Scotland can be quite strong on tighter budgets, such as 10k or lower, where you can throw your highlanders into the mix as quite cheap but effective units. What setup is preferred when facing a Russian army like that? I have experimented with several different setups but I am not having much success. My dismounted feudal knights and noble swordsmen are pretty powerful, however from what I have heard, armor piercing troops reduce the defense stat of the opposing unit by half. I think one issue might be the fact that his infantry is armor piercing. I usually win at the flanks, doing a combined attack with my cavalry, however by the time I have routed the flanks my entire center routs. With the above setup my friend nearly always wins. My friend's musketeers do quite a bit of damage (missile 60!!!), so I simply charge towards him at the start of battle. The cavalry is divided evenly between each flank. I place 2 galloglaich units on each flank, with the general unit behind the infantry line.

The general unit (Knight Hospitaller) also has an experience chevron. All the Noble swordsmen have 1 experience chevron, and 2 of the 4 dismounted feudal knights have an experience chevron. He places the musketeers in front of the infantry, with two units of the tsar guards on each flank.Īll units have attack and defense fully upgraded, with the galloglaich with an additional 3 experience chevrons. The bodyguard stays behind the infantry line, which is just a straight line. He places the axeman for shock on each flank.

One of my friends has made a Russian all period army with 20k florins:Īll of his troops are fully upgraded for attack and defense, and his axemen have three experience chevrons.

I have been playing multiplayer battles with friends and it has been a blast. Hello guys, I have just started playing Medieval II Total War, and I really like it.

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