This is really going to help me... after I'm done watching it 17 times to finally absorb it all lol

A tip for beginners, be mindful when using fire arrows and flaming shot. If your trebuchet or archers are sitting in a Forrest, and you tell them to shoot, you will set fire to the trees you're standing in as well as the area you're shooting at.

This guide has been extremely useful for me seeing as the learning curve for this game is pretty steep. I just started playing this last week and have been impressed with the depth of both the campaign and infrastructure building aspect as well as the large scale battles. I grew up playing both the Romance of the Three Kingdoms games on the Super Nintendo, PS1 and PS2, and the Dynasty Warriors games on PS2. This game is the evolution of those titles that I wished for back then and I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am.

"because that`s what being a great general is about" - oh... i missed this ;)

Finally a total war video that isnt boring af and over 30 minutes long, good job man

Wow, I didn't knew that I might need to double click to charge. Thanks!

I’m glad you’ve been pumping out 3k content. None of the other TW you tubers have been covering it. Not even let’s plays. Keep it up PE, the game will only get better. Especially when they add more unit tiers of each type (I’m looking at you melee infantry and cav). Spear infantry and shock cav are in a good spot with enough diversity.

Note on "advanced formations". What the GAME calls "advanced formations" are just different arrangments of infantry/archers/cavalry. What you're referring to here are specific, special formations (like a wedge for cavlary) that some units have access to. Calling those advanced formations in this video might be confusing to some who might wonder why nothing like that is showing up when they click that icon.

Solid guide. Well done.

One of the biggest things I've noticed is that an all melee hidden forrest assault can be incredibly mind screwy for the ai. Specially if they don't notice you

Excellent tips, a lot of these I haven't seen mentioned in other tip videos. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

You can set guard mode, skirmish mode and run/walk mode in the options btw (i saw you setting guard mode in the video). Oh, also. Axes usually have higger charge bonus, higger armor piercing damage, but lower melee damage and lower armor aswell; they are good to rear charge unit that have engage another or can also be used to do a initial charge provided they are protected against cavalry and archers.

You’re s fantastic content creator mate. I’ve watched many of your vids in the last and never commented. Keep up the great work, your stuff is fantastic.

Archers are ridiculously OP. I started playing with the Radious Mod because it balances everything out and battles are lot more fun now. They're longer and archers serve a more realistic purpose now (also, it adds about another dozen or so unique units). Oh, and those cursed arrow towers are laser miniguns with pinpoint accuracy. I was able to hold out with just 4 garrison units in an UNWALLED settlement against a full stack with those arrow towers. Being so powerful took away the fun.

Heeeeeell yeah finally back at those - I was wondering what „being a great general“ is about these days!

Dear god this was the most useful guide to TWTK. Thank you!

Getting ready to play this title. It's reassuring to know that so many fundamental TW combat mechanics apply to this game as well.

New total war fan here, thanks for this great video, this will definitely help me out 👍

I came to your channel for the planet zoo playthroughs, and you have 3k stuff too? That is actually helpful to watch? Wow, best youtuber ever

If you've a strategist in your ranks, have him recruit Crossbowmen rather than Militia Archers. Only slightly more expensive, but far more powerful.

I honestly feel like generals in records mode even more overpowered from start, when you or your enemy don't have any high tier units. I had a battle where Yuan Shao killed 550 men on large model settings.

Very helpful video, the Rock Paper Scissors part is what I’ve been looking for. Can’t wait to see the more advanced videos as well. Thanks again.

I love watching total war videos even though I have yet to play. It's nice to know Steve Buscemi is also a gamer

Excellent video, literally couldn't find a more perfect video for the topic. Liked and subscribed man . You are killing it !! This has made me so much better!!!!

The best tutorial of Three Kingdom so far! Thanks❤❤❤

4:32 I'm more of a Ramsey Bolton man myself and like to fire indiscriminately

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i used to see it like this: infantry(swords or axe) > spears > horse > infantry(that don’t have spears) archers is a jolly unit paper > rock > scissors > paper (sword) > (spears) > (horse) > (sword) Archers are a bonus category... they are weak to everything if in close combat but devastating to everything if it can shoot freely kinda like a jolly. at least in shogun 2 it was mostly like that now i don’t know why but in 3K there is this new unit(i think its called ji) that uses that all rounder spear weapon... that unit always fucks up my swords and axes units as-well as my cavalry....its just too good!... even when i got like 2 sword units against 1 of that ji unit its still better.... the only thing i found strong against them is arrows since they don’t got shields.... now i just use my sword and axes units as shield walls to cover the all rounder mighty spears from arrow fire.

you forgot morale modifiers terror, when allies are fleeing, and when their commander is routing or dead. :) (terror i think only lubu have?)

Been looking forward to you getting such a series together. The TW:Warhammer series was made me such a fan of your work 👍

There he is, mah boi. Best channel around mate.

Just started playing 3k total war.. the new battle system is amazing. Thank you for this guide.. i wouldn't have known these small details. This game plays differently from shogun2.

There is a lot of confusion in the comments regarding armor piercing damage, and I know this post is way late but I'm leaving this here anyway. Armor piercing damage is basically guaranteed damage. The damage is not somehow wasted if a unit doesn't have armor. For example - if a unit has 8 dmg and 32 armor piercing dmg that unit will do 40 dmg overall to unarmored units. The only real drawback to using armor piercing units against non-armored units comes from the attack rate, not the damage itself. Armor piercing units typically have slower attack rates such as crossbows vs regular bows, axes vs swords, etc. Please, if you're going to make guides on KZfaq its important to learn these mechanics first, and be clear in your explanation as to not confuse people. Thank you.

best guide ever about this game. Thank you very much

One point is that I think you should've pointed out how inaccurate Trebuchet are until the hit around rank 6. If you have fire arrows it might be more expedient to use an infantry unit to draw fire and just use fire arrows to set towers and gatehouses on fire and then withdraw while Using trebs to just open holes in the wall or fire on unit clumps inside.. Another trick is that if you're on a town map with forests, just set up our units within the forests so they can't be seen and then deploy. Since the game (usually) tries to pretend it doesn't cheat it will spread it's units around or cluster them in the town centre. Then you can just do a dash for the wall with your archers and set them up there while you break down the gate. Also works well if you have Trebs that can rain fire on the enemy when they try to get to the walls to fight back.

Nothing says "Boss" like riding into battle carrying nothing but a Fan.

Excellent video! More please! PS don't forget to spam recuit peasant archers:D

10:06 pullo back in formation!

Most virtuous PartyElite Thank you for the strategy tips

I just auto fight (leave to generals button) when it says casualties Low or sometimes Medium too and it's all good :D

Great guide! Congrats!

Fantastic videos!

you forgot bonus friendship buff if all three of your general are friend

Je suis super noob et ce vidéo est très bien fait. Utile. Merci ! Thumbs up + Sub ''Rince and repeat.''

Amazing video, congrats!

Love it, Very well explained.

Damn, very useful tips, good job!

I like the videos, I'd imagine they take quite a bit of work. It would be nice though, if you could add timestamps with titles. Like 2:50 ranged infantry or "advanced formations 5:25 or something.

now i can enjoy this game lol

Fantastic guide!

great video, looking forward the next one

Do spears and halberds have an anti large bonus when in combat other than charge reflection? I've seen other people say they don't and some people say they do.

its weird that swords beat spears as historically spears were generally a superior weapon to swords

PartyElite i am new to Total war and would like to now more about the controlls i have played enough of the campaign map but don’t know much about how to conroll the units so i will mostly delegate the battles would love if you would explain these

This served well as an affirmation that I am doing things pretty well. Thanks, would have been very helpful if I was a beginner.

And then there is the "I don't care whether you are in turtle or not, eat my oil arrows" Defenders of Earth.

nice video

Do you realize how many of your fans since TW:WH 1 have missed knowing what being a Great General is about?

Your videos are awesome party keep them coming. #EmperorKongRong

'Morale high ground' Classic

Just exploit the bad AI like all TW games. A lot of these are good in pvp though, so thumbs up.

really like your contents. can't wait for more;)

Very helpful to a newcomer like me

Honestly I find archers pretty underwhelming. They don't really get that many kills past the except in very specific circumstances. Most units have the loose formation or shields which makes archers's effectiveness lower, and once their units clash with yours, the effectiveness of your archers is even lower. I prefer cavalry by a long shot. With 3-6 cavalry units, it's the easiest thing in the world to wipe out enemy archer units. Afterwards, all you need to do is use some hammer and anvil tactics to reinforce/crush the enemy infantry. The only archers that I find truly hold their weight are the defenders of earth. Those guys are monsters. I've repulsed an army of 4000 against my army of 700 with mostly them.

thanks

General's aura - does it do more than give morale boosts to troops within the aura? Is there a difference between general classes when it comes to auras? Is it better to keep generals close to their retinues?

16:42 Aren't armour piercing units also more effective against units not wearing body armour? Riotously great tips!

I watched this Video and memorized all the tactics. then I played He Yi of the yellow Turban rebellion and all the formation stuff not so true any more. Have an army of mid level units and a level 7 blue/green general but NO formations. just the generals with ancillaries' have formations for me, making them a little more difficult to come by. Unless I am doing something Rong. :-)

@PartyElite could I ask what camera mod you're using? It looks so cinematic and smoothly.

Yes yes cavalry charge is very good. Now where do i click to charge?

Charge bonus has nothing to do with impact damage, or am I wrong?

sounds like he's calling me an idiot at the start lmao

TY

After the Wrath of Rong, Its hard to not watch your guides.

Are you using reshade? What settings are you using?

>Swords are good against spears >Axes are generally good against swords and spears Why does this bother me?

They gave up on this game way to soon. I love warhamer it got me into total war but I been going back playing all the others. Wish they would of did more with this game. Best diplomacy in any total war

How did you do the click and drag of unit position? I thought you couldn't in this game

I really want to know when armor piercing is good or when its excessive. some generals and spear units have crazy armor piercing dmg so when is it better to use that then regular/balanced weapons/units

I tend to find loose formation to be useless. For melee infantry there are better formations to use. For missile infantry it tends to mess up their firing (perhaps due to density/range of the troops they don't fire as much). For cavalry its useless as although your cavalry will come under fire you need them to have as much mass as possible for the charge.

How does your general have their own troops to command? Like normally they are alone but sometimes I see that he is part of a cav unit

Is there any reform that archer can bring ammunition? Also i wanted to ask, can this game bring such as reinforcement when battle?

Is multiplayer still imbalanced? I started following this channel for mostly multiplayer breakdowns yet I can't see much of them.

Hey, is there anywhere I could find what PC specs you have to be able to run the game on extreme unit size so smoothly? Thanks

Can someone please tell me the music at 2:39

I’m having a problem with raising army #2 with Liu Bei. I only have 1 army and can’t split or make another one. I have the money and already gained 3 towns. My army #1 is just Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu each with 6 retinues. I have many other generals but they are “blacked out” and can’t be clicked on. Am I doing something wrong? It keeps saying “I have reached maximum amount of armies” but I ONLY HAVE ONE!! Please help.

I regularly win battles where I am greatly outnumbered in TW: Warhammer 2 and just got Three Kingdoms today....and I am losing way more troops than I think I should in even battles ...is there some major difference in the battles that I haven't noticed yet??

How do you get those cards on the left side? The one with all the unit details. I don't have that in my game during battle and it looks super helpful.

Finally m8

Flank with cavalry and will probably win the battle

How good are siege weapons against infantry in this game ?

what's your gamma and brightness?

How did you get up the unit comparisons?

I know it's late but can someone gives time stamp for when the each tips are starting?

How do I do the fancy camera work like you??? 👀

Are you playing battle or campaign. Im seeing increased numbers per unit so was curuios

are you saying armor piercing damage doesnt do damage to unarmored units?

Why so his unit stats show more then mine. I only see melee strength, toughness, and two other things

so units hidding on tree would be difficult if the tree is on fire