Shield wall

[Meridian]

I don't know if it is possible to do this or if it has been answered already, but can you create some kind of shield wall with your infrantry? Or a spear wall where everybody holds their spears up for protection from cavalry charges.

[oOMeowOo]

no not rly. But kind of shield wall.
For example there is s special formation called shield wall, but this is more a show of lord of the dance, and has nothing tot do with a shieldwall.
The good news is, your soldier will hold up there shield always and towards the enemy. More over it is possible to give them the order to step closer. They will close the gaps between them, and you have something like unbreakable shieldwall.

[Meridian]

Yeah, I knew that already. :-/ But thanks for your time to comment :-)

[azxcvbnm321]

The counter to cavalry is cavalry. Or else bunch up your infantry as tightly as possible to stop the charge. However no equal amount of infantry is going to be able to stand against the same number of cavalry in a charge. There's reason why kings gave away land to knights and made them nobles for the mere right to call them up for battle every so often.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Meridian:

I don't know if it is possible to do this or if it has been answered already, but can you create some kind of shield wall with your infrantry? Or a spear wall where everybody holds their spears up for protection from cavalry charges.

Yes, but they depend upon formation mods. For instance, you can tell your spearmen to Brace Spears in Floris and other mods that use the PreBattle Orders/Formations mods.

However, "Shield Wall" won't exactly form overlapping shields, but it does a decent job of getting the most shield coverage for the entire unit. Braced spears will devestate a cavalry charge, but you have to micromanage spearmen and release them to normal weapon rules so they can take full advantage after the assault.

For infantry, the best protection against cavalry charges are braced spears, shield wall or a group of archers or crossbowment, if the cavalry is heavily armored, to take out those charging horses before they reach your units.

[Royal_Tenenbaum]

In VC yes, proxy in vanilla.

[Diamond Hands]

One thing you can do it tell your men to form shield wall and then tell them to "stand closer" in the formations commands. They will pack together nice and tight and will ate least look more like a shield wall.