Table of Contents: 2:43 - Archers 4:35 - Heavy Infantry 6:45 - Two Handed Infantry 8:51 - Spearmen 10:56 - Heavy Cavalry 13:00 - Archer Cav 15:22 - Throwing Cav

Archer units must NOT be nerfed. Instead, armour needs to be buffed, as per the "armour does something" mod.

For my first ~100 hours in bannerlord, I misread Palatine Guard as Palpatine Guard xD

watching Sturgian Veteran Warriors just demolish a cavarly charge with their javelins = 10/10

Perfect timing! I was literally looking this up last night

My army: Oops all horse archers.

Kind of hope Talesworld adding a feature that allow player to bargain minor faction for thier respecrive recuits, maybe require perk in charm or rougery, some relation threshold, and limited number for a month or so. Captive conversion is not so reliable, and quite ramdon if you constantly taking in prisoners. IMO, on top of recuitment difficulty, minor faction troops usually have higher stats, seemingly in exchange of lesser armor, which not necessary make them all around better troop than the regular counterpart.

Would it be possible to do a "pitfalls video"? Something like units not to use, and mistakes with companions, or times you really don't want to declare war. Quests that harder than they should be for the rewards...etc

Awesome! Been waiting on this one to come out. Thanks for the vid bro.

The Druzhinnik is still my favorite cav unit. I can only get like 3 at a time because it’s so hard to find Warrior Sons, but they rarely die and rack up kills for me

Triarii seems to be missing from this list, but that might be because you'll need to recruit them from the prisoners tab after defeating any Legion of the Betrayed faction.

This is an amazing breakdown! Thanks for your disclaimers and your organization of the units for discussion. Now....back to blocking out the sun with my Emperor Palpatine Archers.

Great info by far. After watching dozens of Bannerlord vids, this has been one of the most informative without wasting time on frivolous memes, jokes and other necessities. I'm itching to try out the Khuzait noble line now.

For a mutli-national mercenary band, I use: (normal troop line since noble ones are hard to come by) Sturgia: Veteran warrior as my defense infantry Aserai: Master Archer as my range troop Battania: Veteran Falxman as my offense infantry Vlandia: Vanguard as my lance calvary Khuzait: Heavy horse archer as my horse archer And since imperial troops are easy to recruit and well-rounded, they are used to fit in the roles I lack from time to time, since their normal line has good infantry (with spears), two hand infantry, crossbowman (I think they are better than imperial bowman when pairing with other ranged units), horse archer and their noble lance cav is relatively easier to get with the big recruiting area

**Sad crossbowman noises**

Nicely done vid Sir! Also I'd like to share some thought of mine: Heavy infantry: before the buff, Vlandian Sergeant was very sluggish because with all the gear and armor, they only have 60 athletic skill, now with the buff, they are more or less the same unit as Legionary with worse armor overall, and both can spawn with the mace. Sturgian veteran warrior is also very good, if only they don't have that chance of spawn with the bad shield, they trade some armor for better offensive power of throwing weapon. With the latest patch buff and shield wall collision fix, sturgian troops now form the best shield wall of the game. Aserai vet infantry and battanian wildling also work really well as frontline OFFENSIVE infantry, but can also work as skirmisher. Wilding is more durable at the moment, only because the Aserai have really bad head armor (which will likely be changed) and tiny shield. Archer: a shout out to Palatine Guards, sure in the latest patch they have 30 less bow skill than Aserai Master Archer and only one quiver, but their heavy armor (higher than Legionary) and very nice one-handed sword will likely make up for it. They can be use as heavy infantry as well, in fact, they are the only kind of archers I feel fine while left undefended on the battlefield for how tough and close-combat effective they are. Two-handed/pole-arm troop: I prefer the Imperial elite menavliaton over the Voulgier, they are heavily armored, and the normal/fine steel menavliation has better reach and longer blade so the AI will get maximum damage more often. Also the Mameluke palace guard is strong and well-armored too, their axe are really mean, but they dont have the reach advantage of polearm troops. Heavy shock cav: Vlandian Banner knight (VBK) and Elite Cataphract (EC) have different playstyle. For VBK it's usually charge, get couch dmg, retreat, regroup, repeat. You dont want them to fooling around with enemy infantry since they only have 174 total armor for a T6 heavy cav, which is around the same as their T5 sergeant (~170). EC, on the other hand, does not have that amazing couch lance damage, they can't even use their lance with a shield but it out-ranged any other cav polearm and most of infantries. Coupled with their whooping 214 total armor rating (highest in the game) they have no problem messing around with other infantries, get these guys if you want a charge-them-and-forget cav. Faris Vanguard is like a heavy/skirmisher cav hybrid, do well in both roles. Horse archer: another shout out for Mameluke heavy cav. In term of fire power they are in the middle between Khan's guard and Bucellarii, and they only have one quiver. But they come with a very nicely armored horse, and a sword and shield combo as a backup make them very versatile in many combat situations.

I haven’t played a crap ton for a couple of weeks, but when I played earlier on, I noticed that my sturgian veteran warriors often survived much more often than my sturgian shock troops.

Excellent guide, and credit to you for delving deep into the mechanics, particularly the weapon load outs. You conflict with a lot of the guides I have seen, but what you say is more aligned with what I actually observe ingame. I see a lot of guides which toe the line of "this unit haz best stats, it iz the best" ... but building an army based solely on Imperial infantry, Palatines and horse archers, whilst it works "fine" ... seems to be open to a lot of counters. I have had some technically "powerful" armies overrun by peasant armies because they have a lot of skirmishers throwing javelins before they engage in melee. Goat farmers with big shields and lots of javs can make a technically "good" army look a bit silly at times. Similarly, during a siege attack, most of my imperial troops got skullfucked at the top of ladders, i was down, but one crazy Sturgian(?) axe wielding psychopath got on the parapet and basically pootled around the battlements killing every last defender and I somehow won. Aseria specifically seem to have mad effectiveness on the open battlefield, even with basic troops (but perhaps this is balancing/bug issue which will be fixed) Thank you for this video. Its taught me to pay a bit more attention to factors I dont normally consider. For what its worth ... here are a few of my observations: I agree 100% with Vlandian Sergeants, they are the bomb. They just seem to have a superb survival rate. Half of the value of elite troops is that they survive for the next battle. Palatine Archers are superb default archer units. But not the best like most people say Having a good lineup is great, but obsessing about having a "perfect" army of specific troops is a fools errand. Frequently some rando units in the mix can offer a counter Khuzait Dharkans dont get the respect they deserve. They survive battles and do harm. Horse archers are only useful if you go all-in. I have won battles just by getting 40-50 horse archers to follow me, then riding around an army. When they send out the cav I skirmish, if the general engages, he might die. Engaging with a LARGE force of horse archers can deplete the enemy cavalry, potentially kill their General, and then cause the whole army to chunder forward across the map towards your guys. And when they do, you can drift around behind or beside them ... shooting them in the back. Horse archers are superb in force and at high level, but if you only have a few and they are shit .. you will just be fish in a barrel for their archer units. Go large or go home. Great video, thank you for really thinking about tactics.

I think the Vlandian Sharpshooters don't get enough love. They have one of the slowest rates of fire, but they do insane amounts of damage, and they're pretty decent in melee. Empire has probably the best all around troop line up, but I think Vlandians come in as a close second, without having to deal with Empire territory placement. I also disagree with the strength of archer cav. I've been playing around with them extensively, and one thing I've noticed is that while they overperform against mid tier troops, once they get to high tier troops their kill count starts to fall off. Additionally, a lot of the archer cav units get hunted down pretty easily, with only the noble line being safe from the terror of the super cavalry coming out from Vlandia and Empire. Considering both the Khuzaits and Aserai have a bit of a tough time massing noble units, that makes the losses you take in less than maxed noble units pretty tough to replace.

Another detail to keep an eye out for: horse barding (something I find lacking in the Sturgian Raider and Bucellarii cases, 10 and 15 armor vs 58 and 38 of the respective Aserai and Khuzait alternatives)

Great video as always ! Love your content AND your voice ! You're very pleasant to listen to. I found you with the lore videos on the Warhammer Old World lore videos when playing Total War Warhammer without knowing anything about Warhammer. Never listened to a more pleasant and eloquent voice in the background while playing games. On Bannerlord's units : Love your take on it and yet here's me hoping we will at some time in the future be able to recruit from minor factions ^^. Oh man, just thinking about the Legion of the Betrayed. Or the Lake Rats even.

Love the Bucellarii - one small problem though, they require a war horse to upgrade and that may conflict with other heavy cav upgrade. But once they get going .... :D

i've seen a marmaluke palace guard absolutely destroy troops while defending a ladder attack in a siege... since then i always make sure my garrisons have a handful of them... i don't know how they compare to others but i was sold by the visual experience.

This video is extremely helpful for me! Thank you!

I think an interesting idea for a video for you would be to take a look into all the minor faction units (lake rats, hidden hand, etc.) as some of these units do have higher stats than the standard unit lines.

Mamaluke Palace Guard is quite awesome for me. Good armour, good throwing, and large axes. If you let them charge into an enemy line, they'll take losses but the line will be shattered, pretty much winning you the battle. Also works great in sieges where the walls are already down.

If you need to level underwhelming units like the Sturgian Woodsman, get a batch of them, set them on their own control group (ie set to unit 5, skirmishers) and then chase after units of looters. When you enter battle, hit f4 (hold fire), the units control group and hit f4 again, allowing them to fire, then have them charge. This will let your underwhelming units that you want to level go solo vs looters, allowing for easy leveling. Just be aware that when near settlements your control groups above 4 will sometimes bug out and place your units FAR in advance of the rest of your forces

Great video! Motivates me to try out some troops I hadn't really considered before. One very minor quibble: You state that Vlandian Squires are easier to find than Imperial Vigla for their respective factional noble lines. As you mentioned earlier in video, village Powerful Landowners are the source of noble-line recruits. The settlement notables are randomized with each new campaign start, so there will be a different distribution, both in numbers and locations, of Powerful Landowners (and therefore noble-line recruits) in each game. So Squires might be easier to find than Vigla in current game, but next playthrough the reverse might be the case. (obviously same general point applies for all the noble lines, not just Squire/Vigla).

Thanks for the analysis. Would love to see a recap at the end of the video giving your top choices again. Or maybe post it as text on the Discord...?

Great video! I would have loved a mention to foot skirmishers as well. In my Battanian campaign I love to use Wildlings because of how versatile they are. They can destroy charging enemies with harpoons while also being excellent in melee against infantry and they even carry a spear to fight cav!

Very good video !!! As always. Only thing it lacks is minor factions, I'd love to see where you put triarii, arboreals, foresters, etc...

The Khan's Guard only has one stack of arrows instead of two like Kheshig (their previous upgrade line), making Kheshig actually a better horse archer for sustained skirmish.

So for the elite cataphract and other noble lines, I've found that going to villages and seeing if they have a quest about deserters and then doing that quest gets you quite a few noble units as prisoners

1. hunt some steppe bandits 2. take captives 3. recruit them 4. conquer the world

Quick way to level woodsmen and brigands; assign them all to their own skirmisher unit then farm looters by putting that unit in front of your infantry line on loose formation. Hold all fire on everyone else and let them throw away. Even in melee the woodsmen can handle themselves against looters. Or just advance your infantry before the lines meet to be safe. I wish I could play the 1.3 branch. Sadly, battles slow to an absolute crawl no matter my settings. Sturgians are my favourite faction too.

I mix Aserai palace guards into to my archer line a lot and have group 2 charge after the frontlines crash which makes them charge into melee leaving the archers behind. The voulger does look like the better option for this task cause they are probably much better at stopping cav so I'll have a look at them. Also I'm not sold on the effectiveness of 2 handers in sieges. They tend to stand around in front of the wall for too long without shields and get cut down by archers a lot.

A comprehensive list of the best units in Mound&Blade: 1) Horse Archers

My favourite moment ever in the game is when inhad just elite chatafracts and I charged strait at a much larger army that was like entirely recites and archers like no spears or long wepons what so ever and it was like a hot knife through butter

Man I didn’t even know about the noble lines I’ve been waiting to get my disciplinarian perk bc I just knew I’d get to up grade bandits to bad assery

I'm playing a Sturgia campaign right now, and they've rapidly become my favorite faction in the game. Their shock troops and veteran infantry work really well together, and their archers provide some nice support.

Awesome, gives me ideas for what I wanna try out next, thx :)

Really good info/vid, i play for a week but i agree on every statement about these units its exactly what i have in my army comp!and the glaive is not only mot op weapon iame it also sells for a fortune !

Triarii and Lake Rat Wreckers for best infantry. Second best bowman is the Veteran Forester. Second best horse archer is the Karakhuzait Elder. Thus far the only way I've found to acquire all ofthese are to capture and hire. Every play through has spawned the special units in different places and different amounts.

I haven't played in about a week so this may have changed but my mismatch army has 2 real standouts. Sturgian shock troops and imperial Palatine guard. Especially the shock troops, I've taken on Western empire armies outnumbering me almost 2-1 and my roughly 15 shock troops usually manage a 5-1 KDR in open fields, with the Palatine guard getting similar results. Shock troops definitely live up to their name

You dont need nesserary perk to level up bandits troops into regular and noble units. When they are ready to upgrade put them into garrison to gastle or town with training grounds and wait couple days and they shoud have upgrade them another way to get put them into comppanion party and they will upgrade units when they battle.

To get a bunch of battanian fians is really easy. Attack forest bandits and take prisoners (or if the difference in party size is big enough they will join you) then recruit the prisoners one by one. Then just do battle with them until your forest bandits are ready to upgrade. Place them in a castle for a day and they will upgrade to battanian fians.

I love you, appreciated Just what i needed rn for my next playtrough I got 200 hours already, just love that game

As someone who loves and has even specced out my character as a Khan’s Guard, I can confirm their glory. I will also admit that I fear the Faris. Whenever I wheel my glorious horde of khan’s guard towards the enemy... I make sure there are no skirmisher cavalry alive first and foremost.

Thats really helpful. Thank you

I have a mix of horse archers and cavalry. Aserai, Imperial, Khuzait and Ben Zilal

Skill level absolutely matters. The amount of kills that Battanian Fian Champions get when compared to Battanian Fians is immense! The only real difference in terms of their ranged power is the substantial jump in bow skill. I have to believe the same applies to melee units, as well. *Edit: I also think the Battanian Fian line is beyond overpowered. The Fian Champions have literally 100 more bow skill than the tier 5 archers of any other faction. Their output is disgustingly good.

I always use khusaite horse archers. Just run around and around till everyone dies. They could literally out number me by a 100. still lose to horse archers.

I enjoy the battanian wildling line for a line of infantry with large shields and throwing so they pepper frontal assaults.

Thank you for not leaving out the vladian sergeants and the bannerknights! But you left out their biggest strength: Their reach. Their spears are the longest of all the non-pike-soldiers. That means Sergeants will be more useful (beeing shielded for shieldwall and longrange spear against mounted charges) and the Bannerknights will hit the opposing men before they can sink their lances into them (except for very specialiced Phalanx like the Pikemen). They currently do not couch their lances, but honestly it doesn't really matter. And while Vlandia has the greatest troops right now (#vladiaforever), when excluding the sharpshooters (since crossbows are so abysmal right now), I do think that bows need to be rebalanced a tiny bit. Yes armormod is nice... but that also harms crossbows (at least currently). Fians can only be taken out by a large cavalery charge that is led around the main force into their backs... and even then they put up a good fight. Put them in a siegedefense and you are like the elves defending helms deep in Battle for middlearth 2. Unconquerable!

Before clicking on this vid I knew that for cav that it would be the elite cataphracts and banner knights. In my main campaign once I figured out how the noble line works those two units were the crown jewel of my army of mainly vlandian vanguards and battanian horsemen.

Archers are master of this game. Unless you use battle realism mode. They have to shoot 45 angle to anything more then 20 meteres from them. And at mass to hit anything.

No joke on the archers. Every battle, I put them on a hill and just a wall of troops in front. As soon as they are positioned, then the bodies hit the floor!

I have one guy only using captured and hired bandits. Just for the fun of it..his Sturgian, you know how they are. Bandits are really good troops for the money and they can all be upgraded into really good units if needed.

While I agree, the Fian Champion is by far the best archer, I actually find I enjoy the Imperial Sergeant Crossbowmen as a better second place than the veteran archer or even the vlandian crossbow line. The heavy armor, high damage crossbow, sword AND shield for melee...these guys are absolutely brutal for softening up the enemy and then reinforcing the depleted frontlines once their bolts are spent. And, when it comes to defending walls, I think they may be even better than Fians. They perform better in melee in my experience and so when the enemy reaches the wall, sergeant crossbowmen will usually make short work of them.

Great video, although it could be improved by mentioning bandit names used on the campaign map when talking about noble lines. eg. Harami might be a unit no one has seen unless they've actually fought Desert Bandits and recruited some. Also did you consider mercenary/minor faction units? While only acquirable via prisoners (I think) most of them have some pretty decent units stat-wise. Triarii for example.

Nice vid. I always love like having a battalion(ok a platoon of atleast 30) of Imp Trained Infantryman that supports my shieldwall infantry. I keep my spearman(counter cav) to the left side and the jav(imp trained infant mixed with brigands) infantry to the right(counter horse skirmishers) and of course shieldwall infantry dead middle. I just wished the game saved my # unit assignments.. they keep resetting on restart.

Banner Knight Rush from rear and flanks is my META

Another way to acquire imperial vigla recruits is when you have “train troops” quest in any empire village, if completed dont return the troops keep it to your party. The trained peasant troops will automatically became viglas but by doing this you will get negative relationships to the lords that gave you the quest

well , i ve done a full Imperial crossbow army (around 100 men) it was shredding all open field battles when placed in a line. But struggled like hell in sieges

Still seem to find spear infantry are very underwhelming at stopping any cav charges, unless you stack your troops very deep - i.e 5+ lines cav seems to ride straight through them and on to your back line of archers.

I feel like Aserai Heavy Mameluke Cavalry are an overall better choice than the Buccelarii. The Mamelukes get a shield which is huge in sieges and the Buccelarii also miss out on good horse armor. Also a majority of the Mameluke upgrade line is on horseback.

Elite Cataphract is grossly overrated: Their lance is two-handed, meaning they can’t be couched or be used with a shield. Their superior armor is largely useless because when charging, any damage taken is drastically amplified and armor does less to save their lives than sheer luck. They don’t have alternative means of attack and get stuck onto each other and the enemies when they bunch up and charge in. Their horses are the slowest war horse in the game. Aserai Faris, on the other hand... Are MUCH more deadly and versatile with their nuclear powered throwing weapons and highest-tier war horses, not to mention the armor is only slightly weaker.

Will you ever make or post an edit/update to this video? I've been using this video as a means to find what troops to train overtime, but I've noticed a couple of differences, like the Sturgian Two handed and Sturgian shock troopers are different in 1.4.1 than they were in the previous patch that you made the video for. A quick reply will do wonders!

i hope you do a video like this for captain mode in multiplayer.

I want to start using all the troop hot keys, like skirmishes and light Cav. So far I have 60 legionaries as infantry, 150 Fian champ archers, 20 palace guards for heavy infantry, 25 elite caphrities (how ever you spell them) and lastly 45 Khans guard horse archer. I want to Italian every unit hotkey though, skirmishes and light cav etc. Not sure what to add or even what skirmishes will do to help me, are they throwing infantry for flanking?

Do NOT touch Sturgian Ulfhednars. Despite the buff to 2h and Atheltics, these guys get melted by anything they touch because of a clear lack of armor. If you want beast mode 2h units. Get the Sturgian Shock Trooper instead. They have an enormous round shield, good heavy armor, and rock a powerful 2h polearm that they use for close quarter fighting.

Surprised not to see the Vlandian Crossbowmen in this list... In my experience, that massive great shield they carry makes them some of the best all-round archers, as they can be effective melee troops in a siege, and can be ordered into a shield-wall and survive advances against incoming arrows...

Even the intro to this taught my noob ass something, I've been leaving my best units in garrisons and only go get them when major wars break out while I take all my wimpy units out with me to level them up, this changes everything haha

The case for imperial units is that they are useful almost immediately. While you have to farm villages for fians.... you can easily recruit a bunch of recruits, fight 1 battle against 20 looters and at least 10 will upgrade to archers guaranteed. Fight another fight against looters and send in only recruits and bam you have another 10. Rinse and repeat. Getting load of archers this quickly as other faction is impossible and they only get better as they tier up. Yes they are not the best in their category but 2nd best is actually better if you can have vastly more of it.

hi loved it just maybe the bucilarii you have to add that their horses arent very armored so they get killed quite quickly

I use sturgian vets as the frontline with shock troops as a second line. Aswell as a mobile detachment on ulfhednars as flankers.

Regarding noble lines, there are more Imp factions to get your noble troops from, compared to Vlandias 1 area. Also Imp Horse archers are easiest final tier cav to get. Imp archers are easy to get and level, and Imp war horses are the cheapest war horse

well i am more of a roll player so i stay mostly true to the units of the faction i choose but it is interesting to know wich units are "best" in there field

My favorite two handed infantry is the Aserai Palace guard. They chew through everything with their axes and they have good armor. They would always get a crap ton of kills in my games.

cavalry only works when you lead them into the enemies, just command charge makes them loose cohesion instantly and just go at it randomly. either let them follow you on horseback or steer them with F1 to lead them through infantry lines, but keep an eye out to not go in full lines of infantry since they will get stuck and get rekt by spears. For the rest its usually pretty much follow the noble lines for best units in the game. I would argue that the palantine guard rival the master archers though, since they have I think better armor, but then again, Fians... What about the druzhinnik champions for cavalry? they seem to survive pretty much every battle I have had.

So, what is the best polearm? The Glaive, the War Razor, the Romphia (sp)? or what? Are they better than 2Handers? Are the polearms better for fighting against cavalry while 2H's are best against infantry?

I found that joining a faction as a mercenary is the best way to get the units you want as of right now, as they usually group into one army, attack their enemy and get overwhelmed eventually. when they lose, the now beaten up enemy forces have lots of prisoners, which are troops of varying tiers as well as being free to recruit instantly after defeating the now exhausted enemy force.

its true that archers are tough to counter, but that is only on open maps. some maps with hills and obstacles can really nerf the dps they will get out. I was able to maneuver my infantry much closer

I think that archers being kings of battle is quite accurate

I thought the Vlandian Sergeants also carried a polearm as well as the shield and one handed? They’re my favorite infantry unit because they can counter cav and are really sturdy fighters in melees

Thanks bro

Troop trees need to be reworked to prevent ability loss in higher tiers. Berserkers need a better armored second option so they can keep their shirts on at say, the cost of skill or other equipment, the vlandian Spearman line shouldn't have shields immediately taken away after tier 3, and one of the imperial infantry branches needs to keep the javelins. I'm sure there's more, but those really bother me. Also since I think peasants now upgrade to their cultural recruit, it would be cool to recruit peasants as bottom barrel daily options for players who just need bodies for the meat grinder, and fast. And a tier one noble for everyone to help in that regard too.

For sure the Sturgian Ulfhendar go hard. Since this video was made the Ulfhednar recieved more armor. Another alternative are the palace guards which have significantly more armor but a bit less two handed capability.

Infantry 1 - Sturgian Shock Troop & Brotva Veterans (1st line of defense against charging horses, can be switched out to Triarii if enemy infantry charges) Infantry 2 - Triarii (2nd line of defense usually in square & shield wall formation and when enemy infantry nears them, use charge command) Archers 1 - Vlandian Sharpshooter (slightly above infantry placement for max damage output) Archers 2 - Battanian Fian Champion (position above everyone else and let them wreak havoc) Cav - Imperial Elite Cataphract, Vlandian Banner Knight & Sturgian Druzhinik Champion (positioned for flanking either right or left side, charge at enemy archers then cleanup from behind) Cav Archers - Khuzait Khans Guard & Imperial Bucellari (command to skirmish on mount to delay enemy charge as well as soften them up and once everyone is positioned, command to follow you and circle the enemy) This is pretty much my army and strategy for my current playthrough as it really brings out the aspect of commanding your army in the game like that of a general, little to no fighting needed and its fun to just watch and command. Execute it properly and you'll have little to no casualties after the battle even if outnumbered. As for the recruitments and leveling of these troops, it takes time but it is rewarding seeing how strong it is. Luckily for me, I've been blessed to farm the minor faction legion of the betrayed for the triarii and the mountain bandits and forest bandits for the fian champs and banner knights and the marauder and raider bandits for the khans guard.

I already got the Disciplinarian perk but It still says I need that perk in order to promote the Battanian Fian. Any help?

Correct me if im wrong So among the special elite units: Best cav is banner knights or imperial cataphracts Best foot archer is fian champion Best cav archer is khans guards And there is no special elite units from hand infantry os the best ones among regulars best shiled ones r imperial legianry and sturgian axeman and best two handed guys r sturgians and aserai palace guards

The best and easiest line is: join someone, lead an army of you and your companion party non stop, get 125 leadership, stack up on level 5 bandit prisoners, and boom, full army of noble line soilders.

Not related to the video sorry but wanted to ask if anyone else is experiencing an issue with the unit groupings in the Party screen. I set the grouping on a type of troop to a different grouping like infantry to horse archer (ie a companion) but it reverts back to the troop's (and companion's) default over time, i.e. vlandian levy crossbow - I don't want them as part of #1 infantry, I'd prefer them to be with #2 archers. If I want a type of troop in a diff grouping, I have to make the change just before a battle. It's frustrating and why I don't do it often.

Honestly I would've thought mameluke over bucellerii because the stats are similar but mamlukes have a shield

Anyone know if this is still fairly up to date or has it changed a lot in the last year? Looking to get back into bannerlord

The best horse archer is actually Aserai, because they have noble bows with base 80 dmg. The KG and heavy HA only have 64 dmg bows.

Would love an update to this

From my own playing, I feel the imperial horse archers horses feel slower than say khusaites.

How do you tell what kinda armor their are wearing? Yea ofc they have it equiped! But hey i wanna know every single piece of equipment cause im that nerdy. And i hate the fact i cant see their equipment like warband.

Hey I can't get a good answer but is it okay to have mixed faction infantry in your army? To get all these great tier troops? Or do you suffer big time if they fight their own kind?