When charging with halberdiers, consider turning the open formation 90 degrees. Smaller front to apply your charge damage and smaller front for a following brace too. Especially when you as hero can open up their front. You want enemy unitmodels "dead" dead and not poking you back, because they have 1hp left. Same goes for pikes.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Great tip! Thanks :)
@klaasvaak2575
2 жыл бұрын
Dont forget that this is the best moment to get into the game. No orange mace spam destroying your single purple unit. No purple units that walk over all your units. Not feeling inferior for not having 770+ leadership. Blue units are quite easy to unlock and only usable atm. You want big fight with many body's? now is the time.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, the new pre-season is a boon for new players!
@SuperAndrewization
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for redoing the pike guides like this, those guide had been helping me a lot
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it! I'll be updating them all over the next few weeks :)
@difsid569
10 ай бұрын
bruh you are a true pro of this game how smart and wise
@kevinnorwood8782
2 жыл бұрын
You think THAT'S a shocker? I got an even GREATER shocker than that in Season 10, when I tried attacking what I THOUGHT were a group of Claymores, because they were wearing the Highlands Attire with the kilt and feather cap, but they turned out to be IRON REAPERS!!!!
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Thats an awesome epic fail :D XD Love it!
@kevinnorwood8782
2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightStalker Of course the moment I died, I IMMEDIATELY told the rest of my team about the disguise! "Guys, be on the lookout! One of their squads of Iron Reapers is wearing Highlanders attire!"
@artvonder9759
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you have seen my iron reapers :) Still though claymores are very good.
@Syori_Playz
10 ай бұрын
Same here bro XD
@juicterking6461
Жыл бұрын
LMAO the crane in the background is twerking hardcore at start of video hahaha i get distracted so easily geeez
@KnightStalker
Жыл бұрын
Get tipping ;)
@artvonder9759
2 жыл бұрын
It hurt my soul to see those puny green docterines on your pike militia. Mine are almost fully purpled up haha
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
I used to have them pounding purple protein shakes but I stole them for other units as my main account is kinda past the place where they can hold their own now - but certainly they can be PUMPED
@GERdeathstar
2 жыл бұрын
Hiding units with plain attire is DIRTY my lad :D
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
I played LoL once and I'll never be the same :)
@outofigns8742
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe in future videos take off your unit attires so that beginners can see what they actually look like
@hansolo2709
2 жыл бұрын
a little comment on rattan pikes: liked the xv-strategy with them, but they are a bit special with their debuff. i would hold them slidely behind the front line in order to live as long as possible and debuff as many units and heroes as possible. maybe something for a follow-up in an advanced tutorial on pike units? learned something about the halberdiers, as i use them mainly in F2 formation slidely behind the front in a push. loved to see the charge into brace move. will test it definitely. thanks for that.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Ah! Yes indeed, it was more of a demo of what the open formation pikes do rather than RatPikes specifically - a more advanced tutorial may be in the future :)
@lambchopsmtl
2 жыл бұрын
I heard, that halbs and sharks are actually different. Someone said the reach on halbs is further. Making them better against Cav. Not sure.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
I am finding the Halb Sgts are actually not bad anymore with the toned down cav, but the blue bois should be upgraded to Landsharks - which although almost nobody does it can also be spec'd into a deadly brace
@lambchopsmtl
2 жыл бұрын
Just to followup, I think it was KingAlpha that said they were different. I might be mistaken.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
King is a beast at this game, wish I could play all day :(
@lambchopsmtl
2 жыл бұрын
He put blue halbs a level above Landschnecks. Yeah, if only we could play all day.
@randomtagr.t591
2 жыл бұрын
Landsknechts one love, best pike/halberd unit
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
The instant murder squad are certainly one of my favs :)
@Bznsin
2 жыл бұрын
I disagree with Halberdiers being a redundant unit. Landscknect's (Alp Halberdiers) don't have a good formation for bracing and struggles to deal damage while in brace. They need their 3rd skill in melee. If anything, they compete with Prefecture Pikes more than Halberdiers. Pike Militia don't have a rotating brace, which make them vulnerable to side charges and flanks. They also deal less damage, have less health and needs support to kill higher tier units. The only thing that Pike Militia have over Halberdiers is their skill node for free stun on brace, which is also a doctrine. Prefecture Pikes don't even have a brace. Against cavalry units, you can't charge your units into theirs. The cavalry's damage boxes are much bigger than their hit boxes, making it more likely that your units will get hit first and thrown out of animation, not to mention cavalry are mostly faster than infantry, so they can run away quick. Cavalry units always want to flank your team, which means the rotating brace on Halberdiers are much welcomed on an unexpected flank. Pike militia can do the job, but requires constant attention that I don't believe a typical gamer can sustain (Speaking as a dedicated infantry player who plays pikes, even I get blindsided by cavalry). Of course, their lack of a stun on brace makes it mandatory to waste a doctrine slot, but they can take on multiple cavalry units with it and come out with a good trade. A halberdier unit with a skin not engaged in combat can make many cavalry players reconsider that angle of attack. They might be considered expensive for a defensive unit (175 leadership), but they are an underestimated pike unit in the cavalry-dominated meta in the MYGames version. And honestly, an entire season dedicated to pike units would be much welcomed.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome :) Thanks for adding info to the conversation!
@SAG172
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Anything helpful in there for you?
@SAG172
2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightStalker YES!
@fanpyrotastic
2 жыл бұрын
Attires on pikes don't work whit me bc I see what they are from their pike
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
A man of culture :)
@kingSTKS
2 жыл бұрын
watchmen are the best pikes in the game technically, give them charge and never use brace 30 leadership and can trade for khesigs few other units can trade that well
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
*sad Modao noises* Yes indeed they can pull some dirty tricks, I might cover the finer details in a more advanced future video
@kingSTKS
2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightStalker keep up the good work
@kirahibiki5070
2 жыл бұрын
I thought at first that you'll be changing weapon type.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
That's Heresy :)
@yuchenyang1708
2 жыл бұрын
Tier restriction is so boring
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
Oh? I like it, theres no one shot or single button units so skill + experience counts for so much more
@yuchenyang1708
2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightStalker But you cut down the unit variety and possibility by half, as well as the tactical play styles by half. No more T5 melee infantry badass moments on the wall, no more cav save the day fun or anti cav anxiety/satisfaction, what’s left is just ranged battles and low tier meat grind. It’s fun initially but gets boring quickly as you soon realize the mistakes you makes are no longer punishing, as you can always grab another unit. And defenders have a huge advantage as they don’t really need to worry about unit loses and can do jav cav spam. It’s not a balanced mode.
@KnightStalker
2 жыл бұрын
I see a lot more different units. Not 10 units of iron reapers, 11 modao units, 8 units of catas and 15 units of shenji. Im def not seeing ranged unit battles :/ I feel like mistakes are heavily punnished and we have to be way smarter than pushing the 2 buttons on our Tercios. Sorry that you arent having a great time with it :( We'll be back with purples real soon though!
@yuchenyang1708
2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightStalker Unfortunately I don’t see more units. What you see now are: melee: all those T1 units, iron cap swords, pike militia, rattan pikes, dem shields, blue spearmen, condo, halbers and its upgrade, pref sword, wolf boys; ranged: pref archers, namcham, ball guys, janissaries; cav: jav cav, coutiliers. That’s it. I see and use all those units regularly in the unsealed sieges. Definitely a loss of unit variety. What you get is more chances now, whereas before one failed push/defend could mean game. It was more intense thus more rewarding for committing. Can’t find those blood rushing moments currently.
@yuchenyang1708
2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightStalker Back then, besides what you mentioned like reapers, modao, carat and Sheji, you can also see people bring silahgars, shieldmaidans, tercios, pavise, dogos, falcon, chevaliers, liaos, hussars, kheshigs, jav sergeant, imp jav, PG, flags, claymores, greyhair, axe raiders, imp spear, berserkers, fortes, imp pikes, Armi lancers, sometimes imp archers, plus all those T1T2T3 as filler units. So yeah, you might see more units today number wise, but less unit variety.
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