Let's Play Total War: Shogun 2 (Legendary) - Otomo - Ep.01 - Ultimate Blitzkrieg!

[@prasannajanakiraman5832]

Best starting moves play for otomo ever: 1. do the blitzkrieg in this video IF you want. 2. build nanban quarter and start pumping out nanban trade ships 3. don't upgrade the castle town in Bungo, and dont build any happiness increasing structures there. 4. Lets the shimazu take bungo, so that you can build a nanban quarter in Buzen. Retake Bungo at will. Shimazu will convert to christianity upon taking Bungo, and start to convert their provinces to Jesus land. 5. If the shimazu get wiped out, you can let a rebellion take place in bungo, and let the city be taken by rebels before building a new nanban quarter. In any case, you end up with two nanban quarters, which is excellent. In fact, if you take Bungo back from a christian Shimazu, they may build a new nanban quarter, and when you finally crush them, you will end up with a whooping THREE Nanban quarters.

[@newindika849]

That's what I do but I prefer to provoke a rebellion on Bungo. I build a nanban quarter on Satsuma to recruit Portuguese Terços with 13 armor. This unit is insanely good and since they have very high accuracy they don't need more and armor is ever helpful. Six or seven units of these terços can handle three enemy stacks on siege defence. As soon as you queue the Nanban Quarter you can recapture Bungo. You can have all the Nanban Quarters you want, but I am fine with three (Buzen for cannons, Bungo & Satsuma).

[@prasannajanakiraman5832]

Thats pretty smart! The problem I'm facing with the game is that I HATE naval warfare.. so I HAVE TO play as a christian, so that I can take down medium bune and his friends using cannon fire (making the sea battles quick and easy)... But I want to play as ikko ikki :(

[@brainwasher9876]

very interesting strategy guys, thanks for sharing.

[@brainwasher9876]

I'm a Shogun 2 newbie, and I want to ask: is it a good idea to build a lot of nanban trade ships? In ETW and NTW you could build more powerful trade ships such as indiamen or galleons, but they cost more to train and maintain but didn't bring in more trade, making the cheapest and most defenceless trade ships the best option for generating income.

[@prasannajanakiraman5832]

Andrew Wang each trade node should contain one nanban trade ship plus a bunch of regular trade ships. Your actual navy however, should contain ONLY nanban trade ships. this is because they are incredibly cost effective compared to a bune stack. a single nanban trade ship can fight off a full stack of Japanese ships and yet, it's upkeep is lower. also, make sure you find the black ship and capture it

[@orangvii3633]

"we're gonna train a few yari samurai here" *trains yari ashigaru

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

That's the SmartDonkey experience for you.

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

43:32 Greatest highlight of this walkthrough, the One Man Charge.

[@makaramuss]

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!

[@Anand70707]

Your gunners weren't firing because the individual men need to have the enemy in their sights. It isn't a question of range, but bullets and musket balls travel in a relatively straight line. Unlike archers, your gunners can't arc their shots. They were blocked from shooting because of the slope of the hill. :)

[@muhamadrizal4]

Makes sense. Thank you

[@alexandrosgrigoriadis3499]

a small tipp you can give the shimazu Military access for 2300 gold and they still have war with you in the next round

[@theamorphousflatsch2699]

I tried to mimick this, but sagara ended up hiding their army in the woods and, when i was right infront of the castle, they fell me in the back. Obviously im not that good at fighting battles and just closed the game and didn't play for a week.

[@sayanorasonic]

Irrelevant but that pfp is so 2008, i like it

[@HaningNugrahadi]

This is so me, but i probably didnt play for 3 years

[@idontlikerome2744]

4:07 "If our Damyo is to become shogun, military ruler of all JAPAN..."

[@majorearl12]

Just came from your Otomo Overview video, Otomo is by far my favorite clan in Shogun 2, and this strategy im definetly gonna use from now on as i usually get bogged down fighting off the Ouchi and Shoni and dont get a big enough army fast enough to deal with them until after i wipe out a few of there armies. Definetely my new strategy for the Otomo.

[@drkinferno72]

I like the No honor play through of conquering a settlement, build lease land Pull out, let them rebel, conquer again, profit

[@_Shak]

Nice videos! :) The Matchlock Ashi didn't shoot because most of them were looking at the hill and the enemies were behind the hill.

[@yami2227]

Otomo and Hattori ftw! Guns and Ninjas :D

[@THESCREENEND]

I use your videos as ASMR to sleep, keep it up 👍🏻

[@midhon]

Me too

[@punished_venom_snake]

Same lol

[@ananousous]

I don't know what it is, but playthroughs of these types of games will just knock me out

[@chambersofblood3327]

The sagara don't attack me on the first end turn

[@lachlan-mastermind6781]

He attacked them.

[@kleinerprinz99]

I took your strategy and tactics into account while I did my take-on on the legendary campaign and also in Coop Multiplayer: Unfortunately in my playthrough the opponent generals are not that suicidal and they do not directly walk straight for my General. They actually tried flanking. Wonder what I did differently what prompted them to actually flank. Maybe its those Defensive Structures you put down ;P

[@JA-lr5ix]

Also, if your men aren't in guard mode they will engage in melee if one of their own gets caught by the enemy.

[@hvitekristesdod]

Otomo Chikaharu is a legend in my campaign. I still have him on around turn 180 on hard

[@dougsam6341]

I wonder if they're going to make part 3 of this game. I like it. I like the fact you can change your troop cloth color and name them. That was amazing and your main character you can do the samething

[@dermenore7162]

It took me at least 15 try to defeat the Shoni, in 5 or 6 turns (also in legendary). See you do it by turn 2 is impressive.

[@santojosheelgimatreo9751]

Do you know how i can play as otomo ? Mine just has 5 playable clan...

[@dermenore7162]

You need a DLC for that. Check out the dlc page in steam or in the main menu of the game. :)

[@santojosheelgimatreo9751]

@@dermenore7162 ah i see.. Thank you

[@Strrroke]

I feel that something was patched, because no matter which clan I play on legendary, every time it's almost impossible to get trade agreements and other clans declare war on me for no reason. I find very hard much more enjoyable because of that: the game is still difficult at the beginning, and at the same time not as ridiculous as on legendary

[@dafuqmr13]

Jesus Christ I’ve been playing this game for more than a decade but i didn’t know about that trick (clicking the general when your whole army is out of move) to attack an army/castle

[@TheLordStuff]

@27:15 how can he fail so hard at controlling his units and still the bot doesn't just run him down.. meanwhile I'm getting shredded playing against just Hard bots.. did they redo the AI?

[@ninjacom3]

If the sagara fail to attack you on the first turn then the following turn you are in for PAIN. Its not impossible guys, you can beat them, its just really really hard.

[@783Kostas]

Changing the army to ultra size in the option menu seems to work for me! :)

[@gizmoapangalook121]

Finally have a computer. Just got shogun 2. I am happy to be playing again. I am going to try building the nanyang quarter first lol. I’ll see how that goes

[@JA-lr5ix]

Just to throw two things out, even though these videos are old as fuck: In Shogun 2 and FotS, gun units won't shoot at your own men nor will they shoot if they don't have a shot. In Empire and Napoleon they would engage in both of those circumstances, so your men would shoot at one another if they were overlapping (or light infantry was not in loose formation) and they would just shoot up into a hill even if their bullets wouldn't hit. Your men conserve ammo that way. As for the Yai wall failure, the enemy general was too close and technically engaged, and you cannot put units into a formation once the game determines them to be engaged in a melee.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

This is indeed a very old campaign, I’d recommend watching any of the dozens more recent campaigns where this is all old news.

[@zalaf186]

dude is a legend

[@IradSyneri]

Took again Shogun 2 after a long time, wanted to play an Otomo Legendary Long Campaign. Note: I own only vanilla game, no ROTS / FOTS and only Otomo DLC iirc. Watching your videos I've seen the blitzkrieg style. But I am wondering: is there a chanche to defensively stand at the very beginning? I've tried to stockpile units but is an endless siege. I've also tried to forfeit Buzen and just defend my capital, but the same if not worse. Suggestion for playing a legendary otomo without blitzkrieg? Thx

[@jasonpickens9839]

Did you keep a naval unit to stop the Ouchi crossing over? I nearly had it until the Sagara attacked.

[@LordDamo]

Without Honor xD samurai loved the gunpowder...

[@VelveteenVermilion]

Sigh 5 clans declared war on me so far the wars lasted 10 turns.

[@jackdan400]

Using the rally ability sometimes might help?

[@atomsmasher9279]

Jack Dan I know this is a little late but yes it’s very useful but the risk is putting ur General in archer or rocket range but in early game it’s helps a unit come back from routing (not breaking)

[@Sea-zu4bj]

Atomsmasher927 ty I needed to know what that did

[@JSuelto1]

basically don't tax provinces you conquer quickly

[@ODSTspam3]

How did you get sagara to attack you? Every time i try this on any difficulty the army always shows up, then turns around to get another unit, and makes me attack.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I don't know, you watched the video, there's nothing else I can tell you.

[@brainwasher9876]

This happened to me too. The only thing I can guess at is that playing with different unit size settings causes the A.I to evaluate whether or not it attacks differently. MrSmartDonkey's using ultra settings while I am using medium currently so that might impact it.

[@micurazvan3504]

I think it's random. I just had this happen, then reloaded the pre-turn autosave, and they attacked.

[@Yovillespoliers1234]

OTOMO AND HATTORI LETS PLAY? Woah.... nice...(ps dont forget the Donderbuss Cav)

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Glad you like it, and no I definitely won't :). They are ridiculously fun to use.

[@hardrada3534]

Don't they kill your general or something... I knew you shouldn't have built them, weapons of mass destruction tend to have adverse effects.

[@diapason89]

Tried the tactic with the Sagara on Hard. They still outflanked me with the shields on. Still won, though, but with more casualties.

[@fedda9999]

oof shimazu declared war on me after i took sagara's town ;n;

[@nilsoncasco7830]

F

[@czarpskov3337]

YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@dannytran7847]

I wouldn’t say using a gun has no skills you still have to aim and get line of sight or you get shot first

[@kelvinmelon1668]

i know this is 2 years old but not really back in colonial age where guns became popular it's very easy because when there's a lot of men infront of you, wherever you aim you're bound to hit something not to mention the enemy usually just charge at you with spear,sword,horse etc but as modern time progress and unit got smaller it become harder and soldiers need to train accuracy more and time progress and military became like what it is now in 2020

[@Daedwartin2]

@@kelvinmelon1668 It is less that and more that guns just outright required less skill and effort to make a solider effect with. The little thing a lot of people don't realize about good archery is that it requires you to develop your musculature in the right way. If you wanted to take a person who had no archery training, it was entirely possible you be better off just teaching him how to use it well so you could have him teach his own son to use it, who grow up developing the correct muscles. If this sounds like a lot of work for just ONE decent archer...it is. There was a reason why England once basically had as a requirement you needed to train with archery. It was something that HAD to be maintained constantly if you wanted them in quality and number at the same time. Guns meanwhile didn't need this comparatively absurd level of effort to train for to make deadly. Your upper arm strength was only relevant in regards to aiming and not dropping it after you fired, which can be handled with just sheer muscle mass rather than having the correct muscles developed the right way. And it only got easier as the guns got better. This is why many cultures considered the gun a weapon with no skill. It takes lifetimes to get good archers. It takes a few weeks to get reasonable gunners who are almost as deadly.

[@kodyretros2254]

Hey MrSmartDonkey, I tried to search for that turn 1 kyoto, but can't find any video, can you tell me a link to see that?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

No, that video has been linked plenty of times, and I'm not going to advertise someone that I don't even like here. All I'll say is, you really didn't search well. I typed in 'Shogun 2 Turn 1 Kyoto' and it was the second result :P.

[@kodyretros2254]

Okay I will try again :D I searched with hattori so that's why I didnt get any

[@maximus0928]

Those first 2 battles are why AI needs to be updated.

[@georgemiley6885]

How do I show where I placed units. with those yellow trails.

[@shane_rbc8679]

Its kind of late, but then again... Press Spacebar to highlight each unit destination

[@voicubogdan4339]

@@shane_rbc8679 thank you

[@panicthenrun5982]

I'm now thinking how cool it would be if we can start a campaign under siege and the first battle is a siege defense. Is there a mod for this?

[@tresiyanto2772]

How get defense stuff in that bow ashigaru?

[@santojosheelgimatreo9751]

Do you know how i can play as otomo ? Mine just has 5 playable clan...

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

That doesn't sound right, Shogun 2 base game has 9 playable clans with 3 DLC clans, the Otomo, Ikko Ikki, and Hattori, you can buy those on Steam. Not sure how you would only have 5 playable clans.

[@mtgAzim]

@@MrSmartDonkeyLP Could he have been selecting Rise instead of the normal campaign? I don't remember how many clans are in Rise.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

@@mtgAzim Rise has 6 standard and no DLC, so I doubt it.

[@SaschaMai]

DUNDERBASS CAVALRY. Says all not? This word is so amazing :D : DUNDERBASS! In german it means Donnerbüchse which is a simple shotgun.^^

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

That makes sense, because they use a primitive version of the Shotgun :).

[@kleinerprinz99]

+SaschaMai Actually Donnerbüchse literally means Thunder Box because of the sound it made. Normally "shot"gun now is called Flinte. Just a side note. :)

[@1123581220]

hey man great vids, i noticed in this vid that ur general unit size is 40 men, how did you do that? 0.0

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/haq9aGCkfbGWf9E First question I answer.

[@mcguy5927]

Im struggling in this game...

[@tb6836]

Is there a setting we're we canget the highlights of the position the troops will b in like donkey? Cause I can't c where exactly they will b until they get there. Also love ur vids donkey

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Hold the spacebar.

[@buwerhassan]

smartdonkey. wat game shall i buy. shogun 2 or napoleon total war?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

If you're just interested in Total War I personally recommend Shogun 2 and I think it's held in higher regard overall. However, if you're more interested in the Napoleonic wars then of course I'd say go for Napoleon.

[@lolirot93]

I'm not SmartDonkey, but I'm 99% sure he'll say Shogun 2!

[@ghostreaper111]

I just started playing as the Otomo, should I always put men into fire by rank or leave it off?

[@keylon-rg2wh]

Use it when they are far away from your gunners and when they get close to your gunners then turn it off.

[@ghostreaper111]

thank you for the reply

[@lorenzclausen628]

I don’t understand how he can win against more units, despite his matchlocks not even shooting at anyone. The enemy’s yashigaru stayed back, while their general rushed into a spear wall. When I’m playing somehow the opponent seems tougher, or maybe I’m just bad at exploiting the AI.

[@Skull.man00]

Yari wall is op. I started playing as Otomo recently, had a battle where enemy had double more units. My 6-8 yari ashigaru in yari wall with matchlock ashigaru support really did the trick. It works like phalanx formation in Rome 2.

[@adeliodm1671]

how do you have those ashigaru with more men?? i mean more than the normal ones

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

You mean the Matchlock Ashigaru? The 120 are Imported Matchlock Ashigaru and the 160 are Otomo Matchlock Ashigaru.

[@adeliodm1671]

@@MrSmartDonkeyLP alright, thanks im just curious, nice gameplay u have there 👍

[@c911darkwolf]

Why does your Yari unit have 200 in it and mine only has 150? Your ranged units also have 160 and mine are only 120? Are you using a mod or something?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Unit size option in settings, you have to start a new campaign for it to take effect though.

[@Leo-ds6lz]

I have noticed that you have different units available compared to my shogun 2 version, I only own the vanilla + rise of the samurai, does having the other expansion add any new units to the base game? I couldnt find any info on it online. Eg Hojo fire rockets I couldn't find these units noted in the tech tree in-game when i looked under 'enables following units' for the siege tree.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Yeah, just start Steam and have a look at the Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack.

[@parikshithegde1313]

hey donkey can u recommend me a good game which is not shogun or strategy cause i am really bored and need some thing new that is not mount and blade.

[@pixelatedbishop]

Call of duty. its fun to shoot random people

[@orangvii3633]

Polish Hussar Cod is shit

[@orangvii3633]

Parikshit Hegde I say Black Mesa or Half life(original,not hl2)

[@ananousous]

The new Skyrim just came out not too long ago

[@daytimestudios3678]

This is a Bloodbathx2….

[@SpaceKnight105]

Uh are there other clans that believe in God and Christianity, I Mean the ikko ikki praise the Buddhism.

[@hernanreipp6983]

Literally all the clans are buddhist or shinzo-buddhist except for the Ikko-Ikki who believes in other buddhist and the Otomo who are christian. Both the Ikko-Ikki and Otomo are the only clans that can't change their religion for other when the others can. The Mori can change to christianity to get access to european ships.

[@Myrage90]

hey man, i want to know your computer graphic spec.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Check the 'about' section on my channel page. Although good chance my specs have changed since this was recorded.

[@Myrage90]

nvm. got it

[@eldrickzero4885]

i would play this game if it wasnt such a time sink. Theres also the fact that its pc only. Sitting on a pc just playing this for a long time is kind of a waste. If it was portable, or something but nah wouldnt work. Dont mind me just thinking out loud.

[@bostjanmatko9755]

2021 :) !

[@NgJackal1990]

All of this will be easier for you guys if you can cheat the income in game so you don't have to worry about income ;)

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

????? Then what's the point of playing? Just cheat so all enemy clans instantly get defeated at start too then

[@NgJackal1990]

@@HenriqueRJchiki It's just how people prefer to play. I mean it's single player so you can alter as many as you like. If people like to challenge, they can do it without any mods or cheat.

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

@@NgJackal1990 You realize you're eliminating a large portion of the game's mechanics and balancing by doing that right? At that point you're not playing the game anymore, that's so cringe. Play the game properly.

[@NgJackal1990]

@@HenriqueRJchiki Like I said: people can alter as many as they like, it's their game. I don't care playing it right or not. If you want to play it right, that's fine by me.

[@ryuji_thesamurai3877]

I friend you on steam pls battle me in pvp your shogun army vs my takada cav no guns pls and thx u

[@vJaukbby]

The fuck.. I was no longer sub O.o'

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Yeah, that seems to be a recurring issue with KZbin at the moment, sometimes it unsubs you from channels. No-one knows why but it's been happening for a few weeks now.

[@vJaukbby]

MrSmartDonkeyLP ah cheers! i was starting to doubt my memory!

[@aarongoddard2642]

Insert Danganronpa joke here

[@budicaesar1213]

what

[@MarkKimberly]

what tf are you talkin about?

[@aarongoddard2642]

@@MarkKimberly (leans in close) Clan Otomo...the 16th Clan hiding somewhere in Japan the one they call the ultimate blitzkrieg

[@MarkKimberly]

@@aarongoddard2642 I didn't know what Danganronpa was. Looked it up. Still didn't understand but the blitz makes sense

[@kwagar9810]

What? What does danganronpa have with Shogun 2?

[@Harper.S.28]

Holy crap was this annoying to watch. The whole video was basically you contradicting yourself, commanding your troops and then questioning later why the troops were doing what you commanded them to do in the first place!

[@AchkeineAhnung24]

i dotn know.. in my eyes matchlock ashigaru are by far the most useless units in shoun 2

[@Kaydje]

They are normally kinda shit but early game they are powerhouses because they inflicy more casualties and morale shock than most units at the start