EU IV Combat Explanation

In this video we discuss the factors you need to know to know whether or not a battle will turn out in your favor, or why you're losing to an army that is smaller, for example. Morale, Discipline, Tactics, and Pips get a workover before we beat on some rebels to drive home the point.
Here is the wiki link for land combat: www.eu4wiki.com/Land_warfare

[@tantariastavangar1094]

Combat Width of 25 means 50 regiments can fight at any given time since its two rows.

[@styot]

And cav fight on the front row not the back. Max combat width is actually 40 not 25, but I think it was displayed badly before, I don't think it told you that anywhere in UI, I think what that screen is saying is plus 25 added onto your base combat width which totals 40. Now you can look on the military page and it displays you're actual current combat width.

[@cameronsprague101]

Tantaria Stavangar Infantry and cavalry can only attack from the front line. Artillery is the only unit able to attack from the back line.

[@pijawa2000]

In theory yes, but terrain gives combat width penalties most of the time

[@Aezuros]

Terrain no longer gives combat width penalties, all terrain has the same combat width now, it just gives negative 1 or negative 2 dice roll penalties depending on its type. At the time you wrote the comment it was possible it still worked that way, I know they changed it awhile back. Also unlike what he said in the video, leader manoeuvre can only negate crossing penalties such as from a river or strait, not terrain penalties, and only if your general has a higher manoeuvre than theirs. So basically there's no reason not to always use your full combat width whenever possible as you no longer need to account for each province's terrain affecting combat width.

[@8jijjoo126]

Thanks this was very helpful

[@Anactualfungus]

Good vid, I learned a lot but I gotta ask how did you get so many godtier generals? Most of my general rolls give me one maneuver and nothing else.

[@siddhantsharma7728]

Brandon Bowley Army Tradition, fighting battles etc.

[@Muck006]

The maneuver pips of a general increase the rate of reinforcement, +10% per pip.

[@Aezuros]

That was a change made rather recently, much after he made this video. Also leader manoeuvre affects the base travel time it takes to move armies from province to province, and unlike what he said in the video, can NOT negate terrain penalties, ONLY crossing penalties such as a river or strait. Like you pointed out though, increased rate of reinforcement for leader manoeuvre in addition to its other bonuses has made it quite an attractive statistic to have. albeit not quite as good as shock early game or fire/siege late game.

[@universe36]

Great tutorial!! Easy to understand!!

[@darkfireslide]

universe36 Thank you! I've been thinking about rebooting my channel again recently and comments like these are encouraging. :)

[@DoomDutch]

darkfireslide Though, got to say the 'ammm' are annoying, because of their quantity :) Though, since it seems you're new to this, it is forgivable :P

[@darkfireslide]

Doom Dutch Yeah, I am pretty new, and I need to get back to making videos. It's been too long, lol. Thank you for the feedback though, I really appreciate it :D

[@AlphaSections]

Very nice, any know how many "umm's" there are in this video?

[@Sgt_Major]

I lost count at 489...

[@ivanmakrov3323]

As a Warmonger, and being in a 4 front war, I got to say, you got all these systems correct.

[@morganfreeman3235]

considering I am new and see a few of his mistakes already, I doubt your war abilities

[@steave435]

This could use an update without all the "umm" and correcting the mistakes, like for example thinking that only the attacker takes the combat width penalty (obviously, the actual "problem" was that while you had about the same amount of troops, the enemy had more regiments but with less men in each after losses, there was A LOT of unused combat width on both sides). Also spent a bunch of time on the fact that "you want your modifiers to be better than the enemy modifiers", which is so obvious that it's kinda ridiculous to bring it up. Based on your recent videos, I'm sure you understand it a lot better now.

[@kyleliu6196]

Heresy! I spy quality ideas.

[@zachdavoli9642]

um

[@survivalizer]

I noticed that....

[@zachdavoli9642]

its just so evident in the video. i cant enjoy it.

[@jonathanjohnson7743]

*toungue snap*

[@keepitreal1394]

After playing Total war it seems the battles are silly

[@Malk54]

10 sided die have the numbers 0-9 on them, so you can roll a zero. Don't do it in D&D :).

[@deltafrombnet9393]

well the zero is worth 10 since they don't make the die with 2 digets

[@asneakychicken322]

SeasrchingForPlayer... not in EU4 though, so many painful memories of rolling zeroes against nines, especially in the shock phase

[@boohoow]

omg stop zooming