Best tactics of fighting outnumbered ???

[That Guy]

For example i always found it hard to fight and army of 200 with only 50 soldiers the only thing i found out was if i got the 50 better trained than those enemy 200 i won the battle,but that is often hard to achieve... and on equal training my units will get crushed... any tips on fighting giant armies ?

[ThatGuyYouknow522]

Maybe you should invest in the training skill so your party can passivly gain XP inbetween battles, that should help with your low tier troop problem.

[Phil khajeets]

Put your archers on mountains don't let your chivalries go on a suicide mission get your spikeman on front along with veteran soldiers
and don't try to fight 50 vs 200 everytime for the thrill If you do save before going yolo

[Şeyma]

50 swadian knights can wipe out an army of 300

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by rut420:

50 swadian knights can wipe out an army of 300

On full difficulty, depending on the enemy, they will lose quite a few of their number. There are more effective armies for the same upkeep, and they will lose fewer people when properly led.

Originally posted by Odio Dei:

any tips on fighting giant armies ?

There are many ways of doing it, but I think they all share one trick - You have to focus the attention of all or part of the enemy on your character, and keep them distracted as your army chews small portions of the enemy up.

Which part of the enemy you occupy depends on the mod, and your character. Example:
- In Native, you shoot the enemy commander, and have all the nearby enemies start tracking you. You hide behind a hill, and the ranged enemies find other targets, while the cavalry and infantry keep chasing you. So you let your own cavalry massacre the unsupported enemy ranged troops, and then you lead your pursuers into your marksmen's sights.

- In Gekokujo, it is exactly the other way around. You keep the attention of the ranged troops, you shoot the melee troops chasing you, dodging and weaving on a fast horse. You let the unsupported, shieldless reinforcements walk towards a storm of bow and musket fire.

- In Viking Conquest, you occupy the enemy infantry, while their ranged troops waste all their ammo on your shield wall, and get cut down once they run dry. Then you lead the enemy shield wall into a box made of your shield wall, your shock infantry, your mounted companions, and break their morale with a javelin salvo + cavalry flanking action + shock charge in the back, while you are firing, dismounted, from the other flank.

Each mod is different, and each mod lets you pull off crazy victories.

At full difficulty (135%-149%) I've done 60 on 300 in Viking Conquest, 80 vs 900 in The Last Days, 50 on 400 in Native, and 15 on 1200 in Gekokujo. With manageable losses.

[FleshEater]

I always like to do hit and run tactics if you have calvary. Have your men line up at a good vantage point while you run behind the enemy. Attack a few to get them to charge or break order. Once their attention is on you, have your men charge at the enemy's exposed back. After their charge pull them back. Rinse and repeat.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Odio Dei:

For example i always found it hard to fight and army of 200 with only 50 soldiers the only thing i found out was if i got the 50 better trained than those enemy 200 i won the battle,but that is often hard to achieve... and on equal training my units will get crushed... any tips on fighting giant armies ?

1) Make the terrain your ally. Pick terrain that is favorable for your troops and unfavorable for the enemy's.

2) Play to your army's strengths - Cavalry must move/charge and not get bogged down, Infantry should stay close together on the attack, archers should attack from range.

3) Do things to the enemy that you wouldn't like them to do to you. Attack from multiple sides, hide your vulnerable units behind hills so their archers can't shoot them, bog their cavalry down in the trees or prevent them from charging by being on top of a steep hill or have a steep hill between you. (They can't easily charge up OR down a steep hill.) Harrass the enemy with cavalry archers or quick charges. Attack their archers with cavalry when they are unprotected. Catch their infantry in a classic "pincer" move, creating multiple flanks.

4) You are the most powerful force on the battlefield and the enemy know this. Use yourself to distract the enemy and split their forces. Attack when they're confused, charge your cavalry in and out, set your archers to cover the main area of battle, attack vulnerable, out-of-the-way, units yourself, to prevent large groups of your own forces from chasing after them instead of fighting the main body. Use your infantry to lock the enemy in position, making it vulnerable.

5) Pay close attention to the enemy's composition. What troops do they have? What do these troops not do well? What do they do well? Then, to the best of your ability, make them not do well at any of these things. :)