TAKEDA CLAN OVERVIEW - Total War: Shogun 2!

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Welcome to my Clan Overview of the Takeda on Total War: Shogun 2! In this Clan Overview I cover the topics of; Clan Traits, Campaign, Clan Specific Units & Army Composition.
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Total War: Shogun 2 Gameplay Information:
In the darkest age of Japan, endless war leaves a country divided. It is the middle of the 16th Century in Feudal Japan. The country, once ruled by a unified government, is now split into many warring clans. Ten legendary warlords strive for supremacy as conspiracies and conflicts wither the empire. Only one will rise above all to win the heart of a nation as the new shogun...The others will die by his sword.
Take on the role of one Daimyo, the clan leader, and use military engagements, economics and diplomacy to achieve the ultimate goal: re-unite Japan under his supreme command and become the new Shogun - the undisputed ruler of a pacified nation.
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 features enhanced full 3D battles via land and sea, which made a name for the series, as well as the tactical campaign map that many refer to as the heart and soul of Total War. Featuring a brand new AI system inspired by the scriptures that influenced Japanese warfare, the millennia old Chinese “Art of War”, the Creative Assembly brings the wisdom of Master Sun Tsu to Total War: SHOGUN 2. Analysing this ancient text enabled the Creative Assembly to implement easy to understand yet deep strategical gameplay.
CONQUER the islands of Japan in the 16th century. Lead vast armies of samurai and fleets of giant warships into breathtaking real-time battles.
BUILD your kingdom on the inviting and turn-based campaign map. Wield economic, political, and military power to amass wealth, armies, and influence.
SCHEME according to the "Art of War" by Sun Tzu. Use fire and siege tactics, spies and assassins to adapt to the ever-changing conditions on the battlefield and throughout your kingdom.
BATTLE ONLINE and experience the main campaign in two-player mode. Then join epic online battles with up to 8 players and lead your online army to glory in special campaigns.
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[@kaijuslayer3334]

Fact: 50% of all players who chose Takeda as their first clan in the campaign did it cause of their red armor.

[@alphariusomegonus1607]

RED IS AWESOME !!! COZ RED GOEAS FUSTER !!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHH !!! ORKZ ORKZ ORKZ ORKZ

[@DamaThamaCrazyDave]

Yep that's me

[@firstnamelastname4249]

That is intersting, I chose the other red clan as my first shogun 2 campaign because of their ships.

[@gera6012]

Hojo!!!!!

[@AngryHistorian87]

I chose the Takeda since I played as them in Shogun 1.

[@1987MartinT]

At the height of their power the Takeda clan had an army of 33.700 men, out of whom 9100 were cavalry.

[@reveriesend4668]

"and the Oda tend to won that war." Trust me. This is important. I've had a game with Otomo where the triple alliance Takeda-Hojo-Imagawa survived til Realm Divided. That was nightmare.

[@jms418p2]

Currently playing a hard mode Takeda and the Imagawa have taken almost the entirety of central Japan. >.> still allied with them an Hojo just they gonna be rough to fight :(

[@DracoAvian]

Takeda are my favorite clan. Beautiful red, bow cavalry, and fantastic yari cavalry. You can shock down any ashigaru unit with a hammer and anvil strike from them. They are beast. And just a point of interest, daughters are really good to have in Shogun 2, as marrying them to other clans is the only way I've found to keep allies after realm divide.

[@MidoriOtoko]

Oh never knew that thanks

[@kresnaoen4539]

Lol youre basically the opposite of me, i hate using cavalry

[@manticore2804]

@@kresnaoen4539 o am horrible at battles, I auto resolve. is that bad?

[@kresnaoen4539]

@@manticore2804 learn the basic battle tactic imo, because the beauty of this game lies within its battle. You're missing so much by auto resolving

[@manticore2804]

@@kresnaoen4539 I get it, i just end up getting the perspective wrong and don't see all of my units and then get slaughtered

[@zamarickz]

The Takeda clan was the first clan I went all the way with. Ended up with Cav heavy armies fighting against Yari heavy foes. I had to play every battle in slow-mo and micro-manage every unit to get over that hurdle.

[@flaggy185]

Takeda: You can't defeat me Shogun: I know, but he can Oda: *YARI KI!*

[@colmoe]

Chosokabe, since they are very popular and op. Still though, I love my Oda

[@kodexeighteighteight]

@A random fat shyboi With interent access *laughs in raining fire arrows*

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

My Mongol Horde style army composition (this army should only be used as reinforcements to the all-infantry army): 1 General 4 Katana cavalry 5 yari cavalry 10 bow cavalry

[@michaelsaint2268]

Takeda Chinghizkhan. Lol.

[@bingchillingsimp5811]

mongo can fire whilst moving at 360, Japanese can’t

[@jamil3286]

@Traitor Guardsman they're not the best at sea though

[@thanhtc1988]

how can you deal with yari boi?

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

@@thanhtc1988 horse archers. If not, one melee cavalry for the anvil and yari cav from behind as the hammer.

[@JN-ug5ky]

I'd love to see a Uesugi clan overview!

[@desmondm728]

Just bought this game on a steam sale. Been watching all your guide videos - thank you.

[@rafaelomansan]

Takeda is my favourite faction in Shogun 2, did my first campaign with them and achieved a dominaton victory :D

[@applesandoranges440]

I like how you gave a path choice between safety and riches. Nice vid!

[@adamblakeslee5301]

What? No going full mongol with a pure cav army?

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

Adam Blakeslee I do that in every campaign. Although I tend to use my all cavalry army as reinforcements to my all-infantry army (except general)

[@BW-CZ]

Reminds me of how I always used to defend castles with full cavalry armies in MP. People take way too many archers and katanas and way too few yari... plus you are charging downhill... Full cavalry armies are just so satisfying...

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

TheDerDumme that's why I only use the all-cavalry army as reinforcements. I only besiege settlements with cavalry when I'm sure that the auto-resolve will cause less casualties to my forces. In other words, I autoresolve siege battles whenever I use my cavalry army.

[@sirknight3180]

A full cav army is just not the best idea in sieges, the whole point of sieges is a long drawn out battle, where infantry grind each other enough to see who runs away first, sure melee cav can handle just fine, but what about shock cav, bow cav will be destroyed by archers.

[@Vincrand]

@@sirknight3180 Just lay siege and wait forthe defenders to come out.

[@Macynlace]

Love these clan videos Donkey. I wonder if the reason warhorses are so valuable to the AI is if at an earlier stage of development you needed to have them to build samurai cavalry at all, which would explain why they would pay big bucks for them.

[@JonatasMonte]

The great guard technically belongs to the Shogun and Kyoto so maybe it was done on purpose. Unless the Mori gets the Mori portuguese ship

[@solhamer3502]

The Mori do if they convert to Christianity, which for that reason they always should. NTS are the best ships and Mori get them even cheaper, helping you field even more of them as they are pricey.

[@fesaswe]

I wish these videos existed sooner, they are extremely helpful for early game strategies

[@constantin5521]

man, you're making quality content!

[@bclinguist]

Not sure why, but I enjoy listening to you talk about Total War. I put it on at work for background noise. Anyway, nice content, keep it up.

[@nobunagaoda6605]

Do Hojo Clan overview. Although using their specialized siege units such as Hojo Rockets or Hand Mortars aren't used much in campaign what makes up for that is the fact that they're master castle builders that will build better strongholds for a reduced price and shorter building time if I recall. Also it would be pretty cool if in the future you do these type of Shogun 2 Clan Overview videos with the Rise of the Samurai DLC clans and Fall of the Samurai DLC clans.

[@nicholasmelugin5859]

If not for this video I would of probably never given the takeda a fair chance but right now they are my favorite faction in the game. Thanks for the video!

[@Skippylegrandgourou1]

Hello ! I love this series ! Shogun 2 has been there for 5 years it's amazing no one ever did that before. Please do Date or Chosokabe next ^^

[@MarioUcomics]

Takeda Clan in real life also created Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu which would go on to influence Aikido in modern times

[@Kodlaken]

I would love to see a date clan overview, also I would like to say I have found your videos extremely helpful and I hope you will be able to make some more overviews soon. I would like to ask if you have a video recommending how to level up generals and daimyos similar to your agents guide.

[@Imperator_Gr]

After countless tries I just won a legendary campaign with the Takeda. My only regret is selecting the short campaign as I had conquered all of Japan before 1575. Thanks for the great tips.

[@hanchiman]

The Fire Cavalry, part of the Furinkazan motto from Takeda Shingen where he strike like a fire.

[@arszenik123]

I love the game, and Its awesome that someone does the movies like this. gj m8, cant w8 for Date ;)

[@martins3993]

How do you handle the Realm Divide with Takeda? Do you first march north and capture the northern end of Japan so you have your back free or do you go for Kyoto and the central provinces and fight a two front war?

[@leojohnc.guinid1219]

Those guys at the south ALWAYS betray me. I once asked Imagawa to join his war on Oda so I could secure a military alliance. It ended up with him doom stacking right next to Kai, and a report that they had plans on attacking -_-

[@Saidsopmac]

I love this overview videos that you made. Would you consider to do the same for other TW games like Rome II?

[@MrFalnir]

Hello from NY Mr.SmartDonkey! I absolutely enjoy your let's plays, as well as your recent additions to the faction reviews. Have you ever thought about playing the expanded Japan mod with close to 200 provinces through the Steam workshop? Please give it a go and see if it is to your liking. Keep up the great work!

[@lekingmoonya8179]

I would love to see a Hojo overview video next!

[@daystar209]

I've played shogun 2 since release and I still haven't completed an unmodded Takeda Campaign lol, I'm going to attempt legendary after a hard warmup. Your video is helpful, especially the Katana Cav advice. I always ran at least one since since they look pretty bad ass, imo.

[@KenshiroPlayDotA]

What's most terrible is that Shinano province has been split in two, and it doesn't provide +1 honor to cavalry recruited there anymore like in Shogun 1 ! The hilarious valley of death on the battlefield of Shinano in Shogun 1 was also something to behold !

[@greenknightofwar7024]

My best advice when all else fails role play the mongols.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

Double yari wall with improved armor is still the bane of everything... but running Shingen down a battleline and starting a chain rout is still more fun.

[@aaronslater470]

I always keep my cavalry as a separate stack and always reinforce an infantry army vanguard. Infantry army should always attack first due to having a longer deployment time.

[@peterjefferson3732]

I'm having trouble playing as the Uesugi due to me not really knowing much about the provinces around them and where to mainly focus on which to attack

[@solhamer3502]

Where should I recruit my cavalry? Do I want blacksmith armour (or weapon) bonus? Or do I want charge bonus? I was thinking I might want the armour on katana and even bow cav but superior warhorses for yari cavalry

[@bryanvickers3961]

Think that sometime you could do a tutorial video on AI hill camping and how to deal with it?

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

SUPER FAST FIRE CAV RUNNING AT INCREBIDLY HIGH SPEED!

[@fangexploring]

Thanks for another great tutorial. I found the analysis on starting position and army composition especially useful. Surprised you didn't include speed in your unit analysis. I guess it makes no difference for Takeda, they didn't get speed bonus compared with other clans.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Exactly, I only cover the differences between the clans. Speed is irrelevant as it's the same for all clans.

[@henryrantung5872]

Hey. can you make Date Clan or Tokugawa Overview? Btw, Nice Video! ^_^

[@VvodeAn]

do the Date next, oh Donkey shishou

[@longvu2033]

can i get the music name you used in the video, it is pretty chilling

[@RocketHarry865]

whish that there events where Takeda can get the historical Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen Akiyama Nobutomo Amari Torayasu Anayama Baisetsu Baba Nobufusa Hara Masatane Hara Toratane Ichijô Nobutatsu (note Ichijō Nobutatsu was a half brother to Takeda Shingen) Itagaki Nobukata Kosaka Masanobu Naitô Masatoyo Obata Masamori Obata Toramori Obu Toramasa Oyamada Nobushige Saigusa Moritomo Sanada Nobutsuna Sanada Yukitaka Tada Mitsuyori Takeda Nobukado Takeda Nobushige Tsuchiya Masatsugu Yamagata Masakage Yamamoto Kansuke Yokota Takamatsu

[@leonardpicone1119]

can you do uesugi next? and can you do a uesugi campaing after you finish tokugawa? i'd like to see that

[@Tayvin4042]

Takeda Fire Cavalry are so freaking good I don't even bother using other cav units when I play Takeda.

[@tutinonline]

I'd love to see a Mori clan overview!!

[@kwstsaskoustas198]

id like to see a date overview because i love this clan . i mean they have Date Masamune

[@bismohimawan309]

Maybe you can tell about Uesugi or Mori or Hojo?

[@havokbaphomet666]

Takeda Shingen is da man

[@Brexin212]

+MrSmartDonkeyLP Not sure if I want to play Takeda or Date in my second play through (played Shimazu first). What do you suggest?

[@auditais9985]

Steven Wilson takeda for sure

[@raydziazumi3573]

meh, maybe im late, but in my games imagava always crush tokugawa and oda in few turns, so here`s my question: imagava NEVER accept trade offer, no matter wich clan i play and what i can provide them, but always ready to alliance with me. What shall i do, coz they have to much profit from trading (as i can see in diplomacy)? Thanks for reply, if you can~

[@rastacolony7430]

In my campaign, on EASY, ikko ikki (sorry i'm still a noob), ODA never had more then 3 provinces, the huge clan was MORI who took kyoto at some point. Takeda was big as usual but HOJO was completly shutdown. The SAKAI did have like 9 provinces.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

There's always some variance of course, but 9/10 times the Oda become one of the strongest clans in the game if the player doesn't stop them, just go through my many campaigns, you'll see it happen time and again.

[@Ghunter43]

I think it's normal for lower clans to have superiority in lower difficulties, as they seemingly are more vanilla than everyone else (as in, they might have no downsides to their playstyle, as opposed to something like Hattori; where they have higher unit upkeep and the AI doesn't seem to use the Kisho training very well, thusly nullifying and making it harder on the AI). I'd say its clans like Oda or Takeda that have just plus stats on its units (as in, their early game trash units are stronger than everyone else's) that manage to make it through, but it also has the 'random factor' thrown in where generals can, in _general_ screw up and lose fights.

[@rileycadonetti4340]

MrSmartDonkey please do the Date nest

[@alexanderlow919]

hi mrsmartdonkey, love all your clan overview videos! can you make clan overview about uesugi, date, mori, Tokugawa and chosokabe too? if possible, for each clan, tell us which religion is better for them and your reason behind it, I would like to know your opinions. another question to ask, while I was playing with chosokabe on hard, why miyoshi keep declaring war on me on 3rd turn? what should I do? mono the miyoshi or vice versa? thanks again for the video, favourite part is the army composition, because still don't know what to get for my army.

[@tremor3258]

Mori aren't bad and tend to linger, it's the Amako of all clans who always seem to end up the masters of south Honshu.

[@some1knowsomebody]

Didn't you have a tosa review up?

[@dorkolio6390]

i want to see date clan overview next time if possible

[@javanmulitalo7319]

Have you ever tried to win a Uesugi Campaign on legendary... still cannot complete till this day.

[@nathanoliver9237]

Are you familiar with the time period

[@Bilawi]

hey can you do the hattori overview

[@rubenvanlenningh1522]

What's the outro song? Can someone link it?

[@chickenman1801]

Why use calv when the most basic and common unit has spears and a cav bonus?

[@Joe_Friday]

How would you recommend using Takeda during siege attacks and defenses if you are mostly cavalry?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I’d recommend not doing Siege attacks, (I always recommend that though, no matter what your army contains) just siege the enemy out so you get a defensive field battle instead. As for Siege defences, I’d either recommend placing your army in front of your town on the campaign map, so the enemy has to go through your army to get to the town, or if that’s not possible, just take most of your army out of the town in the battle. You can watch my cav only campaign for inspiration too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4CViaqvm71kndk

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

The Tiger of Kai versus The Dragon of Echigo.

[@yashuadaniel3408]

Do Uesugi next they are a clan that most people never even think of playing

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

I still enjoy using katana cavalry

[@datuputi777]

Takeda Katana cavalry has so much use but there is 1 that stands out the most its that when you use 1 you can destroy a smaller detachment of enemy before the rest of their reinforcement arrives without running you're infantry too tired to fight the larger army - you can use them to skirmish EXTREMELY LARGE stacks of armies and slowly cut them down to nothing! but what i mean of skirmish is attacking with the purpose of only doing some damage and actually running away :3 not very hunurable. To me its a win if I only lose 1 whole unit but was able to destroy or heavily damage 4-5 of the enemies units but for those to happen is a rare thing! most the time I can actually pick off the enemies cavalry of course and their archers and 1 or 2 melee infantry if I'm lucky and lose no unit at all but if push comes to shove I'd actually leave a katana cav to hold a mini line while his bud makes a run for it. Another thing is that you can out maneuver the ai who is very confident of victory when he sees cav and he has spear units, you do this by simply letting them chase you so that they climb down the hill then you just simply strode up the hill dismount and charge their pesky spears and with that the tides should change so drastically that a measly 3 katana cavalry can route 5 stacks of spear ashigaru(whose chasing so they arent on wall formations too) with minimal losses. Well to be frank this strategies can be used with spear cavalries as well, its just spear is not very effective against spear. ;) I wish mr smart donkey finally acknowledges that every tool has its use and katana cav is beautiful too!

[@daan1196]

My map is like dark en stuff?

[@SheeshFella]

Mmh yes, my fravourite clan

[@E-scooterCIWS]

i like to build some siege weapon so i can force enemy forces out of their defensive position

[@sanderkiki]

how about Mori next?

[@machaiping]

MrSmartDonkey, there's one thing that I'm unable to find conclusive answer about, and I hope that you can provide some opinions on about Takeda. Specifically, campaign upgrades, between building them in Horse Province (+Charge Bonus) and Blacksmith (+Attack or +Armor). Which one is better in your opinion and why?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I always go for charge bonus. If you use Yari Cavalry with fully upgraded charge bonus they will basically shatter anything they charge in the rear. Extra armour doesn't help much if you use them well, and higher melee attack is better for Katana Cavalry, but they're not worth recruiting.

[@machaiping]

And another thing I'm wondering about in this video is that you still getting Yari Cavalry in the army composition despite you get Fire Cavalry which is - for all intent and purpose - Yari Cavalry on steroid. Is there any special reason that make them worth getting despite the Fire Cavalry?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

It's been a while since I made this video, but I seem to recall the reason was simply because custom battles wouldn't let you have more than 3 Fire Cavalry in an army. So I just decided to put in 2 and fill the rest with Yari Cavalry because it looks better than odd numbers.

[@machaiping]

So in the campaign proper it'd be better to ditch all Yari Cavalry and replace them with Fire Cavalry if you have enough fund to support them right? Because in campaign you can get as many as you want.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

You said that exactly right, if you have the funds, go for it.

[@hendraharianto4041]

i love shingen takeda just confused why is the oda at war with tokugawa in this game since it says nobunaga sucessors hideyoshi and leyasu (tokugawa) unified japan

[@pypy1986820]

Tokugawa Ieyasu only decided to be Oda Nobunaga's buddy and practically his unofficial vassal after he witnessed Nobunaga schooling Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Battle of Okehazama. The battle opened Ieyasu eyes to the fact that Yoshimoto was a tragic but obsolete peace time nobility while Nobunaga was the best candidate for the next Shogun. Ieyasu was content as being an Imagawa vassal before the battle of Okehazam and hasn't been able to recognize the fact that he didn't exactly living in a period where loyalty, honor, and etiquette mattered.

[@BombMovie]

How can you play the clan specific units in custom battles

[@D00Rb3LL]

Bomb Movi you need dlc

[@Red-bw5kl]

Takeda Gang !!

[@cultofmalgus1310]

Ha Oda almost always dies for me right after Shimazu and Mori. Imagawa always take up a large chunk of the map along with Takeda and Hojo.

[@anvos658]

After watching these I get now why you don't like to fight sieges as so many of your suggested armies for many clans are all melee bum rush builds, who get torn to shreds in sieges since they can't bully the opposing archers off the walls and thus you take high loses.

[@edwardmcintosh7952]

I wish there was a mod for a gag cavalry unit that's just a bunch of guys banging coconuts together instead of riding horses

[@sew1432]

hojo always declares war on takeda

[@guardiadecivil6777]

don't know about you but I'm nearing the end of my campaign as takeda and I have yet to get backstabbed by hojo, we have very good relations and as long as you are not allied with the enemy they are fighting, you can forever be allies

[@SengokuStudies]

Just as the Uesugi are programmed to dislike the Takeda for historical accuracy, I think it is possible that the Hōjō are programmed to like the Takeda for the same reason. In 1554 Takeda Shingen, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Hōjō Ujiyasu met at Zentoku-ji in Suruga and concluded a three-way alliance. The three of them had fought against each other on numerous occasions before. At the time of the alliance, Takeda was already allied with the Imagawa through marriage. The three realized that, at least for the time being, it was in each of their best interests to have peace. Imagawa was planning to head West, Hōjō was trying to expand his control over the Kantō, and Takeda was expanding North into Shinano. The Takeda and Hōjō married, and the Imagawa and Hōjō married; thus making all 3 of them allied and related to each other through marriage. This could explain why they start out as trading partners, and are so quick to ask for an alliance.

[@kubeface115]

Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin were famous rivals, but apparently they also had a huge amount of respect for each other. Neither was ever able to best the other. They sent each other letters, exchanged gifts and at one point Uesugi Kenshin helped stabilise Kai province by providing them salt after a shortage caused by Hojo. I don't put much stock in the supposed honour of knights or samurai, but what an epic rivalry. Watch Kagemusha if you haven't already!

[@SengokuStudies]

It is hard to differentiate between historical realities and stories. Many historians consider the story of the salt to be just that, a story. It was probably actually merchants just selling salt to a needy client rather than some kind of official relief effort by Kenshin. However, it certainly was a famous rivalry. Which is somewhat odd since they really only engaged in one serious battle, the famous Battle of Hachimanbara better known as the 4th Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561. They fought many small battles and skirmishes. It also was not that unusual for even hostile daimyō to write to each other and send gifts. After the defeat of the Imagawa at Okehazama in 1560, Takeda Shingen sent Oda Nobunaga a letter and gifts in congratulations for his victory. Another interesting rivalry against the Takeda was Murakami Yoshikiyo in Shinano. It is not as well known as the famous one against the Uesugi. Interestingly, after Shingen's death, his son Katsuyori made an alliance with the Uesugi and married his sister to Uesugi Kagekatsu, the adopted son of Kenshin. Unfortunately, Kagekatsu was involved in a succession dispute with his brother Uesugi Kagetora, also adopted by Kenshin. Kagetora was the son of Hōjō Ujiyasu. The Hōjō used this as a cause to wage war against the Takeda. Thus Katsuyori found himself fighting on multiple fronts. He was facing the Oda/Tokugawa alliance, he was supporting Kagekatsu, and he was also fighting against the Hōjō.

[@kubeface115]

Yeah, I guess we'll probably never know when it comes to stories like that. They are fun to think about though, legend or not. How friendly many of them apparently were while at war makes them seem even less honourable to me if anything. Knowing what humans are like, it makes me assume that rather than being honourable it had more to do with them being so far removed from the peasant classes that they could afford the luxury of emotional detachment from the thousands of bodies they sent at each other. A pretty disgusting time in human history, but it does make for a fantastic Total War!

[@buschacha]

For whatever reason my takeda fire can never appeared appeared for recruitment, even though I had the prerequisite building and technologies.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Do you own the Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack DLC?

[@tokiwartooth4404]

Oh.. It's one of those games.. Shameful display.

[@tomthestone1470]

I keep getting threats of attack from everyone! Kiso, Hojo, Anegakoji. It’s ridiculous.

[@brainwasher9876]

Isn't it true that the Takeda get a Great Guard unit upon becoming Shogun? Is this Great Guard regiment superior to its counterparts in other clans?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

All clans get a Great Guard unit upon becoming Shogun. There's no special Takeda Great Guard, if there was, I would've shown it in the video. I even cover that fact in the video I believe.

[@brainwasher9876]

I didn't know that people even got a Great Guard upon becoming Shogun, which is where my confusion stemmed from.

[@bingchillingsimp5811]

Today I find out why takeda don’t trade with me if I am usegi, date or ikko ikki. Ai just don’t want to share their precious horse. However if u have horse but they don’t they surely want to trade

[@markjerue9734]

Cover the Koreans from Morning Sun ^.^

[@looneymar9153]

"due to the historical accuracy". And that is the game where it takes over 90000$ (tested with artmoney) to make an alliance with Tokugawa as Oda.

[@james-97209]

Well for this alliance to happen in real life it took the oda clan kidnapping ieyasu , ieyasu befriending nobunaga and around a decade of war until nobunaga destroyed the imagawa so I guess it's reasonable

[@mariano1196]

This clan one way or another ends up blobbing the eastern part of the map unless you activedly shut them down

[@TheOndricek]

I've heard you say in a number of videos that Horses are the best trade good in the game because everyone wants them. Have you done any math on that? How do you know that the AI wants them so badly? What other trade goods are good?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I don't really need to do math on that. It's not just me who says that, it's universally known. Selling trade agreements get good once you have Horses to sell. They're what get you the 10-20k+ bonus from selling trade agreements.

[@TheOndricek]

Awesome. BTW have you done videos on the hero units yet? Also what is your take on the armourer vs weaponsmith upgrade chain? Loving the videos!

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I have not. My opinion on them is quite simple. If you're going for defensive armies with lots of archers, go armour, so you can tank arrows while your archers deal damage. If you're going for offensive with few archers, go for melee attack because your aim is to get into combat as fast as possible and deal damage quickly.

[@TheOndricek]

Makes sense. Thanks!

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

Takeda Dunderbus Cavalry

[@eduardvisintini3138]

Please do the Mori

[@Viechi]

I have 5k hours on Shogun2, do i have a problem? I LOVE YOUR VIDS MAN

[@421less1]

Pushing 7k yet?

[@Viechi]

@@421less1 3 years after that comment i have around 12k hours

[@buffercov7428]

@@Viechi wow amazing, i also still playing shogun2 since 2012

[@georgebutcher2116]

do uesegi pls

[@chocolatesantos6009]

Date next!

[@Kastrenzo74]

I always thought Takeda's faction bonuses were a little OP. You'd have things like Shimazu Swords, Chosokabe Archers.... Takeda had like 3 or 4 superior units because it applied to all the cavalry,, and then in DLC it got the Fire Cavalry too

[@machaiping]

Takeda is actually weaker when you take the fact that the basic melee infantry that everyone in this game got has +25 attack against cavalry by default into consideration.

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

There a few clans across all versions of Shogun, where it's a much better strategy to NOT take the province you start at war with. This is especially true with the Takeda and North Shinano. If you take it, you suddenly have too many borders and thus too many neighbours covetously viewing your territory. And as soon as you're busy fighting off the Uesugi and others, the Hojo will try to take advantage, no matter how 'friendly' they are.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Is that not one of the strategies I suggested?

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

Yes, yes you did. And this is my vote for that particular strategy. But more I was trying to comment on how there are a few starts where you're much better off not taking the 'recommended' first province. Off the top of my head, Aizu's first enemy in FotS comes to mind, and maybe Nagaoka's too. However, Takeda stands out as a clan where I always do much better by following the don't-take-over-first-enemy-province strategy. So that's kinda what I meant, not that you were giving bad info or anything. :) Does anyone have any other thoughts on good examples of starts where you should leave your first enemy alone for a while?

[@muatring]

What happens with Takeda is, you take north shinano, all neighbors declare war on you and you lose 10+ turns just defending that damn castle from full stacks armies coming from all sides, and you can't expand in any direction because doing so would leave your castles defenseless against enemy attacks..

[@Shreendg]

One could also defeat the North Shinano clan and make it vassal. More honour and northern border secured.

[@MrThreeTake]

Do Date next!

[@JonatasMonte]

Date gotta wait. (sorry)

[@razerblade1618]

MrThreeTake i

[@wayfarer6464]

@@JonatasMonte Don't be.

[@paullytle246]

Sure ill pick you up at 6

[@raidonshin]

It's funny how people say the Oda tend to be powerful, I mean historically they were yes, but in the game whenever I play they always get destroyed early on. Sometimes without even touching the Ikko Ikki.

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

Really? In my experience they last well into the late game and act as a sort of final boss. Which other clans tend to dominate central Japan in your campaigns?

[@caesarg.9270]

From my personal experience, they tend to underperform in lower difficulties (easy, normal), and dominate in higher difficulties (hard and above).

[@vanders4198]

Not sure what you mean by lack of respect.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I more-so meant TW and History in general. Don't take it so serious.

[@vanders4198]

***** To clarify, I was fine with the joke. I'm just suggesting that women have had more than enough representation in recent TWs.

[@edgardavid1653]

Come on man... COME ON MAN!!! Jesus cock-sucking Christ making a joke is walking on a mine field nowadays!

[@vanders4198]

Edgar David That's actually what I'm saying. He made a joke that was fine, but then felt the need to make a disclaimer as if he can't make a simple joke.

[@zyzzzane185]

Edgar David he doesn't have anything against the joke dumbass

[@alexmocuta460]

I'd like Mori next

[@Gre3nStYle]

Where is the arrow pointing on my name? :( shamefur dispray ;-)

[@CoD_Kuro]

Well I prefer allying with the hojo's and imagawa, then take north shinano and kozuke in the east...