[EU4] Complete Guide on EU4 Combat & Reinforcements | EU4 ABC

Europa Universalis IV combat might seem like a black magic for someone that doesnt have much experience. Thanks to this guide I'm going to show you how to use 100% out of your country efficiency both withotu artillery and with artillery.
Timestamps:
0:00-1:12 - Introduction
1:13-5:40 - Early game Combat
5:41-11:21 - Base Artillery Combat
11:22-17:52 - Advanced Combat
17:53-18:36 - summary
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[@ZlewikkTV]

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[@hanspeterwurst5724]

already joined discord :D

[@ironhawk175]

People are super helpful on there if you need tips etc, great community

[@philipvandenhurk9452]

Good video, but what about cav nations like poland hungary?

[@abubnis4206]

“If you have a full artillery back row, make sure your front line doesn’t go” Sun tzu, art of war

[@flamingbull3438]

Art of War - Director's Cut

[@luisramirez7041]

well after this i think I am ready to beat the ottomans as ulm

[@asozial1498]

beat ulm as ottomans*(maby)

[@Prof_Dr_col]

Normally you should beat the Ottomans without any tactic in only a few months...

[@gavins9846]

@@Prof_Dr_col What?! Please expand.

[@Prof_Dr_col]

@@gavins9846 The Ottomans will just give up after a few months because of you beeing Ulm

[@gavins9846]

@@Prof_Dr_col Suprisngly yea. I just saw it for myself a few minutes ago, as Songhai. They decided to intervene in some god damn colonial affair, and invaded MY homeland. I was outraged af. After liek ~20 years I somehow managed to stack-wipe their forces piecemeal.

[@tristanwielandblischke3412]

After trying this in my one campaign I was able to win war after war. Great guide. You make our eu4 live much easier.

[@ZlewikkTV]

Nice to hear that!

[@matheomatouan5171]

I just think that Napoléon loose the battle of Waterloo because he didn't follow this guide

[@RyanPHoferJr]

his artillery got in the front row, and the square infantry, why did it have to be the square infantry

[@andrei19238]

Prussians reinforced

[@michaelhaderach277]

​@@RyanPHoferJrdidn't he had column infantry and English had square?

[@A9.9.]

In reality, this has a smidgen of truth to it. When he was younger he was strategic and intelligent with his maneuvers, then as he got older and leading up to the battle of waterloo, he just stopped strategizing and became mortal again, disabling his hax.

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

Nice this is a great video that I will recommend to my viewers when they ask about reinforcements!!

[@ZlewikkTV]

Thanks!!

[@pommesaustarschisch2698]

I really needed that, I always use just 2 big stacks.

[@toastapprentice]

whenever i watch these guides i feel like i'm going to be a strategy game master... at least until i boot up the game and realise i'm still bad at it.

[@MyUsersDark]

I remember when someone was sieging my fort i sent 30k troops to intercept his 100k stack, and my 100k stackwiped his 60k sieging the fort I felt like a genius then lol

[@ozanmrcan]

haha

[@famido1441]

Meanwhile Swiss combat strategy: " "

[@panzerofthelake506]

Look angry and scare the eneny

[@MichusubPl]

Swiss be like ey yo wanna set up some profitable investment in my bank?

[@AB-rv2lj]

@@MichusubPl moustache man: actually i was wondering if you could hold all this gold i got from my friends for my birthday

[@lithunoisan]

+100 attrition

[@venezianreaper1202]

Uncledad: Zlewikk's control of troops in MP is poor Zlewikk 1 year later: It's time for vengeance!

[@ZlewikkTV]

xDDDD when did he say that? :p

[@venezianreaper1202]

@@ZlewikkTV it was at EU LAN party 2019, but he couldn't predict that you would strike back at creator's cup ^^

[@ArexusGalia]

Daaang, didn't know you could shift consolidate. This is gonna save me a lotta ducats

[@Fahad-hg1hq]

I was waiting for this video for a long time thank you.

[@mikemandalorian9226]

This video has supplemented my knowledge of combat in eu iv. Thank you :)

[@Simon-mb7pp]

Great video, as always. You really helped me to improve to a new level since I subscribed!

[@halilhakankaraman4257]

Was just searching for this video. Keep up the good content!

[@behram11]

Thank you Zlewikk! I have been waiting for this guide for so long. Now I can fulfill my fantasy of world conquest as Ulm!

[@Chrys131]

Great video man. I’ll share this with my friends that are new to the game 🙂

[@danielshaw7414]

Thank you for providing this guide! I have learnt a little as I play along, but this guide has provided me with some invaluable information. I love learning more about EU4, and it never seems to end :)

[@ZlewikkTV]

Glad I could help!

[@socks1342]

Another great guide - a lot of this knowledge is floating around some MP communities (except for that reinforcement trick, only seen that a few times in all my hours on MP), but it’s good that it’s all consolidated in one place. Hopefully this inspires more people to try out multiplayer also.

[@Lucas-ye8rx]

Very useful! Keep up the great videos :)

[@ShaheenJc]

I really needed this video. Thanks Zlewikk.

[@murcusblue4212]

yes !! cant wait to see this & thank you for your time & effort

[@Aurielle395]

Thank you so much! I really feel like I’n getting better as a player with each of your guide!

[@ZlewikkTV]

Glad to hear it!

[@felixkesler4115]

Really nice and informative video, thanks

[@kainuu3157]

Awesome guide! That's what I have wanted for a long time! Retreating strategy is totally new for me.

[@ZlewikkTV]

Glad I could help!

[@indianhacker9062]

I needed to learn how to do this. Thanks Zlewikk :D

[@1998tedi]

I knew more or less all of them because of your videos.. but the one that is new to me is the retreat trick... very nice :D i'll use it

[@Venomox666]

I never knew how eu4 combat works, after using these tactics I feel so much more powerful!

[@egesisli5694]

Im watching nearly all videos and stream replays of yours and habibis for the last month. Joined my first mp last week and every time i talk with people they just mention how well im doing considering its my first mp and im fighting a 1v3 against experianced players rn(idk if i win that im not a cobeligarent in the war so i wont lose much if i lose im just fighting to make a statement). I just want to thank you because you made it possible

[@ZlewikkTV]

Nice! I'm glad that I could be of help!

[@antoniocecere3737]

I've got a mp tonight, hope this will be helpful, thanks mr.Zlewikk

[@ironhawk175]

Can’t wait, got a MP game coming up soon

[@jusipat412]

Very useful, thanks 4 uploading

[@IslandHermit]

Thanks, that was very helpful. I had misunderstood how flanking range worked. I thought it was the depth of cavalry from the edges of the 2nd row which could participate in the attack, so I was generally keeping 4 cav in my back row. Time to get rid of them!

[@MrSaywutnow]

Heeeeeyyy, I saw Zlewikk's name pop up when he was picking a giveaway winner! Also, thanks for mentioning the map mode which shows river crossings - if there's one mistake I make far too often, it's going into battle on a river crossing.

[@martian9035]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!

[@allirasa3255]

nice one ! thanks for the help zlewikk

[@tsforteen9928]

This video is really good and helped me fill in some knowledge gaps. Thank you for posting it

[@ZlewikkTV]

Happy to help!

[@Blu3PanDar]

Very nice combat guide! Looking forward to more :)

[@ZlewikkTV]

More to come!

[@smoothkid765]

I love these sorts of guides. Superiorly in depth and explanatory. I have 3500 hours in this game and like to think I'm pretty good. But always happy to learn from someone with more experience. Thanks, Zlewikk! Love from the USA.

[@ZlewikkTV]

Thanks! Always happy to help!

[@kirigama6504]

I love your content! It’s so good

[@ozzy7102]

Thank you for the tips! Now im gonna cheese with the retreat trick

[@Matteo-hp7gx]

TY for the guide, it was really helpful :)

[@ZlewikkTV]

Glad it helped!

[@dominujacygrzesiek_5646]

Thx for the guide, I really needed that

[@bobertasiemiec4195]

finally i waited for this sooo long

[@joerrg5842]

Thank you. Really need this guide :)

[@nool9046]

Thanks, this’ll be very helpful for my Italy game

[@mattiapelliccia6755]

great video as always

[@samb123]

You're honestly the most underrated eu4tuber. I learn more from each of your videos than from the rest I've watched combined 💜

[@ZlewikkTV]

Thanks man!

[@naveenblack2195]

Damn this really helped me understand the decisions you make in multiplayer

[@Kasperi_A.]

This made me remember the time me and my mp allies had a 600k stack with like 5 backrows and we kept losing and losing against the ottomans on his mountainforts.

[@Ingwerlord]

I have never heard about that last trick but i will definitely try it.

[@kozkowsky6864]

I have been waiting for so long :333

[@vionus1]

Cool. This video teached me alot about army composition :)

[@jonathangotz4556]

nice tipps they realy helped me to improve my battles

[@williamwanderlust]

my man did it, nice job lad

[@huseyinalikorkmaz5307]

Thanks for the video!

[@insalatacondita3203]

I really needed this!!!

[@jollyollybolly6250]

This video helped me so much thank you :)

[@MyroslavKuzmich]

congratulations winner ))❤

[@guglielmo1836]

thanks to you i am doing an incredible mp run with byzantium

[@thomasmann4536]

great shit! finally i understand this stuff^^

[@nothingleft8012]

Thanks you so much!Now i can finally beat Teutonic order as Brandenburg after this video...

[@panpomidor1272]

Thanks for the guide!

[@Jupiter__001_]

Thanks for this guide!

[@linusdanielsson6206]

the reinforcement strategy has helped me alot!!

[@cool_860]

This was more useful than i expected

[@mixonoimixonoiz6031]

Me and my friends started playing EU4 yesterday after 2 years whit hoi4. Got rekted in every battle. This guide is a blessing. Thanks!

[@Jayako12]

Oh... We ended up having another combat tutorial over the estates one. I mean, you are always teaching us to fight in your vids, but estates efficient management is all along time. It is always nice to have a perfect tutorial though! Great video!

[@Jayako12]

Okey, perhaps I treated you too harshly... It is only that I really want to know how to be efficient with estates, and there are not videos on that...

[@ZlewikkTV]

It's not that much complicated. Thanks gor video idea :). I promised combat guide together with army composition one so it was expected :)

[@alirg3554]

That retreat thing is crazy! Wow!

[@zbreznypempuszek6808]

Wreszcie film na który czekałem!

[@MG-sb2vc]

Great video!

[@MikeMaragni]

I don't need any dlc, just wanted to comment to say that i really appreciate this type of informative video^^

[@konrad6188]

good guide as always!

[@mioszcylc4229]

Really Useful guide

[@kubakwak921]

Neat! Will be useful in my Englad campaign!

[@corey9174]

Exactly what I needed.

[@mosca8000]

Wow Nice, finally i will know how to use the troops

[@akaEsit]

Ah thanks, I love these tutorials🥰

[@Thesupermrluc]

Great vid!

[@butuzaalexandru7005]

Thanks Zlewikk!

[@clinzy4539]

Nice video as always

[@ZlewikkTV]

Appreciate that :D

[@GandalfderDauerblaue]

Great guide, I think it will be very helpful for me

[@ZlewikkTV]

Glad to hear!

[@kokoro2426]

Lovely vid, as always!

[@ZlewikkTV]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@qwerdylex2722]

Good work!

[@maciejb9578]

Very nice guide

[@ThePlatypusTamer]

Just what I needed !

[@flamingbull3438]

Great episode

[@kyallokytty]

10:20 - you can plan around that, you can always send troops *before* the battle starts. If it takes a month for reinforcements to arrive, it also takes 30 days for the main force to arrive, you can always just time it. Send reinforcements every few days, rather than wait till the battle start. Also results in less battles loss for scorched earth

[@smoothkid765]

Nice guide!

[@suiiiitksz307]

Love your content❤️

[@solderooo]

Thanks good you made this.Thanks!

[@tami3126]

Nice guide!!!

[@thurespottke3795]

Love your guides before watching you I was a real noob

[@f4nbergen]

Nice video !

[@oleksiidoronin1069]

Definitely the guide I was asking for! Also, Zlewikk, what do you think about professionalism? I noticed that you simply drop it most of the time, and slacken recruitment instead. On the contrary, I like to fill professionalism to 60%, and then to 80% ASAP, while playing SP. Professionalism by itself gives nice bonuses to shock and fire. And 60% perk is super useful when you have armies across the globe, or simply desperate for manpower and want to disband few idle stacks. 80% perk also might give you ability to consolidate all your troops in one stack and engage them in battle at once, but what is your opinion about it?

[@therealx1ras453]

I hope that there will be a guide soon with something on generals and pips, as I still don't really understand what makes a good general and how to read pips on different unit types

[@kaiserpiplup4486]

i am so glad i started watching you, now i dont lose every single war

[@ZlewikkTV]

Happy to hear that!

[@Thunder103093]

i've watched you for awhile & i still lose wars no matter what......

[@kaysershinya]

Wish you the best

[@thenanomachi2091]

In the video for one second, nice!