HOJO HAND MORTARS APPRECIATION POST!

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[@TheLordiys]

Love your content! Have an idea for a video: Shogun2 provinces tier list. Literally list each province and rate them depending on various factors like money making, location, defendability etc.

[@laughingstock723]

I feel like you're using this unit wrong. Hand mortars are a support unit and they are actually the best general sniping unit in the game. Unlike fire rockets they're effective even against generals hiding in forests since they don't get blocked much by trees, and their range is so great that you can reach the general hiding in the back without moving into range of the AI bow units. You can get hand mortars by turn 60 without much trouble due to the two libraries next to Hojo lands. By that time the AI will normally have many high level generals, which can make their armies nigh unbreakable. So in response you just recruit one hand mortar unit in each army and start off each offensive field battle by sniping those pesky generals. Since it only takes 1-2 volleys to kill a general that means you can take out multiple generals or start picking off other cavalry units. Once the hand mortar runs out of ammo, then you move in with your bows and melee units as normal. So whether hand mortars are a good unit or not depends on how much you value sniping AI generals - because they have no other use besides that. I love sniping generals, so I love the hand mortars.

[@Leo-ds6lz]

I always want to use explosive units in shogun but they are not so great. But given the historic time that also makes sense. Blowing up stuff so fun though.

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

The fire rockets are good, especially in campaign where you'll mostly just be launching rockets over walls.

[@SuperNintendawg]

@@donjuanmckenzie4897 eh, they're expensive to maintain and take forever to recruit. They're definitely powerful but it's much better to have, say, 10 yari ashigari than a few explosive units even in the endgame.

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

@@SuperNintendawg not really

[@SuperNintendawg]

@@donjuanmckenzie4897 Fire rockets cost 5 times more to recruit and twice as much in upkeep. Literally, you can have 10 yari ashigaru for the price of 2 fire rockets, and the upkeep would only be slightly higher.

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

@@SuperNintendawg Who cares, it's a campaign you can get plenty of money. I've had siege battles where my fire rockets get over 1000 kills a piece.

[@mateuszk3812]

Hojo hand mortars really need a mod to work in most situations, in vanilla they are barely better than bow ashigaru,not enough to justify the terrible cost-(un)effectiveness, but i really like them regardless. They suprisingly seems to work better with fire rockets support. I once got more kills on them that on most rockets unit in battle against ikko-ikki bow heavy army.

[@Inko_Inko]

I think this unit could be used in conjunction with a counter charge of your own, in the sense that you let off a hand mortar volley onto a high value enemy unit to mess with their formation prior to charging it with cav or infantry. But generally yes, these are bad because they can’t aim correctly.

[@giacomoromano8842]

There is a great mod (if you are the type of guy who uses them) which is focused on making all the artillery units much stronger with simple changes. It makes cannons shoot grapple shots and the Hand Mortars grenades explode on impact. Is actually, quite awesome.

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

What is it

[@mercurysarcade8538]

Love your videos on shogun two but I just ran out of videos to watch, then this popped up, thank you so much.

[@butterflyspinart]

Thank you for this appreciation! Maybe let's appreciate wooden cannons next?

[@Vincrand]

The fire bombs/ grenades of other units explode after a little delay (if I'm not mistaken). So my guess is that the hand mortars are coded to aim at the same place as those units, but unlike those units they explode upon impact.

[@totalmadnesman]

The madman actually did it! Props to you Marc xD

[@ryannguyen7466]

Make you appreciate how FOTS allow you to mannually aim those Armstrong and Parrot guns which make you try to oneshot their enemy general across the map once battles started

[@w0lf667]

I think in general, anything that shoots explosive projectiles is good against cavalry since if they get hit the slightest they die unlike infantry which gets back up

[@felipegarciareynoso4755]

Nice video. I have use them and i can tell that they are very effective when they shoot at stationary cavalry.(my opinion based in multiplayer)

[@dmitryfalkovich833]

james' may "whooooh" intensifies

[@yichenqiao8772]

you can build hojo multi dimensional line enemy bow sohei(prepare to use whisp arrow) Matchlock ashigaru yari Ashigaru *reserved space for matchlock ashigaru/8 Bow ashigaru *reserved space for bow sohei* Hojo hand mortar

[@kellyfulwider9357]

You guys are forgetting the most important metric to a units stats.. style points. This unit has it in spades

[@Idlefd]

Would you consider doing appreciation posts for FOTS units as well?, perhaps one like the armstrong guns Alternatively, a donderbuss cav appreciation post would be wonderful, dismounted on walls is a marvel I'd like to see on a side note, clan overviews for the remaining FOTS clans that haven't received ones one day perhaps?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I mentioned doing appreciation posts for FotS units on multiple occasions in these videos, and I’ve already done Donderbuss Cav.

[@Idlefd]

@@MrSmartDonkeyLP ah my bad, have a nice day

[@Red-S-267]

I have gained a very good appreciation for gunpowder units but even with 1 turn tech and building it can take about 15-20 turns to get these guys and I just don’t understand why I would use anything other than fire rockets or mangonels

[@Zeroless]

appreciate the nuns!

[@lyall1412]

I reckon the handmortars are way better when the enemy is hold up (example: yari ashigaru vs katana sam.) and then you let the handmortars shoot at the still standing sam, making your yari win.

[@bendegorro754]

Kisho Ninja + Matchlock Ashigaru is fun ... but it's hard to win since both are weak in melee and outnumbered.

[@nathanoliver9237]

Is there a mod that makes computers more willing to siege out castles

[@alexbartlett4675]

Love your content man. Driving me crazy though..Are you Dutch? Where are you from?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I am indeed Dutch 😁

[@qwelas5466]

Wooden cannon Dippreciation post incoming.

[@DarthBodya]

I guess you can use those guys only on siege battles as attacker blowing defending units on walls. With Hojo faction bonuses, you like take those guys, fire up entire castle and repair it.

[@TheLordiys]

Fellow Ukrainian here. Hello!)

[@otakoob]

The damage is really weak against constructions, it's also kinda weak against units too. 1 mortar can kill about 60-80 ashigarus or 40-60 for samurais and they are not likely to break before they can reach them. Of course they can be used when the frontline crash, but they will break your own frontline as well. For that situation, Bomb Throwers can do it with less collateral damage.

[@taigei4552]

This may not related to any shogun 2 stuff. Quick question mr smartdonkey, how you comment on your privated video? I've saw your latest video's pinned comment it's 5 or 6 days ago. Also ROTS Appreciation post?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I had that video unlisted for a few days waiting for approval from the sponsors, that’s when I put my pinned comment on it. Then I scheduled it to go live yesterday after that since I’m away on holiday. Well, technically I just landed back in the Netherlands but I *was* away on holiday.

[@taigei4552]

@@MrSmartDonkeyLP so you set your videos to unlisted? Not private?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

@@taigei4552 As I said, only specifically sponsored videos that need approval before going live, otherwise every video gets scheduled.

[@taigei4552]

@@MrSmartDonkeyLP nvm, I just figured it out, set it to unlisted, thanks for the help.

[@iceee420]

They can be an ok support unit, but shogun2 doesnt really use support units.

[@tntaclegrape]

Fire Projecting Mangonel appreciation post when?

[@chargingnoisesintensify6335]

never. unit is shit

[@khanhduytran3129]

hand mortars are siege unit so use it in siege battle i usually have a stack of 6 hand mortar follow the back of my army and only use them in siege battle

[@laerville9856]

Fire Bomb Throwers when?

[@TheLordiys]

Title should be "Hojo hand mortars - complaining post" :)

[@GCho733]

Hojo fire bomb Samurai sounds better a unit than hand mortars. Lol

[@08mrwright]

Hojo hand mortars are general killers

[@mikewbma]

Vomit inducing