The King Of The North!

[Vertibird]

I got a kill the barbarian king contract at day 40. When I marched to meet his army, I found out that he is no ordinary king. He is da king of da norf!
After countless reloads (I have to admit) , I managed to kill him , but still he one-shotted one of my best bros and his lovely dog. He dropped a really nice famed greataxe
This was one of the rare battles which I miss having a tank. I really wanted a tank to hold him in place.
How did I win? Sent dogs to delay his advance. Disarmed him twice with a whip. Then attacked from every corner and hoped to kill him in one turn. He was the deadliest warrior I ever saw in battle brothers.

[kostas_sopas]

Well... I am happy you enjoyed it but by sending dogs to "delay" him u gave him free killing frenzies. Which is probably the reason why he one shotted one of your best bros

[Vertibird]

Well during my countless reloads, I found that even his single swing can kill 3-4 people around him without killing frenzy. There was a bro who survived his first hit because he was dazed but he still removed 3/4 of his health.

[Včelí medvídek]

Fought him at similar "early" game.

Just used mace for stun (while killing his poor armored comrades in few turns) and than daggered him down with zero damage. Got both his ugly armor and helmet - not very fatigue friendly but I stilll use both till now. Reloaded just once and he did not impressed me so much - (hedge) knights or champions are imho better geared and same as dangerous at least(depend on weapon.. his only advantage seemed be adrenaline - which he somehow forgot to use:-)

[w.f.schepel]

I use overwhelm. Matt on the King isn't so hot to start with, with a 3x or 4x overwhelm penalty he can't even kill his own thralls. :-)

[suejak]

Originally posted by w.f.schepel:

I use overwhelm. Matt on the King isn't so hot to start with, with a 3x or 4x overwhelm penalty he can't even kill his own thralls. :-)

My man.

[Heron]

Congrats, I'm sure it was an epic experience! I still remember my first (and so far my only) Barbarian King fight, it felt very awesome to bring him down.

Don't mind all the nerds who can no longer be impressed by anything but a day 50 Black Monolith clear.

[msunavygrad]

King of the North missions are the best in the game. Variable possibilities, teaming up vs the undead is epic , good rewards, and tough enemies to fight. Too bad the missions are not guaranteed to kick off around day 75, kind of like a mini crisis.

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by Heron:

Congrats, I'm sure it was an epic experience! I still remember my first (and so far my only) Barbarian King fight, it felt very awesome to bring him down.

Don't mind all the nerds who can no longer be impressed by anything but a day 50 Black Monolith clear.

Thanks! The fight was epic! The other problem was his retinues were dangerous too with two handed maces. Barbarians use rotation and adrenaline pretty well. Another thing I noticed is whipping light armored barbarians is very effective! It deals nice damage from 3 tiles away.
I am playing peasant militia, my bros are lowborn , numerous but not very skilled.

[Vertibird]

Originally posted by msunavygrad:

King of the North missions are the best in the game. Variable possibilities, teaming up vs the undead is epic , good rewards, and tough enemies to fight. Too bad the missions are not guaranteed to kick off around day 75, kind of like a mini crisis.

Yea , in my previous campaign I got that event. It was an awesome scenario!