[@justanameonyourscreen5954]

@@TheMelnTeam yeah I've just now got into building trebuchets, but I've been saving them to use with the actual assault. I'll have to try this out. And yeah field battles are still fun. Just gotta watch out for those one shot arrows and lances a lot more now...

[@OpticfIare]

amazing simple video for noobs like me thanks man

[@acenblaze4202]

Just got this and couldnt find the charge comand, so thanks my guy

[@hoganlawrence6482]

Can't wait till this comes out on console although I feel the controls would take more time to strategically place your units using a controller

[@jkjko1362]

Damn thats wild and i was just using charge everytime

[@jie890211]

I always have difficulty fighting against khuzait. Can you please do a video explaining how to fight them?

[@ormen80]

have to say that this gye are making weary well made movies. he explain and thik about alot ow questins that can pop up and i like hes movies wery mutch. he explain all wery well and are good at it.

[@coleq.7300]

I won a battle that was 27 on 106 using the river tactic, it literally is so OP

[@aaronvalentino4698]

Props to you for doing everything on realistic, unlike some other youtubers I've seen

[@ninostylianou8698]

Best video yet ESO. Looking forward to more in this series!! Would love to see if it's worth using all the different unit types in commanding (Heavy infantry, Heavy/Light cav for example). Especially with large armies It feels odd not having non-shields and shielded lumped together, but not sure I have micromanagement skill to make it effective. 6:4 Archer, warrior ratio is a great tip also!! Thanks!

[@patrickcharzin3062]

I agree with all your tactics, but I've got to point out that it doesn't take a tactical genius to win 2:1 fights when you're force is all imperial legionaries and fian champions and your enemy is mostly recruits lol. Honestly you could have just hit F1 F3 at the start of the battle and rolled them.

[@inigomontoya6968]

Ok, probably dumb question but how did you get the cool looking banner? I can only see an option to create a plain background with a symbol on that (that can be mono-colored and resized).

[@prastagus3]

finally, someone has put out a good basic command video. Very very helpful. keep it coming.

[@Steve-ps6qw]

Hmm, I hope there is still a reason for shock infantry and the skirmish (javelin armed) infantry? I would have thought the javelin infantry could skirmish and launch their javs (in loose formation) at the oncoming enemy. Also, how would you use the Battanian and Sturgian cavalry? Specifically the javelin armed and sword armed cav? Those are my favorite factions.

[@williamberne]

16:24 Danny just friendly-fired one of his own infantry :)

[@tribsta1018]

Have you guys train the escort caravan after the patch? Damn there allot harder now. I have 78 descent troops and got wrecked by 80 horse archers

[@Sgmorris0054]

i like to use squire formation works well when cav attack i mic in spear aux inf with in my archers they get owned

[@QualeQualeson]

There have been some claims that footmen don't fight well while in a shield wall. There is a YT video on the topic. I haven't tested it myself though, so I can't deny or confirm.

[@ESOdanny]

You need to charge them or they will just stand their in a shield wall and not attack

[@firecracker739]

I didn’t see you uses F2 (face enemy/direction) order. The battle that your inf was in a way of your archers and you used drag order you can use the face direction instead. I always use it on my archers so they don’t move because they can still shoot anywhere while they don’t have to move around when the battle become chaotic which people are everywhere. I saw the AI archers do that a lot and they don’t do much damage that way as you said.

[@markm4033]

Art of War man!

[@redcapetimetraveler7688]

13:00 could this drawers methode be better with 2 lines of archers one shooting while the other is running to get always one rank shooting , even better if your infantry get javies too? i guess is more a matter of micro managment of units. is it a thing usefull to create composite lines : like skirmishers mixed with spears for protection or to mixe all kinds of cavs together or else ?

[@GoSlash27]

Which key combination issues the "get rekt son" command?

[@zablujnc]

F1 F3

[@arniepage1662]

F7 with over a hundred horse archers

[@Medusa_Alope_Demeter_X]

Mad Jack I tried this command and got one million gold, thanks bro!

[@ethankendall9499]

Early on you showed how you can place troops in certain "teams". Can you place all your companions in a team by themselves and use their superior training, weapons, and armor as a sort of special unit?

[@cybereck]

Yep. I do this all the time. I have about 10 high level companions with good riding and polearm skills, in their own group, using long glaives as weapons. They are devastating in action.

[@kendossendos9300]

What polearm is that you are using? The couchable one around 17:40.