DEI EPIRUS: THE FIRST 10 TURNS! - Rome 2 Divide Et Impera 1.2.8 Faction Guides

In this video I’m going to run through my guide to succeeding in your first 10 turns as Epirus in the fabulous Total War Rome 2 mod Divide Et Impera!
This is the first video in a series that will eventually cover most if not all the factions in Rome 2 DEI because I love the hell out of this mod, there are lot’s of new players and I know many of you have requested these guides as well so many birds are being hit with one stone.
Divide Et Impera Rome 2 can be brutal to the newcomer, and a faction like Epirus is certainly no exception. Stuck between a rock and a hard place that is Rome and the other Greek factions, you need to commit to a certain strategy to really succeed.
This video also includes a Rome 2 DEI Battle as part of Epirus' siege of Pella. It's a tough one so hope you enjoy it and learn something!
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00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Turn 1
06:59 - Turn 4
12:06 - Turn 6
14:22 - Battle of Pella
27:11 - Turn 7
35:27 - Turn 10
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[@090giver090]

Terminator:"You can consolidate Macedonia or you can move agressively against Rome. It's all viable options" IRL Pirrus of Epirus "Why not both and then some?!" :)

[@xavierxavier166]

Why dont we just resolve this free for all until i get bored and bail out

[@wargriffin5]

Pyrrhus really should've been a DLC campaign like Hannibal was. Really big missed opportunity.

[@Scorpion51123314512]

Same for Mithridates VI of Pontus.

[@MalayArcher]

Great walkthrough Terminator! I usually invade southern Italy rather than consolidate the balkan provinces. You’re right about Rome! Fighting against Rome is not only hard but also quite tedious with supplies and lack of manpower. I can’t remember how I got through but basically i tried to preserve my elephants and phalangites with less casualties as possible. Spamming trash units low tier hoplites is the only way to preserve it but thats my old method.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks bud! And yeah I might do a guide on how to beat Rome straight off but it is tough no doubt :) what faction you want to see next?

[@popcosmin9903]

@@TheTerminatorGaming how is it tough to beat Rome on normal mode? I dont get it, on normal you can beat anybody very easy in DEI, I played a campaign on VH campaign and VH battle difficulty as Getae, and raped Rome in late

[@coenvanderlinden7375]

Hammer and envil is the best strategy of the ancient times. Also: flank your missile units over your left flank (not right) to attack the weapon right side of the ennemies, more damage done than against their shield side !! Missiel flank left, peltasts and sword or falx units on the right flanking, cavalry also on the right to open up the ennemy towards your front line push assault.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Excellent points!

[@mercer4038]

Focusing on Rome first is actually a really effective play as Epirus. You have elephants, which can easily destroy Rome’s armies at start.

[@isaachernandez136]

How do you access these factions??

[@mercer4038]

@@isaachernandez136 Divide et Impera mod, plus you may need to get faction packs that CA has put in to steal more of our money ;)

[@kellyfrankie0331]

Keep up the great work, love the content.

[@JohnsonD15]

You’ve saved my night lol I was bound and determined to do it lol

[@JMObyx]

Hey, can you do top 10 lists of AoR Units in certain areas? The areas would be multiple provinces, for example, the Roman list, the AoR units would be selected from Cisalpine Gual, Latium, Magna Graecea, and Sicily respectively. The Hellas list would come from Hellas, Makedonia, then lastly whatever Province Pergamon and Pontus start out in. You get the gist, but here's some more. The "Near Barbarians" would focus on the AoR Units in Thrace, Illyria, Dacia, and Pannonia, The "Indian" list would all focus on the provinces at the very easternmost provinces of the map. Particular favorites of mine are the Sica-bearers, who are Thureos Swordsmen before Thureos Reforms, who have superior attack but less armor. The non-mercenary version of the Balearic Slingers, and of course my biggest favorite of them all, The Dart Slinger, who just simply devastate all enemies they shoot with little resistance!

[@joeromano583]

Awesome, thank you, great guide

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joeromano583]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Also, voting for getae as next faction guide

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Good call 🙏

[@calion7643]

Amazing video. I hope to see Carthage next👀.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks bud!

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Awesome faction guide!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks bud!

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

@@TheTerminatorGaming I knew when I heard your voice it was gonna be epic

[@Aaron.Hellerschmid]

Nice!

[@danielkristiansen2298]

I recommend smashing Rome as quickly as possible, before they become too dangerous. Take Cosentia and Beneventum asap and hold Beneventum as a shield against Roma while you raid Asculum for all it is worth. Remember, you can always take a province with the option that gives you 9k+ gold, and just abandon it later. That was how I financed my war with Rome. I think I raided Asculum three times that way, and Ariminum once, before moving in to actually capture it. A great benefit with focusing on Rome early (apart from the obvious) is that Latium is probably the most OP province in the entire game with 3 strategic resources. In my Epirus game about turn 70 it is making me 12k+ per turn. Also a top tip for Rome 2: You can abuse night battles against the AI to take out their armies one by one. Fun fact, in Three Kingdoms, the AI will do that to you too :D

[@ziosam850]

Can you shed some light on night battles? In what way they affect ai?

[@danielkristiansen2298]

@@ziosam850 AFAIK the AI does not choose the night battle trait in DeI. At least in my experience. This means that you can destroy the AI armies in battles the AI would not otherwise accept. E.g. a not-quite-fullstack that would otherwise withdraw may accept a battle because the AI thinks it will get the other full stack that is within reinforcement range. Surprise, night battle! The AI army does not get any reinforcements, and you can wipe them out with few casualties for your army. I hope that was clear enough :P The AI during the battle itself does not change.

[@ziosam850]

@@danielkristiansen2298 thx for clarification, i had the suspect that ai could go dumb during night battles in DEI, but now it's clearer for me when to use the option for night battle

[@lamtahoang4288]

U can take Rome in 4 turns. And destroy Rome faction in turn 6. After that it's Punic war against Carthage but this time you are not Rome

[@FazlurTheGreat]

Yess 10 turns for Epirus, I would like to request if i may, umm can you do it for Athens?, I had a good time with Rome thanks to your 10 turns tips

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Aww thanks mate and would love to!

[@FazlurTheGreat]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Don't Mention It General! Thanks to your tips, now I can lead my troops to glory

[@Fabioonn]

@@FazlurTheGreat A tip for Athen you can take the city of Knossos/ Kreta Turn 1 you just have to siege their city with you fleet, and with the mercenarys you can have around 5 or 6 ships. They will atack you and than you can destroy their whole army+garrison works also with macedon and Rhodos

[@FazlurTheGreat]

@@Fabioonn Thank u for the tips dude,hope u always doing well

[@FazlurTheGreat]

@@Fabioonn Thank u for the tips dude,hope u always doing well

[@jacobhutchings-quorn8292]

Hey dude I've been smashing you DEI videos as I used to play total war about 10 years ago and trying to get back into it using this mod. One question I have is does shock infantry have any benefit over shock cav? Surely they are just slower so harder to get behind troops compared to shock cav?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Nice one! 👍 and yes essentially shock cav is better 😂

[@cerdic6586]

I have tried the Epirus campaign thrice, and it has ended the same way every time: I ally with the Etruscans and Athenians, wipe out Rome, then I enter an inescapable period of stagnation because rebellions break out in Latium every turn and my armies are not replenishing. The Illyrians usually declare war and sack my coastal towns, whereas Carthage sends a couple of full stacks up from Sicily to finish me off.

[@tymem95fy]

I‘d love something more in the eastern regions, like Armenia or Parthia

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Yep thinking about that next 🙏

[@Chuck12312]

at first i was fine, i made athens and sparta start to like me but Rome i was winning battles but they can literally recruit so many units at once that it was literally 2-3 roman armies against my Epirus full stack

[@silversilverhunter5381]

hey man love the content but when Macedonia sallys out against me its on an open battle field and the garrison does not come out first. do you know if there is a way to prevent this or win a battle like this

[@James_Blazer]

Nice Battle of Pella. Playing with the new DEI version? Why did you mention to play on normal? Is it a recommendation of the DEI devs?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks bud, and yes the devs recommend playing on Normal. I think they're ok with battles on Hard but campaign is certainly balanced for Normal

[@scipio0793]

Rome is quite OP in DEI though lol. But then again... they were in real life as well..

[@jacobhutchings-quorn8292]

Hey another question my friend. As a new player and very new to DEI is there any factions you recommend. For me id just like to play a faction with a fun army to use for the full campaign as the battles are what I enjoy the most. I love sparta so wanted to play them but their unit roster just looks boring to use as you just stand still with most your army

[@magitsu]

Baktria. Their roster has everything imaginable and it's a stable start.

[@gesuntight]

My only problem with Epirus is that the campaign becomes boring really fast after Rome is beaten and Carthage is contained....

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Then take the fight to Carthage? :D Or you could always expand in Anatolia and face off with the Seleucids?

[@almat6191]

Try age of hellenism submod, seleucids and carthage etc are a lot more powerfull

[@Fabioonn]

@@almat6191 Macedon too?

[@almat6191]

@@Fabioonn yea macedon will take hegemony over greece and balcan

[@Fabioonn]

@@almat6191 Are there a big pain in the ass if you play Epirus and fight the Romans in Italy?

[@ThePRCommander]

Does anyone know which type of city that will create a naval trade route?

[@dericcheshire4703]

Can u help me man? Fan of your videos I’m playing 1.2.8 and epeiros isn’t on the successor kingdoms tab. I’ve tried redownloading the mod and disabling any others besides the main one and can’t get them to show up.

[@picogagula448]

Epirus starts at war with 2 power factions (rome, qart)and it means no peace untill you finish each other(its stupid). And you are not in war with them only, you fight with veneti and all african tribes. At start you just hope nobody attack you at home. My 1st strategy (1st campaign in dei) i went full on rome an that was kind a mistake but i manage it. Secure italy than move to sicily but leave 1 army on north coz of pirates and nothern gauls. Grind battles against qart and after sicily taken build fleet then slowly move to sardinia and corsica. Then take macedonia and rest is easier but dont invade africa (like i did) for a while just defend islands with 2 fleets. Rest is much easy. 2nd strategy that i will try but just for fun. Rush cosentia and beneventum and make them military allies than go asculum military aly than subjugate rome or destroy. Go take macedonia than hellas and aly with thrace and tolistobogi. Than go asia slowly while you defeating qart with fleet ask ransom so you get money and relation bonus while you can take transports easy.

[@user-ph7yi4ec9z]

Hallo, i have noticed that there is no Epirus in my grand campaign, do you know what is going on? Thanks!

[@imperatorromanorum_official]

If you want to try that on VH/VH there is a way that is doable. You can sack and then liberate many Italian nations. You gain a lot of money (through trade + sack) and allies against Rome. WIth the money, you should buy mercenaries :)

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Fair enough, DEI 1.2.8 limits the mercenaries so that's why I didn't go down that route, but it's definitely possible as you say. Especially if you use liberations :)

[@faintheart4753]

I think you should do Carthage now.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Would love to :)

[@mariusviorelstamate8245]

When will you play as Getae?

[@aaronchan4659]

Carthage! Carthage! Carthage!

[@Hakkapell]

I very much prefer rushing rome... Before they get their first reforms, Epirus actually has BETTER units, both in the case of value and actual ability to go toe to toe with Romans. Rome starts out weak and scattered, focusing on a war that the AI somehow manages to fumble... Easy win, and you either get a great province, or a ton of money from loot-sack exploiting.

[@bryanalbert447]

Any recommendations for reducing long loading screens for Rome 2??

[@lazareth7598]

Get a good SSD drive but still be prepared for a loading screen on leaving a battle when playing DEI

[@odialscarrers]

The neverending pastturn is my biggest concern. Even in Warhammer Immortal Empires goes faster.

[@Enclavelad]

Would you consider doing first 10 for Sparta or Athens?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Can do!

[@Enclavelad]

Thanks dude I will keep my eyes out for either one of them

[@jasonargos110]

You might as well auto resolve all the battles as they are not worth fighting.

[@tblickle]

I'm aware that I'm playing a later update so it's not the same as in this video. But God this campaign feels impossible. Every nearby power declared war within the first 5 turns

[@mrwaffly2202]

From my experience playing DEI that was alway the worst part about the AI. Multiple campaign runs were ruined because of the AI deciding to all a gang up on me.

[@ffgjgurh3255]

U both should try using the dei softcore submod it perfectly balance ai aggressiveness

[@zachfleet8437]

Epirus just seems way too hard haha. I like to start far away from Rome.... Have the other factions deal with all that lol

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Try it! It's easier than it looks :)

[@Fabioonn]

You can crush the Roman legions with the great army of Epirus

[@qpcherryqp1306]

Who made the mod so i can use the same mod

[@Fabioonn]

Just search for Divide et Impera

[@breaden4381]

Foothold in Greece? You've got most of it lol.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I mean yeah but Athens and Sparta are decent factions you still need to take out :D

[@tblickle]

I can handle rome. I cannot handle spartan Greece and illyria all ganking my ass while I fight rome.

[@17_jager37]

Dafuq is this a mod?