Germany has the screeching women, Scythia has a couple, head hunting maidens and noble women, and technically the rebels with the amazon chariots.

varus, give me back my legions!

It is super easy to take Europe as Germania using Blitzkrieg tactics

@godemperorofmankind3.091

5 жыл бұрын

super easy! barely an inconvenience!

@mr.funmanman5621

4 жыл бұрын

makes sense it is germany

@gabork5055

3 жыл бұрын

But only if you have already adopted or promoted the general, Erwinius Romulus with the unique ability to hire mercenary chariots and cataphracts.

@thomashughes5371

3 жыл бұрын

Where can I find stukas.? 😜

Fighting those spearmen as the Guals in the early game 🤕

@fatnootz3466

3 жыл бұрын

unless you are brittainia. dem light chariots melt those spearmen

@gabork5055

3 жыл бұрын

Fighting anyone as the Gauls in the early game.

@Nonkel_Jef

3 жыл бұрын

Gaul can easily stomp Spain. Especially if you hire mercenaries. Although you should be more worried about defending against Britons, Germans and Romans at the start.

@VVeremoose

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabork5055 nah, Gaul can steamroll AI Rome. At least the Julii which is all you need to have F-You money

@gabork5055

3 жыл бұрын

@@VVeremoose I wouldn't call it a steamroll as focusing on the Julii early on leaves Gaul vulnerable to all the neighboring factions and it's achievable with a lot of casualties as shown in one of Lugotorix's short campaigns, but sure the AI has a tendency to misuse their units the worst way it possibly could. Early roman units like the Hastati and Velites are great at surrounding the enemy units and attack, with both missiles and in the melee from all directions. Meanwhile the AI probably makes a frontal attack and probably against a unit that counters these types in the first place. But hey, the AI cheats and got full stacks all the time that the faction's economy, had it been controlled by the player couldn't afford, so it barely matters. But it's easily possible to take the Julii territories to prevent them taking Mediolanium, with the right amount of unit spam. Iirc. the best Gaul has in the early game are the spear armed Warbands and some skirmishers.

The gods have forsaken us and aided Germania instead

Hide your berserkers in your spearmen. This helps shield them from arrows and protects them from calvary. Plus it's scary af to see the spears go down and suddenly rampaging berserkers come charging out.

@RJALEXANDER777

5 жыл бұрын

Berserkers + phalanx is a scary thought.

@donvitocorleone7863

4 жыл бұрын

Rob Alexander Add in screeching women with Gothic cavalry to the mix

@helium-379

4 жыл бұрын

@@donvitocorleone7863 make it loose formation so its easier to pool them.

@cobrazax

Жыл бұрын

guard the flanks of your phalanxes with berserkers... unleash them when needed and watch the enemy get flanked instead! can use chosen axemen or night raiders if you prefer.

It's quite ironic that Scythia being one of the strongest factions with God tier units is also one of the most passive factions played by AI. They are always preoccupied with being boring and dull unlike everyone around them, including Germania. Even Thracia does something onc in a while. Speaking about dwellers of Black Forest, they truly are one of the most balanced factions in game. Lots of shock inf troops, very solid archer unit that can better in melee fights some other inf like Iberians or hillmen, and one of the best cavalry in the game. The only downside of Germans is that they are barbarians. Which means that they won't ever have a good economy, pop growth or law enforcement. And any captured minor city and higher will have cultural penalty until the end of campaign. But they are still very fun to play around with.

@jhmmgf4236

4 жыл бұрын

Alot of it has to do with the fact that all barbarians in the game have settlements that are a fucking joke.Scythia might not even have roads there lmao.Greece Italy Carthage Egypt and the provinces of Jerusalem Antioch etc have the wealthiest cities so money flows :)

@-CrimsoN-

4 жыл бұрын

Scythia went to war with me in my late Macedon campaign. All they did was occasionally raid, but they couldn't do shit because of their crap economy. Scythia would be a much larger threat if the AI played them more aggressively in the early game. Like a Mongol horde. The biggest issue with Scythia is that the AI is so passive and the economy for Scythia just sucks. They have no good land whatsoever. So unless they attack early on, they'll suck for the rest of the campaign with useless land that no one wants. Parthia has the same issue. Good units, but shitty land and a passive AI thats okay with that.

@gabork5055

3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons is probably that they are surrounded by rebel settlements, which the A.I. doesn't recognise as a threat, so they expand very slowly and ye, the economy is another. The latter might also be the reason why historically during 'pre-historic' times (nice oxymoron, heh)some of the Eurasian steppe tribes (or maybe ones related to the Ainu tribes who were in many cases described as 'red-skinned'? Probably both) migrated to America and became whom we know as native-Americans these days.

"Germainia the v toughest barbarian faction you're ever going to face." Damn straight. I use germainia in 2v2 online to face Roman players and win more than lose often.

@lugotorix6173

6 жыл бұрын

Isaias Saravia Buendia Agreed. Germania's units are some of the toughest in the game

@IPromiseTomorrow

6 жыл бұрын

Lugotorix Do play Rome multiplayer mate? I tried an army filled with 5 night raiders and 5 chosenAxe with 3 berserkers. The goal was to just RUSH the center and pierce the frontline versus AI it worked but I still haven't done it vs human players. (I'm trying to play online but I get "no response from host." A bunch)

@lugotorix6173

6 жыл бұрын

I used to play a small amount of multiplayer a long time ago, but tbh i haven't played it properly in a while. I'm honestly not sure why online isn't working for you (worked fine for me last time I tried). My advice would be to read forums on the matter.

@shards7992

5 жыл бұрын

I've played Rome mp in the past. What denari budget did you play at? I did mostly 15000 matches. I like smaller budgets like 5-15 k because it forces you to be more selective with eliet units because your army can't just be urban cohorts and pratorean cavalry. Also pro tip, giver berserkers 3 armor... Watch them eat everything alive

@sebie8514

5 жыл бұрын

@@shards7992 i agree with your tip, I tried it and it destroys. What I like doing on sieges is get a beserker unit on a tower or ladder and once they're on the walls let them go berserk, and there you go, the walls are yours 😃😄

I also have to disagree with you. Germania is a very strong, versatile faction. Good archers, solid spearmen which you can use throughout the campaign, decent cavalry and excellent shock infantry. I found them surprisingly strong against the Roman factions, but it is actually not that surprising when thinking about it. The archers soften up the Roman infantry, the spearmen close the distance and hold the line and then the shock infantry and cavalry just smash the Romans to bits. The biggest advantage the Romans have against Germania is their artillery, but Germanic cavalry can easily take care of those. Played well, roman units can't endure and endure against the heavy damage Germania can inflict. I'm not sure if I can pick a favourite unit. The spearmen are the backbone, the night raiders are solid, can easily break hardened enemies while packing a punch and being relatively cheap in upkeep (they do take more money and two turns to recruit), the archers riddle the enemy with arrows, the cavalry provide support and the berserkers and great axes just.. smash. Campaign wise - I'd say the most important thing is to develop your heartland. Take the rebel settlements around you early as with your starting settlements they aren't very well developed and they nicely fill out your territory. I consider Vicus Gothi, Lovosice and Bordesholm especially to be Germanic heartland even if the people there don't know it yet. ;o) After that the world's your oyster. Keep an eye out on your neighbours, it can take some time to bring together an army so try to anticipate or detect what they're up to. it may be a good ida to take that Britonnic settlement so you cut them off from the mainland. Aside from that and the small starting size of your settlements, one of the issues you may run into later on is the fact that you don't build up cities as much as the Romans and Greeks do. This matters in various respects but especially with regards to public order.

You're my favorite general in gaul bro 😂 I subscribed bc of that lool

@lugotorix6173

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha thanks man

Just use armies of berserkers and gothic cavalry and you're set. Too bad you need minor cities for those though, but you should be able to take Alesia or northern italy with spear warbands. Berserkers are overpowered against all infantry, but weak against missile troops and cavalry charges and that's where the gothic cavalry comes in to mop those up before the infantry fight. After praetorian cavalry and cataphracts gothic cavalry are the best in the game. On top of that they come out with 3 xp, limited cavalry my ass

@lugotorix6173

6 жыл бұрын

frisianmouve I agree Gothic Cavalry is some of the best in the game. I think the game describes Germania as having 'limited cavalry' is because there isn't a wide variety of it and the good units (like gothic cav) are not available in the early game. So in the early game there is limited cavalry indeed

@frisianmouve

6 жыл бұрын

Germania can still get gothic cavalry earlier than praetorian cavalry (huge city) and cataphracts (large city) though. Maybe not in their starting settlements though as they really suck

@tomaszlosinski875

5 жыл бұрын

I never found cataphracts that good. If I'm playing as pathia I'll rather have two units of Persian cavalry rather then spend 2 turns recruiting 1 really slow and surprisingly vulnerable unit. They just act as a burden on the highly mobile horse archer armies of pathia.

@animemusic4113

5 жыл бұрын

@@tomaszlosinski875 But the persian cavalry, it can not withstand melee fighting, they are not much different from horse achers. When I play with parthia I always attack at a distance, and I do not train infantry just sligers and use them as bait or to carry the stuff of siege

@ajaxtelamonian5134

4 жыл бұрын

@@animemusic4113 They are also awesome when you Alt attack and they get their maces out and then it gets brutal.

Hyperborean Rebels have Amazonian Chariots. It's another (unique) female unit. The Screeching Women are based on the accounts by Marius of the battle of Vercellae, the last stand of the Cimbri). As to the bonus vs. elephants (and chariots), that's just what all javelin units have, because of how the Romans managed to counter the Carthaginian war elephants during the African campaign. Apparently when swarmed by hundreds of men throwing pointy sticks at it, while keeping out of reach, the elephant don't know where to attack and finally panics.

@421less1

3 жыл бұрын

And they would just step out of its way and the elephants would just be like ohh dope and they would guid it into an designated part of the army and javelin it up. Funny how you could train a horse to like charging but elephants just never got into it

I disagree with their rooster not being diverse. They are one of the few factions that don't lack anything. Top tier infantry and cav and still very good archers. Not to mention access to phalanx as a barabarian faction + several unique units with great perks like scaring enemy infantry or penetrating armor or literally having infinite moral (berserkers). Their rooster is one of the most diverse in the game, really only second to seleucids and romans.

@PAJ_L2001

2 жыл бұрын

They lack a strong defensive non-phalanx unit I think (though I guess Gothic Cavalry might count). (They also do not have chariots or elephants, but those are nice to haves instead instead of fundamentals.)

@perrymeril

7 ай бұрын

They dont need chariots or elephants. The only thing they're 'missing' would be horse archers and they can get mercenary horse archers somewhat easily, along with carnations which are on par with scythian noble cav

I always go for Britannia first. They are always annoying if I let them live, and their island is very lucrative and defensible. The money and security that it provides allows you to expand elsewhere with little worry about your home base being attacked.

I was playing scythia and went to war against the germanic tribes. I realized their spearmen are quite difficult to shoot, you need more arrows than you'd expect to kill a bunch of shirtless men. Their troops are just tougher than usual I guess

@421less1

3 жыл бұрын

Cool how they captured that element of them. Romans were legit afraid of fighting them. Once they had pushed them past of the rhine they were content to not push across. Lots of Roman accounts of fighting the germans is that they were legitimately bigger and stronger humans and could almost offset the technology and equipment. The gauls were no joke either but ceasar walled himself in between two gaulic armies. Just would have never been an option with the germans. Ceasar beat them despite them being able to play to their strengths. Plenty of times the germans got to pick their own battlefields and beat roman legions.

@sea_triscuit7980

2 жыл бұрын

They War cry the arrows to a halt haha

I ran into the issue where the Britons and Gaul allied and both declared war on me and have me locked in a stalemate. Then the Julii haven’t done anything against Gaul meaning they can focus entirely on me. Feels like every army I destroy they just bring two more next turn. Been fun as hell so far though.

@K4inan

5 жыл бұрын

I love how different each campaign is. In my current one, the britons have 25 regions and Julii only has one!

@clark2501

5 жыл бұрын

K4inan oh yeah. Funny thing with my campaign is I had to declare a loss for myself because while I was in the middle of sieging both Briton and Gaul cities, Macedon had somehow conquered all of Greece, held back the Brutii, and conquered all the way to my southeastern city. By the time I built a suitable army and had a good strategy to beat them, Gaul came back from the dead and with macedon fighting me, they took enough of my cities to where I couldn’t keep a suitable army without going negative. Was a crazy way to end the game.

@TrenchcoatNinja3

4 жыл бұрын

@@clark2501 that happens everytime I conquer to the east.

@clark2501

4 жыл бұрын

TrenchcoatNinja3 yeah I went a little bit east and everything went down on me.

@highhorse420

Ай бұрын

In my Germanic campaign tha Gauls, Briton, and the Julii allied together the entire campaign

This is very helpful, thank you!

You can't get to Britannia because you don't have the access to ships unless you wait for your settlement to grow.

Germania Is Noice

@KIM-JONG-UN-84

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Rosen - Noice

So, late to comment this. Every unit in Rome total war has a morale stat. If it's below a threshold it's "poor", above it's normal, then good, then very good. Barbarian cavalry is 1 morale above poor.

2:08 also, if you count Alexander, India

You can put a beserker unit infront of a sacred band phalanx in beserk mode and theyll push through.

The rebel faction, if you unlock them using the file folders, also have female units (Amazons!)

The UK settlements are perfect, they're remote and note likely to be invaded and do make money once built up.

My girlfriend is a unit in RTW

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha I can guess which one lol

@sergiusko4327

3 жыл бұрын

Which one?

@EricTheActor805

3 жыл бұрын

@@sergiusko4327 Screaming woman

@armandom.s.1844

Жыл бұрын

@@EricTheActor805 I expected royal pikemen. Dissapointing.

The closest you will come to having Khorne in Rome Total War.

about the wamen thing in the fact that only two factions have them technically that’s not right as the rebels have the guys at themikyra or something like that

Rebels have Amazonian Chariots, which makes 3 total women units in the game.

First of all the German should be renamed to the Suebi and should only start with a single settlment and need to conquer the nearby rebel settlments to establish a powerbase. Secondly there needs to be the existence amber road a unique building type that vastly increases the trade value income of road trade at times rivaling the value of sea trade. However the Amber Road can only be found in certain provinces Amber Road Routes i.pinimg.com/originals/8f/80/01/8f8001c5cc04b6befaf799efec5e0b94.jpg i.pinimg.com/564x/39/be/a1/39bea14d310a72b94d7344300833e995.jpg

@randomname2159

4 жыл бұрын

europa barbarorum has these

@kaptenlemper

3 жыл бұрын

Just play Rome: Total Realism

On phone if I run low on army's how do I build em?

In my Germanic campaign tha Gauls, Briton, and the Julii allied together the entire campaign

a small tip, lower your ingame music volume ;D

reason why it says bonus vs elephants is because all skirmisher units have bonuses vs elephants.

great video

@lugotorix6173

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@sebie8514

5 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 no problem :) I've watched most of your guides today and I'm going to start watching your Gaul campaign. Keep up the great work ;)

@lugotorix6173

5 жыл бұрын

sebie tanker Glad you enjoyed the guides, thanks for the support. You're welcome to watch the Gaul campaign but in all honesty it isn't the best campaign on my channel. It was my first ever series and I never actually finished. I would recommend watching either the Scythia or (particularly) the current Greek campaign, as those videos are higher quality. Either way, hope you enjoy!!

@sebie8514

5 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 sure thing, I'll probably watch the Greek one, as they are probably my favourite faction:)

Never understood why Germania gets the chosen archers but not the chosen swordsmen yet all the other barbarian factions get both

@highhorse420

Ай бұрын

Because they have chosen axemen instead. You can't make every faction the same or it would get boring

There is one and only perk Germans have against all other factions (it might be bug) - their spear warband has no secondary weapon. They won't drop their pikes after initial melee. Make an experiment - send either Sparta of Thebes Sacred Band phalanx to fight unit of elephants and see what happens. Now do the same with german spear warband. They will plow through anything if properly supported.

No, you toggled because you are a cheater :)

@lugotorix6173

6 жыл бұрын

James Altheide Haha sure :)

I find it funny like Germans where know as Spearmen and Javelin men and even credited to be relatively good on horse back too. But no game seems to depict this well. Like Germania should have like Noble Swordsmen,Noble spearmen,Javelinmen and Riders with Berserkers and probs some Female units.

Hey, who also is here in 2021?

The Germs themselve.

I’m wondering how u can win playing a barbarian faction. They seem to lack seige equipment and one of the requirements is capturing Rome, clearly a city with strong walls

@trentbishop5920

5 жыл бұрын

Easy spearmen Berserker and gothic cavalry including chosen archer and a couple thracian mercs

@minerva9104

5 жыл бұрын

Athaporn MCorp Review Siege towers are more than enough to capture Rome when you have the best shock infantry in the game.

@klassehkhornate9636

4 жыл бұрын

Sit outside it and siege them out. 10 turns isn't that long, and all the other Roman faction will die trying to lift the siege

@RocketHarry865

4 жыл бұрын

@@minerva9104 I think the barbarian factions should be limited to rams and ladders until their late stage reforms

@gabork5055

3 жыл бұрын

Ballistae and Onagers are convenient for taking settlements faster, but aren't needed. Just a basic ram is more than enough in most cases as long as you can spare a single peasant unit to sacrifice.

I went after the British after taking the bordering rebel settlements besides the Russian ones, then I took over France because gaul attacked me, then I march south into Italy and stomped the Romans because I had berserkers at that point

If you can get an army full of berserkers and four gothic calvary you can beat any army in the game.

if you think about it there's a third faction with female units, the rebels cause they have amazons.

I think the only other female troops are the Amazons located in Themiskyra.

@lugotorix6173

5 жыл бұрын

And the Scythians have female head hunting maidens

@allium2718

5 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 oh yeah

People that throw javelins have bonuses against elephants because of the nature of the javelin not because they have experienc fighting elephants

Playing as Germania again. Guess what. AI unites against me: Julia do not attack gaul, they attack me. Brutii do not go after Macedon, so MACEDON goes after ME. Of course fighting Brits and Gauls in the west at least I am pushing them out but I am in war against the whole world. What does that remind me of? :D

Their spearmen destroy the gauls and britons early game. Once you take gaul in like 15-30 turns the pre-marian romans are easy pickings!

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You are such a little Napoleon with your plans to quickly ruch into British and even Romans. You will not have a strong units to deal with them. Stronger units will be available with larger cities. So you need an economic growth. Yes, there are a bunch of tiny rebel villages, but with the temple of Freya they'll be growing fast. The ones located on the Baltic sea become really profitable because of amber. While you conquering the rebels, British will come for your cities. But they can't do anything to your spearmen! I had an epic win against British in a siege of Trier where 2k of them died from 500 my men! Gauls can often attack you too. But they are also found themselves dead. Then you have to kick British out of the continent and concentrate all the forces against Gauls.