Bannerlord – TOP 6 Best Faction Units - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Guide (Shield Infantry)

so I compared the stats of every single unit in the game to figure out what the best faction troop unit was in mountain blade to ban allured so in today's video we'll be looking specifically at what the best shield infantry unit is in the game but if you guys want to find out who the best Archer or best cavalry unit is I've already linked a separate video on those topics below in the description if it's not linked there it's because I haven't made it yet so if you like you can subscribe and press that Bell icon and then YouTube will let you know as soon as it comes out now I've looked at all the raw data of every single unit in the game to create a tier list of the top six best shielded infantry units in the game will be taking four factors into consideration to decide who's the best firstly survivability their armor rating obviously the more survivable a unit is the longer it will last in battle and the more damage it will probably end up doing secondly the defensive equipment it has since we're talking about skilled infantry today the durability of the shield is more important than the armor in many situation since if you're using shield walls correctly your units will most of the time be pretty much indestructible thirdly offensive equipment how much damage is the unit going to be dealing with its weaponry can it handle enemy horses and so off and then finally I will summarize each and every unit we're about to go over and there are six in total each one from different factions let's start out with the best the empire faction has to offer the Imperial legionary which can be upgraded from any imperial recruits following this path now since the Empire has access to the strongest armor in the game the Imperial legionary armor rating has a total of a hundred and eighty seven which is the highest honor ating by far compared to any other shield at infantry their head body arms and legs are completely covered so these men can truly weather a storm in battle defensively speaking the Imperial Legion Ares use a fortified kite shield which has four hundred eighty hit points and provides great coverage in the shield wall offensively each man uses either a sword or a mace the mace being good against armored opponents and the sword against non-art both of these are high tier weapons they also have access to a spear but it is rather short at only a hundred and fourteen units long however it has a fast frost speed allowing them to still be able to deal with cavalry effectively all of these factors make the Imperial legionary debatably the best shielded infantry in the entire game mainly because of their amazing armor though they do have a slight weakness against cavalry units I should also mention that across the board pretty much all of these shield infantry units were going to go over today have a melee skill of 130 in 1-handed 2-handed and whole arms and also an athletic skill of 130 as well now let's go into a very close second place we have the Valais daeun sergeant arguably these guys could be joined top as the best shielded infantry in the game they're upgraded from the Valais daeun recruit and they have an armor rating of a hundred and sixty-three which still is nothing to be laughed at as for their defensive equipment they're reinforced cavalry hide shield also has 480 hit points and provides fantastic coverage as for their offensive power they also spawned with a sword or mace both of which are similar in power to the Empire legionaries however the mace has 10 faster swing speed meaning they can dish out a little bit more damage the blade Ian Sargent however also spawns with a spear that is actually over twice as long as the Legionaries at 235 units long and therefore it makes the Valais daeun sergeants much better being able to deal with enemy cavalry some of the sergeants even have a chance to spawn with the two-handed bill which does a massive 132 damage overall the lady in sergeant has a much better offensive capability but it lacks that same high value armor that the Imperial legionaries have but the Valais Dee and sergeant is much more effective against cavalry so for that reason I would say they were almost joint first place now let's take a look at sturdy air here we have the Sturge in veteran warrior the third in our top six list these warriors have an overall armor rating of a hundred and sixty one so it's very good and their armor is also light which allows them to move fast as for their defensive equipment they use the heavy round shield which has a health of three hundred and thirty it also covers a huge area which is great for protecting shield 'less warriors who might be standing behind your shield wall as for their offensive equipment they have a one hand of ax it has a fast swing speed of ninety four and a high damage of seventy five making it very strong it is also in my opinion the best weapon for sieges because axes do extra damage against gates allowing you to break down the wooden doors quickly in a siege axes also do extra damage against shields as well though it doesn't seem to be as useful the axe however is the only weapon that they'll spawn with making them less versatile than the Palladian sergeants and the Imperial Legion Ares who have swords and maces so they will struggle against armored opponents they also don't have any space to counter cavalry what they do have however is a broad javelin to throw at enemies while we're still rather useful versus cavalry due to how physics works it ends up doing a lot more damage you'll find that since they have a low throwing skill of only 80 they're not really going to be hitting their targets unless they're quite close up I would say that the Sturgeon veteran warriors are king of seizures however heavily armored troops and cavalry are definitely going to be their weakness when compared to other factions next let's take a look at the news eights in at number four the cooze a dark heart with the total armor rating of a hundred and sixty their leg armor and armed armor is actually very weak but considering is the least important area that needs protection if you're carrying a shield that's not too much of an issue the eastern cavalry shield that they are carrying has 300 HP which is rather low compared to the other shield on this offensively though the dark on spear they carry has a length of 179 units and the best damage of all the shield infantry here of 37 and also a speed of 84 making them very effective at dealing with cavalry on foot which makes sense based on where they actually hail from their one-handed heavy Sabre is also better than the legionary sword but it's worse than the sergeant's they also use Eastern javelins for throwing making them a rather versatile unit that's kind of a jack-of-all-trades but what lets them down quite literally is their armor is the second heaviest on this list and it's also slightly weaker so they're slow and less survivable but they have the tools for any job next let's take a look at the lands of Betania to see what they can offer us the betaine e'en wildling they have a lesser armor rating of a hundred and thirty nine in total the main issue here is that they have terrible head armor with only a value of thirty which makes them rather easy to kill considering that enemy AI seems to prioritize aiming for the upper body and head specifically that said if used correctly they can still be formidable troops because they have a huge oval shield which covers their whole body vertically and also has a health value of 480 making them an unmovable shield wall unit I'd go so far as to say their shield sighs and durability makes up for their lack of armor if used correctly however in close quarters combat once you get them to charge they will go down a lot faster than the other units on this list offensively speaking they have the same long spear that these Sargeant users so they are very effective at dealing with cavalry and they also use the bearded axe which is a slightly less axe compared to these Sturgeon veteran warriors but still extremely good they even have javelins as well the main issue with the Betania is like I said really comes down to the fact they have bad head armor and they're not as tanky as the other troops now in my worst position number 6 to end this list and please give the video a like if you've watched this far guys it took me a long time to make this list so I'd really appreciate it but now we're looking at the as arrived faction where we have the Azariah veteran infantry with Amy's early armor rating of a hundred and twenty three they're essentially just staying out of the Sun at this point the main issue is their terrible head armor which is only 80 this means that they'll get one hit killed by anything that hits them in the head pretty much not to mention despite having the lowest armor rating they also have the heaviest armor and equipment making them really really slow and their shield only has 280 hit points and this showed is pretty small as well so it doesn't really provide much coverage or defense for them offensively though they are in a good spot with the highest base damage melee weapon the fine steel long casts acara with a high damage of 78 it's length is a true advantage as well however it has a slow swing speed of 80 they also have the dragon spear like the qs8 faction and they have the Eastern javelins to throw as well it's just really good like a survivability that makes this unit so hard to rely on but to summarize this entire video that empires legionary infantry and the Valais d incidents are by far the best shield units in the entire game however they do have no range damage but they can still survive and counter cavalry some was the Sturgeon veteran warriors followed in a close second being especially incredible in seizures with their axes while the patanè Ian wildlings and the chakram are still decent if used correctly you just need to kind of understand what makes them good and what their weak spots are finally that has arrived don't really seem to have many strengths apart from the offensiveness but due to their terrible survivability that's why they ended up being the last in this top six shielded infantry units in mountain blade to banner law if you guys are wondering to yourself how Chi command shielded infantry in the best possible way you may also be interested in my video guide on commanding your troops linked below and if you want to find out my other top 6 categories for cavalry crossbows and so on check out the links in the scription for the actual playlist where we're going to go into more detail on the other units that exist in Bala law thank you so much for watching subscribing and the likes on this video guys it truly means the world to me thank you so much for letting me do this our job is pretty damn cool I'll see you in the next video guys [Music]

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Length: 11min 10sec (670 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 24 2020