In defenses, stay as an archer, only switching to 2h when absolutely necessary.

A veteran footman is going to out pace, out trade, and out perform a recruit spearman. Naturally, The more experienced a unit is, the better. However, not all soldiers are created equal. DO NOT take an active, center-of-the-melee role - you might last a while but you will also start taking heavy damage. You will not be starved for choice when it comes to best troops selection in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord. Switch to your 2h, and use winded-up swings to help clear out defenders.

Only start up the ladder once you've run out of arrows. If you get bored with that, or enemy cavalry seem to be doing a lot of damage, switch to chasing cavaly (see below). In siege assaults, you're going to play as an archer - keep firing, clearing out wall defenders. That's kinda what the ranger is specialized for - clearing out infantry quickly.

At this point (you're going to want to conserve arrows) switch to your sword/2h and start going after individual enemy infantry. You should initially be equipped with the bow, so keep circling the main enemy group and firing into it until i) your own infantry group enters the melee or ii) the enemy group starts to disperse. Heavy cavalry - Swadian knight- Heavy infantry - Nord huscarl- Shock infantry - Vaegir guard- Archer - Vaegir marksman- Crossbowman - Rhodock sharpshooterIf. You're riding one of the lighter hunters, so you may be able to run over one or two archers, but toss two or three together and you'll be stalled for sure. Best course of action, then is to follow the same roundabout route of the Keshik - charge at top speed, but flank around the main enemy group. The increased capacity of the equipment is also useful at the beginning of the game - hunting bandits is a good way to make money, and the increased capacity will allow you to take all. This is especially important during war, when you dont have time to go back to the city to sell the loot. Versus infantry: In a best-case scenario, don t go for the head-on charge, even if they are archers. Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord will allow you to store more items by increasing the lifting capacity.

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