The Ultimate CK3 Guide To Warfare

[@OneProudBavarian]

I hope you enjoyed this guide and learned something! Any questions? Go ahead!

[@cottoncandy3577]

Where's the advice for MaA stacking for really easy wars? xd *sigh* Let's just hope Paradox will rework the entirety of that system.

[@OneProudBavarian]

Yeah, I basically didn't mention MaA cheese - its use has diminished quite a bit already compared to normal MaA countering - taking the counter system apart since the AI doesn't do it and that way of playing is likely to completely disappear with time! It's a fair point, but I was thinking that especially new players ought to know how the game is intended to work so that they are still golden once the cheese gets yeeted!

[@Scatterpatch]

So, a bit of a warfare adjacent question. As a Tribal I like to raid while waiting for my troops to re-conscript after a war, so I usually set my marshal to Organize Levies. However, I've noticed when I summon my army on the map, the levies numbers at the top-right of the UI go from, for example, 500/1000 to 500/500 until I dismiss the armies on the map, then it goes back to 500/1000... I know troops heal themselves while on the map, but does your army growth cap kind of "snapshot freeze max capacity" when you summon them, and then unfreeze when you dismiss? Or are they constantly growing to your real max? Thanks!

[@Mr.Prince_Tunmise]

We Want a Playthrough!!!

[@cadenvanvalkenburg6718]

I did not know about combat width. You truly do learn something every day.

[@jxslayz6663]

Real talk, you NEED to capitalize on guide videos. You make ZERO speech errors, get to the point quickly, and even mention the secondary points to the main point that people tend to miss in their guides. You're informative, witty, and sharp. I'd binge watch guide videos from you any day. Just a suggestion. God bless you.

[@markomajdandzic1763]

I think that youtube lacks guides of this quality and agree that it would be nice to have it.

[@jxslayz6663]

@@markomajdandzic1763 Yeah there's guides out there but they need presentation work, mispronunciations galore, and they drone on about things that are besides the point.

[@mrsullied]

Bavarians tend to stand a head taller than most, it's true.

[@ronweasley9001]

@@jxslayz6663 well, when a Bavarian takes pride in their what they do as the name One Proud Bavarian suggest, they tend to achieve alot more than the average warmonger would. You might find Berghof a sufficient clue to my case in point

[@dirt0133]

AGREED!

[@kingjamestres]

Me: Oh look I have 100 more men than them surely I will crush them on the battlefield.

[@bonkercube8974]

@Der Patriot honestly if you had like martial 50 you could win when outnumbered 10 to 1

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@bonkercube8974 being a viking god of war is fun

[@tungstengold5900]

I really like the war system in ck3, but I wish they would add an option to help your liege in a defensive war if said war results in you losing at least one title. I mean it just makes sense that if you stand to lose something you should be able to help stop someone taking it.

[@heroherobaby]

I believe that you can offer to join war.

[@afridge8608]

Idk if you can offer join war but i konw that you can help by fighting the enemy soldiers. If you start the battle liege wont get war score but the enemy army will be weakened. If liege starts the battle you can funnel your troops in to ensure his win. You cant siege enemy counties but you can lift sieges from your own. Learned this while defending against byzantines in croatia as matilda

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

You can always offer to join the war unless the opponent's your ally. I play with ironman turned off, so if a REALLY bad enemy attacks I switch to my vassals briefly and force them to volunteer so I can get more troops.

[@amaratc]

There is also a mod where vassals will join you if they stand to lose territory.

[@caniblmolstr4503]

Already there

[@markomajdandzic1763]

Just got 100% achievements thanks to your video about Saga in Stone! Big thanks :)

[@OneProudBavarian]

You love to see it! Congrats!

[@primary2630]

Damn dude that's a lot of work good job

[@markomajdandzic1763]

@@primary2630 Thanks! It is, but the game being so good makes it seem much less tedious :)

[@adb4522]

General: the brain Knights: the heart Men at Arms: abdominal organs Levies: rusty backbone

[@akiamini4006]

Levies: siege canonfoddlers to mangonols

[@storm0fnova]

Levies: the hundreds of men I have to sacrifice to the gods of war to get my bastard son killed

[@hellothere8988]

this means nothing

[@pronouncedseven652]

@@storm0fnova haha.. this is how I get rid of him too. The funny thing is I had a retarded son as my heir.. not really that funny when it happened though.

[@pronouncedseven652]

Levies are almost worthless later game.. I walk through 50k men with 16 strong knights and 11k men at arms.. of course the men at arms are stationed at castles that give big modifiers though.

[@Galaick]

i have over 200 hours of ck3 and i still watched it to the end

[@jetbacon7738]

same

[@rodrikforrester6989]

200? That means you just finished the tutorial.

[@vJaukbby]

Mr. 200

[@LevCallahan]

I have almost 500. Also watched 'till the end, not because I needed to, but to see if there's anything in my vast experience that I missed.

[@Curtis006]

200 hours is like 1 campaign for me

[@fossar_]

A little deeper on the impact of pursuit vs normal damage. Tl;dr: Damage wins you battles, damage+pursuit wins you wars (in most non-cheese scenarios). Also this is a great vid just follow it you'll be fine. Pursuit damage is nearly 6x more effective than main phase (normal) damage (deals 0.17 vs 0.03, troops have their toughness as health). Plus each troop killed during the pursuit phase is a guaranteed fatal casualty, compared to 20-30% chance of fatal in main phase I think (the rest are simply routed). This means unless you're fighting small armies you significantly outnumber/outclass, to finish battles in the early battle phase where they can't retreat, pursuit is incredibly valuable. It allows you to reduce a threat of large enemy stacks quickly, rather than chasing them around for ages or ignoring and letting them go segue your territory. The drawback is the pursuit phase only lasts several days compared to weeks or even months of the main phases, giving limited time to exploit those advantages. Your army needs to hold and rout all opponents troops before the retreat phase begins. Further, each point of screen the routing army has blocks 0.33 damage (in the pursuit phase only), meaning pursuit damage can be countered by the right troops in large enough quantity. Final point, in reality you won't need to worry about most of this. War and combat in CK3 is easy enough if you follow the video guidelines but it's fun to dive into mechanics more sometimes.

[@TungstenArm]

“Noooooo you can’t take Thessalonika with an army 25% smaller than ours with only one kind of men-at-arms!” Emperor Haesteinn with 4200 Varangian Veterans: “Hehe Heavy Infantry go brrrrr”

[@caniblmolstr4503]

You did not just give me my next adventure spot for Haestinn

[@bignoneoftow3609]

I will just say this right now, every time you upload i get a smile on my face

[@rotciv1492]

Another feature I trully love about this game's warfare system is the rol immersive realism. On the beginnings, on high Middle Ages, when population and development is scarce and you're(depending on which faction you begin with) little and poor, the wars are mostly right-claiming raids with some hundred men. You march and fight with your men tight together and always want to do your business and end these wars quick, because keeping your levies active takes a very serious toll on your scarce gold income and also leaves you exposed to the myriad of petty lords that could backstab you while your lands are undefended. But when the years and generations pass and the scale of everything gets bigger, you find yourself leading or participating in much longer wars with tens of thousands of men involved. And then you can't simply just pack your army together and advance like that. Or I mean, you can, but the supplies will eventually run low since each barony can only support a certain number of men. So the game forces you to actively divide the army to keep them well supplied. This comes with a lot of advantages, like covering more terrain allowing you to gain more vision, sieging more than 1 castle at the same time, protecting a neighboring sieging army with some terrain advantage and some other multitasking options. But, at the same time, it also weakens your army by dividing your numbers and resources, leaving them more exposed to flanks and surprise attacks far from the rest of the forces. And it is awesome. Because it gives a lot of room for defeat in detail, and prevents every big war to be decided by the frontal clash of two big armies; but instead there's a lot of back and forth, constant maneuvering between the contendants and constant striving to gain terrain advantage and hit lagged armies far away from their main host.

[@antimaster6432]

yeah, terrain is extremely important. i managed to crush 35k strong byzantine empire army with a mere 9k mostly elite troops since the terrain was plain, i had mostly heavy cav and was defending a river crossing. didn't think i could win that war but that battle sealed it.

[@9e7exkbzvwpf7c]

One tip is you can bait the AI into attacking by removing your commander and then reinstating after their movement is locked in "grey arrow". This means you can take a fight in the hills where they normally wouldn't. Can feel a bit cheesy but I just consider it like spreading a rumor that the commander has died.

[@lesnoyelf228]

Haha teleporting generals just like in eu4

[@raghavbhatnagar2329]

Just rebelled against the guy who stole the empire from my dad and won

[@Jaynaa]

Just want to say how much I love the chill, cool vibes One Proud Bavarian gives off in his videos. Just positive vibes all round.

[@p4unx]

As someone who's invested (lost) days upon days in this game, my best advice is to pick your wars and that commander ability is always more important than commander traits, except for flexible leaer when you are on the offensive on an enemy fort, it can be one of the best perks if used correctly, in my opinion

[@RagnellAvalon]

Dude this is really good. I've been doing a CK3 tutorial series and I'm just straight-up going to tell people to watch this since it explains the whole warfare mechanic way better than I an in a play-along format.

[@redgokudera]

Amazing content. You make CK3 look simple. Paradox should support and promote your channel.

[@astari24]

PRO TIP: You can bait the AI into a bad engagement if you give your army a bad commander. As soon as you've seen their movement commit (50%), you give your army your best commander and mop the floor with them!

[@twiss9341]

Nice thank you

[@Dorf274]

Damn, never thought of that. Devious.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Oh yeah, this Mago guy will be easy to defea- _Hannibal Barca has entered the chat._

[@RJayBond]

Well this will explain to my neighbour why @ 2am there was a thunderous smash of a fist on the desk. Caused by my army melting into an enemies last ditch merc stack. My army was starving, disembarking and probably pissed they'd been non-stop fighting for 18 months. Gratitude from Canada OPB!

[@ellisbarnett0292]

I can never tell if people just make up these scenarios so they have something to add or if they’re actually that dumb…

[@Gloriankithsanus]

@@ellisbarnett0292 This is playing on autopilot and not caring about anything specifically.

[@LevCallahan]

I'll point out something that may not have to do with winning battles, but'll help in pursuit. I've seen quite a few seasoned CK3 players on KZbin play through wars and constantly experience "army-chasing", where they're literally spending months of game time just chasing down armies that're running all around the map away from them, wasting valuable time. Here's what to do to typically avoid this: Watch the color of their movement arrow. The color is important to note, more specifically when it turns gray. If the arrow an enemy army has pointed to its destination is gray, that means it cannot change course to evade you-- its movement is locked. If close to the enemy, DO NOT have the game speed on high. Have it on low, and frequently pause to hover over the enemy army tab to check the amount of days it has to get to the next land section. This works wonders and you'll consistently catch armies within weeks rather than months when pursuing close-by armies, thereby lowering wartime (which is especially helpful if you have vassals who gain negative opinion of you the longer you're in an offensive war).

[@secret5816]

So I've got almost 300 hours in CK3. And I still learned some little things: -What combat width means -What advantage actually does -That Knights have Attack and Defense like other Soldiers -That you're always the defender on a friendly barony with a fort Thanks a lot for making this great video!

[@attrage7545]

This guide is probably among the best on KZbin. If you're not interested in role playing though & just want to win wars, just have an army mostly comprised of siege weapons, use your female courtiers to recruit a knight with a siege warfare stat modifier & make him your commander, then when u enter a war hire mercenaries to protect the siege army. Especially early on in a 1066 start you'll take enemy castles three times faster than your enemies can, and sieges especially when u take valuable prisoners win wars like 95 percent of the time in this game. Just remember to run away if your enemy sends a huge army to dislodge one of your sieges, eventually they will give up and go back to trying to siege down your castles. Happy crusading!

[@jackcrum7008]

I’m a new player so all the 1 hour guides are so overwhelming, it’s great that these are short and comprehendable

[@joemcguirk1571]

Thanks!

[@FernandoSV]

_kidnapping the enemy is sadly, no longer an option_

[@Barbarossa125]

Maybe if you time it right. But sadly nearly an end to victimless wars. :c

[@molybdaen11]

Just start it before the war or have a hook on his spy master.

[@lgngrbr588]

The three videos you have in this playlist are easily some of the best ck3 guides on youtube. I have a much better grasp on these systems now.

[@crystem]

Thank you for talking fast and not wasting time.

[@arandombard1197]

This video avoids some of the macro level of warfare - attrition. Defeating the enemy army doesn't permanently reduce their forces. They will regain those men, unless they are bankrupt. Thus this creates additional game states. 1) Both sides can afford to maintain their armies through the losses. Result: Like in this video, the better commander/army will win. 2) One side can afford to maintain their armies, the other cannot. Result: Against larger numbers, it's possible for the weaker army to win through attrition. I've defeated many powerful empire by charging a small elite force of mostly men-at-arms (80+%) at the enemy over and over again. This is best when they are on your territory and cannot reinforce. Even though you lose each fight, you can whittle away at their numbers until you can win. 3) Both sides cannot afford to maintain their armies. One big fight can win this war, but also a series of smaller advantageous losses can also nullify the enemy's ability to siege you down. Against a larger force, a few well selected defensive battles and careful use of allowing the enemy to siege your stuff down 75% of the way and suffer casualties, then forcing them to draw away to defend something else , can allow you to break the enemy down over time.

[@akiamini4006]

All you said was right bro although you were wrong in #1 . If you tea bag their armies their knights are gonna die or get wounded and since gettin a physician and doing the job right is almost outa the AI's mind you just roll around boai. I really liked the #2 point you made . I do always do seperate men at arms with knights with somtin like 300 extra levies just in case and *Boi here i go killin again*

[@arandombard1197]

@@akiamini4006 Yeah Men at Arms can be fully reinforced again within a year as long as you have the gold, while levies take much longer to recover. On top of that, I like to keep my levies as a reserve force to deal with rebellions and for power projection reasons, as your subordinates will rebel if you throw your entire army into the meat grinder and you neighbours will see you as weak.

[@loopyguy7611]

i guess big army doesn't go brrr as often i once believed lol Amazing Knowledge! very good video! thank you!

[@CrimsonCoder14]

Was just trying to figure out how I'd crack the pope (By then pretty much emperor of Italia) as a half strength Kingdom of Sicily, really helped thanks OPB

[@johncorish4985]

Thanks for the great videos. I have been playing it on XBOX but decided to buy it on steam. I used your link and got it for 39.99 instead of 49.99. Thanks for that as well!

[@tristanchristiansen9054]

Been lightly watching you content for year lightly ill admit. This was a great comprehensive breakdown. Please do more and more as the other guy said its a bingeington fest of potential. This game is not easy to get into and guides like this could help so many .wish I could give you more than an upvote

[@abramzuk8807]

Well that explains why sending my troops on 3 year long death marches to the capital leads to 3/4 of my force dead and 15 year long wars

[@isaacbruner65]

On the other hand, capturing duchy capitals during a rebellion is a great strategy and you won't suffer as much attrition because you can often route your forces through territory you control.

[@alexanderseaman9799]

Watching this made me feel quite stupid for playing this game for more than 300 hours but not knowing at all how this worked. Now that I've watched this, I'm probably gonna pay a lot more attention to my men-at-arms.

[@BrutusAlbion]

bruh ...

[@Dayvit78]

It really depends what stage of the game you're in. This advice is great. But once you're emperor, you can switch most of your MaA to siege units - I do 50/50, but others switch all. Because sieging fast is what wins wars (when your levies by themselves massively outnumber the enemy).

[@BrutusAlbion]

@@Dayvit78 Yup, siege is progressively more useful the bigger you and your targets get. Being able to siege down an entire enemy within the span of a few months compared to sieging them down for years is a world of difference for both your army and your treasury.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

I've played for over 300 hours too, and I still haven't figured out how to split armies into smaller armies. Hasn't stopped me from conquering large swaths of Scandinavia, but it sure would be convenient...

[@Dayvit78]

@@Amy_the_Lizard ? There's a split army and a create new army button when you click on the army. There is a certain level below which you cannot split. For example, each single MaA cannot be split.

[@yujirohanma7551]

man if I watched this kind of video when I first started ck3, would be much helpful. I remember suiciding my huge army to small one when attacking in the mountain forts while recently disembarked and starving. lolz

[@mooripo]

Great video, respects from a far away gamer from Morocco.

[@cacamoto5395]

It’s so cool how this told me everything but how to actually attack 😊

[@joshh5556]

These guides are great I’ve had ck3 for a few months but didn’t really understand what I was doing even with the tutorial but these videos are amazing at explaining

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Oh! Random other tip - if you're open to playing with Universal Gender Equality turned on, that makes recruiting strong knights sooooooooo much easier since it essentially doubles your knighthood candidates. If you've got some noodly male courtiers hanging around that would make really terrible knights, you might still be able to find them a spouse with a high prowess - especially if they're part of a dynasty (doesn't even have to be a landed dynasty, just having one at all makes finding strong spouses easier.)

[@darkdwarf007]

damn, it was way more simple than I thought. Feel kinda dumb, but it's alright. You learn something every day

[@alangriffin8146]

Cool! Thanks for this. I thought I knew everything about war in this game, but I was underestimating knights; especially when just starting out with few levies.

[@sonofquebec]

Extremely well made video, every aspect was well demonstrated and carefully crafted. I applaud your work and will without a doubt keep watching!

[@LampseekerForevermore]

This will ensure an Ayleid victory at the battle of Leyawiin. You have my thanks.

[@TheBritt2001]

Wonderful, easy-to-follow explanations. Thanks much!

[@melteddali8000]

Thank you for how high quality your guide videos are. Perfect presentation

[@TheGraveOne]

Step aside everyone. With this guide I will be the best ck3 player. Everyone else step aside.

[@roqueadeleon]

This game is so complex lol but I'm having a lot of fun with it even though I only understand like 20% of all the stuff I can do.

[@novalith3778]

Excellent guide I knew most of this but there were some gems for me.

[@paulschumacher4308]

I feel like I just watched a guide from the History Channel. I'm subscribing.

[@atlasshocked1538]

Great and informative video, superbly useful. You have a natural talent for teaching. Anyone who gave this video a thumbs down was drunk.

[@Cloud9vegas1]

An important note that was not mentioned is to be wary of waging holy wars especially if you are a catholic faction going against a muslim one. Most muslim factions have the Clan government system and gain more levies based on their vassals opinions. Upon starting a holy war with them, i believe they gain a +40 opinion from their vassals as they are fighting “infidels” and usually get a large boost in levy numbers. Learned this the hard way in my Benevento campaign!

[@prometheus9096]

Habe deinen Channel erst vor kurzem gefunden, richtig gut! Grüße ein Saupreuße :)

[@kylelussier7113]

Wow I never knew like 70% of this that’s crazy!!!

[@drunkrussian4734]

One thing I noticed that would be good to add is moving around the raise forces location to get troops to the battle faster.

[@jongael524]

Hey, justvwanted to drop a quick "good job!" And TY.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

The most deadly ears are your rebellious vassals who are constantly plotting against you.

[@molybdaen11]

Invest a few points in diplomacy and befriend them! A good hook or a marriage also helps.

[@ItsAstie]

fr, biggest threat is not losing a war, it's your kingdom being destroyed internally.

[@isaacbruner65]

There are plenty of ways to deal with them. Intrigue: fabricate hooks on unruly vassals and force them to leave factions, or reveal secrets so you have an excuse to imprison them Diplomacy: befriend vassals so they can't join factions Martial: terrify them so they don't join factions Any playstyle: marry your kids to your vassals kids to form alliances with the most powerful vassals in a faction, forcing them to leave the faction, which then often causes the faction to disband. Or you could just make sure you don't have more vassals under you than you can handle in a war.

[@markjablonowski8554]

You're a great teacher. Thanks very much. :]

[@alicemissemer5990]

Oh my god thank you so much this is so useful. Military management was always my weak point in this game.

[@rolandosanchez2019]

In my game i almost unite Africa, the bizantyne empire had a portion of Africa that i needed to take, my religion has the belicist thing and i think that is why i can declare wars against everyone. So i declared a war against them for a Kingdom , they had a pretty shitty emperor, their army was similar to mine in numbers. So the territory i started to fight for was actually out of Africa but It was a really big Kingdom. Instead of conquering that place i went for the territory at Africa and started to siege, there were like 10 counties from him at Africa. He was conquering another portions of land at Africa but stopped, probably because of resources or because he wanted to defend the counties i was conquering, i was conquering around 6 at the same time, so he started march against my armies and i just left 3 counties, the others were about to end the siege. I was in different counties because of the resources, fortunately on conquered counties, so i was increasing the resources. I gathered everyone when he was close and a small army of 3000 men was behind them, the main army ran away after i united all my soldiers. So i went straight for his 3000 army and destroyed it, my character had around 30 of martial and a lot of advantage un battles, the advantage number sometimes was around 45, pretty understandable since my character Is a genius and has a wife pretty good at martial. Once his army was torn apart i followed the main one and killed a portion of them, followed them again and dos the same. So now i had to go for the rest of the counties, so i started to move armies. I placed them and started conquering, i was leaving my army to rest and gather resources in the meantime so the emperor actually made an alliance with the British Empire or whatever the name they had and i was like at 50% of war score but It was reduced because i was not in control of the territory that i was fighting for,( remember that i declared war for a Kingdom at another place) so i did not mind about the alliance, because they had 12k of soldiers and were really far, my enemy had like 3 knights because i destroyed his army. But then the Pope anounced a goddam Crusade for Jerusalem ( i am the holder of Jerusalem) and only had like 16 months. So i gathered my main army and went to his capital and made a very serious mistake, i disbanded the armys that have just conquered counties south of my position because i got nervous. The problem was when i arrived at the capital and found out that it will take 6 years to be taken. Because i left the siege men at arms, so i decided to conquer different places but all of them were hard and at the end i found a place that you could take in like 4 months and with everything that happened i ended the war with 4 months left to the Crusade. I took a big part of the Empire+ the portion of Africa that i conquered because a war for a kingdom allows It. I was planning to take the capital but i made the mistake of not taking siege men at arms. So anyway, i had to give lands to vassals and all that but the great holy war was about to start (there were 70,000 catholics against 40,000 of the other faith, ( mine is Akom but i changed the faith early on with belicist) the kingdom of Jerusalem territory is mine for a portion and the rest is of another emperor, he Is of another faith but we still were allies, pretty cool. So once the war started, i started to gather all of my men at Jerusalem, the distance between Jerusalem and my capital is enourmous, the catholics were at North Africa conquering because it Is my territory. So the months passed and no army stepped into Jerusalem, so we started to win war score because of having control over the disputed territory they conquered a little bit of counties (like 2 or 3) and once 15 months passed my army was gathered, fortunately the army does not spend resources while is gathering, so i took advantage of that. Since nobody came i decided to do a very risky plan. I left Jerusalem with my 20k army and went to Rome, when i was close i passed next to a 30k army but i was at sea, so it did not matter, i arrived to Rome and nobody was there, now they finally went to Jerusalem so i had to be kick since the Score advantage was of like 30 because se were in control of the disputed territory, that could end quickly if they take Jerusalem, so i started to siege rome and was going to take 7 months, so i took a risk and made an assault, i went from 18k to 14k but i captured Rome, the pope was not captured, since i had another 2k on another county, i went to assist that group, and before that could happen, the Score reached 90 because they still havent conquered Jerusalem, but they almost did, and i have skill that gives a +10 when imposing demands or accept peace, so i immediatly imposed demands, the pope agreed and i won the Great Holy war, at the end i had like 700 gold from the 3500 that i had when i started the war against the Bizantyne Empire, he actually ended in -300 or something ( last Time i checked he was on a war to take him out of the throne, so the next ruler Is not shitty. Unfortunately, winning the Holy war being a defender did not give any gold, i had a lot of fame and piety but not the gold. So i recovered some months and declared a war against the pope for being an ashole, took Rome and its duchy and now he hates me. Having belicist Is an exploit in this game, you can declare wars on anything without having rights on the lands. Well, i am about to sleep, if you read all this you are awesome, sorry if something Is not undertsandable ( my main language Is spanish, so i probably made some mistakes).

[@pessi919]

Great video. you really know how to conclude all these mechanic into basic understanding.most other grand strategy tutorial teach me like Math teacher.

[@smack80]

"Force Knight" ah the King David maneuver

[@mostafamahmoud8804]

Do you have any idea if there will be a DLC for a different timeline other than 867 and 1066?

[@OneProudBavarian]

I got no clue, BUT there are some incredibly high quality mods in the works! Kingdom of Heaven brings you into the year 1184 and Rise of the Normans brings you to the year 911! Both kids are looking very good!

[@Valanathos]

I'd rely on mods first and foremost. The devs said they didn't plan on doing lots of start dates with CK3 as it creates a lot of extra maintenance with each patch/DLC

[@alphagamer9505]

@@OneProudBavarian I hope paradox does 1204 start date

[@salimelmouaffaq1351]

there is a mod called "bookmarks+" on th workshop with a lot of start dates from ck2 (they also changed the current start dates to make it more accurate in some places like the low countries and added some cultures here and there)

[@Barbarossa125]

I would like to see Charlemagne once more again. c:

[@ninofromkitchennightmares1497]

Thanks to this video I managed to win and usurp the HRE as Angria in a war

[@akiamini4006]

Zaymm😛 nice tut bro i difnt knew about manuver phase TY

[@user-vp1bs1yt8h]

Simplemente épico, nuevo sub!

[@ShayGamerD3]

Geez, that's a great guide! I always go for the overwhelming force though, and it works out every time for me 😉 Supply problems are the only obstacle to this tactic. With Northern Lords DLC it is easier than ever to build a huge army, pretty sure they'll nerf it

[@CatChrist]

Will watch these tutorials like the Bible. Subscribed and liked.

[@largofella]

Have been plying hoi, eu and (more recently) imperator for years and was never interested in CK. Just acquired it and I’m lost in the sauce lol This is a great video

[@bryanguerra3683]

Dudeeeeeee I did not know about checking in on those alliances. I’d honestly be so intimidated by the probability of them joining

[@CatChrist]

OPB I've been subbed for about a year at this point and I am honestly so angry at your sub count. HOW DOES EVERYONE NOT APPRECIATE YOU AS MUCH AS I DO?

[@rainbowchutney]

Hi pal, great guide as usual. Are you planning on doing any playthrough series again any time soon?

[@Cvusmo]

3000 hours in ck2 and 400 hours in ck3. Solid advice and great content

[@Kristaliorn]

Great work OPB!!

[@Sprite8822]

Brilliant guide!

[@alphaundpinsel2431]

Inside you, there are two wolves One tells you to build a balanced army composing of many different types of soldiers There other tells you to stack 30 knights with 600% efficiency

[@storm0fnova]

mercenaries are absolutely op you can rally them instantly anywhere after sending them home anywhere else. I was able to win a civil war when I started out numbered 20k to 50k without losing many men.

[@wolframsteindl2712]

BRB gonna conquer the HRE as Pisa.

[@glorbez]

You can just ignore CK3's counter system. Mono MaA armies with their respective upgraded building stacking (I.E. buildings that buff HI due VV), is still the best strategy (outside game breaking strategies with Knights whereby 20 knights at 700% efficacy destroy 50k AI stacks). VV is still best unit, but I also like Huscarls as Anglo-Saxons.

[@vineetmohapatra5401]

Lol...now i know why i lose every war even though their military strength is inferior. Thanks, it helped a lot.

[@memerbaconadians4606]

Completely new to KC3, my girl recommended I check it out and have been trying super hard to get into it, however even after doing the tutorials there's still a lot unexplained! I must say, if anybody knows any other useful tip or trick videos or channels too please let me know! Cause I'm getting stomped in wars at the moment and usually I'm a brutal player in these kinds of games 😂

[@denissomething3277]

As for knights, you can also task your marshal to increase their prowess and find new powerful knights and generals.

[@DaLielable]

Does having MORE of a MaA counter increase the disadvantage of an opposing MaA? Ie. Would bringing 300 Light Footman counter 100 Armored Swords HARDER than only bringing 100 Light Footman or are the 100 Light Footman considered just as effective at countering the Armored Swords as 300 Light Footman in the eyes of the game?

[@fossar_]

Original question answer is yes, MaA counter efficiency is related to the ratio of countering to countered unit. As an example, my army of 3k light horsemen typically operates at 96% efficiency when there's been 100-200 enemy pikes to counter them. Meanwhile, the enemy archers the horsemen counter are operating at only 10% efficiency.

[@DaLielable]

@@fossar_ Thanks for the answer! I've always wondered whether there was much point in having more than 1 unit (ie a new 1/x) of each MaA and this answers that.

[@fossar_]

@@DaLielable no problem, in the end it pretty much means spamming all of your cultural special unit and focusing holding and duchy buildings that buff it's type is rarely a bad play and often the best. I do hope they make some changes though to stop single unit spam being unstoppable. The countering system is really cool but atm you can near enough ignore it.

[@corydrichmond]

You should have talked about army Quality. Not only do numbers count but also a quality of those troops. A high quality army can easily punch above their weight in numbers.

[@joesligo1516]

fantastic video thanks

[@gabrielclark1425]

Better general, better troops, more troops, defensive advantage, terrain advantage, water crossing advantage. _Still gets repeatedly stackwiped_ And people say bad luck doesn't exist...

[@BurnInFerNos1]

Is there a way to prioritise putting men-at-arms in a single army? When you have a large amount of levies men-at-arms split with the levies.

[@afridge8608]

Split your army into the pieces you want then put them in the same county then click the reorganize button next to the merge armies button. Should let you organize your armies into whatever you want

[@-JA-]

Thank you.

[@JustaDislikeButton]

I just keep losing my army fails I'm always in debt and whenever I get out I'm attacked again...

[@broadh2o980]

Breathe and you'll probably win

[@afridge8608]

Do the strategist bonuses apply even if i am not the one commanding the army?

[@Dayvit78]

Are you talking about the bonus from the lifestyle perks? yes, they apply to your domain armies just like buildings do.

[@molybdaen11]

Some like the faster movement and reduced chance of injuries are just for the ruler, most other for everyone.

[@gromhl5901]

God guys wars are actually really simple, start a war with someone, Switch character to that person you were fighting and surrender. It's that simple....

[@revivedsoul1099]

Great video. Just 1 question, why cant enemy vassal join their liege in war? Our cant, but their cant?

[@LeafySword]

Trying to find all they menus that show status of your armies debuffs like after getting off a boat and such is difficult on console I still can’t find a way to show those screens

[@rootiyriddle636]

Thank you

[@jeremyflowers8908]

How do you deal with enemy armies that can outrun you? Put a few levies as blocker fodder so they can't circle back around you? An issue I think when you start game with Prestige rather than Martial predominantly pre-filled. If we get into combat I can win battles but they probably escape and then outrun me back to my region and counter. It sucks when something like 3 allies are vs you.

[@keithsce]

How do you choose a battle site and how do you create multiple armies?

[@Serendipity_GamingX]

I created the kingdoms of ireland england and scotland and made empire but nothing seems dofferent whats the point? Also isnt there a way to unite my 3 kingdoms into 1 like brittania or something?

[@pyrrhus3445]

Can made a video about economy in general and how to manage your men at arms precisely as they could massively reduce your treasury

[@OneProudBavarian]

Economy/Cultures is the next guide I have in mind, yeah!

[@JoeKerr420]

How do I call my banners? England just marched over with 8k men and only my 2.5k from Dublin bother to defend. Munster, Ulster and Connacht can’t be arsed to help