Jeremus is the most MVP boi ever. if i had to choose between Jeremus and all the others, i'd pick Jeremus. bcs of medic skills ur units rarely die. if they dont die, they get experience. if they get experience, they get upgrades. if they get upgrades, they become top tier. if ur units are top tier, they whoop ass. if ur units whoop ass, then ure happy.
TheRagaz I see jeremus it as an economical and stratigical benifit. If a high ranked unit of mine dies, then I have to go to the trouble of getting new recruits and spending time and money getting them upgraded. But if they are knocked unconscious then they can live to fight another day.
The companion interactions are actually awesome. Dashevi and the ginger chick bonded over hating another guy I had. Became best friends, both of them let me know they would kill for the other, and eventually asked to leave my group for a few days to go murder someone together. Hated them both at first but now they’re my favs. Also they both “died” then I found them and like 4 other dead companions at a tavern just chilling and they ALL had a little story of how they were prisoners and escaped and shit, and now conveniently can’t find work! Good stuff.
>Jeremus is the most important companion early on cause he's the healer and will keep your party going >Artimenner is important mid-game cause he is engineer for making siege equipment faster >Otherwise try to hold on to everyone as long as possible cause you want to level them up early and always to be good lords late game >Companions with high point in intelligence skills are important cause you should focus mainly on combat skills until you become a king >Path-finding is the most important skill for player at start of game cause it will help you evade stronger armies
Played this game for a short period on pc. Just enough to try it and it came to console so I’m giving it another go. These are definitely helping on explaining things.
there is a massive gap between the second video and the third video, you went from basics, to kingdom building... I am completely lost lol I'm still trying to build a decent army.
love how you pronounced the companions names. Alayen became Alien Artimenner became Artmenr Bahestur became bahstsrs Lezalit became Lezat Matheld became Matachia... Rolf Stayed Rolf. because you did not dared disrespect the great house of Rolf.
I wouldn't make making Lezalit the party doctor a priority. Rolf starts with some doctor skills, but more importantly, both of these dudes are Nobles. So for me all the Nobles have to be great fighters. They're gonna be leading armies so I need them to be powerhouses. All the other people become skill dumps.
Fighting skills on a vassal is totally and utterly trash. What matters is their certain party skills and their charisma/leadership. The only time their fighting skills will be useful is when they fight with you in the same battle. And even then, it wouldn't be a big deal since at that point you have dozens of knights and elite infantry/archers.
Usually for me, Matheld, rolf, lezalit, behastur, firestis, Deshavi nizar are good for melee or range; while Ymira, Klethi, Jeremus, Borcha and Artimenner are good for auxiliary skills (Looting, engineering, Path finding, tracking, surgery, wound management, first aid, trade, trainer and Prisoner management)
The thing I lately experiment with is maxing INT first on all of them investing particularly a ton in the Trainer skill so that they push eachothers levels and speed up my troop upgrades. I throw points in INT until trainer skill gets to like 7 and the additional skill point I always throw into Damage/Protection skills once the Char specific strong previously high skill is leveled highly alongside Trainer (Marnid gets points in CHA from time to time, Ymira in First Aid, Alayen in Power Strike, Ironflesh, Deshavi & Borcha in Path-Finding/Spotting/Tracking, Matheld, Firentis, Rofl & Nizar get all into AGI and STR since theyre solid frontliners by default. Klethi gets turned into a frontliner too and Katrin can be also a trader / semi-healer / knight type of toon. Jeremus clearly for Surgery + Wound Tr. ,Artimenner is Engineer, Tactics/Trade secondary, Lezalit is a nice trainer by default anyway, rest is as mentioned above knight stats in priority order from my point of view: Power Strike, Power Draw, Ironflesh, Riding, Shield, Horse Archery (since bows are the fastest ranged with big ammo stock), Athletics and Weap. Master maaaayyyybe..lastly u can always use spare pathfinders, wound treaters or spotters after in the inbetween levels you stop getting points for Trainer and the knight stats (reached current inbetween bracket cap, like between every 3 invested base stat points you'll either have to wait for next levels to invest in several wanted traits and keep your skill points or invest em straight away for a secondary role of the companion). If you read this so far I really hope my way of developing companions gave you a cool idea or some shit and sorry for wasting your time. Also great video, you have a good narrative voice that's easy to listen to.
My preferred companion only run is this. Alayen+Ymira, Deshavi+Klethi, Jeremus+Firentis, Bahestur and Bunduk. 8 companions with 6 having their preferred friend with them. ^^
I wouldnt suggest to always go for the "put them on a horse", especially if you play like nords, having your companions ride into it and get oneshot is much less effcient and than being part of the husclar melee ball and being covered.
frost depends what you're doing, personally I just level them on sea raiders alone, don't even help just let them Duke it out against anything under 50 sea raiders once I'm done buying industries and getting them 52/16 armors and heavy chargers/heavy sarranian war horses till they're close to level 30
Firentis was my first companion and I raided one village and I was so confused when he objected. In order to get rid of him, I built a huge army, then attacked the Khergits because they were being killed by the Sarranids. I got a castle then gave it to him.
"What that's what I gotta do!" 6 years later but still like blowing the dust off this game and play around with it for a bit... good overall review of companions thanks
just wanted to say, if you assign your medic or another guy to archers you can expect their leveling will be painfully slow, because cavalry usually does all the killing. another way to keep medic alive is to assign them to a separate safety group and if you're expecting heavy casualties like in a siege just stick that group where they wont get hurt. and if your just killing bandits you can as well charge your medic along with the others to get him some kills, provided hes mounted which he should be. all companions should be mounted for faster leveling
You shouldn't build your noble companions as warriors if you want them to be your vassals in the future. They will need leadership, pathfinding, trainer, spotting, tactics and wound treatment in this respective priority. Just max their charisma and only their charisma, which increases their party size by 1 per a point as well as allows you to maximize their leadership skill which increases their party size by 3 per a point. Just use other party skills I mentioned as fillers. They won't be as strong individual fighters when they are in your party, but you simply do not have the luxury to make them super good warriors and a good vassal at the same time. Just give them a shield, a one-handed and a light crossbow, use them as heavy-ish cavalry. Even the worst ones will have around 110 weapon proficieny. Matheld for instance has 3 weapon master initially, which is enough to get her close to 200 proficieny, which is more than enough to make her better than knights in long term. I repeat, if you want a companion as your vassal in long term, just max out their charisma and leadership. Otherwise, they'll have small and useless parties, which can't defend any fief you give them. They will keep losing battles, even to bandits, which will make you lose reputation with them, which will eventaully cause them to defect to other faction. Generally when their charisma reaches lvl 24 and their leadership lvl 8, you will want to appoint them as vassals. At that point it becomes really slow for them to get more lvls. In theory you can grind a bit more to get them to higher levels, but I simply do not suggest that. It becomes just boring... This is the only way to make them useful as vassals. Otherwise, just don't bother with your companions and use other factions' lords as vassals.
dang dude that's a huge gap between your last video and this one now. What should you do once you stop finding sea raiders and small little groups like that? I'm not sure what to do between then and now XD Do like your videos though very helpful.
My first Game in this genre was actually war of the roses and i really loved it. after that war of the vikings came out and i hyped it hard but was disappointed shortly after. After that i needed some sort of successor to wotr that wotv never could be. i searched through steam and saw m&b was on sale (6€) and bought. I was instantly shocked by the customization possibilities. 10 mins ingame -> best game ever!
Fun fact: it is possible to have lords in your party if you edit the game's troops.txt file. U can simply edit the units upgrade tree to the ID of lord you want to have. Example 280 is Count Clais. U can even speak with them and change their equipment.
I know I'm late for the party and probably nobody reads this but here is all I learned about companions and skills in general. Noting my experience comes mainly from the original M&B, so maybe some things will be different in Warband or other expansions. Party skills: Only highest skill in your party applies, which means if you have 1 and your companion has 2, your party has still only 2. Your companions can reach up to lvl 10 on any skill, just like you. HOWEVER your character gets bonus points for spending his precious points into Party skills: 0-1 = 0 bonus 2-4 = 1 bonus 5-7 = 2 bonus 8-9 = 3 bonus 10 = 4 bonus This means if you want some skill to be as high as possible, you want your own character to spend points into it and not your companions. Your companions won't have any effect once your character has it at 10, so spend companion points only into party skills which you don't want to spend points into on your main character. I would suggest letting all Party skills for your companions and focus yourself on strenght, agility and charisma. Inventory Management should be good enough at about lvl 5-6. Leadership as high as possible, Prisoner Management at least lvl 4, Persuasion is personal preference. It has much more uses in Warband and other expansions when making your own kingdom, so do your research, in original M&B it's pretty useless though as there is no feature to create kingdom nor marry anyone. I have this setup: - 1 person to max out Charisma for 10 Trade. - 1 person to max out Agility for 10 Looting. - 2 people to max out Intelligence for 10 Trainer, Tracking, Tactics, Pathfinding, Spotting, Wound Treatment, Surgery, First Aid, Engineer. Other companions raised into elite warriors. At least 4-5 Trainer (always useful in any situation on any character), spend the rest into Strenght and Agility depending on which weapons you give them. - Spare points on all characters should focus on Ironflesh/Trainer/Power Strike/Weapon Master Weapon choices: - Two-handed weapon + Bow needs a lot of skill points and is weak early on with weak armor and not enough skill points invested, but once mastered they are damn worth it. Can work on horse as well. - Polearms on horses are real good early on - AI knows how to use them and it's useful for when peasants attack you and you defend yourselves with staffs, also you can take it from your knocked out companion and you can pick it up from your downed companion in sieges when enemy AI just stands in front of a ladder and you can get free kills with the extra reach it provides, but later on you won't struggle with peasants nor sieges and polearms don't have any late-game super strong version like Bows or One-handed/Two-handed weapons have so not preferable for your main fighters. - One-handed weapon + shield sounds really good for making elite infantry units or cavalry units and are great damage sponges in sieges as well, all round good choice for a fighter. Equip them with 1 sharp weapon, 1 blunt weapon, 1 steel shield, 1 pack of arrows or another shield. That extra pack of arrows is useful in sieges when you run out of arrows/bolts, you can just collect these from your downed companions. Companion combinations: Every companion has 1 person who he likes, 2 people who he dislikes, so with bad balancing, your companion will want to leave sooner or later no matter what you do. Smart way to do this is to have 1 who he likes, 1 who he dislikes so it balances out and they won't leave you as long as you keep high morale. This was incredibly useful for me to make my composition of companions: - mountandblade.fandom.com/wiki/Heroes - mountandblade.fandom.com/wiki/Hero_tactics Some of them won't like you raiding villages or retreating and they will let you know it, but they won't leave as long as you keep the companion combination complete and will have high morale. Enjoy and thanks for your time reading it, I hope it was worth your time and helped you. :)
What I forgot to say: in the video it tells you to pick the fighters first, I would suggest rather taking only companions for your composition because a bit weaker heroes who don't leave your squad are better than the strong boys who can at any point say: "Hey player, screw you, I'm gonna go play minecraft for a while, because Rofl called me stoopid. Have fun without my party skills for next few weeks!"
Thanks for posting these, after watching this far I think I'll buy. That being said, it's just dawned on me that you kind of sound like lumpy space princess.
I watched his tutorials multiple times to the point its like a code engraved into me - Spawn in swadian- make your way to nords- gain renown to something- Join a faction- etc
+Goose Pippens ... you get 6 + half of your companions points in that skill 6 + (1/2 * 4) = 6 + 2 = 8 Goes same to all other skills ... the highest with the skill + half what others have including you
+Dio Brando If you get captured you'll loose some of your items & all your army , & after about 5 seconds will be released (with some of your companions & the rest can be found in Taverns in Towns or they'll join you after a while). ... & no; your companions will not pay for your freedom (may be different in some mods), but you can pay for them if they're captured (ask a Ransom Broker or a Traveler in Taverns about where they are then find the enemy Lord that captured them to pay for their freedom) ... of course they'll not be captured unless far later in game if you appoint them as Lords in your own Kingdom (you must be King of your kingdom to do that) ... The only way to be a King; is to be free from any obligation to any faction, then attack a lord to mark his faction as enemy to be able to siege & capture one of his factions' Castles or Towns, then choose to appoint yourself as monarch with your own Kingdom (the faction you attacked will be your enemy & all other factions will not accept you as a new King until you raise your "Right to Rule")
Marijn Konings strait Swadian knights destroy any army any size. I’ve taken 75 knights against over 1000 and by the end I still had over 50. It all comes down to you and tactics unless your army is on foot. Then your screwed. Same with sieges. I go strait swadian knights and never lose. Also they are easier to train than huscarls.
Hey man, Love all your M&B video's :) You didn't mention in this one who the looting expert is? Is that a skill you get on your main character? Or do you max it up on a companion?
since I cant use cavalry for crap cuz I like the old "Turtle with shieldwall infantry with archers volley firing in the back tactic" I make all my infantry/cavalry oriented companions into huscarl/master spearmen or two handed warrior type units with heavy shields with one handed/ two handed with throwing weapons or master spearmen and my healers as archers be it crossbowmen or reg archers, deshavi is a better archer than a horse archer imo but to his is his own great video
when I mean "can't" use cavalry for crap I mean I chose not to, if I was a real general in an army I would throw away the cavalry for more tougher infantry cavalry in most mods are not balanced enough but I do use them sometime but thats only when I'm farming bandits or stopping lords from raiding villages
KingDavidPlayz Cavalry has their use but I find they get stupid around infantry. They should be continuing to run around, and just wreck people. If anything the cavalry have extra health due to the horse.
xBeau Gaming I've noticed that with horse archers I have to babysit them so they dont run into a huscarl's throwing axe or a balanced two handed and when they do they always die ;(
You can have 10 companions without anyone leaving the party. Alayen Ymira (party doctor - she's amazing) Artimenner Borcha Bashetur Rolf Bunduk Katrin Nizar Matheld I put them in pairs who like each other, borcha and arti like/hate noone in this setting. Everything balances out. That's the 10 u want, not the 8 of either group. Give everyone sword and board + horse, except for ymira. u can add crossbows to everyone for sieges if u want to. That's what u gotta do.
Funny how you mention people not liking you raiding villages is a down side. I personally don't like raiding villages, those villages will be you yours once you conquer Calradia. And you don't want them super pissed off at you. XD
i never attack villagers caravans but always help my vessels or anyone that did not cause the war to happen. while the cunning man attacks everyone that is weaker
What? THATS WHAT U GOTTA DO!? Clearly done your research! Nice video dude! You should do a video on when you become a lord and which companions/npcs make the best vassals etc
I played few times and every time I meet Yumira first in the tavern. I like her as for her story as for her skills. She is a great doctor with Surgery, First Aid, and Wound Treatment. I always take her first. I was thinking about Jeremus but I found him don't like fighting too much, so I decided that Yumira is the best option for doctor. The second sompanion I accepted is Deshavy with her Pathfinding, Spotting and rest of her skills that I get from Intelligence, I put into Engineering to build ladders and siege towers faster. She is not strong in fighting, that's why I give her Power Draw 2, A bow and a horse, and she sticks with archers. Alain is the 3rd guy just because Yumira likes him. Maybe it's not a good criteria for someone's relationship to another companion, but hey... It's just a game... I don't need to have too powerful party to smash everyone... And Alain is a fighter with One Handed weapon, Shield, Throwing weapon and Lance. 4th Companion is Klethi. She is a rogue and Deshavi likes her. She starts with throwing weapon and Melee Damage but without riding what is not good. So I give her 3 riding skills, give her Lance, Balanced Jarids, Shield and One Handed Saber. 5th Companion is the companion who doesn't disliked by anyone in the party. One time it was Bunduk and he was a fighter, and other time it was Firentis. I wanted to try to compose the party of other companions, but I couldn't accept the fact, that Yumira and Deshavi should be in the party for 100% percent (((( So I had to push my thoughts from those companions.
So I'm new to Warband and the Mount & Blade series in general. I got into it watching Bannerlord playthroughs...and I've got to say playing a woman in Warband is like shooting yourself in the foot and then proceeding to walk on Legos.
Hey! Just in case no one ever said it.. Thanks for this video man! Must of took alot of time to research all this. It really helped me alot! Again thank you 🤘
So what exactly happens if you give a non-noble companion a fief? I'm on day 1608 on a "realistic" saving policy and I don't want to risk screwing up my kingdom with such an experiment.
Can your companions die? recently I got captured and I went to a traveller to find my companion borcha and he's no where to be found. I'm scared he died he was so good.
Thanks for the upload. I've been doing it completely backwards in game - I'd start off with katrin, marnid, etc., perhaps what one would call the "b-side" ( a term used in the boxing world) to start off with.
xbeau I have a question.... the last video you said goodbye and had alot less Denar, how did you aquire 70k Denar and the cost required for every possible companion? I am still having difficulty have followed your guide completely so far, have been moving cautiously around the map searching for looters and was chasing a small band of looters and a large band of deserters literally appeared out of no where and I attempted to escape from them but they caught up to me and kicked my ass quit brutally as all I had were swadian militia against their Nordic Veteran Archers so any tips on how to avoid this? I was moving slow trying to single out only looters and got blind sided by deserters this was within the first 4 days of my campaign. Also any tips on how to obtain denar faster would help, have been killing looters and selling loot to vendors and joined a tournament and bet 100 on myself every round and won the tournament so far that's the fastest way but when there are no tournaments are there other quick ways to obtain denar??
Same. Did he go around the whole map to all taverns to gather the companions? And if so, didn't the nobles wipe out most of the looters? I'm confused as well.
Dude, great job with the series. It has thaught me everything I know about MBWB and I'm so grateful, but I would have to dissagree with the companions. First get: Jeremus (Doctor), Borcha (Pathfinding, tracking and Spotting), Nizar (Cavalry), Baheshtur (Infantry) and Bunduk (Crossbowman). Tactics, Engineering and Training leave to yourself.
I have 1 companion that's in the first part, lol. The best idea for starting is just to get a hatchet, a shield and a range weapon ( bow , crossbow or 2 sets of throwing weapons) (go for crossbow)
He means that if you have unassigned fiefs, as in, not having companions assigned as lords of them, then other CPU lords will defect *TO* *YOUR* command, thus take over your unassigned fiefs, so no point to use companions that way.
I just started a new save, I’m at the beginning, and Nizar and Matheld love each other, Nizar and Alayen hate each other, Rolf and Baheshtur love each other, and everybody hates Jeremus lmao. Currently Alayen is trying to leave the party because of the other companions I’ve chosen. Botcha doesn’t care about anyone and Jeremus and Alayen seem to be the only ones against raiding villages.
I came back to this video so many times I've resorted to just writing everything down ,I've officially become a nerd ,only just started playing warband and loving it ,spent hours killing sea raiders and have now brought an enterprise in every town ,now gonna join a faction ,the swadians are already near enough gone
I use Ymira as a mayor, and Klethi as an embassy... Perhaps not the most important point, but you forgot to mention the persuation... If u ever wanna rule good, you must have a companion with a high persuation level...
what? That's what I gotta do? I didn't even know about leveling up others, and hopefully next video will be on how to give them weapons and armor and horses.
That's funny how he says that if you don't use the party in a specific way they'll fight u have Nazir and melthred in the same party and there falling in love
"Marnid, another solid shitty character" hahaha nice! Thanks a lot man for the great tips. Just got this game on Ps4 and I love it! PS: What? That's what I gotta do!?
for money I go and do tournaments at the very beginning which would give usually 3900 denars considering you bet each round downside id if you lose the first one it's usually hard to comeback unless you sell everything in your inventory including your horse
What? That's what I gotta do? Fine. But on a side note, I like keeping Firentis as my little personal assistant. I use Floris, and I generally always have him as my 1st bodyguard. He's a pretty cool guy overall. Just has to be put in his place occasionally after we raid a village
it's faster (in terms of right to rule) to do it opposite of your guide . starting with your last group bump up char to 12 and get persuasion to 3 then send them off to preach the word of you and you will start the second half with no less than 48 right to rule
What I hate about giving my companions lordship is that they start with 40-50ish relationship status. This number keeps decreasing as time goes by and I have to try to please them as much as possible. I find the easiest way to grow relationship is to help them in battles. Giving them troops don't raise any points. This is such a hassle. I'm thinking staying as a vassal to get 100 relationship with five or so existing lords and then recruit them when I defect. In that case, I don't see the point of building the first 8 companions, instead I'm just gonna go straight into the second set of 8.
I have been using a defensive strategy and its been working well against horses. Cant stop half these people getting wounded though they suck most of the time. the medic is a really cool concept tho
Rolf starts with a 1 first aid and 1 surgery. Wouldn't it be smart to make him the healer instead of Lezalit? Or would it make sense to have 2 healers?
Here is what you´ve been waiting for:
Alayen- 2:35
Artimenner- 4:14
Baheshtur- 4:51
Borcha- 5:29
Lezalit- 6:07
Matheld- 7:00
Firentis- 7:35
Rolf- 8:17
2. part- 8:48
Nizar- 9:55
Katrin- 10:14
Marnid- 10:28
Ymira- 11:05
Jeremus- 11:23
Deshravi- 11:37
Klethi- 11:48
Bunduk- 11:55
:-)
Thanks you helped a lot with my spreadsheet!
Øyvind Lorentsen U da real MVP
+Øyvind Lorentsen
2 years after the fact, still thanking you made things tons easier for me to backtrack companions in the video, thanks!
I looked at this comment more than the video
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Jeremus is the most MVP boi ever. if i had to choose between Jeremus and all the others, i'd pick Jeremus.
bcs of medic skills ur units rarely die. if they dont die, they get experience. if they get experience, they get upgrades. if they get upgrades, they become top tier. if ur units are top tier, they whoop ass. if ur units whoop ass, then ure happy.
TheRagaz you are so wise master
TheRagaz I see jeremus it as an economical and stratigical benifit. If a high ranked unit of mine dies, then I have to go to the trouble of getting new recruits and spending time and money getting them upgraded. But if they are knocked unconscious then they can live to fight another day.
“So guys, I did some mining off camera...”
The companion interactions are actually awesome. Dashevi and the ginger chick bonded over hating another guy I had. Became best friends, both of them let me know they would kill for the other, and eventually asked to leave my group for a few days to go murder someone together. Hated them both at first but now they’re my favs. Also they both “died” then I found them and like 4 other dead companions at a tavern just chilling and they ALL had a little story of how they were prisoners and escaped and shit, and now conveniently can’t find work! Good stuff.
"What? That's what I gotta do!" Lol. Good video. Thanks. 2020. Still play this game. It's great.
same
Ditto!
Same
Better than cyberpunk 2077
@@martyb5945 have you actually played cyberpunk? or, you read the reviews of the game...
>Jeremus is the most important companion early on cause he's the healer and will keep your party going
>Artimenner is important mid-game cause he is engineer for making siege equipment faster
>Otherwise try to hold on to everyone as long as possible cause you want to level them up early and always to be good lords late game
>Companions with high point in intelligence skills are important cause you should focus mainly on combat skills until you become a king
>Path-finding is the most important skill for player at start of game cause it will help you evade stronger armies
Played this game for a short period on pc. Just enough to try it and it came to console so I’m giving it another go. These are definitely helping on explaining things.
there is a massive gap between the second video and the third video, you went from basics, to kingdom building... I am completely lost lol I'm still trying to build a decent army.
huscarls and rodhok sharpshooters
i agree, hes like "well i went ahead and grabbed all the companions." um, how do you do that? lol
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LOL he even have 70806 denar...
He did it so you will have a better futute game.
What? That's what I gotta do?
yep
@@xBeauGaming Does selecting thumbs up count ;) on the comment above?
love how you pronounced the companions names.
Alayen became Alien
Artimenner became Artmenr
Bahestur became bahstsrs
Lezalit became Lezat
Matheld became Matachia...
Rolf Stayed Rolf. because you did not dared disrespect the great house of Rolf.
I wouldn't make making Lezalit the party doctor a priority. Rolf starts with some doctor skills, but more importantly, both of these dudes are Nobles. So for me all the Nobles have to be great fighters. They're gonna be leading armies so I need them to be powerhouses. All the other people become skill dumps.
Solid reasoning my man, and it would be nice to NOT lose all my medic skills when I give all of them off to fiefs.
yeah pretty much. I don't know if you mentioned it in the video, but Firentis is part of the early game ratpack and he objects to raiding, just FYI
tonycoolmen Yep, mentioned that near the end. Firey Anus sure is a sour guy ;)
Fighting skills on a vassal is totally and utterly trash. What matters is their certain party skills and their charisma/leadership. The only time their fighting skills will be useful is when they fight with you in the same battle. And even then, it wouldn't be a big deal since at that point you have dozens of knights and elite infantry/archers.
Usually for me, Matheld, rolf, lezalit, behastur, firestis, Deshavi nizar are good for melee or range; while Ymira, Klethi, Jeremus, Borcha and Artimenner are good for auxiliary skills (Looting, engineering, Path finding, tracking, surgery, wound management, first aid, trade, trainer and Prisoner management)
I played M&B Warband for like 1000 hours but i still love watching these videos so mutch great stuff you put on there.. Good work
I always get Nizar when I see him because he reminds of of Nazir......Cloud Districts.....
the place we don't get to very often
Nizar on Village Looting: "What an unfortunate disaster it would be if someone somehow ripped those villagers off and ravaged the area"
Nazir is from Dark Brotherhood. You’re thinking of Nazeem.
@@noahgauthier8316 lol, i forgot, it's nazeem, not Nazir, he have big curve pen#s
i always called him nigar
The thing I lately experiment with is maxing INT first on all of them investing particularly a ton in the Trainer skill so that they push eachothers levels and speed up my troop upgrades. I throw points in INT until trainer skill gets to like 7 and the additional skill point I always throw into Damage/Protection skills once the Char specific strong previously high skill is leveled highly alongside Trainer (Marnid gets points in CHA from time to time, Ymira in First Aid, Alayen in Power Strike, Ironflesh, Deshavi & Borcha in Path-Finding/Spotting/Tracking, Matheld, Firentis, Rofl & Nizar get all into AGI and STR since theyre solid frontliners by default. Klethi gets turned into a frontliner too and Katrin can be also a trader / semi-healer / knight type of toon. Jeremus clearly for Surgery + Wound Tr. ,Artimenner is Engineer, Tactics/Trade secondary, Lezalit is a nice trainer by default anyway, rest is as mentioned above knight stats in priority order from my point of view: Power Strike, Power Draw, Ironflesh, Riding, Shield, Horse Archery (since bows are the fastest ranged with big ammo stock), Athletics and Weap. Master maaaayyyybe..lastly u can always use spare pathfinders, wound treaters or spotters after in the inbetween levels you stop getting points for Trainer and the knight stats (reached current inbetween bracket cap, like between every 3 invested base stat points you'll either have to wait for next levels to invest in several wanted traits and keep your skill points or invest em straight away for a secondary role of the companion). If you read this so far I really hope my way of developing companions gave you a cool idea or some shit and sorry for wasting your time. Also great video, you have a good narrative voice that's easy to listen to.
WHAT thats what i got to do?
My preferred companion only run is this.
Alayen+Ymira, Deshavi+Klethi, Jeremus+Firentis, Bahestur and Bunduk.
8 companions with 6 having their preferred friend with them. ^^
I was always wondering what to do with the companions, thanks so much for this!
I wouldnt suggest to always go for the "put them on a horse", especially if you play like nords, having your companions ride into it and get oneshot is much less effcient and than being part of the husclar melee ball and being covered.
frost depends what you're doing, personally I just level them on sea raiders alone, don't even help just let them Duke it out against anything under 50 sea raiders once I'm done buying industries and getting them 52/16 armors and heavy chargers/heavy sarranian war horses till they're close to level 30
Firentis was my first companion and I raided one village and I was so confused when he objected. In order to get rid of him, I built a huge army, then attacked the Khergits because they were being killed by the Sarranids. I got a castle then gave it to him.
"What that's what I gotta do!" 6 years later but still like blowing the dust off this game and play around with it for a bit... good overall review of companions thanks
just wanted to say, if you assign your medic or another guy to archers you can expect their leveling will be painfully slow, because cavalry usually does all the killing. another way to keep medic alive is to assign them to a separate safety group and if you're expecting heavy casualties like in a siege just stick that group where they wont get hurt. and if your just killing bandits you can as well charge your medic along with the others to get him some kills, provided hes mounted which he should be. all companions should be mounted for faster leveling
You shouldn't build your noble companions as warriors if you want them to be your vassals in the future. They will need leadership, pathfinding, trainer, spotting, tactics and wound treatment in this respective priority. Just max their charisma and only their charisma, which increases their party size by 1 per a point as well as allows you to maximize their leadership skill which increases their party size by 3 per a point. Just use other party skills I mentioned as fillers. They won't be as strong individual fighters when they are in your party, but you simply do not have the luxury to make them super good warriors and a good vassal at the same time.
Just give them a shield, a one-handed and a light crossbow, use them as heavy-ish cavalry. Even the worst ones will have around 110 weapon proficieny. Matheld for instance has 3 weapon master initially, which is enough to get her close to 200 proficieny, which is more than enough to make her better than knights in long term.
I repeat, if you want a companion as your vassal in long term, just max out their charisma and leadership. Otherwise, they'll have small and useless parties, which can't defend any fief you give them. They will keep losing battles, even to bandits, which will make you lose reputation with them, which will eventaully cause them to defect to other faction.
Generally when their charisma reaches lvl 24 and their leadership lvl 8, you will want to appoint them as vassals. At that point it becomes really slow for them to get more lvls. In theory you can grind a bit more to get them to higher levels, but I simply do not suggest that. It becomes just boring...
This is the only way to make them useful as vassals. Otherwise, just don't bother with your companions and use other factions' lords as vassals.
Cyka Blyat the more fiefs they control, the more troops they can control, far better than maxing cha ...
Can’t you just donate them like 500 troops
What that’s what I got to do??? Hey man! Tenth time watching the video! It’s 2021 and I’m still loving Warband! Keep it up!
dang dude that's a huge gap between your last video and this one now. What should you do once you stop finding sea raiders and small little groups like that? I'm not sure what to do between then and now XD
Do like your videos though very helpful.
Look for guild masters in cities, talk to them and ask for tasks
"FIREY ANUS!" - the line that caught me off guard, it was pretty funny
I don't mind misspelling words, but you just totally butchered those names without even trying lol
So painful, man :S
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's cringing about that!
"Burdok" for Bunduk lol. I have no idea how he mispronounced that.
@@andrejz8954 what, fiery anus?
Devanshi lol
My first Game in this genre was actually war of the roses and i really loved it. after that war of the vikings came out and i hyped it hard but was disappointed shortly after. After that i needed some sort of successor to wotr that wotv never could be. i searched through steam and saw m&b was on sale (6€) and bought. I was instantly shocked by the customization possibilities. 10 mins ingame -> best game ever!
8 years later, I felt the same about the sequel Bannerlord. Great games even with minimal story built in.
Fun fact: it is possible to have lords in your party if you edit the game's troops.txt file. U can simply edit the units upgrade tree to the ID of lord you want to have. Example 280 is Count Clais. U can even speak with them and change their equipment.
I know I'm late for the party and probably nobody reads this but here is all I learned about companions and skills in general. Noting my experience comes mainly from the original M&B, so maybe some things will be different in Warband or other expansions.
Party skills:
Only highest skill in your party applies, which means if you have 1 and your companion has 2, your party has still only 2. Your companions can reach up to lvl 10 on any skill, just like you. HOWEVER your character gets bonus points for spending his precious points into Party skills:
0-1 = 0 bonus
2-4 = 1 bonus
5-7 = 2 bonus
8-9 = 3 bonus
10 = 4 bonus
This means if you want some skill to be as high as possible, you want your own character to spend points into it and not your companions. Your companions won't have any effect once your character has it at 10, so spend companion points only into party skills which you don't want to spend points into on your main character. I would suggest letting all Party skills for your companions and focus yourself on strenght, agility and charisma. Inventory Management should be good enough at about lvl 5-6. Leadership as high as possible, Prisoner Management at least lvl 4, Persuasion is personal preference. It has much more uses in Warband and other expansions when making your own kingdom, so do your research, in original M&B it's pretty useless though as there is no feature to create kingdom nor marry anyone.
I have this setup:
- 1 person to max out Charisma for 10 Trade.
- 1 person to max out Agility for 10 Looting.
- 2 people to max out Intelligence for 10 Trainer, Tracking, Tactics, Pathfinding, Spotting, Wound Treatment, Surgery, First Aid, Engineer.
Other companions raised into elite warriors. At least 4-5 Trainer (always useful in any situation on any character), spend the rest into Strenght and Agility depending on which weapons you give them.
- Spare points on all characters should focus on Ironflesh/Trainer/Power Strike/Weapon Master
Weapon choices:
- Two-handed weapon + Bow needs a lot of skill points and is weak early on with weak armor and not enough skill points invested, but once mastered they are damn worth it. Can work on horse as well.
- Polearms on horses are real good early on - AI knows how to use them and it's useful for when peasants attack you and you defend yourselves with staffs, also you can take it from your knocked out companion and you can pick it up from your downed companion in sieges when enemy AI just stands in front of a ladder and you can get free kills with the extra reach it provides, but later on you won't struggle with peasants nor sieges and polearms don't have any late-game super strong version like Bows or One-handed/Two-handed weapons have so not preferable for your main fighters.
- One-handed weapon + shield sounds really good for making elite infantry units or cavalry units and are great damage sponges in sieges as well, all round good choice for a fighter. Equip them with 1 sharp weapon, 1 blunt weapon, 1 steel shield, 1 pack of arrows or another shield. That extra pack of arrows is useful in sieges when you run out of arrows/bolts, you can just collect these from your downed companions.
Companion combinations:
Every companion has 1 person who he likes, 2 people who he dislikes, so with bad balancing, your companion will want to leave sooner or later no matter what you do. Smart way to do this is to have 1 who he likes, 1 who he dislikes so it balances out and they won't leave you as long as you keep high morale.
This was incredibly useful for me to make my composition of companions:
- mountandblade.fandom.com/wiki/Heroes
- mountandblade.fandom.com/wiki/Hero_tactics
Some of them won't like you raiding villages or retreating and they will let you know it, but they won't leave as long as you keep the companion combination complete and will have high morale. Enjoy and thanks for your time reading it, I hope it was worth your time and helped you. :)
What I forgot to say: in the video it tells you to pick the fighters first, I would suggest rather taking only companions for your composition because a bit weaker heroes who don't leave your squad are better than the strong boys who can at any point say: "Hey player, screw you, I'm gonna go play minecraft for a while, because Rofl called me stoopid. Have fun without my party skills for next few weeks!"
Good info thanks
Thanks for posting these, after watching this far I think I'll buy. That being said, it's just dawned on me that you kind of sound like lumpy space princess.
I watched his tutorials multiple times to the point its like a code engraved into me - Spawn in swadian- make your way to nords- gain renown to something- Join a faction- etc
what is that what i gotta do lol :p enjoying the series so far man great job
+Ricky Chase glad to help
+Goose Pippens ... you get 6 + half of your companions points in that skill
6 + (1/2 * 4) = 6 + 2 = 8
Goes same to all other skills ... the highest with the skill + half what others have including you
Ahmed Mokhtar if i get captured,will my cpmpagnions find me? also if i have Friends will they be able to free me or pay for my freedom?
+Dio Brando If you get captured you'll loose some of your items & all your army , & after about 5 seconds will be released (with some of your companions & the rest can be found in Taverns in Towns or they'll join you after a while).
... & no; your companions will not pay for your freedom (may be different in some mods),
but you can pay for them if they're captured (ask a Ransom Broker or a Traveler in Taverns about where they are then find the enemy Lord that captured them to pay for their freedom)
... of course they'll not be captured unless far later in game if you appoint them as Lords in your own Kingdom (you must be King of your kingdom to do that)
... The only way to be a King; is to be free from any obligation to any faction, then attack a lord to mark his faction as enemy to be able to siege & capture one of his factions' Castles or Towns, then choose to appoint yourself as monarch with your own Kingdom (the faction you attacked will be your enemy & all other factions will not accept you as a new King until you raise your "Right to Rule")
I love how every video I seen no one knows wat tactics really does it adds how many soldiers u have on field over enemy
Its 2020 and im now addicted to this game on ps4. Wish bannerlord would be ported to ps4 probably won't till the ps5 comes out due to limitations
It’s still not our on console 😭
THANKYOU FOR MAKING THIS!
Nord huscarls and vaegir marksman ftw. Cavalry is suddenly not so strong anymore when there is a shieldwall with a rain of arrows.
Marijn Konings strait Swadian knights destroy any army any size. I’ve taken 75 knights against over 1000 and by the end I still had over 50. It all comes down to you and tactics unless your army is on foot. Then your screwed. Same with sieges. I go strait swadian knights and never lose. Also they are easier to train than huscarls.
I have 586,782,623,722,532,191,542,783,412,725,312,892 years on this game and I never knew you could go to other villages and stuff
Hey man, Love all your M&B video's :)
You didn't mention in this one who the looting expert is? Is that a skill you get on your main character? Or do you max it up on a companion?
First guy I find, Rolf, only guy you don't really talk about, Rolf. -_-
8:21
Alucard a.k.a "he's basically the archetype of a fighter, make sure he get's a horse fast" That's it.
Yeah he's also a noble so lategame you should consider making him a vassal, he's almost the same thing as Alayen
João Arthur Just saying, in the vid he says nothing on Rolf apart from above.
nicynodle2 i know,was just trying to give you some tips :v
Quick tip the training is the only skill that stacks. So any companion with left over skills put that into training
since I cant use cavalry for crap cuz I like the old "Turtle with shieldwall infantry with archers volley firing in the back tactic" I make all my infantry/cavalry oriented companions into huscarl/master spearmen or two handed warrior type units with heavy shields with one handed/ two handed with throwing weapons or master spearmen and my healers as archers be it crossbowmen or reg archers, deshavi is a better archer than a horse archer imo but to his is his own great video
when I mean "can't" use cavalry for crap I mean I chose not to, if I was a real general in an army I would throw away the cavalry for more tougher infantry cavalry in most mods are not balanced enough but I do use them sometime but thats only when I'm farming bandits or stopping lords from raiding villages
KingDavidPlayz Cavalry has their use but I find they get stupid around infantry. They should be continuing to run around, and just wreck people. If anything the cavalry have extra health due to the horse.
xBeau Gaming I've noticed that with horse archers I have to babysit them so they dont run into a huscarl's throwing axe or a balanced two handed and when they do they always die ;(
was wondering while watching the video why was everyone commenting " what is that what i gotta do" lol now i know very clever friend
Since the game has ported to consoles I thank you a lot for these vids super helpful
You can have 10 companions without anyone leaving the party.
Alayen
Ymira (party doctor - she's amazing)
Artimenner
Borcha
Bashetur
Rolf
Bunduk
Katrin
Nizar
Matheld
I put them in pairs who like each other, borcha and arti like/hate noone in this setting. Everything balances out. That's the 10 u want, not the 8 of either group.
Give everyone sword and board + horse, except for ymira. u can add crossbows to everyone for sieges if u want to. That's what u gotta do.
wariced Thanks for the advice
Even tho it’s been 7 years and after playing bannerlord I’m still playing this game
I actually took notes on this, great video! even with almost 200 hours
Funny how you mention people not liking you raiding villages is a down side.
I personally don't like raiding villages, those villages will be you yours once you conquer Calradia.
And you don't want them super pissed off at you. XD
i never attack villagers caravans but always help my vessels or anyone that did not cause the war to happen. while the cunning man attacks everyone that is weaker
Radicaldanny I raid and bully either 1 town out of each kingdom, or all of the Khergit towns because I dislike Khergit troops.
@@silentmayan5427 that's video game racism
Paul Delgado your mother is video game racism.
"What? That's what I gotta do!" I have been playing this a week now
What? THATS WHAT U GOTTA DO!? Clearly done your research! Nice video dude! You should do a video on when you become a lord and which companions/npcs make the best vassals etc
Why are people like Xerina, Kradus, etc. in tournaments but they aren't in taverns to pick up?
I played few times and every time I meet Yumira first in the tavern. I like her as for her story as for her skills. She is a great doctor with Surgery, First Aid, and Wound Treatment. I always take her first. I was thinking about Jeremus but I found him don't like fighting too much, so I decided that Yumira is the best option for doctor.
The second sompanion I accepted is Deshavy with her Pathfinding, Spotting and rest of her skills that I get from Intelligence, I put into Engineering to build ladders and siege towers faster. She is not strong in fighting, that's why I give her Power Draw 2, A bow and a horse, and she sticks with archers.
Alain is the 3rd guy just because Yumira likes him. Maybe it's not a good criteria for someone's relationship to another companion, but hey... It's just a game... I don't need to have too powerful party to smash everyone... And Alain is a fighter with One Handed weapon, Shield, Throwing weapon and Lance.
4th Companion is Klethi. She is a rogue and Deshavi likes her. She starts with throwing weapon and Melee Damage but without riding what is not good. So I give her 3 riding skills, give her Lance, Balanced Jarids, Shield and One Handed Saber.
5th Companion is the companion who doesn't disliked by anyone in the party. One time it was Bunduk and he was a fighter, and other time it was Firentis.
I wanted to try to compose the party of other companions, but I couldn't accept the fact, that Yumira and Deshavi should be in the party for 100% percent (((( So I had to push my thoughts from those companions.
So I'm new to Warband and the Mount & Blade series in general. I got into it watching Bannerlord playthroughs...and I've got to say playing a woman in Warband is like shooting yourself in the foot and then proceeding to walk on Legos.
Hey! Just in case no one ever said it.. Thanks for this video man! Must of took alot of time to research all this. It really helped me alot! Again thank you 🤘
So what exactly happens if you give a non-noble companion a fief? I'm on day 1608 on a "realistic" saving policy and I don't want to risk screwing up my kingdom with such an experiment.
Very good and solid player guide. Congrats !
I gave companions winged helms and heavy armour. Gave them armored horses with varied OP weapons and named them my praetorian guard
lol been playing for a couple of days and never new what companions are
Vasilis Papanikolaou me too, I dont even know how to get them.
Captain Awesome taverns. It's random
Can your companions die? recently I got captured and I went to a traveller to find my companion borcha and he's no where to be found. I'm scared he died he was so good.
Marnid will also object to you looting a village (in regard to your comment at 7:44)
Like this game thanks for making a guides for it because I just fight and have no clue about everything I can do in the game
Thanks for the upload. I've been doing it completely backwards in game - I'd start off with katrin, marnid, etc., perhaps what one would call the "b-side" ( a term used in the boxing world) to start off with.
xbeau I have a question.... the last video you said goodbye and had alot less Denar, how did you aquire 70k Denar and the cost required for every possible companion? I am still having difficulty have followed your guide completely so far, have been moving cautiously around the map searching for looters and was chasing a small band of looters and a large band of deserters literally appeared out of no where and I attempted to escape from them but they caught up to me and kicked my ass quit brutally as all I had were swadian militia against their Nordic Veteran Archers so any tips on how to avoid this? I was moving slow trying to single out only looters and got blind sided by deserters this was within the first 4 days of my campaign. Also any tips on how to obtain denar faster would help, have been killing looters and selling loot to vendors and joined a tournament and bet 100 on myself every round and won the tournament so far that's the fastest way but when there are no tournaments are there other quick ways to obtain denar??
Same. Did he go around the whole map to all taverns to gather the companions? And if so, didn't the nobles wipe out most of the looters? I'm confused as well.
same
Dude, great job with the series. It has thaught me everything I know about MBWB and I'm so grateful, but I would have to dissagree with the companions. First get: Jeremus (Doctor), Borcha (Pathfinding, tracking and Spotting), Nizar (Cavalry), Baheshtur (Infantry) and Bunduk (Crossbowman). Tactics, Engineering and Training leave to yourself.
When you are already 370 days into adventure and start watching this vid:
It is what it is...
@Hugo Påhlman i didnt ask)
I have 1 companion that's in the first part, lol. The best idea for starting is just to get a hatchet, a shield and a range weapon ( bow , crossbow or 2 sets of throwing weapons) (go for crossbow)
I personally love just having all female companions with and an all female army. ^^
If only Ymira and Matheld could get along. :(
He means that if you have unassigned fiefs, as in, not having companions assigned as lords of them, then other CPU lords will defect *TO* *YOUR* command, thus take over your unassigned fiefs, so no point to use companions that way.
Evan Fiend
I wasn't clear enough? :\
Judging by Chicken's comment, no you didn't. It's all good, though.
Radicaldanny Damn man me too
*Deshavi*
"Devashi"
How can you miss that bad
where do i find thos companions?
I just started a new save, I’m at the beginning, and Nizar and Matheld love each other, Nizar and Alayen hate each other, Rolf and Baheshtur love each other, and everybody hates Jeremus lmao. Currently Alayen is trying to leave the party because of the other companions I’ve chosen. Botcha doesn’t care about anyone and Jeremus and Alayen seem to be the only ones against raiding villages.
I came back to this video so many times I've resorted to just writing everything down ,I've officially become a nerd ,only just started playing warband and loving it ,spent hours killing sea raiders and have now brought an enterprise in every town ,now gonna join a faction ,the swadians are already near enough gone
Thanks so much!!
@@xBeauGaming no serious dude ,thankyou so much ,I think I would of given up along time ago if it wasnt for your videos
I can see that you may have progressed a little since the last video. Lol
Thanks for the guides xBeau, it's really helping me :)
But i want to ask that should we give all the companions a horse?
I use Ymira as a mayor, and Klethi as an embassy...
Perhaps not the most important point, but you forgot to mention the persuation... If u ever wanna rule good, you must have a companion with a high persuation level...
“What that’s what you’ve gotta do!?”
what? That's what I gotta do?
I didn't even know about leveling up others, and hopefully next video will be on how to give them weapons and armor and horses.
That's funny how he says that if you don't use the party in a specific way they'll fight u have Nazir and melthred in the same party and there falling in love
So happy for this series lol
I beg your pardon? Is that what I am required to perform?
+Jonathan Salazar you don't have to do anything..the kingdom will go on.
"Marnid, another solid shitty character" hahaha nice! Thanks a lot man for the great tips. Just got this game on Ps4 and I love it!
PS: What? That's what I gotta do!?
Thanks for making these man
WHAT!? THATS WHAT I HAVE TO DO!?
Super helpful starting out
I really want to get this game right now but there might be a steam sale on the 15th so I have to remain patient.
Arttiminer,sigh he just left my party due to low morale. Any chance of getting him back?
Wait about a month and he should respawn in a tavern someplace
Oh ok thanks
Ahmad Atcha lol same with me.
Wow, it's been a while. Do I still have to do that?
for money I go and do tournaments at the very beginning which would give usually 3900 denars considering you bet each round downside id if you lose the first one it's usually hard to comeback unless you sell everything in your inventory including your horse
WHUT, THAT'S WHAT I GOTTA DO?!
What? That's what I gotta do?
Fine. But on a side note, I like keeping Firentis as my little personal assistant. I use Floris, and I generally always have him as my 1st bodyguard. He's a pretty cool guy overall. Just has to be put in his place occasionally after we raid a village
I just start playing this game lol, i know im late... but this guide was very helpful
So, are there any lists of where every follower is located? I cant find most of then xD
Tom Silver They're in random taverns
What! That's what I gotta do! LOL. Good series, very helpful. Thanks buddy.
it's faster (in terms of right to rule) to do it opposite of your guide . starting with your last group bump up char to 12 and get persuasion to 3 then send them off to preach the word of you and you will start the second half with no less than 48 right to rule
Deshavis my little bow bitch. I set her to archers and set her up with the dankest war bows.
What I hate about giving my companions lordship is that they start with 40-50ish relationship status. This number keeps decreasing as time goes by and I have to try to please them as much as possible. I find the easiest way to grow relationship is to help them in battles. Giving them troops don't raise any points. This is such a hassle.
I'm thinking staying as a vassal to get 100 relationship with five or so existing lords and then recruit them when I defect. In that case, I don't see the point of building the first 8 companions, instead I'm just gonna go straight into the second set of 8.
WHAT!? That's what I gotta do?
Unbelievable, man.
How do you find these people? All I have is volunteers
I have been using a defensive strategy and its been working well against horses. Cant stop half these people getting wounded though they suck most of the time. the medic is a really cool concept tho
Rolf starts with a 1 first aid and 1 surgery. Wouldn't it be smart to make him the healer instead of Lezalit? Or would it make sense to have 2 healers?
where do i find these guys?
in taverns
Up your butt and around the corner.
Cool list. Thanks, man!