Behind the gates, it is best to deploy infantry with a bonus to defense. Level of damage dealt to the gates and the walls (the walls are divided into segments, each with its own resistance) can be looked up by rolling the mouse over them.

While defending the walls, hybrid units may prove useful, which handle melee excellently, after they lay fire on the enemy.Īlso, remember that the enemy may destroy your gates and, if he has artillery, also a fragment of the walls.

Keep ranged units away from the enemy units. When some other units come within range of your towers, and not siege towers, it is best to focus your fire on artillery in the back and awaiting cavalry, if only enemy has such units.Īfter the enemy gets over the walls, immediately dispatch infantry against him. Fire from two of your towers should deal with them quickly and at the same time, deal considerable damage to the units that manned them. This is why, as soon as battle begins, pick specific towers and concentrate their fire on important units of the enemy army, preferably his siege towers. Keep in mind that towers can shoot ahead, within a limited range and the range is limited as the enemy approaches. It is best to deploy units by the tower at the stage of deployment, where the enemy will be within range. For them to function, however, you have to order your units into the tower control field on the wall and take them. From them, archers can easily lay fire on the enemy and when he tries to climb onto them, infantry will be ready and waiting for him there.Īn additional asset are defense towers. While defending, your greatest asset are the walls. Some fortified settlements are easier to defend than others, due to the shorter fortification line. Additionally, each attacker's unit has ladders, thanks to which they can scale the walls. Also, they may come equipped with rams and siege towers, whose building can be ordered on the campaign map, after the siege starts. During onslaught, they can use artillery and monsters to cut through defense. Attackers, on the other hand, can win in two ways - either by defeating all the defenders, or by seizing and holding the square in the center of the city. The task of defenders is, obviously, to kill out all the assailants. If they are forced to retreat, they will still put up resistance in the streets of the city. Here, defenders will have a wall, which in itself provides considerable advantage and additionally, they will be supported with fire from towers. Things are different in the case of fortified settlements. Therefore, no side will have any definite edge over the other. The city will then be outside of the map and it will be impossible to enter there during battle. In the case of onslaught on unfortified settlements, you will have to fight a regular battle in the field, possibly with single buildings on the map.

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