THE MOST INSANE WAVE EVER / 6 / Bad North / Challenge Run

This is the sixth episode of a playthrough of Bad North where we try to complete the perfect run. I have defined the perfect run as the game of Bad North completed on Very Hard difficulty where we go to every island and collect every coin. This means we cannot allow a single house to be destroyed by the invaders or our playthrough is over!
Let me know in the comments if you enjoy this playthrough and would like to see more like it.

[@mustafakilic8614]

This guy realy deserves more views

[@JackOfClubsBlog]

There is no easy way to deal with Brute Archers. Hiding and ambushing them when they land is usually effective if they are alone, but the scenario when they are escorting other troops, as at 21:04, is tricky no matter what you do. However, it is worth noting that Archers can be effective in attacking them while they are still at sea. You just need to hide until they are in range, since the Brute Archers can shoot long before your Archers can reach them. Once they are within range, however, hits from your arrows can knock them down so that they don't fire back. This usually requires either two squads of Archers or single squad with an upgraded Ring of Command. Even so, you may take a couple of hits during the process because Brute Archers are just evil.

[@roguebrothers]

Thanks mate. Good to know I wasn't missing anything!

[@loadingscreen8888]

5:45 brutes will prioritize killing men in their sight so you can put pikes uphill alone and they all will be deal with.

[@Shleorkshlonk]

they literally cannot burn houses so if all your troops are replenishing they just sit and wait. same with the duel wielders

[@johntrack5847]

If your having trouble dealing with brute archers, something that works is using swordsmen to draw their fire and archers to the side to kill them before they land as brute archers aren’t as tanky as brutes.

[@V1n2c3nt]

That's pretty unreliable. I did some testing and found that brute archers are able to switch targets, regardless of your units position. Viking archers are coded to fire upon the closest unit, whereas brute archers just randomly pick whatever unit it has at its range. You risk a ballista bolt taking out 3-5 of your archers.

[@johntrack5847]

I’ll be honest, your right, it is pretty unreliable I’ve noticed they do switch targets but most of the time if you have elite archers they are able to kill them before they switch targets.

[@rickliska5005]

I love this playthrough! Those sketchy moments were nail biting. IDK how you do it but you pulled through. Good stuff!

[@V1n2c3nt]

I think people are too scared of brute archers. Brute archers by themselves coming over in one direction is easy to handle. Your shields will hard counter them. If you know how to micro your shields, you can get away with no causalities on a favorable environment. When they are put with other types of enemies into a "combined arms" attack, that is when it is tricky. This is more difficult than brute archers coming from two directions on an island. The worst is when brute archers come in with other types of vikings from 2 directions such as 21:01, but it is pretty rare.
Edit: By micro, I mean that you don't rush in your shields at the brute archers. Try to wait for them to fire and then charge in. This is due to your shields being "raised" charging in, which guarantees immunity on a direct shot. Your shields are most vulnerable the second they draw their swords. To do this, simple charge your shields in, then pull back. When the brute archers fire, then redirect them back to attack the brute archers. Be sure to use slow motion while doing this, as doing it in normal speed may cause your shields to withdraw too far back since you have to control them. It also works against archers. This strategy is not too well known by casuals, but if you utilize it right, you should get a really good vikings killed to soldiers lost ratio at the end. My best is 4685 vikings killed to 243 soldiers lost doing the exact same challenge as the video.

[@roguebrothers]

Nice one - I'll have to try that micro

[@kingbest4U]

You should use volleys more and it’s a good counter to brutes

[@roguebrothers]

You're right - It is an amazing skill

[@BEANS690]

🧀, would love if you guys tried editing :)

[@XiaoYuanHao]

Nah, I personally like it as is tbh, what would remain from a game like this after editing? This isn't Minecraft or something else with boring grinding or resource gathering...

[@BEANS690]

@@XiaoYuanHao i mean who knows when they might play a different game and so on

[@미누-g6p]

holy 21:24

[@roguebrothers]

Honestly one of the scariest waves I've ever faced!

[@robinmitchell644]

Looked really sketchy at 6:20

[@roguebrothers]

Yep - was not looking good haha