How Good Is BERSERKER ONLY In Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord?
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- How good are the berserkers in Mount and Blade II Bannerlord? it's time to put the horde to the test, besieging castles, fighting mass armies, will they come out on top?
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If it makes you feel better i will make a point of showing it in realistic next video since everyone seems sad :(
I love your Videos but maybe you should use an mod that correct the stats of each troop.
im not sad, I really enjoy them!
That would be awesome! Making it on realistic would really improve this series and it would seem like a real testing. Love these vids!
test the voulgiers and the elite menavliatons next.
I like them. The bowmen one was awesome I tried it and it's nothing but death. I'm playing on realistic atm with death enabled so there's alot of YEET moments
PSA: the ulfhednar's stats are wrong. Their polearm stat is 130 and their two handed is 80. It should be the other way around.
ya the devs probably forgot that the two handed axes in bannerlord are actually two handed. in warband, the best axes were polearms that could alternate to two handed.
They’ve made a lot of similar mistakes. Imperial crossbow men have higher bow skill than crossbow for one
This guy is also playing the game on Easy, meaning his troops take less damage, have more health and deal more damage. So that by itself is a greater "margin of error" than the 80 to 130 stat differential. So.... Yeah.
Sturgia's nobles the "druzhinnik champion" with a giant lance, and no bow has 60 in polearm and 220 in bow... they even made mamlukes mounted archers... like what?
a modder discovered that unit stats do nothing for regular units at this stage of the game just the equip changes how they perform
Lmao, that looter towards the end throwing his rock was like leonidas in 300 when he was throwing his spear at xerxes while his men were getting massacred by arrows. His defiance in the face of death and throwing that staple weapon of looters makes him one of the greatest looters I've ever seen. RIP.
Got a timestamp for that? I don't have time to watch these longer videos as I'm in the army rn.
@@ElCarboon 19:43
@@berjastkjuklingur1914 thanks!
the real question is who has the best peasants?
Pinner Otis in online I would either say sturgians with better army and 2 handed axe or vlandians with bills
Battanians, good bows
@@nagirok1 But we Battanians only have throwing weapons. I think maybe the Khuzaits or maybe the Vlandians if you want a shielded peasant.
Wait I was thinking recruits.
I mean what did we expect? One of these guys held up a 15 000 army on a bridge cutting down 40 of them until he was stabbed from below :)
cool idea of the lone beserker, but no evidence of it at all.
@An Average Guy yeah, but it's probably greatly exaggerated. Probably a handful of elite huscarls holding back a much larger force on the choke point in the bridge until they were stabbed from underneath. A single man wouldn't be able to hold them back for long, no matter how crazy.
Wasn’t that named Harold correct me if I’m wrong
@@arniepage1662 The norwegian king invading was named Harald
@@nuclearlefthook5008 Or only a few man(20) were his opponents and after he killed a few(maybe 2-4) of them they decidet to wait until the whole army was there to cross the brige and someone went down and killed him and the man who killed him started talking about how smart he was and now we are stuck with this story
Along with a lot of people in the comments here, I gotta agree. Playing on easy greatly misrepresents how well units perform. Realistic would bring better results imo.
Dude, why would you test unit strengths on easy mode?
I love the video but the information is completely useless.
Indeed, If they work on Realistic then they will work anywhere.
Exactly what I am always thinking watching these. If he switched sides they would have won simply because of the gamemode. I wont attack sea raiders with recruits simply because they are one shots on realistic.
He also often describes the difference in terms of numbers... but usually the enemy armies consist of a large number of recruits and other low tier units which he puts up against top tier troops. I know there's not a whole lot you can do unless custom battles get fleshed out and let you decide precise units.
Because like he said before in one of these videos, easy mode (2/3 damage) is the one that most people will play at and the army composition consist of large number of recruits is the most common type that you will find at any given time in the game ( exception being the armies of faction leaders ). This is not a try hard test to see which unit is the best compare to other units, this is just to show you what you would expect out of that unit when you're playing at casual difficulty.
I quickly stopped using berserkers and ulfhednars during my Sturgia only campaing on realistic. Yes, they do a hell lot of damage, yes, they can win battles for you completely on their own and yes, they are the first ones in every battle that get killed even by low tier archers since every other Sturgian melee infantry unit has a big ass shield while ulfhednars only have their battle hardened chest hair. Really, when I did smaller battles and lost about 10 men, I didn't even have to look to know that at least 5 of them were ulfhednars.
The problem is mostly that archers are a bit over the top in Mount and Blade 2, so in my opinion every melee infantry unit without a shield isn't really worth bothering. But if you prefer a masochistic lifestyle and use a similar amount of berserkers and ulfhednars as he did in the video above, I would highly advise you to use them in combination with at least some horse raiders. Berserkers nuke the enemy's morale so quickly that basically more than half their army is running away each time, so horse raiders will help a lot in terms of running down fleeing units, which is important, since with a berserker army, you do not meassure difficulty in troops you have to cut down, but rather in how many times you have to charge through archer bombardment. You want to do as much damage as possible in each engagement.
12:28 I feel honored sir! But I was actually talking about the brigand troop tree. However that can be a video on its own. These single troop videos are so enjoyable to watch (those slow mo's and close up, just perfect) and I'm kinda suprised how much damage the bezerkers could tank.
How about we see some bandits in action? We all know how strong forest bandits are lol
Forest Bandit army is a viable line up I can confirm
The berserkers are doing so well because it’s on easy mode.
The archers would do much more damage to them if it were on realistic.
May not even be a feasible army
@@thisiscompletelyreta agreed. Seeing one of his troops take 5-10 hits to go down while 1 shotting the enemy makes no sense.
Its enjoyable but its not a fair comparison when its on easy. I get that most people play this way but its not really good to compare troops.
Ulfhednars are *useless* dont waste your Berserker with upgrading them. 10 Lowtier Archers can wipe out dozens auf them, before they can throw just one Axe. Not to mention sieges.
or you can use them how they're intended and have them charge in formation behind shields... But i mean who wants to use their brain right? Just make an entire army of light armored shock troops and charge them at archers. Lol
@@NikukaiFightOn yeah so... how do you do chaz in a battle where the ai rushes you 9/10 and is on your line in about 10 sec. How do you seperate all your Ulfhednars from your line infantry put them in cover all the while you are skirmishing / fighting NME cav ? I think someone smart would just dich the shok infantry for more usefull tools, like horse archers or more cav. Cause in bannerlord right now there not a lot of place for creative tactics
@@Praskful You can set them as a seperate unit so they can be comanded seperately from your regular infantry
Unholywolf19 you can set them as another formation but that’s about it.
@@Verdex12 in the party screen you can change the unit they're assigned to
although the cinematics are nice i'd prefer to see the kill feed to get a real sense of how the units perform
i will, thanks tyler
Thanks tyler.
Thanks Tyler :)
Im sure if you really want the stats you could google it nerd, I love the guys sport style commentary and slow motion battle scenes. Makes it so much more fun
@@kingraptor11 i never said i wanted the stats and either way i cant possibly read all those numbers with all the tears in my eyes thanks to tyler
Swedish pagans marching ashore forged in valhalla by the hammer of thor
out from Asgard a viking ship sails never to turn back again!
@@TheOpalHammer oh-ooh-oh
@@SirElderock uh-oh-oh-oh-ohoh
Massacring and raping civilians who are just trying to live honest, constructive lives, and then running away when an actual army turns up to fight them. I'm so proud of my brave, heroic -criminal- warrior ancestors
Tom Meakin dude... uncool
That first fight surprised me as recruits are so much weaker than Sea Raiders, is that on Realistic ?
It's very easy mode for sure. Sea raiders are quite strong for early game, no way recruits would take them
@@aurelienbernard7745 yeah, I feel the same.. and that kinda kills the purpose of testing how strong unit composition is
@@aurelienbernard7745 it's easy mode. He said that the test runs on easy mode because that's probably what the majority plays on
Do believe the game is on 2/3 damage. Not easy but not realistic. At least it was in the archer one
@@silentmayan5427 isn't it just 2/3 damage delt to you and everything else in your army takes realistic damage
19:44 that looter at the end, what a beast to just keep on walking and throwing stones while throwing axes are taking out all your mates
tom rowell noooooo he died!!! Lmaooooooo
This is amazing! I thought the Ulfhidnar were lightly armoured. Looks like its going to be a lot of berserkers in my army now! Thanks Resonant!
They do have light armor, they have a high health pool.
You'll get the same only if you play in very easy. In realistic, those berserker would ger their ass kicked
You should know he plays on easy...
@@aurelienbernard7745 On realistic you can still use highly specialized infantry to great effect, you just have to think about when and where you send them in :)
Its on easy, those would get erased by archers really fast in realistic, no shirt on uthewhatever
Berserkers arent as good as this channel, keep up the good work!
Why would you do this on easy. Completely removes any point.
Kelvin Matson that’s what most people play on
@@b.blazkowitz7303 No it isnt? Most people play Realistic
@@Baleur As a representative for most people, so recently being described as "envoy for humanity," as well as "person that can state opinions and reinforce it as if it's also coming from an entire group of people despite having nothing to base it on".........
Most people play on easy
and he fights with 500 top tier units against 800 recruits and a couple armoured units..
Test valandian crossbow mans pls.
You make Gr8 job bro
Would be cool if enemies are fleeing that they throw away their weapons to you know run faster
Honestly, I doubt dropping a weapon that only weighs a few kgs at most would help anyone run faster.
@@LexieAssassin It's not so much the weight as it is the weight distribution. It might only be a few kilos, but it's a few kilos that muck up your balance just enough to noticeably slow you down.
IDK, I'm still skeptical. I figure there's always gonna be a way to do it where the impact of holding onto your weapon is negligible at best. Plus, at any rate, isn't it better to hold onto it anyways just to defend yourself?
Love the slow motion shots!!!! Keep it up your doing a great job. 👍
Are you playing with reallistic settings? Thats important for these test
He plays on easy. Makes a lot of his statements kinda dumb, like "these guys are so powerful, we only lost 3 men!" etc... Still fun videos, but I would like to see how units perform on realistic.
He should really test it on realistic difficulty. Sure, most people dont play on realistic but if we're test how strong a unit is then giving them a health buff makes the testing pointless
@Lord Seanobear I could. Just need to know the console commands unless you need a mod to spawn troops
Lord Seanobear he’s not the youtuber making test videos tho
@Lord Seanobear Yes, we all realize we can also test it. That doesn't change the fact that a video called "HOW GOOD ARE BERSERKERS" does not test how good berserkers are because it's on easy difficulty.
I cant believe how good these videos are! AND they are coming in thick and fast!
this is one of my favourites that you made awesome
love this series. would love to see shocktroops from sturgia.
basically all heavy infantry with shields would probably the most "realistic" as an "only" troop type.
Do Sturgian Veterens Vs skolder nordic troops
You playing on easy?? I know on realistic they get shredded
i would say 70 % of the players play on 2/3 he even said that in one of the last videos that its on 2/3 because most players play on that difficulty
ikr,i like an idea of videos,but the fact that they are made on 2/3 and not in realistic is..confusing.Like go test stuff on realistic and if its good on realistic u can be sure it will work great on lower difficulites.Because its doesnt seem fair and accurate,nomatter how much players play on 2/3.
Nobody:
Resonant: THE BATTLE COMMENCES ON
love your vids tho
Next video you should check out the Aserai Mamluke Palace Guards. Awesome two-hander heavily gold armored infantry.
@resonant I’ve really enjoyed watching the quality of this series improve every episode, Jeep up the great work!
Also you say *thick* and *fast* a lot kekw
For better and larger battles for the end of the video spawn in an extra 1000 or so units when baiting them with the seige and then remove them just before they enitiate the battle.
that one last looter at the end is hard core...with one axe stuck in his chest he still followed through with that rock throw lol...
Somehow in my game, khuzait nomads always seem to kill twice as many compared to their deaths despite meeting mid-tier troops, check them out maybe?
I love this type of m&b content ✌️. Please continue
Sturgian Druzhinnik next? Considering doing a sturgian campaign for my next playthrough and want to know how reliable their heavy cav is
Hi mate, how about a full armour of vlandian pikemen? alexander style! or a large army of vlandian voulgiers (their polearms do 188 swing damage which is insane)
So these are great!!! What would be people's personal favorite army built from any/all factions? so if you could have your favorite infantry, cavlry, archers etc. If there are enough comments maybe Resonant could do a video reviewing a couple of them :)
holy shit those javelins hit the recruits so hard they phased out of existence for a second
Please try Shock Troops next. I’ve read that they absolutely dominate everything even on realistic because they have heavy armor, shields, and pull out 2-handed war razors when they close the gap.
Do falxman men only next
I love your videos, mate. Liked and subbed.
Suggestion for the next chapter: Skolder units. Vlandian sharpshooters are a good range-melee hydrib with more emphasis on range while not being excelent at it like bow units due low fire rate. The Skolder Veteran Brotvas should be the same but with more emphasis on melee due their high amount of javelines.
Fantastic video and great commentary
Awesome cinematics loved it.
It was the best content I ve ever seen in bannerlord category
I'd love to see a vid on the Khuzait infantry which I think are prolly my favorite infantry cause on their final level they have spears, swords, javelins, and a shield. I love em.
idk why but i had loved that first "berzerker" after intro lmfao
I’ve noticed that a lot of armies have like 70% tier 1&2, 20% tier 3 and 10% of tier 4 and higher. I usually just set up defensive positions, let my horse archers go one way and I’ll go another way by myself. They face the horse archers in their formation, I’ll ploughing through them with a couch lance. Usually I try to hit the commander. After that they’re usually pretty disorganized. I’ll either pull back and lead them into my archers who quickly cut them down and then let my whole army charge and slaughter them. Usually just end up with a few wounded troops. If the army had a lot more lower tier troops I’d often beat armies twice my size with minimal losses (I play on 2/3 damage, realistic isn’t fun to play, 1/3 is a little to easy, though sometimes you get these one offs where you just get wrecked and it leaves you like WTF just happed?)
Would love to see an army of Puppeteers darken the sky with throwing knives. =)
This!
This is exactly what I need TH-cam!
You know what you should try, a mix of all the small factions I have trie this I had a mix of all the small faction characters some different types of bandits and maybe just a few more troops of every faction from fighting and it was wicked I loved having a mix of everything in there.
You will like tonights vid then
Ahhh yes i knew you would like these guys, they are so fun to fool around with.
Love the video and commentary lol, but you should use the move forward command more than the charge command, so the soldiers keep the formation
I can't wait to see someone make a Renaissance-themed modpack/campaign for Bannerlord. Imagine having a platoon of Landsknecht doppelsoldner equivalents and using a pollaxe.
Jesus that axe rain :O 19:16
Ulfednar perform really well. In one battle today, my lone Ulf dude had 38 kills all to himself. Just need to feed them some high grade spice before the battle and all will be well.
Hey Resonant how do you use the free floating camera?
I was wondering that too I hope he'll answer
Same, i've commented it on a few of his recents and nothing yet
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You absolute god, thank you my dude. I'm gonna subscribe to you.
I'm using a mix of crossbowmen, knights and those Imperial berserker dudes. I've only got a small handful of cavalry, mainly companions and horse archers and so far I'm kicking ass.
I just put my crossbowmen on a slight elevation andI place my foot soldiers just beneath them to defend them, then as the enemy draws close i order my footmen to attack while my crossbowmen keep shooting. I only order them to attack if a large grou is coming at them directly..Meanwhile I just harrrass them from behind with my cavalry retinue
My only problem is enemy cavalry, because in large numbers they can do damage, but I normally ride out and harrass them along the way, a lot of the time they redirect their attention to me and my companions, so I just zigzag, or circle and slash them while my crossbowmen rain down hell on them.
But if it's just an army of footmen I'm chasing? Nah, forget it, it's not even a contest. Even when heavily outnumbered, the combination of crossbow men, a wall of shields and cavalry fucking them from behind, it always ends up being an absolute massacre. Especially when they send hundreds of raw recruits against my 100 strong veteran army.
So just having crossbowmen or this or that is just silly. A decent balanced army of infantry, archers and cavalry - if used correctly - well fuck up anything else. Even an army of crossbowmen would get destroyed, because you could fire back at them with your own archers, plus send your footmen in as cannon fodder while you attack their flank with cavalry.
Drinking game: take a shot every time it’s coming in *thick* and *fast*
Coming in thick and fast.. 1 arrow.
love the videos keep up the good work bud.. quick question if anyone knows..what faction or troops are more Viking like? just the sturgians?
Now thats a lot of damage! 16:09
Are you playing on realistic or what difficulties do you use? At least the damage your allies take and do should be realistic i guess
He plays on easy. Makes a lot of his statements kinda dumb, like "these guys are so powerful, we only lost 3 men!" etc... Still fun videos, but I would like to see how units perform on realistic.
Luvz yikes... i don’t like that
@@Luvzilla4rilla He stated in a earlier video that he plays on easy (Not Super Easy but Easy, I.E middle difficulty) because he assumes most people play on that diffulty, he supports his claim by saying that super easy is of course a cake walk while realistic may be a bit challenging for most people.
@@Luvzilla4rilla I tried realistic but I'm not exactly up on that skill level yet so I play on easy with AI set to Veteran
Today I learned: there are actually people who don't play on realistic.
Isn't it kinda boring when your troops have an unfair advantage?
Since axes have bonus against shields, you should try fighting against shield walls.
Battanian Falxmen could be a fun test. I don't imagine they'll be much different from berserkers. Maybe a comparison between the two?
New drinking game idea, take a shot every time Reasonst says "Thick and fast"
Can we have the empire's elite cataphract or vlandian banner knight next? Would definitely love a comparison between the two and also love a good heavy cavalry charge
You should show how many units die after every battle.
My berserkers
17:45 The Imperial with dark hair and beard near the bottom of the screen, I wouldn't want to be him haha
I kinda want to see 500 Vlandian Pikemen vs an army of cavalry
That was awesome thanks for sharing personally I would really like to see the skirmisher
Having the cleaving mod really pump theese guys up, i would say they are not so effective without that mod, but in any case i think it really suits them, specially if playing in realistic mode where they get wrecked from heavy ranged fire.
I'm doing a Battanian play through, and I'm curious how an all wildling army would do.
Wildling only or Pikeman only
I would be interested in seeing how far the looter prisoners can take you with their upgrade tree
This type plus sword and board armies probably going to be still viable even after they fix AI armies using 90% recruits. Pure bow builds will just get overwhelmed simply by tier 2-3 infantry if they are in a reasonable number. Even now going up against Sturgians with full bow builds show a major difference to other armies.
Don't know if this is going to work but it's worth a Try, Companion/Vassal Only
500 wolves were harmed in the making of this video.
i do like to see mercanary crossbow and hired blade version. mercenary crossbow seems to have higher crossbow stats then other crossbows
Lindybeige wants to know your location
I had the same idea when I tried playing a raiding viking. In crowded fights they start sucking.
This is a great way test. But i need episode 2 for them. Test them in more situations. In captain mode and campaign. More types of units.
You sir are a top lad and that was brilliant
I love Sturgia. They're like the pre-Nords / pre-Vaegirs. I love the aesthetic
Thats is like playing with Jarls in Medieval Total War. Viking invasion :)
i'm curious to see how these elite troops fare against each other if i'm honest, we see them destroy armies with lots of recruits but surely that is to be expected, how do they go against each other??
Hey Resonant, could you explain perhaps how you rewatch the battles and are able to make those shots?
hey resonant I wanna see what an army of vlandian knights can do
Do Javelin throwers or Aseri Infantry next!!
Did you turn realistic damage for your units?
You should do the "young wolf" troops and escalate up the upgrade tree
i mean any t5+ units vs t3 and under units are going to do well, unless you have bad placement
Now I am positively sure who I will be playing as... Bad ass!
5:39 ...but these Axes are doing a fantastic *chop* here....
i wanna see the veteran falxman, 2 handed melee troops seem to be surprisingly strong
The most dissapointing unit I've found so far. It is expected of them to wear light/no armor, but their skill is just bad. Upgrade them and they trade their armor for a wolfskin and lose 20 skill points from the two handed skill and drops it at 80 (which btw is their only weapon). They basically take the money you give them, gamble it away and return addicted to alcohol.
“Oh, and a chop to the back of the neck. You alright there, mate?” 😂💀
Now we need to have 1000 Faris battle.
The only thing i find more horrifying than a hail of arrows coming my way is a hail of throwing axes.
Now for the most well armoured infantry unit
Drakhan army next, ler the demon faces scare the enemy away
Hi Resonant,
Do Mameluke or imperial legionary only in the next video
I like that format... but could you do a bit of stability?
Like instead of saying 50 Berserkers/Bandits... vs *whatever tropps this guy is made out of*
You could always send them vs... lets say Vladian footmen to get some sweet butter or something.
Because If I put up 100 Swadian Sergants against your 100 Zerkers... lets just say it would not be the same result than having 100 random, mostly recruit troops
I like it when I own a town with four hundred defenders and got another 148 men in my party but fight with 9 instead of 548 of my men against 25 Thugs.