Shogun 2 Unit Ability Guide (Part 1)

Hello and welcome to Part 1 of my Shogun 2 Unit Ability Guide! In this video I cover several different types of Shogun 2 base game abilities. Part 2 will be coming soon!
Also thank you for 1k subs, I shall make a special video shortly :)
Comment below what your favorite Shogun 2 ability is!
0:00-1:18 Intro
1:18-6:32 General Unit Abilities
6:32-7:59 Universal Abilities
7:59-14:25 Melee Unit Abilities
14:25-16:54 Ninja Abilities
Editing error for Hold firm ability graphics they should be reversed! Apologies.
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[@RusskiBlusski]

*Activates Stand & Fight* Every Missile unit in a 3 mile radius: Bonjour.

[@TripleZHacker]

Lmao, general takes a volley of arrows while sitting on tiny foldable chair.

[@TempestInMe]

Stand and fight - someone get me a chair!

[@TripleZHacker]

Lmao irk! That's the best part of that ability!

[@boredoflife8703]

You had to see us when we were developing game, even small feature as "stand and fight" ability took so much effort, I made team stand like bodyguards and one man in the middle as he was a general, just to explain what i wanted from them, also had an idea that one bodyguard uses foldable chair, puts it down for the general, and goes back to formation but small details like this were scrapped because we were short in time

[@hibye7385]

@@boredoflife8703 can you tell us what happened with the development of Rome 2?

[@krieger8825]

@@boredoflife8703 Bored of life, hopefully not bored of development

[@1337samu]

Guard mode is also useful for missile units manning the walls. If enemies climed up the wall, not the whole defending missile unit will leave the wall to repell the climbers, instead they stay in position and keep firing, while the section with contact to climbers gets into meele fight.

[@JoJoRogain]

Seriously, THANKS

[@boredoflife8703]

I am glad you still play game we developed over 10 years ago, funny how I am getting to my creation a decade later haha

[@TripleZHacker]

It's a glorious one

[@aidenantley2373]

Best total war made in a long time

[@tanhua600]

Personally, I think this is the best game in the whole series

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

@@tanhua600 definitely the most polished anyway, everything just works perfectly.

[@aidenantley2373]

@@tanhua600 Medieval 2 fans are foaming at the mouth rn

[@nedaraid3372]

I love that Shogun 2 has a resurgence 10 years after its release.

[@greatyng442]

The ship-based variant of warcry is different and obscenely powerful. I made the mistake of having a rank 7 (if I remember correctly) Sengoku Bune board a rank 0 Medium Bune. All those massive stat gains from experience were nullified and then some when the enemy activated warcry. I don't remember the exact stats but I think melee attack went from 26 to 10 and all melee defense was removed.

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

also a tip for Ship combat: by unlocking the bomber ship (first or second tech) you make ship battles much more interesting (you get mines) and while all those Ship battles might seem tedious: keep in mind that oyu can use them to farm high level generals

[@user-yy3gm2ub2i]

​@maxmustermann-zx9yq firebomb koboya really is a game changer for naval battles. Just make sure you distract enemy ships with other units first because they are short ranged and delicate.

[@Orendiz]

Fun fact: Yari square was supposed to be available for yari samurai after you research Spear Expertise. But either due to a bug or the devs forgetting to enable it, it was never added and the mod is a "patch" for that. Also Yari square on yari samurai is great for pike and shot tactics, with yari samurai in Yari square in the front and matchlocks in the back. Unlike yari wall Yari square protects from all sides so if someone flanks they wont get a morale penalty and wont take lots of damage compared to if you arranged yari wall into a square like shape.

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

other useful patching mods: fixing hattori and tokugawa ninjas (they are supposed to be better then their base version but instead they just have 8 less ammunition) and resetting ship health (for no reason years after gold-edition release they changed the ships health so it is now almost impossible to sink ships in vanilla S2 with cannons)

[@demomanchaos]

Guard Mode is also really useful for getting your units to disengage, as they tend to break off easier. I always have it active on my bow units and often on my Yari Cav so I can get them out easier.

[@faizwez9554]

Thanks for clearing some things up for me regarding the abilities! Looking forward for more videos like this~

[@exudeku]

Otomo: we bring the teaching of Gustavus Adolphus and Jesus

[@cherryslat5702]

Umm actually the base game is set 100 years before gustav adolphus was king or alive 😌

[@thesurvivor75Ejercito]

And Gustavus was protestant , while the Portuguese were catholic and didn't look at Europe .

[@jlima5509]

Best ability is rapid advance. Only way yari samurai can run away from yarimazing ashigaru

[@TripleZHacker]

Lmao true

[@trantrungnam612]

They are rapidly advancing away from the enemy.

[@boxcarz]

*FRENCH MILITARY ADVISORS, ACTIVATE!*

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

it's not retreating, it's advancing in the opposite direction

[@haruhashimoto1792]

You deserve more subs man nice content and very well explanations keep it up. 👍

[@brainwasher9876]

Rapid Advance also resets the fatigue of a unit for as long as it is active, allowing your exhausted yari sam to become fresh yari sam for a short period of time. After it runs out your yari sam go back to their old fatigue level.

[@Abdu_401]

I think this is my first time for me to see these ability icons this close. totally different than what though i was seeing :))) great video waiting for part 2 :)

[@TripleZHacker]

Thank you so much and of course it shall be uploaded sometime soon! :)

[@totalmadnesman]

Thank you, was great watching this.

[@j3r3myyyyy]

Shogun 2 Base Game: Warcry (Very good to use along with Naginata Warrior Monks) Fall of the Samurai DLC: a tie between Kneel Fire and Banzai

[@ntluck1592]

Stand and Fight is best used when your general is dismounted. This way he won't move into enemy fire. So dismount first then Stand and Fight. Will you make another video for Fall of the Samurai?

[@TripleZHacker]

Yeah at some point! Gotta do part 2 of this and then FOTS abilities :)

[@Srrrgp]

great vid and proud to be part of that small percentage of subscribed viewers

[@TripleZHacker]

Thank you so much :) happy you subbed!

[@Srrrgp]

@@TripleZHacker second part coming soon? :)

[@rizalalbar]

Thanks to you, i now be able to use the abilites more effectively. Thanks man

[@TripleZHacker]

Welcome glad I was able to help!

[@tristanchristiansen9054]

thank you for your comprehensive break downs

[@TripleZHacker]

Of course thank you for watching~

[@brainwasher9876]

Thanks a whole bunch for uploading this. I edit the total war wiki and a lot of this information is hard to find, particularly for avatar conquest. Could you possibly do an in-depth of avatar conquest and its features?

[@magisterequitum7880]

average banzai fan vs average rapid advance enjoyer

[@TripleZHacker]

PHAHAHAHA

[@Hussars450]

Rapid advance is just for running

[@tigdamch.6321]

Looking forward to part two! I always forget about stelth on the ninja's >.

[@TripleZHacker]

Ikr they’re actually so good!

[@ervanaugusto791]

Warcry during naval battles is particularly broken. A fleet of my Shimazu navy filled with 2 Heavy Bunes and 4 Medium Bunes wrecked full stacked of Chosokabe Navy with 7 Sengoku Bunes and 3 Medium Bunes. While the enemy Chosokabe Bunes melee attacked the Heavy Bunes, the medium Bunes used warcry and enemy Sengoku Bunes routed within seconds.

[@thenoobinator3508]

Excellent video!

[@TripleZHacker]

Thank you so much!

[@carlosoramasramos8911]

Guard model is also useful to make sure your arches dont run after enemy units if the get to far away or route

[@saminbinkarim6962]

looking forward to guide on using the swooping crane. Never really managed to use it in any useful capacity.

[@mxchel7701]

This video is Yarimazing

[@TripleZHacker]

Thank you!

[@ahmadtarek7763]

Great video as always, I wonder what the name of the OST in end, I remember it but not it's name sadly. It at 16:49

[@aidenantley2373]

Whenever I’m playing the Takeda and I start microing another side of the battlefield and I look over at my cav getting raped by 3 units of yari ashigaru in spear wall is the biggest POV moment. So funny that yari is so useful in all areas of the game only because their cheap and can make a yari wall that can stop like 2 units of katana Sam for like 5 minutes without even an inspire or a rally kek

[@moridmarin7891]

Rapid Advance. specifically in the fall of the samurai campaign, makes it so yari kachi can close it fast enough to demolish gun units, when upgraded with armor and melee attack they can absolutely demolish the enemy if you play it right especially since thier high melee defense means they dont take as many casualties in melee

[@sobrirosdriana3901]

They should have put seppuku ability, to end the battle in much more dramatic and honorable.

[@creepz6872]

Is part 2 out yet

[@maxman4948]

can u make other total war game ability?

[@TTCnoobyProductions]

Only 2% subscribed viewers... And I wasn't one of them I'm sorry... Subbed now xD hope it helps

[@TripleZHacker]

Thank you so much! :) honestly I tend to watch so many videos and forget to do the same, but it really means a lot to have you subbed!

[@mina7572]

I like the BONSAI ability, all of your units trim their bonsai trees and contemplate the long term composition of them.

[@pigspigs76]

Kisho ninja have a fear ability that can be unlocked for vets as a final upgrade but I've heard it's glitched or maybe it's the armour penetration upgrade .. I can't recall, in any event one of the ninja upgrades is a waste

[@TripleZHacker]

Oh yeah in avatar they can have both armor penetration and scare enemies, I know for a fact scare enemies works with units so maybe its the other, I'm not certain which is glitched either.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

I like Inspire the most. I don't usually use Yari Wall, as I prefer better mobility.

[@Alexwhatisit]

Where is part 2 bruh? This was useful af.

[@anonyme4881]

Yarimazing video

[@RyanJosepher]

Put ninjas in column formation, and leave them on guard mode. the ones in the back will continue to throw nades. use spears to stop flanking.

[@_jwp_7311]

Part 2 bow units, fire arrows?

[@Lucass_CABJ]

BANZAI!!!! best sound xd

[@BIGESTblade]

Yes! It's always Banzai! I wish every unit had it.

[@yichenqiao8772]

hattori Yari samurai is best of yari samurai，as it has speed+ninjutsu deploy， make it able to deploy desired map location, and launch rapid ambush

[@jostimantatarigan7657]

I wonder if stand and fight is a legitimate move in this era. I mean do the generals really bring a chair to battle? :D

[@ogopriater5914]

I think you got the pictures backwards for Hold Firm. With no Hold Firm, the picture shows they get an extra 3 melee defense, while Hold Firm shows that they lose it.

[@TripleZHacker]

Oh dang it, thanks for this I’ll make a note in the description

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Fire arrow

[@alcibiades4716]

Cav moves faster on unsuitable ground in open order. This applies to other historical TW too except in very thick forests with large trees like in Rome where the sprites will certainly collide with bad ai path finding

[@k3x7z]

I wish I could inspire myself

[@eduardmart1237]

Please explain how to properly use fire by rank ability. Is it that really broken?

[@TripleZHacker]

Yes I shall in Part 2! It’s an interesting ability for sure you’ll see how weird it functions

[@cole8834]

I've found that normal fire has a hard time breaking the morale of samurai units. The rippling fire doesn't deal enough kills in a short enough time. But if you concentrate all the kills you would've gotten from a rippling volley into 3 fast condensed volleys, you'll deal way more morale shock. Even getting your volleys off in time however is another story... Additionally, Fire By Rank w/ loose formation adds a lot of survivability vs other missile troops. Even the fact the first two ranks kneel when reloading increases their chance of avoiding fire.

[@piron2730]

Ngl just watching this makes me want to install shogun 2 again XD

[@TripleZHacker]

DO IT XD

[@piron2730]

@@TripleZHacker you got it fam also can i have a few question for shogun 2, if not sorry if i was bothering you man

[@TripleZHacker]

@@piron2730 Sure ask away I’ll try to answer as best I can! :) also I’m usually always available in my discord to help with questions or info too

[@hydroxychloroquine931]

Yari wall and rapid advance

[@Velkan1396]

Stand and fight. Maybe not the most useful, and I rarely use It on campaing, but idk man. It's just cool

[@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

👏🙂

[@destroyerofcringe3475]

8:26 jeez when someone usually refers to missile attacks it’s just like bows or something not “MISSILE Attacks”

[@Dmytro_Kuts]

fire arrows allow u to conquer citadels with bow ashugaru, i spotted it on my uesugi campaign, and he’ll things get worse when I come to monks archers😅

[@Dmytro_Kuts]

also thx a lot, I had 0 idea how basic stuff like inspire, stand and fight, has nice exploits with them, big love for big man😘

[@elyastoohey6621]

Probably banzaii, and stand and fight.

[@KubernetePirata]

You still get games in avatar conquest? I wouldn't know, I quit after dumb CA erased my progress after a patch & everyone field DLC armies which can win base game units.

[@TripleZHacker]

Ah RIP honestly I get a few but sometimes it takes time tbh :/

[@KubernetePirata]

@@TripleZHacker Oh, so did they finally decide to balance it? Or it's still a pay2win mess? Like seriously, I remembered a unit of rifle hero wiped out my entire army. That something something tanegashima dude. They dealt massive morale damage in every shot, it's so bullshit.

[@TripleZHacker]

@@KubernetePirata Yeah it’s still a dlc unit nightmare unfortunately :/ and yeah that hero gun unit is the bane of my existence, luckily I mostly don’t run into them on it anymore although there’s other units that are a pain to deal with

[@user-jr9zi3kt8w]

Giga chad who still playing shogun 2:

[@user-jr9zi3kt8w]

General: Stand and fight Me on the screen: SIT FAST YOU IDIOT. SIT THE FREAKING CINNAMON TOAST DOWN

[@ahmadtarek7763]

For me it's yari wall in vanilla coz op Kneel fire in fots coz it looks cool.

[@Dr.CaveCurinas]

Well Kneel Fire in FOTS is also extremely powerful

[@ahmadtarek7763]

@@Dr.CaveCurinas In terms of effectiveness, I don't know if it's better than suppression fire, but it definitely looks cooler imo.

[@ImSorryFive]

@@ahmadtarek7763 Why not both?

[@deusvult9439]

BANZAI!!!

[@clover_thorns]

Favorite Ability is Stand And Fight along with Rapid Volley

[@TripleZHacker]

Gun go pew pew

[@DeLiRanTefps]

And the told Part 2?

[@Ainomato]

BANZAAAAAI

[@TheFlyingZulu]

The rally General ability won't bring back "shattered" units. Keep that in mind.

[@confirmer3473]

Them banzai bois tho

[@TripleZHacker]

Yeeeeee

[@morepower1415]

I like to mess with Shogun 2 files and make mods, so i made a mod for fun allowing Yari Ashigaru with Stealth ability and surprise it worked and it doesn't make sense at all 😂

[@jdawg7374]

Tenno Heika, Banzaii

[@TripleZHacker]

BANZAI XD

[@thatponybro6940]

i see you are a Date main if Banzai is your fav ability TripleZ lol

[@TripleZHacker]

Ahahaha tbh that was just because banzai is so fun to hear, as for main I’d say I’m more Takeda xD but love the Date and Otomo campaigns too

[@thatponybro6940]

@@TripleZHacker i think you're missing out on the most important ability, the ability of the Ikko monks to say "but what if there was a rebellion at this incredibly unfortunate time for you?" lol

[@TripleZHacker]

@@thatponybro6940 Hahahahahha NO anything else but that

[@thatponybro6940]

@@TripleZHacker haha! bow before the will of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism!

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Imagine if yari cavalry & fire cavalry had banzai

[@TripleZHacker]

They can in avatar conquest~

[@DaCubanCrokodile]

Where part II?

[@kolpere1625]

I arrived late to this video, but i want to clarify about how powerful is having square formation to yari samurai, and not only because they can hold better their own, but because they have extreme sinergy with matchlocks, specially with the fire by rank formation in close formations. to put things simple , you do the following: -download the square formation mod. -Put a line of yarimurai and then press square formation. -Place your guns in 3 rank formaiton behind the yari frontline with the fire by rank activated. -in campaign, put everything with +5 armour (+3 and +2 from both buildings) and place your army in forest. Not casualties at all, you can even try this even in open field and not being punished too much to affect performance. -Enjoy playing the game in easy mode with the otomo.

[@GemigenFRX]

where is the part 2?

[@TripleZHacker]

Coming soon! :)

[@GemigenFRX]

@@TripleZHacker OMG i didnt realise this is a new video. i just thought because it's a shogun 2 so it must be an old video

[@TripleZHacker]

@@GemigenFRX Oh lol it’s all good! Yeah definitely an older game that’s making a comeback :)

[@portalovodguides]

Commentary to support the channel

[@TripleZHacker]

Ah thank you so much! :)

[@portalovodguides]

@@TripleZHacker As a relative newbie, I am always glad to see Shogun 2 guides^^

[@TripleZHacker]

@@portalovodguides :) yes happy to help people learn this great game and I hope you found it informative

[@radoslavkosil7450]

15:20 Ninjas underrated? They are not even suposed to fight if it was about historical accuracy

[@solomomudo7980]

YH THANKS TO KIDITECHIE FOR THE ACTIVATION...

[@jaytothelu]

warcry

[@redjohn2523]

"Stand firm" has broken voice event and CA never fixed that

[@TripleZHacker]

Oh wow had no idea cool to know how it gets fixed by a mod or something

[@redjohn2523]

@@TripleZHacker it can't be fixed by modders. It's in the game engine and CA never gave modding tools, that can access it. Same goes for 4 group formations of Gempei/Sengoku era - CA broke their voice events

[@TripleZHacker]

@@redjohn2523 ah that’s unfortunate, classic CA

[@redjohn2523]

@@TripleZHacker yeah. Not to mention hundreds of voice lines they didn't give their VA to voice. For example voice actor 9, who voices heroes in Sengoku campaign, never recorded a single special ability, but has recorded plug/unplug bayonets line. Like wtf, bayonets in 16th century japan??

[@monstershogun6008]

BANZAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TripleZHacker]

Banzai~

[@monstershogun6008]

@@TripleZHacker Yari Wall for chads BANZAI for sigma's Big date fan btw

[@9051team]

im calling it now, you are the Spirit of the Law of Shogun 2 -minus the math.

[@Abdu_401]

*sad donkey noises*

[@TripleZHacker]

Ah did I mess up my maths lmao

[@9051team]

@@TripleZHacker nah there just isnt that much maths in shogun 2

[@RafaelRoch257]

Ignorance = Pain

[@GendanoGungakusha]

0:40 Every fucking time I play as any Japanese faction.

[@TakedaChe]

nice cheated Loan Sword Ashigaru with Scare Enemies + Banzai at the same time at 14:22 xD

[@TripleZHacker]

Honestly I think if you reach Rank 7 on a vet and save the last two slots you can get 2 final clan upgrades, I could be wrong though, but yes some of my units are a bit cheated although I don’t use them unless I run into other cheaters xD

[@TakedaChe]

@@TripleZHacker aah yeah maybe, says they need 8 locked skills already to make it.

[@TripleZHacker]

@@TakedaChe Oh dang hmmm maybe I’ll test it sometime but I’m sure you’re right lol

[@andrewgriffin4528]

not subscribed and probably won't be after that insane ear rap :/