Ultimate Character of Bannerlord

[Vertibird]

Hello again! Due to popular demand, I am announcing the ultimate character of Bannerlord. I have more than 1000 hours of experience in this game and watched countless videos, read spreadsheets etc. Hope this guide will be helpful to you.
Lets begin: Culture: Battania due to how easy they travel through forests and half of the map is forest. You will catch enemies way easier with this culture. I suggest female character because Simir is the best husband you can find in whole Calradia.
Character will be completely ready at level 32 but will be ultimate at lvl40.
Here is the character's level 33 profile:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906830235
I will explain the build below:
5 Vigor is for getting 250 skill perks for one handed and two handed. One handed 225 skill perk gives +10 hit points to whole infantry in your party and 250 skill perk gives a whopping +15 to party size. 2 focus on polearm is more than enough for +3 hitpoints to all infantry. Two handed also gives +5 hit points to all troops also increases your party size. But more importantly it will be your main fighting skill because two handed axe can cleave (hit multiple people in one swing). You can decimate enemies much faster than any other weapon class.
Control: Due to being stat and focus starved, we are going full melee on enemy. Instead our elder brother will be the captain of our ranged units (fians).
Endurance: It will be maxed at lvl 40 but even having 8 endurance gives the player +52 hit points due to last athletics perk. We get +2 Vigor (and +%5 footman party speed bonus which is nice) and +2 Endurance from athletics and smithy. Smithy is given 4 focus because it is enough to get these stat bonuses. To craft legendary weapons you can use your sister for this like I did. Athletics not only gives free stats but also it has very powerful bonuses. Its 250 perk gives %10 to your armor (every armor part: body-arms-legs gets it). 275 perk gives huge hit points to you. At skill level 330 you will get +80 hit points. Combine it with lordly armor and %10 armor buff, you will be unstoppable in combat.
Riding: It has two reasons to be maxed: 1st you are going to use horse most of the time especially in open field battles. 2nd it has lvl225 perk Mounted Patrols. Combined with scouting 225 perk Keen Sight, no prisoners can ever escape from your party anymore. (Some people say the code reduces the chance, not eliminate but this is simply wrong. No one can escape from your party anymore unless you exceed prisoner limit. You can try this yourself and see how broken this combo is. I carry 50+ lords in my party during battles and none escape.
Cunning: 3 cunning for 225 scouting perk Keen Sight. Nuff said. Two tactics is for +10 party size bonus which is very handy.
Social 10: Charm makes game way easier in many aspects: Your relation with lords will increase way faster, you will be swimming in renown and influence. You will have +1 recruitment slot from villages , you will have +1 companion limit etc. Very useful , also great for increasing your xp. Leadership is the single most overpowered skill in the game. It gives +1 to Clan Party Slot! You will have total 5 parties instead of 4. What is even more broken is the last perk gives +80 party size to your whole clan parties! Your clan will have +400 party size with just 1 perk! Leadership also gives many party size bonuses to your party, Leader of the masses perk gives +5 party size for each town you have. With 10 towns you will have +50 party size with this perk only! Famous Commander perk gives 200xp to recruits. When you are mass recruiting you will find that you will be able to upgrade many troops from the start because of this perk. I highly recommend it.
Trade: This builds only trade is dominating Calradia. Sorry trade , we pass on you.
Intelligence: Get 2 focus on medicine. First three perks are very important to get. %30 instant healing is extremely helpful. With 3 perks you will get +10 to your hitpoints also ,which is very nice. After that , find a surgeon (X the Scholar is great for this job, he can easily achieve 275+ medicine) Last medicine perk sadly is for only party leaders. Its powerful as hell but still social is more important and you cant delegate leadership role to anyone else, you have to be the leader.
Steward: Steward is mostly useless for player. Leave it to your brother.
Engineering: Engineering is mostly useless for player. Leave it to your sister.
Roles: Rescue your elder brother, give him 10 intelligence and 5 steward, 3 control and rest to endurance, then finally vigor. You will be able to pick EVERY two handed-athletics-bow captain perks for your brother. He starts high in many skills which is very useful (Like leadership perk which gives %10 extra morale loss for enemy troops). Make your brother your quartermaster (he will be 330 steward after a while), and make him captain of your Fians. Give him a strong banner (I prefer marksmanship for %10 damage boost which further boosts already high damage fians have).
Appoint your sister as your engineer (max int and engineering skills) and then max her endurance (remember +2 end boost from athletics and smithing) and train her smithing to 275. She is the one who crafts my legendary weapons. Here she is: your 330 skilled engineer and legendary blacksmith.
Finally, your younger brother: Make his cunning 10, give him 5 scouting. Appoint him as your scout only after you unlock Keen Sight 225 perk. He will be your 330 level scout in no time. Last scouting perk will give huge movement speed bonus to your party.
Appoint every husband/wife as party leaders. Pick powerful spouses. I married Simir because he is the ultimate party leader in Calradia! He also wins nearly every tournament reward for you if you feel lazy.
Companions: I appoint 1 companion as party leader, 1 as surgeon, 1 as melee captain (bloodaxe companion is great for this job, I suggest sturgian heavy spearman units, about 100 of them in shieldwall will be enough, I recommend testudo banner to reduce incoming ranged damage) others as governors mostly. Note: Dont take governing towns too seriously. You will be swimming in denars and loyalty with enough towns and some key policies even without governors.
This build makes the game easy mode. You will "axecute" everyone with your huge axe,armor and hitpoints both mounted and dismounted. You will enjoy combat a lot. Your party size will reach 600+ easily (try to keep every town to yourself for party size bonus). Your infantry will be buffed to the teeth both with party leader and captain perk bonuses. You will complete every siege quickly, you will be able to catch anyone, no prisoner will ever be able to escape from your party. Your party size will be terrifying (you will become a one party army). Your fians will exterminate everyone by just blinking. Your clan total number of troops will be very very high.
I really enjoy this build and wanted to share it with you. With this build you will have best combat build, most powerful infantry, biggest party size, best captain, best engineer, best scout, best quartermaster.
Enjoy!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906864676

[Jamie]

Hey man,
if you have the time, it may be a good idea to make this a guide.
You can section stuff and make it a little easier to read and grab information from :)

[Hans Blitz]

I bet you suggest a female character lol.
There are plenty of fine skilled women i think your making excuses on that.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2895772067
Level her up more in gameplay she's a tank & good for the Kingdom, has some dangerous allies & her mother is a leader of the clan.

Depends on the availability of nobles in what game. I wouldn't play a woman in Bannerlord but that's your choice.
So what of your Husbands enemies i bet he has a-lot more than she does.

[Morkonan]

There was no mention of the acquisition, storage, and care, of Butter in this description.

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by Jamie:

Hey man,
if you have the time, it may be a good idea to make this a guide.
You can section stuff and make it a little easier to read and grab information from :)

Thanks, I would do that when I have time.

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by Cenobite Shadoweaver:

I bet you suggest a female character lol.
There are plenty of fine skilled women i think your making excuses on that.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2895772067
Level her up more in gameplay she's a tank & good for the Kingdom, has some dangerous allies & her mother is a leader of the clan.

Depends on the availability of nobles in what game. I wouldn't play a woman in Bannerlord but that's your choice.
So what of your Husbands enemies i bet he has a-lot more than she does.

I usually play with male characters. Playing female Battanian berserker feels good for some reason. When playing male, I usually marry Yana or Liena ,but I found that Simir is better than both.

[Urmel]

i always max all INT skills, i dont need any fighting skills.

medic 150 would be the lowest i could accept. cant be fun waiting 2 weeks in a town after every battle cawse halve the party is woundet and death....

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by Urmel:

i always max all INT skills, i dont need any fighting skills.

medic 150 would be the lowest i could accept. cant be fun waiting 2 weeks in a town after every battle cawse halve the party is woundet and death....

Scholar companion starts with 120 medicine, 4 intelligence and can easily reach 250+ mid game. My khuzaid campaign surgeon has 275 medicine now.

[Zornvel]

Originally posted by Urmel:

i always max all INT skills, i dont need any fighting skills.

medic 150 would be the lowest i could accept. cant be fun waiting 2 weeks in a town after every battle cawse halve the party is woundet and death....

I am with you. My main skills were always the INT + SOC, they are great they will boost your party size, moral, your towns as for fighting skills if you reach 100 you will dominate the battles or tournaments you just need good weapons and armor.

[lar unuruur]

while effective and good, int skills are most boring of them all. try level fighting and moving skills and go out for some kills. it is a big difference to kill 1/3 of all enemies and do it fast. it is not wrong or right way, just more adrenaline than just watch numbers.

[Urmel]

thats nice, but some companions have 200 fighting skills, so i can play medic myself.
and you have billion elite-soldiers in your party for fighting.

in the end nearly everything can be done from companions. so there isnt any "best / ultimate character". play like you want.

[lar unuruur]

you can not play "medic", for there is no "medic". just numbers. you do not "play medic", just watch random numbers. it is boring.

[Urmel]

i like play the game boring. im too lazy smashing my "master 2h battle axe of doom" on the head of all this nobodys. i have my slaves doing this for me...

[Keijo]

I think its stupid you(and your troops) get bonuses from athletiics if you are on horse, and one handed if you are using a 2h weapon. This makes alll the builds the same and you don't have any unique focus.

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by Keijo:

I think its stupid you(and your troops) get bonuses from athletiics if you are on horse, and one handed if you are using a 2h weapon. This makes alll the builds the same and you don't have any unique focus.

Well not so. A commander can master a weapon and give proper training for his troops in the use of that weapon class. But he can decide to use another weapon during battle. This wont make his knowledge obsolete.
If I am a tank warfare expert , I can help tankers about tank strategies etc. But I can enter combat on foot or on a bicycle.

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by Urmel:

i like play the game boring. im too lazy smashing my "master 2h battle axe of doom" on the head of all this nobodys. i have my slaves doing this for me...

Even if you never want to get your hands dirty in combat, this build will give you hundreds of buffed slaves to do it on your behalf.