Who's the top barbarian? Suebi vs Iceni (Online Battle # 174)

Hey, what's up guys, it's Oakley and this is gonna be an epic 1v1 battle I am gonna be playing as the Swaybee, my opponent Mandalore is gonna be playing as the Iceni, very interesting battle Definitely this one is gonna be more tactical so don't expect too much pausing or expect pausing but don't expect too much pausing to get in on the Animations and the battle the pausing is mostly gonna be for the tactical analysis So it's been a while since I've done a really good online battle, but this is gonna be one of those So my main force here of Swaybee has two of these dramatic scout riders And they are gonna be my micro heavy force that's pushing forward I have a center core where I have three noble riders hanging back with two sword masters and a berserker unit right through there Shielding them in the front is gonna be two blood sworn's and a round shield towards me and then on either flank I have Skirmishing so Kimberly Bowwoman on the right with two dramatic slingers and a spear brother on the right and then on the left It's gonna be two Kimberly Bowwoman or sorry a Kimberly Bowwoman and a dramatic slinger against the spear brother for some protection, so basically what I have is a separated group of troops With archers on the flanks and my center can be pretty heavy hitting but what I'm gonna be doing actually is Needling my opponent and waiting for him to do a miscalculation at that point I can swing in with one of my wings So that's what I was gonna pull, you know kind of planning to do with this force here I knew I needed some resources for my noble riders So they're pulling in here and what I'm doing with some of my Dramatic scout riders is coming in and just plucking away at some of his units I know that Calvary is obviously very important in this game. And so if I can pick away at some of his more Important components of his army my Calvary can run train. So first target is gonna be the spear bands. They're relatively expensive I could for instance target some of his other units here, but I chose not to I wanted to target again Like I said the most important component of his force at least at this point His Britain slingers are also a tempting target. So I want to perhaps get in on them They have turned about and they're gonna start unloading on my guys So I do lose five men right through there But it is causing all-out confusion on my opponent is not quite sure how to react and this is the exact point Where you want your forces to be and now you can see I've got his Britain slingers for facing the wrong way This is where I pull in my Germanic slingers and Kimberly bow women to unleash on his lines I'm targeting his slingers. And then as I force him out of position, I can start targeting some of his spear bends You can see his spear bands are gonna be now pulling back mostly because I have heavy blood sworn Support sword speed spears and so I can come in here and start dealing damage to his guys I charge in preemptively with Germanic scout riders just to bait out some javelins You can see and pull them into a position where I can start shooting him So I have enough support with spear brothers heavy cab in the mix So I'm not too worried and I'm just gonna start picking more and more of his guys off My bows are gonna be targeting some of his chosen warriors Chosen sword band. So always go for the most vulnerable and most cost-effective targets. So that is my goal here Units in the back continuing to just pick away at my opponent's force. He did have a main line of essentially These chosen sword band with skirmishers and spears on the flank, but I've completely thrown his force into disarray I'm now gonna take an opportunistic swing at his slingers. Another key component of his force I know is gonna be his skirmishing advantage So if I can get rid of that get rid of his spears, then he is gonna be at my mercy These charges here are all done with the same Germanic scout rider force. So yes, I've taken some heavy losses But let's see how many kills they have 43 kills for 40 of their own losses But they've wasted a lot of his precursor javelins, which is pretty important His main line is continuously trying to reform But I'm just gonna put a lot of pressure on this flank Take a look at two of my units here gonna unload on his spear band unit. So I'm focusing fire Again swords against spears. I will win out against this so he has to reposition some rognobles and other units into the mix Most of the javelins with and I'm gonna pull out of there every time I charge in pretty aggressively like that You can see his main force is pulled back. He still has some of these Iceni chariots But she'd like to throw into the mix. He would like to rush with this army This is this is an army built to rush and so he would like to do that But because I'm needling him so much with all my guys, he can't quite line up to do that Meanwhile, my force over there is just waiting opposition Lots of skirmishers that I can come in and kind of attack the back here once I find an opportunity But for the time being I'm pretty happy with what's going on here focusing fire on chosen sword bands Volley after volley is taking on his guys. You can see the ground is littered with my opponents forces It's pushing up. His general is somewhat exposed, but now he's coming full force with veteran riders chariots Everything is being swung over towards this position Which is the cue for me to pull some of my guys in and also he's got some guys in the back that could be Vulnerable. I'm waiting to perhaps charge in with some scout riders But this is the stage where you want to engage against your opponents right here. I caught his charge with some spear brothers He was getting pretty anxious to hit my guys He's trying to bog me down and see just tied on some of my forces to get in with his heroic nobles and clean me Up, so he did a pretty good job. My spear brothers here did pop counter cavalry tactics. I'm getting good amount of kills and We're gonna go into slow motion real quick So cavalry strike is gonna come here I blunt it with my blood sworn just to protect my dramatic slingers and right through the front with my general I'm gonna charge through these chosen sword bands hit a second one. So I would say I got the better of those two engagements and Then I'm gonna follow up with a Infantry charge in the mix and then some supporting units that are gonna start peppering his lines here So I should get the advantage. However, a big problem here is my unprotected Slingers and Kimberly Bowman the Kimberly Bowman can whip out spears But these Germanic slingers are gonna be going down much much quicker on this flank He's got a lot of swords and even some of his chariots in and amongst my guys So I'm gonna be easily losing that battle I do throw in some blood sworn just to tie up this force a little bit longer by myself some time Meanwhile in the back his guys are still kind of churning about I sent in some of my Remaining Germanic scout riders into the mix. You can see them dealing damage It's drawing away some of his forces my opponents having to react up to the center My noble riders here have lost one men, which is okay But the longer they stay in combat the more susceptible they are to these spears and other supporting units coming in So I'm gonna have to disengage them Archers focusing fire into the rear of his engaged chosen sword band That should be good and my guys are shuffling around his cavalry here cleaned up my slingers But I was able to pull out my Kimberly Bowwoman with no damage done to them and my Germanic scout riders were continuing to harass his guys I Do still have some noble riders in the mix? And the reason I reinforced this position is because I needed some spear brothers to still be alive They're holding up pretty well But look when his cavalry get engaged here They're gonna be going up against spears and it allows me to do this counter charge So let's pop on the top-down view. So my main goal has been to Dance all around my opponent archers here. You can see targeting the rear of his forces. So I'm engaging in little areas I don't want an all All out, you know across the line engagement I want to pick and choose certain places where I can hold him He combines a lot of forces against my guys where he might win But cost-effectively my archers can shoot on harass into his rear and I win out in those engagements So that's kind of my strategy However, he is gonna be able to catch up with some my Kimberly Bowman in the back of my lines They are running to try and save themselves his veteran riders are pretty isolated which means that my noble riders can come in here and Just waste his guys. They're gonna get flanked as well by sword masters. So my Kimberly Bowwoman lost 20 or so now dropping to almost 30 Women which is pretty devastating, but he traded a veteran rider force for it So perhaps on the balance sheet it is in my favor. I still have one noble rider force hanging out in the back I'm trying to wait till my opponent forgets about them so I can strike in the rear against some painted ones which are on You know pretty unsupported and then also some Britain slingers juicy targets right through there my force here just continue to pepper at his guys and in the center branch old swordsmen are still holding out and I have devastated his chosen swordmen which are vastly better just with the supporting fire of my archers On this flank. I am starting to crumble Chariots were in the mix with 45 kills doing pretty good tearing through my lines So this flank has perhaps been lost Looks like I was giving them a movement order to go through so that is gonna cause me to lose these Germanic Scott riders But I am mostly caught microing over here my opponent's trying to surround and pull through my guys at this point and he just wants to Reduce the amount of incoming fire So what I'm gonna do is pull in my sword masters closer as engagement and Then my spears are gonna come here to rebuff his cavalry charges So his chosen sword man were given a movement command pass to attack my guys That's gonna go in my favor. And then with my spear brothers, I can chase off his Britain Scout riders There they go. My skirmishers are gonna have to find a safe place. So I'm pulling back the rest of his force No need to engage. I'm just gonna allow my sword masters here to sandbag his guys and I should be able to win that engagement I'm now gonna recommit some sword masters against his spear bands swords against spears I'll win that his guys were given a movement order So I get the advantage there and then my units back here are gonna reform I'm gonna target his chosen sword band on their exposed flank and I'm saving some of my berserkers and more elite units For the final engagement because his slingers could easily take out my guys and then my general is kind of saving My units in the back from his marauding cavalry I'm bringing back some spear brothers to reinforce this flank and then my cavalry harassed him in the back hit his painted ones and I'm drawing away his His entire force here chariots all that in tow on this flank I lost the infantry engagement, but my cavalry got some hammer and anvils and I'm gonna be threatening the rear. I'm gonna be threading a You know threading the needle in this engagement got clipped partially by a spear band So my escape is not so clean lost a lot more units that I needed to But it means my sword masters can now get a clean charge against his fear band. My opponent knows that's a bad engagement He's gonna immediately pull out fall back to his chosen sword band Let's see if this is an engagement. I'm willing to take Looks like for the time being I'm gonna you know sack myself into this engagement And then my cavalry pull down this engagement and they hammer and anvil the hell out of his force here So I'm getting repeated hammer and anvils on these positions I'm throwing key elite units like these sword masters and now berserkers down through center to tie up the majority of his force and Then over here. I'm gonna have you see I had one sword master unit holding up three four units He my opponent would have won that engagement But with the well-timed cavalry strike I can knock out four of his units in one fell swoop Very very well and my guys tankier units are gonna lose that engagement if I can't support them But I'm gonna be here to reinforce quite soon His cavalry got past my slower noble riders, but I'm gonna be able to catch up with them The reason I pulled my archers in this position was to fire into the rear of his forces here Spears are tied up against the enemy general and my berserkers here are in the perfect location they have been able to get past my enemy slingers and So now they're running train against some of his weaker guys Skirmish us. What is this painted wands and spear band? Yeah, I will destroy those guys. So berserkers are gonna be Closing down the center. I have now absolutely routed this force my slingers and Kim Ribo women were tying that down And now we're gonna focus fire on the enemy general and Britain slingers My opponent's gonna try and send some spear band against me on this flank. I'm holding out well against. Oh my god These sword masters 189 kills. So yeah, these guys definitely being beasts They are exhausted continued cycle charges on that front The chariots for my opponent have gone down with 96 kills not necessarily paying for themselves. I and here goes the center line It's finally cracked my last unit here They're gonna get hit by his units So his cav are trying to disengage I also disengage my general I can't risk losing them chariots are coming back This could be devastating to me. Looks like my opponent's gonna try and chase after my guys So my general is gonna have to pull out of there immediately But it looks like I actually shattered his chariots in that small engagement So with eight men left in my generals unit I have to keep him away from enemy forces in the center berserkers 193 kills doing super well They have kind of run out of targets. And so I now regain control of them They're gonna be going after spear bands, and I'm trying to relieve some of my forces Dramatic slingers in the distance are pulling away some of his units and right here. This is a crucial moment. I have The generals heroic nobles in the center against sword masters. He will win out But that is exactly why early on I said I wanted to gain that cavalry advantage So cycle charges into here is gonna easily even this fight up My opponent has almost no units left to force me away besides a couple of these spear bends, but they're tired What I do is simply pull out I won this center engagement by throwing in the berserkers and Now what I'm gonna be able to do with my dramatic slingers is target his spear bend and then just cycle over my noble riders Pull them around and start going after perhaps this blob where I can hammer an anvil Over in the distance here. I turned around face my opponent got a couple volleys off and against his reduced numbers I should be able to win Although he is doing a pretty good job of killing my guys, but my guys arrested his are tired and low morale So we'll low. Yeah, they're exhausted shaken casualties sustained so I may be able to win this fight So I cleaned up this engagement. It went well The enemy general is taking out my forces, but I'm cleaning up and you know, isolating some of those units Sending the noble riders first to clobber these Britain slingers My general stayed out of combat for long enough to now come in and swoop in and hit these slingers And now I'm starting to get critical mass once one unit is Destroyed I can send my victorious unit to reinforce the next one, which gives me overwhelming strength Then I come over and um, you know help the next year now and now I have saved essentially three remaining units And these three weak units are gonna be going up against the enemy general. I'm gonna send in my berserkers first Figured they are elite units to go into the mix. My guys are now gonna be waiting on the flanks Gonna wait till my opponent is tied up. You can see I waited till those guys were turned around that is when you charge it no need to charge everything at once and Then I have cavalry strikes in through the back so that was the end of that battle definitely super epic very very fun stuff I've had a good, you know when you play a battle and it really scratches that strategic itch. That was this battle So very very awesome. I think the matchup was great Swaby versus I seen you You don't see that too often. My opponent did have a strategy in mind It seemed like his build was equipped for a a pretty heavy rush And I congratulate him for his build and his I seen you choice that was pretty good but I think my strategy and my The way I deployed my troops in advance Kind of threw him off and so you can see he was kind of panicking at times But nonetheless it still came down to the last couple of units. So really really great battle. Hope you guys enjoyed that one Let's go ahead and end the replay. Take a look at some of the stats here So in the end my opponent had 2,000 men, so definitely a pretty rush bill Although he probably if it was more rush he would have had Less spears But the chariots doing pretty well overall. I think I can claim victory Well, it's hard to say what really did it for me? I think some of my elite units you can see I actually did not have Wow How did I how do I pull that off? I only had one sword master unit man I don't know. So how am I saying that? No, there's two what next to each other? Sorry about that brain fart two sword master units So just two elite units with a berserker to reinforce, but all of them getting you can see I got very very good return I waited to get you know sword masters against spears sword masters against exhausted units and then Berserkers right through the middle when they couldn't be hit by enemy slingers My own skirmishers doing pretty well for Germanic slingers, which are cheap doing well blood soaring doing okay But I think Kimberly Bowman doing good kills against, you know, excellent enemy forces my cab doing pretty well Noble riders here mostly got hit by a javelin so not doing too good But these dramatic scout riders are always worth it You can do a lot of micro and I think mostly the I'm the confusion they cause was to my advantage So these guys despite not necessarily getting that many kills definitely paid for themselves strategically On my opponent's side did okay. Overall only a couple units doing well his cavalry I think it was the ones who caught my skirmishers doing well chariots doing all right, but overall I think Man epic battle. Don't know what else to say about that. Hope you guys enjoyed and yeah, definitely an interesting matchup So anyways, see you guys next one. Peace out