Re: Basic Battle Tactics?
Like most things in this game, there are advantages and draw backs to everything you do. For example, building up a larger squad has the advantage of being more difficult to route because it takes more damage to bring it's moral down. However, large squads don't get a good distribution of surface area against enemy squads, which translates to less overall damage output.
Smaller squads can be arranged to span the length of the field and will hug the enemy formations better. However, smaller squads can more easily route from a solitary AoE attack, such as the fireball. This might cause a portion of your army to break away and retreat while everyone else fights, which can cause enemy units to penetrate your front line or just flat out outnumber you for the majority of the battle.
I tend to make my squads a minimum of 20 units for this very reason.
Don't ignore commands like attack archers or fire largest monster. Such commands can by themselves achieve victory when given the proper circumstance. Attack archers is a great way to get cavalry to bypass the froward squads in most situations.
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