"a massive host of mounted archers in a completely open field, not realistic at all" *The Mongol horde would like to know your location*

"The best offense is a good defense" The better saying. - Primarch Rogal Dorn

mounted archers are indeed the strongest, the only trouble is the amount of carrots you need to field such an army

3:51 On the contrary, you don't want shieldbearers with large hearts. Large hearts are easier to stab; the ones who survived multiple stabbings directly to the chest surely had smaller hearts and therefore greater survivability. 4:20 That's a partially-shaven Penn Jilette

Ambiguous, have you ever thought of surviving a rimworld using beer as the only source of food? veeque did it, but he started with 1 colonist, which is a lot less micromanagement than 3 constantly starving alcoholics...

“There is nothing like fighting in a grim medival warfare knowing you will be reincarnated and wont suffer any consequances.” - Isekai Protagnists

While I enjoyed the challenge, the delivery, presentation and story narrative is what made the video so awesome and mesmerizing =) You have an amazing voice and a nice touch at story telling. Will be interesting to watch more of your stuff. I hope this comment made your day just a little better, just as your video did to me !

If you kept the army in square formation while the mounted archers shot their arrows, they would be protected from behind. And once the archers were out of ammo, they charge in and meet their fate. That's how you play that

One of the best mods I’ve gotten for Bannerlord is overhead shield mod. It makes it to where the ai will actually make a shield wall and the back row of the was will raise their shields in the air to protect their heada

I would love to see only two handed build considering that they won’t have shields for defense I wonder how it would go

12:40 Crassus lost the battle of Carrhae in 53bc by marching his heavy infantry into the desert of syria and being surrounded by mounted Scythian archers who shot at his army until darkness fell and the few remaining Romans could retreat.

Absolutely amazing game, so glad you uploaded this! Hope to see more bannerlord!

I tried a horse archer run a while ago.. you can just run around the enemy in circles and shoot them, as long as you take out the enemy cavalry first. Then when you are out of arrows simply retreat and re-engage and you'll magically have arrows again 😂 this way it's possible to take out an enemy several times the size of yours with minimal losses, as long as you have the patience to run in circles for hours 🤣

I watch AA's videos in the shower so I can appreciate his philosophical ramblings all the more.

My Bannerlord successes are as follows: becoming a sell-sword under a king then proceed to raid every enemy village you can safely, if your king calls for peace, leave them without punishment and go work for basically anyone who is at war. Repeat this until your army has bathed this the blood of the unwashed masses and become elite monstrosities to unleash upon your foe. Then start a siege with your enemy, be the only one group to show up because it's in the middle of nowhere, take the castle, declare yourself king of your new nation, and unleash your killsquad on every enemy that gets between you and kicking God's ass.

Today AA finds out why the Phalanx went out of style We're graced by his ever-expanding knowledge of ancient tactics gone awry

And this video, my friends, is a great example of why Rome was so effective with its infantry...except for against Parthia. We don't talk about Parthia in Rome.

I'm sorry, "he had the oily sheen of an adult film star" was just, amazing.

Man, that oil-sheened Emperor Garius is for sure going to haunt my -drea- _nightmares._

"Tis but a scratch m'lord. Tis a butt scratch!" "Liam Arrow-to-the-knee-son" This man is the greatest linguist in the known world. Mad props to the Amphibian.

11:46 This guy's just like "What's the point of even trying...?"

"Tis but a scratch, m'lord, tis a butt scratch" tis content of pure gold

I actually did this in my latest campaign. Sturgia shield wall. Works! I usually split troops into two or three when going into battle. Then surround the enemy :) Well, I guess I don't always use shield wall formation though. But infantry only.

"Shield walls are good but F1 F3 is supreme" Sun Tzu The Art of War 1943

Your best bet with a shield heavy army is the square formation, just letting the Archer Cav. waste their ammo on your shields. Still may not win, but it would be your best bet in this scenario.

"A massive shield wall can only be defeated by a horde of horse archers in a clear field, not realistic" gengis khan and Attila the hun would love to know where you got this information

This man entertains all the questions I have never asked about a game I've never played and I absolutely love it.

Liam arrow to the kneeson. Im stealing this. And im not sorry.

"Liam Arrow to the Neason" A true warrior

There has never been a more perfect banner in the history of that game.

0:43 I GET THAT REFERENCE! I've read Beowulf way more than I realistically should have.

"Wall means... wall means a lot" Probably the least eloquent phrasing from AA I've heard in a long time, and finally something that the common man, one such as myself, can attempt to mimic.

Every video of you that I watch, a piece of my depression goes away

"I really kicked the candy out of those people" is one of those magical lines I wish I could pull off but probably only works with your delivery and voice.

Kingdom of the Nords in a nutshell

He played Dorn, I respect that.

"The best defense is a good offense." - Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, late M41(?)

i love how you described the emperor's campaigns as "bulbous"

It's great to see some of the big-boy content creators venture into Bannerlord! Well done with the story telling as always, you're a master of your craft :D

“Wall means a lot.” That’s the most inspiring thing I’ve ever heard.

Liam 'arrow to the' Kneeson, is absolutely hilarious!

this video isn’t your greatest example, but recently finding your channel has single handedly rekindled my love of reading, beautifully crafted walls of words, as well as philosophy. I woke up this morning and just wanted to thank you for that

‘Hither to that day I had been Shield Sheafson, but they might as well have called me Liam Arrow-to-the-Neeson’ is possibly the funniest joke I’ve ever heard on KZfaq

Imagine actually sticking any projectiles that got into your shield to it as an additional line of defense

Okay 'Liam Arrow To The Kneeson' absolutely got me

I love that the Arrow to the Knee meme has recovered and is hobbling around the internet again.

"There's nothing like being able to participate in grim, spectacular medieval warfare, knowing that you'll be reincarnated afterward and suffer no physical consequences"

"I used to be a warrior like you. Until i took a arrow to the knee." 5:37

There's something funny about that goofy sarcastic intonation. I like it.

"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." -- ambiguousamphibian, probably.

The Narration and writing is ace here. Got me lolling.

The "camera angles" and editing in this epic would make Cecil B. DeMille proud! Really an interesting way to play the game.

That was the funniest and most painful HELLO i've heard in the beginning EVER!

Alternate title *AA discovers why Alexander was so great*

the visual of the walls on the shield making an actual shield wall was pretty cool and i imagine would be pretty intimidating in real life

Delightful writing as always AA. Well done

The heavy infantry with shields getting stomped by ranged cavalry was also a simulation I'm sure Crassus would have much liked to have conducted prior to meeting the Parthians.

Shield wall < Elephants Shield wall < siege equipment

"The chad looks and the oily sheen of an adult film star" lmao I died

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Beautiful.

That "Hello" at the beginning just gets me in the feels.

Clearly the most worthy peasants are the ones that moved to stand behind someone else, using their comrades as human shields.

I'm glad you put an arrow up to show me where the grass was. Thanks.

I can’t stop watching this video over and over again.

The turtle bros army with their front facing shells.

This video, somehow, taught me more about how to play this game than several hour long guides I've watched. Thanks.

Split the wall into two groups stops the circles lol

All hail the green reptile, for he blessed us again with a video one will take upon his soul with joy and gratitude.

Oh yes, the best part of any the ambigousamphibian video. The tentative "hello?"

'Liam to the Kneeson' got me too good!

I love the sarcasm of "not realistic at all" @12:42

Ha! YOU play this one too! That is great! 4:18 Your description of Garios is perfect!

Well actually, its called a war of attrition, where one side baits the other into constantly attacking, knowing they can't resupply their forces fast enough to keep up the attack, until supplies or troops are exhausted. However, if the enemy in question has allies they'll more than likely be able to resupply the attacking force, so it really only happens between two equally powered forces.

"...not realistic at all" Battle of Carrhae, "Am I a joke to you?"

I love the way you said Hello at the beginning

"They could call me Liam Arrow to the Neeson". That line was perfect.

Bro you know your niche and you play it hard. Less than a minute in and I'm hooked.

Even though I didn't know about the game, I enjoyed the video because of your great narration!

Ambiguous: "I'm going to build a wall!" Me: [ checks upload date in nervous chuckles ] 👀💧

loved it man! you are one of the only content creators i genuinely find funny. would love to see more rimworld playthroughs if you felt up for it

I kinda love that he obviously hasn't played Warband. Archer Calvary has always and will always be the GOAT

Lmao your voice, sarcasm, and quirky jokes made me literally laugh all the way through the vid. Very funny dry humor, loved it

“The next evolution of our melee machine meant going corporate” 😂

every single sentence was gold. one after the other.

How the heck do you come up with this narration? It's literally the best piece of literature I have ever heard!

I was in the middle of taking a drink when you dropped the 'poop in your cereal' and nearly shot it out my nose. Thanks, AA. lol

This reminds me of that scene in Sin City where the guy gets his with an arrow in the chest. Shield Wall Soldier: “Hey-ooh! Guys, look at this, it’s sticking right out of me! Should… should I go see a doctor, or…?

12:42 Parthian Horse Archers: "Are we a joke to you?"

A masterful narrative. I hope one day I too can narrate this movingly.

Pretty sure mass sheild wall Vs mounted archers did happen in Mongol invasions. That's why we had winged hussars eventually - it was the only reasonable response.

2:05 Nice.. 2:31 A commentary on modern geopolitics spliced in, nice. 4:49 Again, it just doesnt end with the current-events parallels. Loving it.

the beowulf reference is decidedly more highbrow than i generally expect from this channel.

"Doo Doo was flung" Best quote

My only regret is not hearing copious amounts of SHIELD WALL!!! shouted by the commander 😆

You could play absolutely anything and I would love watching it.

I've been doing a Zulu play through with shield and spear only, been super fun. Only armour allowed is the jag pelt. Great video

You sir, heal my heart and my brain.

Nice to see something a bit new. I do love your edited content.

Realistic depiction of Spartan Phalanxes in combat

Yours and the Spiffing Brit are probably my two favorite KZfaq game content creator! Pushing the envelope and making strange challenge videos with absolutely brilliant commentary! Edit:please never change