Conqueror's Blade - Symmachean Stalwarts - Current Meta Shield Unit?

So we are back with some more Conqueror's Blade as we revisit the Symmachean Stalwarts, whilst we have already had a video on these guys the fact they seem to currently being used by so many players in siege battles means I thought they were worth a revisit and they haven't disappointed!
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[@BrenoJordan]

dude you have guided me and my friends on how to play this game, just passing by to say thank you, you are the best! :D

[@EvoLozGaming]

Thanks dude, glad the videos have been helpful :-)

[@hypergon7016]

Same for me. Best startup and unit videos

[@MrMakosi]

if only he could speak up, focking cant hear shit....

[@Nat3YT]

@Francis Hezekiah stop doing that fake crap ad stuff about hacking instagram accounts, noone cares

[@morganum87az]

@@EvoLozGaming I need some advice. My friend is playing a dual dagger built but we dont really know what unit types he should recruit?

[@marioinstrumentalsgg7889]

I don’t know why this Chanel is so underatet honestly one of the best Chanel’s of guiding talking a gameplay bro you deserve more I wanna see you at 1ml plus subs

[@JDarkish]

the problem with this bois is that the insta-attack when you press 1, its a one click delete the entire enemy formation

[@mikechansw748]

Doing that is way better than XVXV? Is XV useless in comparison?

[@miiiiihha]

@@mikechansw748 yes, you should never do v on them, Brace is instantaneous deals more damage and increases their defence, dmg boost is so ridiculous it will kill anything in front of it.

[@mikechansw748]

@@miiiiihha Jesus christ, ill be damned. Thanks. Advance is useless as well?

[@miiiiihha]

@@mikechansw748 I think they have one of the best shield advances but again it's not worth it due to the brace.

[@Bennigans004]

Great gameplay evo. Looks like the 2 people who died in a stalwart brace disliked your video.

[@klaasvaak2575]

it is like watching photos of a distant vacation, rip our stalwarts in the current meta

[@nickogecko]

Another excellent look at what is becoming my favorite unit. Thank you for another good video! What is weird is Stalwarts actually taught me to be better at using my Pike Militia XD

[@sufengthao7742]

I just started playing the game and didn’t really enjoy it. But after watching your videos, I actually got a lot better, and enjoy it a lot now! Keep up the great work 🙂

[@EvoLozGaming]

Thats awesome to hear! Pleased you enjoying the game more now :-)

[@BurnoutBop]

What a beast of a unit. Btw, you can use the ctrl to send units to a supply as far as you can see the icon, even through walls

[@generalggaming6125]

i used to be crap at this game but thanks to this vid I now rock. Go "Evo Loz Gaming"!

[@Odid.WarArt]

I look forward to unlocking these guys... I am having fun with the reg sgts, but this upgrade is epic. Evo, I am enjoying your videos!

[@EvoLozGaming]

Yeah the upgrade over normal sgts is significant! Glad you're enjoying the vids :)

[@thatguyhubbs9280]

Bro I came across this game from an ad and I love it

[@EvoLozGaming]

Awesome! Glad you're enjoying the game :D

[@meeneebee]

I dont get why no one is talking about the bug in this unit where you can just walk through any braced unit or units in shield formation like imperial shields without getting body blocked and then just bracing and deleting them with stalwarts thats not supposed to work...

[@RubiX333]

As the unit kits are cheaper to replenish in season 5, the 28 unit kits you get for completing the unit challenges are a good way to make silver by selling them on the market, provided you have enough bronze to replenish the unit kits you lose in battle. Same for the paladins. As always, love your videos!

[@EvoLozGaming]

haha hadn't thought about selling the unit kits, good idea! :-D

[@giggsi1006]

They are my favourite unit apart the monastic knights. Stalwarts are like a medieval tank :) Also they are the unit with the best look .

[@EvoLozGaming]

Yeah they are certainly a very tanky unit + completely agree about best looking unit :)

[@latosi5072]

nice video u inspired me to go on this game

[@isacbjorlin3463]

I was waiting fot this vid

[@EvoLozGaming]

:-)

[@Deffekas]

in 6.35 if u put them in advance, in that time. they take advance formation and then put them in brace u get more dmg

[@alvaropenademiguel2308]

Stalwars look really strong, very good video! Could you make a video about those "medieval machine guns"? XD Greetings from Spain :)

[@sacredmud4366]

The doctrine is a "rare polearm doctrine" for the brace damage so I do believe it cannot be applied to stalwarts as they do not wield polearms :)

[@YKSB5]

Gotta be honest. They seem OP... Almost all of the units from that season of challenges are if you think about it. It may still be early days until more upgrades are introduced; which may be why they are too out of scale compared to other same type units. But as things sit now, I don't think any argument could be made to say they aren't. A single unit counter for another type of unit isn't even going to cut it considering only a few normal units from the unit tech tree can barely compete with these guys, negating more units than it counters.

[@devman101]

Where did you get the Templar Unit Attire? Thanks for Another Fantastic video mate :D

[@sharkboyzCT]

Sooooooo.... Now that we have a video on how good they are could we have a video on how to destroy them? I prefer my spear seargents with the cover commended ability. I can get between 64 and 120 kills with them. One game I got 179 kills. But the problem is always stalwarts. I can't break through enough for my seargents to fight through. I'm spear class so nothing to break the line. Great video as always keep it up

[@miiiiihha]

Well like any shield unit rifles or anything else that can pierce trought shields will work, for infantry flank and back attacks are the best, everything else will be too costly for you.

[@sharkboyzCT]

@@miiiiihha and there lies the problem, trying to break through them blocking an alley way or something. No way past them with any of my units, Would something likes pikes be good against them? I'm saving up for imperial pikes and I know they're a great advancing unit. Could they break through?

[@skwash3757]

@@sharkboyzCT there is no counter they can brace through pikes

[@skwash3757]

pavise and muskets with shots through shields are the only counters

[@lucaspetersserrat705]

Hey! Great vid, could you do a review on the winged hussars though? I would love to see that!

[@alvaropenademiguel2308]

When the winged hussars arrived!!!

[@freariar1]

I think that the doctrine giving plus 100 damage while bracing, is only for polearms (rare polearm doctrine)

[@EvoLozGaming]

I did wonder if that might be the case, probobly a good thing really don't need higher damaging stalwarts XD

[@freariar1]

@@EvoLozGaming ...we always need higher damage... XD

[@gavinf.6170]

@@EvoLozGaming Yeah, it's only for pike units, I already tried.

[@cherryrook8684]

I cant wait till end of the season and so they up the leadership cost on these, for the ammount of dmg and tankiness i feel like they should be at the very least 265-270 just so you cant do these doom stacks anymore as they are right now. But thats just my opinion as a fairly new player. Might just be because i dont rly have anything to effectively deal with them

[@calixjoaquindolor766]

Cant wait to unlock them :>>>

[@EvoLozGaming]

They are certainly a nice unit to play with :)

[@johnherbert5601]

Yea they're op if played right. Had a clutch moment taking home base before with imp pike advance into our team, use stalwarts advance with brace once they were close, took losses but demolished the pikes with ease. Flip side been totally demolished Tring to take A in ranked after being swarmed by three units. Back attacks they just can't handle.

[@EvoLozGaming]

They do have pretty good potential as a unit, as you say particuarly hard to deal with when played well but die fast when you do manage to get behind them

[@jamesfitton5038]

I would love to see you return to the fire archers again

[@Pffffhwhehej]

I would love more shield meta I do really like using shield

[@dodiloi]

i love this new meta units. Because my Reapers can eat them alive. Back when fortebacios where op my reapers were useless but now, man. I can kill an entire stelwarts unit and they only damage 2-3 reapers to half health :))

[@EvoLozGaming]

Haha nice! but yes also pleased that forte aren't so OP as they once were, actually want to revsisit them in a video soon to see what they are like now they are nerfed

[@rafidahamed8889]

To be honest we my forte pike I can easily get 100+ kills with nothing but relaxing

[@mikechansw748]

Wow how come reapers counter them?

[@rafidahamed8889]

Stalwarts don't do stun anymore, so I am not very surprise since higher level reaper have extreme defense.

[@mikechansw748]

@@rafidahamed8889 Wait was that a nerf or something? They remove the stun?

[@Gavino__]

That unit attire is so cool how can i get it ?? great vídeo !!

[@roelven1282]

truly meta ;) .... every siege... at least 20+ stalwarts in every game.... hell... i am even cautious with my trebuchets nowadays, because you never know in the endgame when you really need it. i dont even use it on archers anymore lol. brace damage doctrine is for pikes or polearms .... and if you like playing with pikemilitia... stawarts are just the extremely upgraded version of them ;) (gameplay wise) nive vid by the way ;)

[@iamgoodman2069]

got dame it i love watching u fight

[@augustmccann7877]

what sensetivity should i have. when i put it lower its not enough and when i put it higher its too much

[@Arxlikestorunxd]

nice vid

[@Crescentine008]

it's the pope! :O

[@Repenter0]

Brace damage doctrine doesn't apply, its pike only. The purple shield/spear block doctrine from the F4 quests does apply and it makes them about a bazillion times more tanky.

[@EvoLozGaming]

Good to know, unfortunately used that doctrine on my hussars :(

[@kylebradley7724]

@@EvoLozGaming you can remove a doctrine from a unit with an item i dont remember the name but its _____water

[@CiuchYY]

@@kylebradley7724 It is a different doctrine only for cav...

[@kylebradley7724]

@@CiuchYY ok i was thinking of ankther one lol XD

[@tureldraco688]

I got a question. If I have Spear Sergeants max lvled and I do the Stalwarts quest I will get new unit at lvl 1 or at lvl that I currently have o Sergeants ? Great video obviously

[@EvoLozGaming]

When you upgrade your sgsts they will retain their level, ie. you'll get level 18 stalwarts :)

[@tureldraco688]

@@EvoLozGaming Thank you :D

[@morganum87az]

Anyone know what units you should buy if you are a dual dagger fighter?

[@skapunker1986]

I have been wondering, does Brace, give any advantage against ranged units? or when engaged by enemy range, should be better be in Non-brace, with shields overhead? in brace mode they slightly keep their shields over their face, but not that much cover from above.

[@robertyny092]

Definitely better in non brace formation, plus I found the damage from archers is minimal against them or paladins which I play most of the time , wondering many times why people bother taking archers...

[@skwash3757]

they can't really get shot by muskets while in brace but get destroyed by archers

[@skwash3757]

you can put brace doctrines

[@RandomstaticGaming]

Could you make a video on the Winged Hussars? I appreciate your videos on units and would like to see your perspective on Hussars. Thanks.

[@EvoLozGaming]

Currently levelling hussars so yes hopefully soon :)

[@klydewade6012]

how did you do like view the whole battlefield

[@pedzod1761]

Many player change spear sergeant to this unit and it's not great against cavalry like spear sergeant do,on my server see many of cavalry lately.

[@saptilestonez7778]

What server and house are you bro would love to join

[@matteocastelletti5701]

how can i unlock the city of costantinople for field and siege battle?

[@skwash3757]

it was a season 4 thing you cant play on them anymore

[@Alan-gt5lr]

how do you get the templar unit skin? How much does it cost?

[@Alan-gt5lr]

@@HouseDarkBorn7787 i know now. It’s the pre order skin I think

[@gavinf.6170]

I would expect Stalwarts to get a nerf next season. Not to any stats or mechanics, but to the F2 formation. To have such a tight formation with the entire unit facing one way on Stalwarts can be a little broken.

[@EvoLozGaming]

It could well be possible! Interesting thougt about the formation changes though

[@miiiiihha]

I think setup time for their brace would be enough, so it's used the way it should be. Prepare for the enemy charge,/attack not walking into them an deleting everything by taking a dive to the ground.

[@r6zoar441]

Hey evo as an idea why don’t you do some tier lists like zimster on stream and record it then put it on your KZbin

[@niconilo97]

This bracing should have a 30 second cooldown at least .. i think it should be a timing spell , and not that easy to do

[@EvoLozGaming]

I do agree! It would be an effective way of slightly reducing their effectiveness or punishing bad play. 30 secs might be a bit to long but even 15 would be a good change

[@ShockyWolf]

Personally I think after the release of brace there should be a 3 second cooldown, and then make them while bracing unable to do critical damage. The critical damage only affects the walk in and brace tactic and the 3 second cooldown affects slightly with adjustments or quickly changing angles from flanks.

[@shenben2938]

That attire is so cool how can i get it ??

[@EvoLozGaming]

Unfortunately its from the beta pre order pack so no longer avaliable :(

[@xuanbach1159]

Hope you make new guide for beginner :((

[@miiiiihha]

Really don't like the Stalwarts they are really gimmicky with the insta brace, but I am enjoying the Paladins, they actually fell rewarding if played well they can fight even when overwhelmed.

[@EvoLozGaming]

Thats a fairpoint, I do sort of get what you mean with the paladins feeling rewarding though

[@YAILUS]

wow, Stalwarts video, I'll see right now, these guys are meat grinders with shields.

[@EvoLozGaming]

They certainly are quite the meat grind unit!

[@YAILUS]

@@EvoLozGaming I have already finished watching the video, I very much agree with almost everything said, as I point out, when this unit charges devastates the units with low armor (even condottieri), you should abuse a little more of the charge against weak units, although the veteran is set on the other branch (im use brace branch too).

[@boazd8622]

The most OP unit in the game.

[@Debbiebabe69]

is the maul.

[@babufacio_____wczesniejvin2847]

still didn't get them... I have only 87% of first chellenge of Symmachean Stalwarts, and the season is ending soon

[@BinaryLynx]

I'm not sure about all the interactions of units but I've been playing for a while now and i just don't see how they are not OP. Compared to pike guards as another high tier unit they are just overall better except you don't need to "micromanage" guards, but pressing two buttons is easy anyway. Stalwarts are equal/better against everything, even cavalry, as after advancing, pike guards have only brace which is way worse than stallwarts'. Plus stalwarts win 1v1 against advance of guards head on

[@itzwalter]

how do you level them so fast

[@EvoLozGaming]

These were back from season 5 but generally just focus on grinding out the new units for videos so get them levelled pretty quick :)

[@itzwalter]

@@EvoLozGaming I just came back after leaving in s2 but t5 units take so long to level

[@waterman165]

How is their advance? The spear sergeant one doesn't do any damage. Does this one do some?

[@DukeZenith]

some but not crazy amounts

[@miiiiihha]

It's good if you speck into the veterancy tree, but brace path is way better at the moment

[@TheShadowspartan117]

You cant apply the brace damage doctrine to them sadly

[@EvoLozGaming]

Ah darn! Probobly for the best otherwise their damage would be even higher XD

[@Jixxor]

@@EvoLozGaming Also it would mean that they could use the "stuns in brace" doctrine which would make them even worse than they already are - even tho that doctrine of course only exists on Frontier and Netease (or as a temporary on mygames)

[@ChristofAbsolution]

ZOMG! I'm in an EvoLozGaming video! I'm famous now!

[@SimplyVanis]

They are the best offensive unit, which makes me depressive.

[@vietphanhoang6551]

You could have saved many of ur troops if u had used advance skill

[@m.koller7639]

for me the stalwarts are to strong

[@EvoLozGaming]

I'm sort of 50/50 they are certainly a pain and tough to deal with but they go someway to counter the Kheshig meta + they can actually be delt with even if it is a pain to kill them

[@XenoVevo]

I just unlocked them, and this is a message to all who haven't unlocked them yet, they are worth your grind. I was about to delete the game because of unbalanced units, my units were melting to berserkers and such, but once I unlocked stalwarts, hot damn, they are VERY VERY good. I easily get like 120 unit kills even with a bad team, if you tried them before and didnt like them, I suggest you give them another chance!

[@pakornwattanavrangkul2550]

Its meta, until you realize that twar is an endless tide of t5 cav, even in towns and forts. Its real use is as an emergency shield to stop imp pike and block stairs, otherwise using ISG is still better.

[@gavinf.6170]

List of cav Stalwarts counter: Kheshigs, Kheshigs, Kheshigs, KHESHIGS. Anything that counters Kheshigs will always be meta.

[@pakornwattanavrangkul2550]

@@gavinf.6170 There are other T5 meta cav. Good luck countering all of them at once when they swarm from all sides. It gets worse the further you go inside a keep, the more stretched out you will be, which ill make it easier for the cav to pick off the infantry.

[@Debbiebabe69]

Twar is such a minor insignificant part of the game though, the advantage from winning, access to tax free resources, is pretty useless nowadays since requisition tokens are handed out like confetti and players probably mine 99% of their resources with req tokens nowadays...

[@Azr4el]

Shield units doesn't work anymore, there are too many ways to disrupt them in the current meta, specially with the maul destroying then from the front within seconds. Think of imp spearmen, what you feel when you see them now compared to when you saw them on S1-2, personally I just think of free units and I'm not even a maul.

[@pakornwattanavrangkul2550]

Still dont know why booming is so stingy about making new skins.

[@robertyny092]

Get destroyed by paladins , easier if you have a skill to knock them off