Impressive Performance by Rhodok-Only Army on Foot

[Yoshi Murasaki]

With my current Char and his 50 A-Star Swadian Army, I ran into Rhodoks yesterday. We even outnumbered them with another Allies Lord, 80 to 60 or such.

Half of my best men died in that battle, including a lot of dead Knights and Sharpshooters. And that was versus an outnumbered, unorganized, tactically idiotic placed AI Rhodok Army, while I tried my best to use Cavalry, Archers and Infantry to their strenghts.

I think it's their Spearmen and the large Board shields. Definitly not a pushover - I've been pounding similar sized Nord Armies in the ground with no problem at all, they simple fall in a rain of crossbow bolts while my Cav is running them over at full tilt. Didn't work with Rhodoks.

Didn't work on Rhodoks because you used "a rain of crossbow bolts".

As Swadian.

Try using a torrent of Swadian knights and NOTHING but knights, then report back.

 

[rooperi]

With my current Char and his 50 A-Star Swadian Army, I ran into Rhodoks yesterday. We even outnumbered them with another Allies Lord, 80 to 60 or such.

Half of my best men died in that battle, including a lot of dead Knights and Sharpshooters. And that was versus an outnumbered, unorganized, tactically idiotic placed AI Rhodok Army, while I tried my best to use Cavalry, Archers and Infantry to their strenghts.

I think it's their Spearmen and the large Board shields. Definitly not a pushover - I've been pounding similar sized Nord Armies in the ground with no problem at all, they simple fall in a rain of crossbow bolts while my Cav is running them over at full tilt. Didn't work with Rhodoks.

Worked for me. Yesterday my 190 mameluks faced about 1240 strong Rhodok force, and on the mountains. Pretty easy win for my cavalry. First round of the fight was challenging but the later ones as easy as  everything else with mameluks. Lost about 20-30 mameluks total and destroyed the whole rhodok force. For full cavalry army Rhodoks are just as easy to run over as other factions, when in AI control. Even in their best terrain.

 

[Helmut_AUT]

Didn't work on Rhodoks because you used "a rain of crossbow bolts".

As Swadian.

Try using a torrent of Swadian knights and NOTHING but knights, then report back.

Okay, might work, but since no AI group ever runs around all Knights, that simple means they should be pretty good vs. the computer in single player.

Of course, if you are "gaming the system" and use all high-level troops, some of the best in game, they will beat anyone. But that doesn't mean Rhodoks aren't usable.

 

[Helmut_AUT]

Worked for me. Yesterday my 190 mameluks faced about 1240 strong Rhodok force, and on the mountains. Pretty easy win for my cavalry. First round of the fight was challenging but the later ones as easy as  everything else with mameluks. Lost about 20-30 mameluks total and destroyed the whole rhodok force. For full cavalry army Rhodoks are just as easy to run over as other factions, when in AI control. Even in their best terrain.

Same reply as above to Yoshi - I'm fairly sure it wouldn't matter if you had faced 1200 Nords, 1200 Swadians or 1200 Rhodoks - 200 Mamelukes will do that to anyone. Besides, the Mamelukes simple seem to be the most powerful cavalry in entire Warband.

 

[Yoshi Murasaki]

Worked for me. Yesterday my 190 mameluks faced about 1240 strong Rhodok force, and on the mountains. Pretty easy win for my cavalry. First round of the fight was challenging but the later ones as easy as  everything else with mameluks. Lost about 20-30 mameluks total and destroyed the whole rhodok force. For full cavalry army Rhodoks are just as easy to run over as other factions, when in AI control. Even in their best terrain.

Same reply as above to Yoshi - I'm fairly sure it wouldn't matter if you had faced 1200 Nords, 1200 Swadians or 1200 Rhodoks - 200 Mamelukes will do that to anyone. Besides, the Mamelukes simple seem to be the most powerful cavalry in entire Warband.

That's true. We're merely replying to people who say "But Rhodoks have spearmen! Woah imagine that, they kill cavalry!"

Cavalry kills all. That's how game works. Rhodoks are anti-cavalry faction which fails at being anti-cavalry and that's the saddest thing. If Nords fail vs heavy cavalry - alright, no one expects them to be good vs heavy cavalry.

 

[Cossack8559]

I am currently playing as a vassal to Rhodoks... my army is entirely sharptooters and i have yet to lose a battle. every time i get into a fight where i am outnumbered or fear i could lose.. i move my men to the biggest hill i can find... if you have enough sharptooters you will slaughter enemy armies before they get in melee range. also they ain't bad at malee either so can put up a good enough fight for the ones that do get through the storm of bolts. only problem i have with my army is attacking castles... although they are great for defending one they struggle to attack effectively.

I thought enemy cavalry would smash through my troops... but to my surprise my sharptooters can dismount/kill most before they do enough damage to turn the tide of battle. so far so good. (Touch wood)

 

[gordian12]

I've had a lot of success with a force of 2/3 sharpshooters and 1/3 Sergeants, with companions outfitted with crossbows.  I find a tall hill and either bunch up against cavalry or spread out against archers.  I have to focus my shots on killing/unhorsing cavalry, but otherwise the strategy has worked very well for me.

 

[UnfortunateCrow]

I thought enemy cavalry would smash through my troops... but to my surprise my sharptooters can dismount/kill most before they do enough damage to turn the tide of battle. so far so good. (Touch wood)

I've gotten similar results using Nords.  The throwing axes and javelin hail are usually enough to make any cavalry that do make it through the rain soft pickin's by the time they hit the line.