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    Epitome of Ephemeral Success Member Death is yonder's Avatar
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    Default Re: The Ultimate Stack thread...

    English:
    1xGeneral(prefferably with good command and moral boost and if possible Hp)
    2xSpears(Fully upgraded so as to reduce requirement of more spears to counter cavalry)
    6xArmoured Swordsmen(Prefferably upgraded)
    5xRetinue Archers(Although i also like sherwood archers)
    4xTemplar/Hospitaller
    2xTrebuchet(So i dont have to wait to build siege equipment for assulting cities)
    (Although a spy and some luck/loading repeatedly would be better and would free up more room for cavalry )
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    Turks: This is what I'm taking to America.....

    1 General
    4 Qapakalu
    9 Janissary Musketeers 3x3 -also awesome in melee!
    2 Cannon
    4 Hashishim

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    20 vards cannot win a siege quickly unless you also got spies :p

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    2 Voulgier
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    If you did'nt catch the enemy in the field while you're on horseback, something is definetly not right ! ;P :D
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    20 vards cannot win a siege quickly unless you also got spies :p
    True - but they won't make it more than 10m outside the town when they sally
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    Egypt:
    1 general (preferably the faction leader)
    19 Hashashim

    Deployed as:

    Frontline
    H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H
    Middle line:
    H-H-H-H-G-H-H-H-H
    Backline:
    H-H-H-H

    Strategy:
    Use the Hashashim frontline to batter the enemies front ranks. Concentrate on the middle of their line while the Middle line assault then outer sides. Only use the backline as reserves. Bring a unit in if another is taking heavy casualties. Use 3 or 4 centre units to overwhelm the enemies centre unit. Then use these to head straight for the general. Speed is the key here in this plan but mostly let the Hashashim get into a fighting rhythm then strike with the back line when you’ve killed or routed their general to rout the whole army.

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    I like heavy infatry allot. So i use a stack of :

    1 GB
    6 spearmen
    5 heavy infantry
    4 archers
    4 heavy cav

    I personally always use unleased 5 spear units. The cav in MTW2 is way to strong. And you need something to die from the arrows. I hope that the shield bug in 1.02 is finally fixed, so they are perfect for the job. You will need 4 good archers or x- bows to counter the HA and for my favorite defensive battles. And not less than 4 cav to chase routers and archers. The rest- heavy infantry. Whith this you can kill almost all kinds of enemas. Fighting cav whith cav is possible but expensive. Thing like in WW II- most of the tanks where not destroyed by other thanks, but from infantry and airplanes.

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