Imagine training years as a knight wearing a full set of armor and you go into battle only to be killed by a bald man with a pan

Mordhau is a game psychological warfare as well *drops weapon to fistfight the enemy*

Another tip. When dealing with good archers, I've noticed that when I knock their bow out and they have something like the bastard sword, they tend to get really aggressive and fairly good. As soon as they get their bow knocked out of their hands and switch their weapon, they'll be expecting another swing. Feint as soon as they pull their weapon out. 9/10 times they'll fall for it and block. Depending on the weapon, this feint swing usually kills.

"if your aim is true" Proceeds to plant axe head into the wall XD. Love that you dont take it too seriously!

"enviromental kills" *for honor ptsd kicks in* my god

Thank you for the guide, sensei. I shall put it to good use. I have been feigning retreat the entire time I when playing this game, though I often forgot the "feigning" part. That ending tho. Masterclass.

Some funny kills in there, even if I don't play Mordhou, the feelings and intentions shine through which only makes it more hilarious.

"Door have never been so much fun." Brilliant!! Excellent video thank you.

for the character switch its really effective to riposte off the first guys attack and hit the second guy, or chamber if youre good enough Edit: just realized you do kind of go into that, mb

Total War and Mordhau are my two favorite games. To see my favorite total war content creator crossover to mordhau brings such joy. Also the fact that Mordhau is doing so well. I have 1650 hours in Mordhau alone since I backed the aloha kick starter. Great vid Zerk!

This game is so simple to play but incredibly complex. I learned the hard way you can’t just suck the blows without tucking your head down several times. Can’t stress enough how easy he makes this all seem. Great video

Siege Engineers can drop an unbuilt seed shield in front of oncoming horses that will cause them to rear. You can also throw smoke bombs in front of your stakes and people will blindly Sprint right into them and die

You forgot one that i use a lot, don't know if it have a name but i like it because it's psychological on fear of the opponent, appear aggressive and on the tail of your enemy BUT some attacks delay them, meaning that you stare at the enemy after a parry, he's gonna parry and then you attack but not too late or he will have time to parry again, works a charm.

the fact you need to duck your head while crouching to dodge is quite flavorful.

The first thing you mentioned, Target Feint, was in the Chivalry competitive community known as "Target Switching", and was a very important skill to master in scrims, etc. Glad to see the helpful tips, keep it up.

THIS!!! This is exactly what I needed! I love Mordhau and play it with friends all the time. But as my head keeeps flying again and again I keep getting irrationally angry. I recognized today that my anger comes from not understanding the game properly, and sought out a decent guide to the tricks that have been used against me, so that I might at least learn to counter them, if not exploit them myself. Thanks Zerkovich, you've been a great help once again!

Thank you for taking the time to make this! It'll save me a lot of frustrations having to repeat these things to new players. They can simply just watch this

this was a hell of a good video. you fight really good, although some enemies look like they can't handle much. I count myself to one of them haha

Me: "oh sick you can duck" Plays game: "I hate feinting so cancer, game sucks, dont play crossroads"

-_- you really had to include killing me with frying pan didn't you?

For a week half of million ppl learn tactics of real medieval combat! Just wow

Great guide. Nice examples of concepts being explained. Easy to understand, and implement. Thanks for the tips.

Zerk dropping a video on my fav game right now. We have more common interests than I thought

I'll be honest, this was surprisingly good. Glad I've caught some of these already though. I will suggest tricks on dealing with shields. There is a ton of mind games that let me beat them easily but most people get frustrated by shield play.

Great tips man, I was doing some stuff instinctively but great to hear it put in one place. Good kills too!

Great video, Zerkovich! Loved the subject and video layout.

Nice. Your game runs so smoothly, mines such a laggy mess

2:25 "...and ding this dodo in the bonks" got me SO off guard

Another trick I use is fight in small hallways, doorways, or low roofs if you're using a thrusting weapon like Rapier or spear. A real world tactic of the era, when they swing they hit the environment and frees you to thrust without constrictions.

I love this game so much omfg seeing one of my fav youtuber playing is always nice :D

Tip me and my friends use a lot. When you're facing a rapier or spear user who combos stabs. Chambering is the way to go, but if they spam only stabs it just leads to a chamber chain, however you can actually MORPH a chamber after blocking the enemies stab, into a slash of your own thus giving you most likely a free hit.

Massive like and sub. Great vid, never seen tactics explained this well and detailed before. May have to give this game a try.

Wow, just bought the game yesterday, became frustrated, but this video cleared up so many things. Thanks, you got yourself a subscriber for sure!

niiice you are my favourite Total War Teacher and I love Mordhau. Please make more of these... maybe a direct combat guide? with key binds pls

Yes! Zerk loves MORDHAU! I'll look for you on the battlefield

Good video! Something I've found is that if you catch people out with the target feint they will usually try and parry your followup, so if you catch someone out with your target switch feint your next move.

Your video helps me so much. Wish to see more videos about items and battle combinations.

do i spot a shortspear + shield combo there...

DISCLAIMER: Video not for Chivalry Ballerinas. Trigger warnign.

Dude i love your guides

I laughed the whole video through OMFG you're so funny buddy! Thank you really

Nice video dude. Lot of really helpful tips! :D

Kicking someone onto their own team's spikes is the most satisfying of all the kills

very nice tutorial... would love to see more like this one

Excellent video, ty. Also this is probably the only game where archers are truly balanced and the devs were super smart by giving them a talent that lets them 1shot other archers so they keep the fighting mostly between themselves.

When exploiting the swing animations is the only way of high level playing

In mount and blade we called tip#3, and to an extent #1, turn fighting.I often found fighting 2-3 people easier than one, because people behind u and on your sides tend to drop their guard and you can turn at the last minute and nail them like in this video

finally a useful Mordhau video. ty!

I've gotten used to the feign retreat from how mamy people used it in Chivalry.

Good vid, very insightful, thanks!

Another good tactic is when the enemy whiffs a swing and you go to punish, feint it and bait a parry so u have 100% of a window to punish that panic parry.

Great video, thanks mate.

Just got yourself a subscriber! Keep up the good work.

Man, that tasty little chamber kill on the archer near the end of the video...

10/10 guide might actually buy the game, looks like lot of fun

Very helpful dude!!

There was an engineer building spikes and he ran over them to fight me on a log, and i just kicked his ass back down on them. Fucking fantastic.

What about the throw feint? Perform a feint with a vertical slash with an axe or a small sword to trick your opponent into thinking you're gonna throw your weapon, making him block prematurely, then you can throw your weapon for real. That tactic saved me more times then i could count

You make the Best mordhau vids worldwide . Period.

Target switch is OP, especially when paired with a fast weapon. I usually go for the arming sword or dagger, though the rapier would be an obvious choice too. Also take the bloodlust perk. Being able to reset every time you get a kill almost puts you at an advantage.

That spear throw to shut the guy up got me

What a great video! :D

awesome guide

I play Skyrim like this. To mostly dodge and avoid damage and get my hits in. I feel this video will come naturally.

I have been waiting for a long time to get someone releasing some form of guide that isnt playing like a n00b themself. Thanks for this one. I like your plays. Subscribed for more Mordhau content....

Nice video, i like how you present the knowlege

You forgot no flinching during a repost attack, allowing you to swing through a second attackers hit to trade damage with them. works will on heavy armor builds so you dont die during the trade.

"Appear weak then fuck shit up" I'm gonna stealing your quote

The frying pan tips are so useful!

For the throwing I have found that a lot of people now block it. What I do now is morph an attack into a throw so they block too early

Reminder to bring a secondary wep if you use a maul so you can toss your giant two handed weapon for tricksies

Thx for the pro tip on the door kick. Good shite

2:26 i have learnt a new phrase *DING THIS DODO IN THE BONCE*

Last kill is the ultimate environmental (kitchen) tactic!

When I am facing multiple enemies, I ALWAYS target feint. NEVER attack the person in front of you. Bounce back and forth, hitting enemies to the left and right of him. After blocking the enemy right in front of you, immediately swing at a different enemy.

you are really goog man ! ty for your tricks

Short spear and axe are such a delicious combo because they are both effective low cost weapons and they can be thrown. So many frags in frontline are from spearing people at range or loosing an axe into their skull.

People who have fought me say "I move weird" or "You don't move at all." or "Your dodge make you look floating". I'm not a good fighter in Mordhau, but I'm really good in building tensions and distracting the enemy. Most people who are aggressive suddendly become defensive, people who are defensive, suddendly have the urge to punch me in the face. I make people uncomfortable and it looks like they enjoy it? The best ones are "Why don't you get a helmet?" By the way. Don't be scared to turn your back like he said in the video. You can make a turn and still spin your weapon to deal damage. Make them uncomfortable to attack you in the first place and they will even avoid to attack you while your back is turned towards him.

Hahahaha throws spear laughing stops. I love it

Another great one is to slash and run Example: Sprint to the right of someone, swing left, and keep running If they parry or riposte you will be too far for them to hit, and usually you can turn back around and get a hit of your own in

You forget the dodge dash when you turn to you side to the enemy and dodge towars them that way. You can start an atack from that side to suprise and kill them.

Target feint is basically just classic M&B shenanigans.

Lmao at that haymaker in the beginning dropping that guy

That spear shot was gnarly guy

does anyone else hear a separate conversation in the background or am i going crazy

Your vocabulary made this video so much more enjoyable. "Ding this dodo in the bonce" LOL

You need more subs dude. I love your play style! You play on a certain duel server at all?

Very Enjoyable !!

just seeing that realistic blood pool makes me want to buy this game

Already did most of these just by playing and figuring out people are stupid, but my favorite by far that I didn't know was the ducking under the swing xD I'ma start doing that now.

i can barely get any hits, let alone kills. its depressing. you're so good

Can you make a guide about when to feint, chamber and morph? What weapons are the best for each.

You forgot to mention being a bard using lute bot to attract people and then whacking them in the head with the lute for a free hit.

nice work dude.

"This Dodo" and the guy is named Dodo. I love it.

The last two gave me heavy Hotline Miami and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic vibes.

Dark Messiah has prepared me for this

"All warfare is deception" -Sun Tzu.

The best switch kill imo is when you start a fuel with someone with a lot if their teammates around and as they run up to get the free hit just swap with a riposte and bash em

Sometimes Archers take high places to help their team, but these guys I find on their lonesome more often than not. If you REALLY wanna be dirty, you can steal that archers bow and take a few pot-shots at his own team. It will only have 3 shots, but you're probably behind the enemy team rather than your own, so you'll likely hit an enemy. Of course, the archer himself will be pissed and probably come back with a firey vengence, but you can snipe him with his own bow, not to mention you probably have better armor.