Top 10 Combat Tips for Bannerlord!

Summary

In this video, the presenter shares top 10 combat tips for 'Mount & Blade: Bannerlord', including strategies against overwhelming odds, mounted archery, and effective use of weapons like the couch lance and pike. Tips range from tactical movement to precise aiming, with a focus on maximizing damage and minimizing vulnerability in various battle scenarios. The script also covers unique tactics for sieges, such as baiting enemies for an ambush and soloing castles with minimal losses.

Takeaways

• 🤺 The script discusses combat tips in a game, starting with a technique inspired by Spanish bullfighters, 'El Matador', where the player baits an enemy into attacking and then dodges at the last moment.
• 🏞 It mentions a second combat technique involving positioning on a ledge to push enemies off, reminiscent of the game 'Lemmings'.
• 🐎 The player can make their horse move sideways by strafing, which is useful for dodging and maneuvering in tight spaces.
• ⏩ Two ways to speed up the horse are highlighted: pressing and holding 'W' or double-tapping the forward key.
• 🛑 To avoid getting stunned by running into objects, the script suggests double-tapping 'S' right before impact.
• 🔄 A tip for quick dismounting is provided, involving pressing and holding 'Z' to stop the horse and dismount with a single key press.
• 🥊 When fighting while outnumbered, the script advises using wide swings to hit enemies behind without turning and to always try to move backward to block attacks.
• 🏹 'Mounted archery' is described as the best way to level up a character quickly and effectively in the game.
• 🗡 The script provides tips for using a couch lance, emphasizing the importance of aiming and maintaining a speed difference for maximum damage.
• 🛡 When fighting against a shield wall, the player is advised to run along the length of the line and pick off out-of-position units rather than charging from the front.
• 🏰 Strategies for siege battles are discussed, including weakening the enemy by releasing garrison troops and using the bait and switch tactic to lure and ambush enemies.

Q & A

What is the main topic of the video script?

The main topic of the video script is providing top 10 combat tips in a game, including various strategies and techniques for mounted and dismounted combat, as well as siege warfare.

What is the first combat tip given in the script?

The first combat tip is to remain mounted right up to the edge of a cliff and quickly move away to bait the enemy into attacking, similar to the technique used by El Matador bullfighters from Spain.

What is the significance of the second technique involving a small ledge?

The second technique involves using a small ledge to push enemies over the edge with the help of a horse, which is a strategy that can be done on foot and can be effective against multiple enemies at once.

How can a player make their horse strafe sideways in the game?

A player can make their horse strafe sideways by holding the 'A' key and tapping 'Q' to strafe left, or holding 'D' and tapping 'E' to strafe right.

What are the two ways to speed up the horse in the game?

The two ways to speed up the horse are by pressing and holding the 'W' key or by double-tapping the 'W' key for a significant speed increase over a short distance.

How can a player avoid getting stunned when running into objects in the game?

A player can avoid getting stunned by double-tapping the 'S' key right before impact, which allows them to avoid the long stun that makes them vulnerable.

What is the best way to dismount a horse in the game according to the script?

The best way to dismount a horse is by pressing and holding the 'Z' key, which stops the horse for the player and allows them to dismount with a single key press, regardless of where they are looking.

How can a player effectively fight against a large group of enemies in the game?

A player can effectively fight against a large group by moving backward to ensure only one enemy can attack at a time, using wide left and right swings to hit enemies behind without turning, and by blocking attacks.

What is the recommended strategy for mounted archery in the early game?

The recommended strategy for mounted archery in the early game is to avoid enemy archers and focus on fighting off melee infantry, as they are easier to hit and provide more money.

How can a player effectively use a couch lance in the game?

A player can effectively use a couch lance by ensuring the target range crosses the path with the tip of the lance, aiming further than they think is necessary, and maintaining a large speed difference between themselves and the target for maximum damage.

What is the 'bait and switch' technique mentioned in the script for sieges?

The 'bait and switch' technique involves draining the garrison of the thief to appear weak, waiting for enemy lords to attack, and then springing a trap with a large number of units to counterattack and win the siege.

Outlines

00:00

🤺 Combat Tactics and Horse Riding Techniques

This paragraph discusses various combat strategies and horse riding techniques in a video game setting. It starts with a dramatic statement about a catastrophe and introduces the top 10 combat tips, beginning with the 'El Matador' technique, which involves baiting an enemy into attacking. The script then covers mounted combat, using cliffs and ledges to the player's advantage, and the importance of movement and positioning. It also explains how to make the horse strafe, speed up, slow down, and dismount effectively to avoid damage. The paragraph concludes with tips on fighting outnumbered, emphasizing the importance of timing, movement, and blocking in melee combat.

05:00

🏹 Advanced Mounted Combat and Siege Strategies

The second paragraph delves into advanced mounted combat strategies, including the use of the couch lance for high damage output based on relative speed, and the pike brace for dismounting cavalry. It provides tips on targeting and leading enemies, as well as maneuvering to avoid getting stunned. The script also covers overall battle strategy, focusing on engaging with horse archers, harassing enemy cavalry, and exploiting the chaos of colliding shield walls. Additionally, it discusses tactics for participating in sieges, such as weakening enemy forces, joining as a mercenary or vassal, and employing a bait and switch strategy to lure and defeat enemies.

10:02

🏰 Solo Siege Tactics and Acknowledgments

The final paragraph outlines tactics for taking over a castle single-handedly during a siege. It suggests strategies such as weakening the enemy by releasing garrison units, joining a siege as a defender, and using the environment to one's advantage. The script provides a step-by-step guide on how to enter the castle, deal with enemy archers, and finish off remaining melee units. It concludes with a shout-out to the channel's supporters and an invitation to watch the next video, which promises a solo raid on a hideout without any initial weapons or armor.

Keywords

💡Combat Tips

Combat Tips refer to a set of strategies or techniques used to effectively engage in combat. In the video, the narrator shares 'top 10 combat tips', which include various tactics for fighting in a game setting, such as baiting enemies, using the environment to one's advantage, and managing one's character's movements and attacks to maximize effectiveness in battle.

💡El Matador

El Matador is a term used to describe bullfighters from Spain who are skilled in baiting bulls into attacking. In the context of the video, it is used metaphorically to illustrate the first combat technique where the player remains mounted near the edge of a cliff to lure enemies into a vulnerable position before quickly moving away to avoid damage.

💡Cavalry

Cavalry refers to soldiers who fight mounted on horseback. In the script, the term is used to describe a type of unit in the game, 'Dirtheart's cavalry', which the player must learn to combat using various mounted combat techniques, such as strafing, speed control, and dismounting strategies.

💡Strafe

To strafe means to move sideways or laterally, often in a tactical game context to dodge attacks. The video explains how to strafe a horse by using specific key combinations, which is crucial for dodging arrows and navigating tight spaces in the game.

💡Dismount

Dismounting is the act of getting off a horse or vehicle. The video provides tips on how to dismount a horse effectively in the game, either by stopping and pressing 'F' or by using a quicker method of holding 'Z' to stop the horse and dismount instantly.

💡Melee Combat

Melee Combat involves close-range fighting with weapons like swords or poles. The script discusses various tips for melee combat, such as using wide swings to hit enemies behind without turning, and the importance of blocking and timing attacks to survive in close-quarter battles.

💡Mounted Archery

Mounted Archery is the technique of shooting arrows from horseback. The video highlights mounted archery as an effective way to level up a character in the game, emphasizing the importance of avoiding enemy archers while focusing on melee infantry for experience points and rewards.

💡Couch Lance

Couch Lance refers to the act of holding a lance in a specific position ready to strike while on horseback. The script explains the importance of aiming correctly with the lance for maximum damage, taking into account the speed of the horse and the position of the enemy.

💡Pike Brace

Pike Brace is a combat stance where a pikeman holds the pike in a defensive position. The video describes how to use the pike brace effectively in the game, including targeting the horse for an easier hit and adjusting one's position to avoid being charged by enemy cavalry.

💡Siege

A siege is a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off supplies to force its surrender. The script discusses various strategies for participating in sieges in the game, such as weakening the enemy by draining their garrison, joining as a mercenary, or using a bait and switch tactic to trap and defeat the attackers.

💡Charge Damage

Charge Damage is the damage dealt by a unit when it physically collides with another unit or object while moving at high speed. The video explains how charging into enemy lines can deal significant damage and weaken enemy formations, making it easier for the player's units to win the battle.

Highlights

Top 10 combat tips for the game, starting with techniques inspired by Spanish bullfighters.

Utilizing cliffs to bait and avoid damage from enemies.

A tactic involving small ledges to push enemies over while mounted.

The humorous comparison of combat mechanics to the childhood game Lemmings.

Straying sideways with a horse for dodging arrows or navigating tight spaces.

Speeding up or slowing down on horseback with specific key presses.

Advanced dismounting techniques to avoid stun and vulnerability.

Tips for fighting outnumbered, including timing and positioning.

The importance of blocking in melee combat, especially at low athletics levels.

A strategy for outmaneuvering and defeating large groups of enemies.

The effectiveness of mounted archery for leveling up characters quickly.

Mastering the couch lance for high damage output in mounted combat.

Targeting enemy cavalry from the flanks for an advantageous attack.

The use of pike brace in dismounted combat for taking down cavalry.

Avoiding getting mini-stunned by enemies in close combat.

Strategies for participating in and winning sieges with minimal losses.

Soloing a castle with tactics involving baiting and switching units.

A shout out to supporters and a tease for the next video on a solo raider hideout.

Transcripts

it's rising terrible oh my get out of

the way please terrible this is the one

of the worst catastrophes in the world

all the humanities let's see that

in an instant

in this video we're covering my top 10

combat tips starting with el matador

these famous bullfighters from spain are

renowned for baiting a bull into

attacking we'll attempt to do the same

here with dirtheart's cavalry the first

technique we remain mounted right up to

the edge of a cliff and quickly move

before getting skewered no that's a lot

of damage this reminds me my favorite

childhood game lemmings the second

technique can be done on foot we need to

find a small ledge and wait just above

it be sure to move your horse as it will

stop some of the enemies from going over

the top we raise a shield crouch down

and get pushed over the edge and watch

the horses gracefully fly overhead it's

so hard to do this section without

laughing you have no idea okay one more

just for fun i ended up dying in this

run but we took out over 80 by yourself

not bad did you know you can get your

horse to stray sideways it's a little

tricky but by holding a and tapping q

you can strafe to the left or hold d and

tap e you'll strafe to the right it's

useful for dodging arrows or moving in

tight spaces there are two ways to speed

up you can press and hold w or double

tap we can see a huge speed increase by

double tapping forward over a short

distance the same can be done for

slowing down or stopping be sure to use

both of these at all times when trying

to dismount the beginner way is to stop

look at your horse and press f instead

press and hold z as it will stop the

horse for you and dismount with a single

key regardless of where you're looking

running into objects causes a long stun

making us extremely vulnerable instead

double tap s right before impact and

you'll avoid this done most of the time

it can even be used with the z dismount

tip for an instant dismount from full

speed this is useful when trying to pick

up ammo from the battlefield while

minimizing the time that we're an easy

target my most frustrating experience

with vanderlord has always been fighting

well outnumbered it can seem impossible

at first but let's look at the best tips

to come out on top even if the enemy is

faster than us it's difficult for them

to land a hit because they slow down the

instant they wind up for a swing buying

us time we can use our wide left and

right swings to attack enemies behind us

without actually turning to see them

attacking from the left hits at the very

start of our swing while attacking from

the right hits with the very end follow

through of the swing both are really

useful although swinging from the right

tends to land more often because the ai

has trouble identifying that it's a

swing this effect is even more

pronounced with a long swingable pole

arm easily hitting the enemy from a safe

distance when fighting large groups

always try to move backwards at all

times but also move in such a way that

the front target blocks the path of

those behind him making only a single

enemy able to attack it's much easier to

block one attack then two in a short

time frame if you're ever cornered by a

large group hold a high guard and try to

move to the sides they won't be able to

attack from left or right because their

friends are in the way and vertical

strikes are more common than the thrusts

work on blocking as it's incredibly

important for survival in melee combat

it's especially important at low

athletics levels and finally when you're

outmatched run and be patient there's no

time limit to battles so take your time

find the right moment when risk is low

and attack find safe places to strike

out from and keep moving i use this

technique to take out many city gangs by

myself and reached level 20 character in

less than 30 in-game days it's also

quite lucrative earning 50 000 in ours

and a noble bow and mid-tier armor

speaking of a great early game start

mounted archery is by far the best way

to level our character and reach clan

tier 2. archers are no joke so avoid

them as best you can using cover to take

them out fighting off melee infantry is

where the money is though these

malicious spearmen are too slow to catch

us and too stupid to think of something

else we simply slow down allow them to

drop the guard and pop them in the face

villagers can be soloed from day one

using this technique this screen is from

my recent clan tier 2 speed run where i

was able to achieve all these levels and

become a vassal in just four days from

the start of the game mounted archery is

opie being effective with the couch

lance can be tough but hopefully these

tips can help we need to make sure the

target range will cross the path with

the tip of our lance so it's much better

to aim further than you think you need

to in this case we aim to the right of

the target the lance will eventually

cross the path of the target and hit if

we aim too close to our horse we risk

missing him entirely the damage output

from a couch lance blow is almost

entirely based on relative speed with no

speed difference the blow bounces off

harmlessly at very low speed difference

we barely get over 100 damage just a

little bit faster and we hit for almost

400 and against a foot troop it's a

staggering 600 be sure you keep a large

speed difference between you and the

target cavalry archers always make an

easy target especially in the early

stages of battle targeting enemy cavalry

is also a good idea since they're

usually on the wings and quite passive

don't charge into the formation from the

front but instead the back or the side

flanks against high tier cavalry the

rear flank is the most effective once

the battle is well underway and enemy

formations are either engaged or

scattered about we can start picking

apart archers and the shield wall with

archers feel free to treat them like

bowling pins running straight through

them against the shield wall it's best

to avoid charging from the front even

with their formation broken apart it's

easy to get bogged down with infantry

instead i like to run the length of the

line and pick off units out of position

they rarely spear you or the horse when

doing this since their focus is on the

enemy so ride close to the shield wall

and get to couching similar to the couch

lance the pike brace is difficult to

learn we equip the pike stop moving and

press x i find it's much easier to

target the horse while learning how to

aim it's a big target and pretty hard to

miss if you're still struggling to hit

aim all the way down to the floor and

you should hit something dismounted

cavalry are a much easier opponent than

mounted with a little practice and some

confidence we can aim for the rider now

one thing to keep in mind if we aim the

tip of our pike at the enemy's head we

will most likely miss by the time they

reach us the orange represents the path

of dirtheart's head as he approaches

meaning we will need to lead him by

aiming to the right notice here we aimed

at the head and luckily hid him in the

shoulders aim further than you think you

need to land a good hit cavalry are

blinded by rage and will charge directly

at you no matter the cost we easily

force them into a tree by sidestepping

until they're lined up and finally the

walking brace pressing tab will cause

our character to walk instead of run

press x to activate brace mode and

notice we're still moving around while

braced this is incredibly important as

small adjustments will often be needed

when being charged by multiple cavalry

at once the turning speed is very slow

so be sure to aim in the right direction

early right where you belong old man in

the dirt did you know the enemy can get

a free mini stun on us it's incredibly

frustrating but hopefully with some

awareness we can avoid it in the future

if the enemy makes direct contact with

us meaning they physically run into us

we will be mini-stunned if we have a

ranged weapon equipped it's even worse

when using a javelin using the shield to

block is irrelevant as they can just

walk into us and stun attack avoid

getting too close to the enemy if we're

trying to use a ranged weapon and switch

to a melee weapon if they do close the

distance now let's talk about overall

strategy for fighting in massive battles

while mounted early on focus on horse

archers as they have no shield and easy

to dodge their arrows next we harass the

enemy cavalry from the wings avoiding a

direct charge and coming around the back

or the sides in order to avoid being

shot speed is the key try to keep

movement speed maxed at all times moving

behind an enemy makes it impossible to

block our attack my favorite moment of

the battle is when the shield walls

collide we can sway the balance by

slamming into the rear of their

formation and riding straight through if

you get stuck keep double tapping w and

moving left and right to wiggle through

if the enemy formations are scattered we

can ride through safely and pick them

off with ease as you charge a line be

sure to turn into the length of it

causing as much charge damage as

possible most units take between 15 and

35 charge damage here which means

they'll die to our unit's attacks much

sooner than if we didn't charge them it

never gets old does it picking off

archers should be done with extreme

caution from behind his best with great

speed even better but slowing down and

turning into an archer group from the

front will always end poorly defensive

sieges can be really hard to participate

in but with these tips they can be

almost guaranteed the first example we

use our own castle take all the units

out of the garrison and release them

back into the wild this will weaken the

thief's strength causing enemy lords to

come out of the woodworks to get a piece

even small groups will see just down

that normally wouldn't because of how

weak the thief now appears it's a great

way to level up engineering with siege

engines or get some athletics and both

skill by picking these idiots off the

ladder shooting fish in a barrel even if

we don't own a thief we can still get in

on the action become a mercenary or a

vassal wait for a siege to pop up and

head there it's best to sit nearby

letting the enemy start the assault

before we break in we'll know it's

taking place when the enemy's numbers

start to rapidly tick down click on the

castle break into help go ahead with

that and voila we're inside with the

option to immediately join the siege

defense however my absolute favorite

technique is the bait and switch we load

up with our best units drain the

garrison of the thief and sit somewhere

nearby and wait these two goobers come

strolling by to take what they believe

is an easy target again we need to wait

for the assault to begin now we spring

the trap with 50 tier 1 and 500 tier 6

units we lose 24 of our elite troops or

about 5 we can reduce this number

further by adding more low tier troops

and getting a bigger variety of them

testing it again with 80 other trash

units from nine different unit types we

see a huge reduction in breaking in only

nine this time or less than two percent

and since we're on defense in a siege we

can use the huge boost to auto resolve

and wipe the empire scum off the map so

you have just enough troops to win a

siege but need all of them to survive so

you can defend it after no problem let's

just solo the defenders as soon as we

enter the battle retreat all units by

pressing f1 and f7 they will exit

through the rear of the map and preserve

their numbers once enough of our troops

have left the garrison will open the

gates and melee units will stream out

after us be sure to stay in the very

back of the map as defending range units

will continue to shoot and because it's

a siege they have infinite ammo we can

use the tip from earlier baiting the

enemy infantry to lowering their guard

and shoot them in their face now we can

enter the castle since they kindly left

the doors open for us be sure to close

the door so they don't come back in

don't forget to wiggle your heart out to

avoid those arrows most towers have

arrow barrels we can access allowing us

to stock back up and pick off the

archers try to keep the tightest angle

possible as it's easy to get shot with

so many archers still alive once the

archers are dealt with we need to finish

off the melee units on the outside if

they are far enough away we can use

their own siege engines to pick them off

we don't have a good angle in this case

so back to the bow most of them have

shields which complicates things only

slightly the ai knows when we're aiming

at them but tends to drop their shields

between shots keep shooting and

eventually they'll drop their guard for

you stay near an arrow barrel for easy

reloads and just like that we own the

castle without losing a single troop if

you think taking a castle solo is cool

then you'll definitely like this next

video where i take out a whole c raider

hideout solo starting with no weapons or

armor hit that like button and i'll see

you on the next one a huge shout out to

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