The Best Battle Tactics I have EVER Seen - Total War Rome 2

[@novelleseraphim5289]

Hello all, I'm the Rome player in this video, and I must say that I'm am honored to be praised so much in one of your videos Jackie. Thank you for letting us contribute to the community and showcase our meager skills as Classical Armies RTS players. The strategy for this video was made by me and it required having both a steady and trusting teammate. In the army composition phase, we have to split funds between the two of us and he allowed for my skirmisherless, heavy/high-quality infantry on the flanks at the expense of him having a weak center. The success of the plan was entirely predicated on the idea that a densely massed barbarian center could hold long enough for heavy infantry to take the day via a slow, but incredibly durable flanking maneuver. This was opposed to the classic strategy which would entail the opposite and rely on a strong center and lighter and faster flank. You called it exactly as to my idea with the Triarii to hold the initial engagement lines and as you saw, subsiquent lines of heavier and higher damage shock troops pushed out from behind them and around to envelope. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your insight and explanations of my tactics on your channel and I am grateful for your support of these games and our niche but well-loved genre. With Gratitude, Novelle.

[@gaius3766]

Meager skills? 😂 Dude, that was you at your very best

[@heroscapewarrior4217]

Inspired by Hannibal at cannae? Great strategy. Just pour men into the center and hope they hold until like u said slow but durable flank can win the day. Best battle I've seen in a while bro. Good stuff

[@heroscapewarrior4217]

Have u tried this before and feigned a retreat with a few units to suck the enemy in?

[@ForeverDoubting]

@jaguar warrior Some people are better at other things, like when I play RTS with my buddy, he's always turtling while I hold the line :D It works and we both enjoy it.

[@pierredbss9638]

@Abhinandan Banerjee he hates rome 2 though

[@gaius3766]

Thank you Jackie! I'm happy you enjoy our battle replay! It was a lot of fun and nerve wracking in the end. We did everything we could to save Gaul... The formation took me and the averni player off guard, plus my army was simply not deep enough in quality to face practically 1.5 armies on my own

[@magnusthered4973]

Gaius at lest you fought hard

[@gaius3766]

@@magnusthered4973 I keep rewatching it to see how I should've approached it differently to win

[@ComradeBucket]

@@gaius3766 It was over when you (your team mate?) over committed the cavalry at the beginning there I reckon. Once they were gone it was too easy for them to bog you down and then just outflank you.

[@gaius3766]

@@ComradeBucket absolutely! I tried to convince him but he likes to defend aggressively. With the Averni cavalry still in the game and used defensively we might've been able to overpower the Roman cavalry. Was a load of fun nonetheless.

[@wersande1454]

That's funny the germans and italians have teamed up to fight the french and belgians around the maginot line I say

[@mariam-eq2fy]

Ww2

[@Pawelec801]

I was so immersed that actually tried to click the units few times ;)

[@austincoleman8074]

I find it hilarious that the Triarii in this battle were the light Roman infantry deployed first to just soak up enemy damage, when traditionally they're the elite heavy Roman infantry chilling in the back row of the Roman army. It shows just how *incredibly* elite the Roman army was in this battle.

[@geoffreyM2TW]

Very epic. The skins and animations of Rome II units are amazing. I really like the close-ups where you focus into the hand to hand fighting.

[@jeanemare4116]

Wow Jackie, your channel has grown so much! Happy for you because you really deserve it considering the amount of time you spend making all this content for us.

[@Strype13]

I've often wondered what it must have been like to participate in these massive ancient battles... but then you see the aftermath of these battle recreations and you quickly realize, "Nah. F%ck that. I'm cool just sittin' right here with my Starbucks Latte."

[@polpo8342]

PsyintZ Well if you’re looking for the kind of action where you can participate in the fight with relatively great chances that you survive, look no further than the Rorarii of the Pre-Marian Roman army. Rorarii were reserve skirmishers that stood behind the Triarii in a battle. These soldiers were the second poorest of the army, poorer than the velites! However, despite their complete lack of armor, they were able to afford short swords and shields, as well as their own ammunition. You would get a good chance of surviving during the skirmish due to your position in the very back of the formation, but if it comes down to the Triarii, you will be required to fight with nothing but a sword, a shield, and a death wish, so be sure to be up to date on your battle history before you hop in that time machine.

[@patrickcharzin3062]

The Arverni and Nervii players apparently weren't aware that their units all have large charge bonuses and they really, REALLY needed to charge in order to defeat the romans, because roman units have higher stats (other than charge bonus).

[@MrMcdanger]

Gaul needs a buff, something like Asterix and obelix ;)

[@abc-oq7dt]

Over powered

[@destroyerinazuma96]

Like the Shogun 1 Kensai or war monks which could not be stopped by anything short of heavy cav, missiles and other monks.

[@Kilonovae]

ive used some pretty epic city defenses against much larger armies. in a city with no walls i baited a whole army into a choke point with practically naught but the garrison and used some troops that werent pulled into combat to outflank and route

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

One of my favorite battle ever ! the battle tactic from winners brilliant ! Jackie FIsh, Pixelated Apollo and Hierofcathage my faorite total war Channels !

[@benedictjajo]

No. It wasn't brilliant. it's just that the Gallic players threw away their cavalry needlessly and rome's units are just too op.

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

@@benedictjajo yeah Romans are OP, I mean they minimalize their loses, by buy a time sending the low value units to the front and use elite romans to crush left flank of the enemy and attack from the raw, the cavalary encoutner was draw (sory for my english I am from western europe)

[@breezeezz]

7:45 which order did he used to make all attack but targeting differents enemy?

[@tvrdy3]

With groups using letter ''g''. They dont break formation and 'attack at will' should be activated

[@kynandecoster3752]

Arevaci? -> Actually Arverni

[@Alientcp]

I recall a 2 battles in Rome 1 against a friend. Long story short. In the first 1 my friend had 1 complete spartan unit, i had 2 complete units of pikes. I attacked from the front and the rear, yet both units fled, and I lost. Next battle i got the Germans, he got Sparta again. I had like 3 units of screaming ladies (they lowered the morale, not sure if they are still here in TW2). Since i had more units because the Germans were cheaper and i didnt upgraded all, those 3 were uncontested. They were on 1 flank (left), so it was easy to move them behind enemy lines in their center and then activated the scream on the Spartan back. Seriously, what the hell, after a couple of seconds like 4-5 spartan units in the center routed. After that collapsed, everything went downhill for them. Easiest battle i ever fought. Took like 3-4 minutes.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Awesome video, I love Rome II but huge battles like this my game lags out the butt. Once I upgrade my CPU I hope I can play these huge battles smoothly.

[@george5677]

They must make a total war game like this, but you can also play as for example a Roman cavalry unit

[@thejesterofwoe7778]

Auxiliary units were on the flanks and were used in reserve in normal roman army tactics

[@Jack251190]

Is that Rome 1 music?

[@casual96]

do you know any mod for AI to be better in battle gameplay? i use DEI mod and other small sub mods but AI fighting unrealistic they just stack up in a bunch or running around... plz answer thx

[@unclegoose6730]

I Love the nostalgia of the soundtrack.

[@sorinturle4599]

With such number of models on the map on each side, a battle in DEI would take easily over one hour.

[@CapriciousStoic2]

What graphical mods / settings / resolution / overide antialiasing - you use ? Your movies look very very good. I'm impressed by the texture quality and the detail of it all ( and color palette, contrast ) . I was taken a bit back when i saw the chest of the galic warriors ...i saw hair and very defined muscles. The metal & flora also looks very good. Practically all looks good.

[@danfiorini101]

Is the tactic of getting off additional charges not valid in Rome 2? Back in my Shogun 2 days, pinning enemy cav down, and maneuvering a loose unit of cav for a rear charge was brutally effective. It was even viable to take light cav in, charge, take a second unit, charge it in as you retreated the previous unit. Here they seemed to just mash their cav together at the start. Maybe I missed something.

[@arthurmorgan2818]

Hey Jackie, Total war Arena is coming back, it is now finally going closed alpha in china

[@JackieFishHD]

I signed up to it a week ago we will see what happens

[@charleszhengyangxiao419]

@@JackieFishHD Hope it works well. But don't pay too much expectation on it. The company NetEase they coperate with is a large company but not too friendly to players in many time

[@BERESHIDA2008]

WHERE CAN SIGN UP AGAIN?

[@loecorristo555]

Nah mate, the Gauls just wasted their cavalry at the beginning, that cost them the battle. Never keep cavalry in a static defensive line lol.

[@rbnjk1791]

Absolutely loved it J/Fish..more, more, more!

[@itscheeslezplays7202]

I find total war hard so it’s really good to find out tricks

[@thx1138thecrane]

Your doing the work of Mars truly Jackie boy! Hope to show up on one of your vids one day!

[@nicksarafis1551]

great video! may I ask; which mods do you use for those graphics?

[@dsmith377]

Best Tactics ever? Superior Rome units knifing through inferior units and outflanking them leaves alot to be desired for tactics. seeing the initial line up already summed up the game from what i was looking at.

[@koba2209]

Exactly. That was my take too.

[@interabits]

Yeah I dont see much tactics here...

[@benedictjajo]

Eggactly

[@cowtaplayz8277]

You should of tried to keep falling back and used hidden Calvary to charge behind in the middle of the battle

[@funkytownjedi]

1st time watching 1 of ur vids, I like that u get UP CLOSE 2 the action👍🏾👍🏾😎 thts where pixelatedapollo is lacking lol I lol like both y'alls style tho, keep em coming!!🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@fisherboy3131]

This was awesome!! Just clicked subscribe

[@stashe9106]

Belgae not charging with oathswords is absurdity - if they charged, these spears would die in 2 mins.

[@almightybogza]

Roma Invicta !

[@lt.clifforthz3942]

are you using any Graphic Mods ??? if so which ones.

[@michaelangelo7431]

Guys what’s the best computer to play these games on? And epic battle simulator type hugggeee battles?

[@1anfinity08]

A powerful cpu with a decent graphics card would do as it gets a bit laggy with very large engagements.

[@mikefisher9829]

how do you set it so you can control so many armies, or set them up a certain way before putting onto AI? it only lets me control 1 army as default and then i can't set up the others?

[@Dr.TrollFace]

Still waiting for battle brothers series

[@b2thew505]

How many Units in Total in that battle? And what are your system specs your getting really good frames.

[@crazyguy0_0]

I’m surprised that swavy won the cavilary fight

[@Itwasnt_meofficer]

I see all the pvp and not many play rome. yes its op but Roma Invicta! Rome is mother to us all! I enjoy a Flying v formation as Rome holds strong enough to encircle. Then it's over.

[@MintTree117]

Would you accept an online Attila modded with Roman Rebirth 2? It's fantastic. Better than radius.

[@JesseHartford]

Very fun to watch:)

[@patrickcharzin3062]

"Best battle tactics I've EVER seen" Oathsworn don't counter charge.... um...

[@patrickcharzin3062]

@@jrgamer1243 No but charging is better than shield wall because of the large charge bonus on barbarian units.

[@benedictjajo]

@@jrgamer1243 you're using oathsworn wrong if you keep them in a static shieldwall. They aren't hoplites or legionaries. Just watch oathsworns obliterate other units when they charge into other units and pop headhunt.

[@matissemoermans6563]

These were the worst tactics that I've ever seen in the game, just awful

[@masonhaley1074]

Not gonna lie, I'm not crazy impressed by the tactics. The defenders threw their cavalry on both flanks away. Their line was far too static, they needed to push against their center. Yet alone use their munitions. Their archers and cav were totally unsupported, probably should have committed them later. The lack of counter attacks in the center hurt 😭. I prefer slingers too, far more munitions and cheaper I think. They never had a reserve, they were too static, and I dont think they had victory on their mind.

[@francescolomonaco84]

What s the better tactics?

[@newdrug1880]

Wait, why do you say there is no cavalry on the left side?

[@lordedard]

No flanking cavalry

[@jovantatic3907]

Jackie Fish, do you know that TWA is coming back

[@graceevigael8583]

should i buy this or medieval one?

[@qetnaf8611]

Medieval is older and full of bugs and crashes.

[@shafiidz]

Flanking tactic 👍👍

[@DavidS-th1kb]

What visual mods are you using?

[@gaius3766]

For that battle we actually didnt use any mod aside from the performance maker for massive battles

[@magina23]

Why is the vid at half speed?

[@danielketley2978]

Are praetorians better than praetorian guard?

[@gaius3766]

I'm pretty sure they're one and the same

[@benedictjajo]

@@gaius3766 No. Praetorian Guards are more expensive and have better stats than Praetorians.

[@gaius3766]

@@benedictjajo yeah thanks! I couldn't remember the specifics. To be precise, the only difference is that the guard has additional 5 armor

[@bobbinsgaming3028]

“Gaulic”

[@devinwilliams3317]

I need to get online because I will kick the shit out of these tactics. Jesus

[@kellyfrankie0331]

More please and more DEI

[@mr.sayemsirmr.sayemsir9302]

Good

[@050sniper]

Enveloped

[@aryanrana5436]

Ya bro make more videos

[@TheKoderius]

Why should I pay $72 for a 2013 game? Why isn`t this game cheaper ffs?

[@Ambuscade94]

Go on instant gaming . Com it's a website where you buy it and they email you the code, I use it all the time, Rome 2 is like £10 on there

[@XS_GHOST]

Sanaoll

[@martinchristian597]

nth special winning with roman units fs

[@amir-hu4yc]

Join us

[@florianmdamm]

Your mic sounds horrible so much crackling

[@Rustynuckles1]

wow.. no way the romans won in Rome 2 in a broken total war game, what a surprise

[@mr.sayemsirmr.sayemsir9302]

BBC

[@ryan7775]

Honestly? Rome 1looks better

[@finh-w8888]

I threw up in my mouth abit when you mentioned pre and post Marian soldiers on the same battle. 🤢

[@pusrak9784]

I like you jackie but this video is clickbait.

[@israeelthegraetking]

Ewe.. vanilla rome... 🤢

[@toolboy3555]

Stop doing so much Slow motion. It takes away from thrill factor.