Stronghold HD - Invasions - Stranglehold [very hard]

Welcome to my Stronghold Walkthrough. I will finish every mission on very hard, as fast as possible and with perfect score. Enjoy :-)
Mission name in other languages (EN / DE / FR / ESP) for better search results and for being found by non native speakers:
Stranglehold / Im Würgegriff / La tenaille / Control total

[@xis7296]

The wolf seeing the shield climb the towers: "Wait, that's illegal"

[@querpa]

watching you use the ox-tether to flatten the hill enough to place the apple farm made me mad that I've never figured that out.

[@LordBalder]

Oh yeah, terraforming at its best, you can see me do this in a few missions :-D

[@johnrodo1569]

....Then watch Lord Balder's ...in 20 minutes! It took me hours upon end to beat at minimum casualties. Whatever, happy to know that there are enthusiasts who still visit SH HD even for nostalgia. Happy gaming my friends.

[@1ShepardCZ]

One last battle with best medley soundtrack ^_^ Perfect match!

[@henningschleiff418]

nicht schlecht, einmal Inselkrieg mit perfektem Score und du bist mein Held ^^

[@LordBalder]

Oh mann, ich wollte die ganzen Spielerkarten eigentlich überspringen, aber bei den vielen Anfragen für diese eine Mission muss ich vielleicht doch eine Ausnahme machen, vorausgesetzt, ich packe die 0%...

[@landonempey3253]

Like Zach it took me over an hour at least to get this level... mostly because I had no idea you could use the shields like that. Crazy useful in this level.

[@neil1804]

amazing!

[@dominationsalex2800]

Это пиздец товарищи!))) Профи, красавчик!)

[@zachariahlloyd6043]

Another excellent job here. but after following your lead on this I found it nearly impossible to get into the enemy base without having to waste *TONS* of *catapults* destroying most of the base, because they had far too many *archers / balliste* crushing you when you got within range, which was *LOONNG....* It almost seemed like they could hit you if you were anywhere on the map at all, and *The Wolf* attacks never stopped, which was annoying because the *catapults* are so slow / weak.... I did get it done though, just nowhere near as fast as this!!

[@LordBalder]

Thanks! I do really like how seemingly effortlessly I managed to win this one even though it is not that easy as you noticed!

[@Nubloid]

Жесть, ни одного юнита не потерял!! Правда не понятно зачем сделал несколько подрезок когда строил щиты.

[@TheSuperhoden]

0 soldiers lost lol this mission took me 3 times as long and had countless deaths

[@StinCrucing]

I know I'm probably 3 years too late but why do you "stop" shield-bearing engineers

[@LordBalder]

They are a little faster than the crossbowmen and tend to run ahead. By stopping them I give my crossbowmen time to catch up so that they walk under the protection of those shields.

[@Bob-C]

How do you switch between the shields and the crossbows so quickly?

[@LordBalder]

I simply assigned them to different groups and switch between them by using hotkeys.

[@micharainczuk607]

Is this a mod?