------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--Rome Total War__-__--__--__--__--__--__--__-- __--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--Barbarian Invasion__--__--__--__--__--__--__--_ --__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--___---__--__--__--__- \---------------------------- ----By Alek Kettenburg------------------------- / \--------------------------------Start Date:12/06/10------------------------/ \-------------------------------end Date:12/12/10------------------------ / \------------------------------Type: Historical Battle FAQ--------------/ \-----------------------------Version 1.00--------------------------- / \----------------------------As of 12/05/10------------------------ / \---------------------------------------------------------------- / \-------------------------------------------------------------- / \_____________________________________________________________/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------Table Of Contents------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ Table of Contents----------------------------------you're looking at it genius. Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------[ITO1] What are Historical Battles?---------------------------------------------[WAH3] Tips and Advice----------------------------------------------------------[TAA2] Walkthrough--------------------------------------------------------------[WKT3] Battle of Badon Hill-----------------------------------------------------[BBH1] Battle of Chalons--------------------------------------------------------[BOH5] My Other Guides----------------------------------------------------------[MOG1] FAQ----------------------------------------------------------------------[FAQS] Credits------------------------------------------------------------------[CYT2] _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------Introduction [ITO1]------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ Hello and welcome to my ninth guide. This is going to be a guide on how to beat all of the historical battles in the game. I decided to write this guide for 2 reasons. 1. The total war series is my favorite strategy game of all time. 2.there aren't many other places to find help for these battles and I know from personal experience that the hostorical battles can be hard at times. _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------What are Historical Battles [WAH3-------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ So now your probablly asking yourself, What are historical battles? Well historical battles are battles in the game with preset units that are meant to reenact battles from roman times. Unlike campaign battles or custom battles you do not get to deploy your units but you do get 15-30 seconds to reform your men before you come under attack. In almost all of the battles you will be at some sort of disadvantage like either have 300 less men or your opponents soldiers have double the upgrades. There are some historical inaccuracies between how the game portrays it and what actually happened Such as most of the battles where fought with 10,000 or more men on each side rather then 900 on each side. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the guide. _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------Tips and Advice [TAA2]-------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ I highly suggest you read this if you are new to the game. 1. Use all of your units to your advantage. It doesn't matter if you only have 100 men at the end of the battle, the only thing that matters is that you win the battle. 2. Never leave Cavalry in combat for to long especially against spearmen. So charge the flanks of the enemy soldiers then if they don't mediately route pull your horses out and then charge them again. 3. Archers can work as melee units if you are running low on infantry. 4. Always keep your general out of danger. Keeping your mens morale up is very important when your opponent has 500 more men then you. 5. Even though at times the odds seem bad the game will usually give you some sort of tactical advantage so try to figure this out Or continue to read this guide and I will tell you. 6. Never charge cavalry in to spear men head on! 7. You can pause the game and still order your troops. This will let you make better decisions because you won't be under pressure. 8. Never chase enemies with infantry. If your enemies infantry starts to route do not chase them because you have very limited amounts of soldiers and chasing a few soldiers of cavalry is pretty low on your priority list. _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------Walkthrough [WKT3]------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ Before I start the guide there are a few things you should know. 1. For the most part the computer is very predictable but the computer is not guaranteed to do what I say they will do so be prepared to think on your own. 2. Do not expect to win any of these battles on your first try so stay calm and persevere. 3. listen to the computers intro to the battles because they sometimes give you helpful information. 4. There is more then one way to beat any one of these battles so my way may not be the easiest way of doing it. 5. If you have a alternate strategy please don't hesitate to e-mail me at ratlips24@aol.com. (Note: make sure to include rome total war in the description.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the basic format I will use for the rest of the guide. --------------------------Name of the battle----------------------------------- Battle info (game description) --------------------------------Units------------------------------------------ List of all the units in the battle. Name of unit soldiers per unit experience 1-9 Attack upgrades bronze, silver, gold Defense upgrades bronze, silver, gold Number of units ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strategies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____________________________________________________________________________-- _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------Battle of Badon Hill [BBH1]-------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ If your having trouble check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdtWA6ynEY ---Game Description--- Badon Hill 516AD Objectives: Keep both your General and the allied general alive. Destroy or rout the enemy Although we have no proof of King Arthur's Existance his legend is enduring. The following battle is a recreation of a possible battle between a Romano-British Warlord called Artorius and the Saxons. Artorius Castus (Arthur) the leader of the Britons is at war with the Saxons invaders of his land. If he fails, then the Pagan Saxons will plunge the people of Britannia into a new dark age of cruelty and Slaughter. Artorius' Ally, Lord Almalric, has chosen to make a stand against the Saxon mob on Badon Hill. Now he is surrounded by warriors baying for his blood. If he goes down, Artorius will have lost a friend, and may have lost his kingdom. With Covering fire from nearby Onagers, You should order Artorius' Troops to ford or swim the river and then fight their way through the gathering darkness. Only speed adn the courage of your men can save Amalric, rally the people of Britannia, and Secure Artorius' throne! -----------------------------------Units--------------------------------------- ---Romanoo-British--- General: Artorius Castus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Warlord | Graal Knights | Coastal Levies | Sarmatian Auxilia| Soldiers: 12 | Soldiers: 20 | Soldiers: 40 | Soldiers: 27 | Experience: 5| Experience: 2 | Experience: 2 | Experience: 2 | Attack: Gold | Attack: bronze| Attack: bronze | Attack: bronze | Defense: Gold| Defense: none | Defense: bronze| Defense: none | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bucellarii | Monks | Mercenary Equites Veteranii| Soldiers: 40 | Soldiers: 12 | Soldiers: 27 | Experience: 2 | Experience: 2 | Experience: 2 | Attack: bronze | Attack: bronze | Attack: bronze | Defense: bronze| Defense: bronze| Defense: none | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hounds of Culann| Buccellarii | British Legionaries| Archers | Soldiers: 16 | Soldiers: 40 | Soldiers: 40 | Soldiers: 40 | Experience: 2 | Experience: 2| Experience: 1 | Experience: 2 | Attack: bronze | Attack: none | Attack: bronze | Attack: bronze | Defense: bronze | Defense: none| Defense: bronze | Defense: bronze| Units: 2 | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | Units: 2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Alemanni--- General: Amalric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chosen Warlord | Onagers | Spear Warband| Soldiers: 12 | Soldiers: 16 | Soldiers: 60 | Experience: none| Experience: none| Experience: 2| Attack: Gold | Attack: none | Attack: Gold | Defense: Gold | Defense: none | Defense: Gold| Units: 1 | Units: 5 | Units: 4 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Saxons 1--- General: Captain Sido ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warlord | Saxon Hearth Troops| Levy Spearmen | Mountain Nobles| Soldiers: 12 | Soldiers: 41 | Soldiers: 60 | Soldiers: 27 | Experience: 3| Experience: 3 | Experience: 1 | Experience: 3 | Attack: none | Attack: Silver | Attack: bronze| Attack: Silver | Defense: Gold| Defense: Gold | Defense: Gold | Defense: Gold | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | Units: 1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunters | Soldiers: 40 | Experience: 1 | Attack: Silver | Defense: bronze| Units: 2 | --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Saxons 2--- General: Captain Marcuui ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saxon Hearth Troops| Levy Spearmen | Warlord | Hunters | Soldiers: 41 | Soldiers: 60 | Soldiers: 12 | Soldiers: 40 | Experience: 3 | Experience: 1 | Experience: 1 | Experience: 1 | Attack: bronze | Attack: bronze| Attack: bronze| Attack: bronze| Defense: Gold | Defense: Gold | Defense: Gold | Defense: Gold | Units: 3 | Units: 6 | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- Saxon Keel | Soldiers: 81 | Experience: 1 | Attack: bronze| Defense: Gold | Units: 3 | -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------Overview------------------------------------- This battle can either be very easy or very frustrating depending on how stupid your allied general decides to be. Since your allied general must survive in order for you to win you have to make a mad dash to him since he tends to act really reckless and stupid and will jump into a wall of spears in about 5 minutes. This is a river battle so normally I would say that you should just sit back and wait for them to come to you but since this is timed and not to mention the fact that the friendly onagers will most likely kill a good portion of your army. Luckily your opponents infantry is very low quality your cavalry should have no problem bashing their way threw them. ----------------------------------Strategy------------------------------------- Once the battle begins move your General and all of your cavalry down the hill and line them up behind your infantry. Move all of your infantry and cavalry across the river and engage the enemy infantry. Now Continue to engage then enemy infantry with your infantry then flank them with your cavalry. Once you have defeated a about 30% of the enemy army move your General and 3 units of cavalry to meat up with your allied general and keep one unit of cavalry to continue to support your infantry. Once your cavalry reaches the hill the enemy soldiers will probably be engaged with your allied infantry so move your cavalry around and flank them and they should route easily. Afterwards some more soldiers will come out of the forest so use one unit to distract them and then flank them with the other 3 and they should also route. Now all you need to do is finish off the rest of the enemy army and mow down the enemy archers. Note: make sure to keep a unit of cavalry around your allied general because he is really stupid and tends to get himself killed. If your having trouble check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdtWA6ynEY _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------Battle of Chalons [BOH5]------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ If your having trouble then check out this video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-sXb99R500 ---Game Description--- Chalons 451AD The fate of a once mighty Western Roman Empire hangs in the balance. For Years, Attila the Hun, Supreme commander of a terrifying nomadic horde, the man known as the 'Scourge of God', has plagued the Continent of Europe. City after city has been sacked, tribe after tribe destroyed as Attila's peerless horse warriors have relentlessly crushed any foolish enough to stand against them. Even the Still-powerful Eastern Roman Empire quails the relentless Hunnic horde, paying huge sums in tribute for the Huns to just stay away. The Romans of the western empire have looked on with growing horror as the Hun, with there scarred devilish faces, thrust down through Roman-occupied Gaul. Burning, looting, and pillaging as they draw even closer to the unprotected, rich cities and soft, fertile farmlands of central Italy. The Roman general, Flavius Aetius, has raised an army to oppose them. Having also persuaded his erstwhile enemy Theoderic, King of the Visigoths, to join him in repelling the invaders, Aetius marches to relieve the besieged city of Orleans, offering battle at nearby Chalons. Attila and his host of Huns must crush the Roman force which stands between him and his destiny as master of an entire continent. ----------------------------------Units---------------------------------------- ---Huns--- General: Attila the Hun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warlord | Steppe Spearmen| Steppe Swordsmen| Steppe Heavy Spearmen| Soldiers: 24 | Soldiers: 120 | Soldiers: 81 | Soldiers: 80 | Experience: 6 | Experience: 2 | Experience: 2 | Experience: 2 | Attack: Silver | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Defense: Silver| Defense: Silver| Defense: Silver | Defense: Silver | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | Units: 2 | Units: 1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunnic Heavy Cavalry| Hun Lancers | Tribal Cavalry | Hunnic Elite Warriors Soldiers: 66 | Soldiers: 66 | Soldiers: 66 | Soldiers: 66 Experience: none | Experience: none| Experience: none| Experience: none Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none Units: 3 | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | Units: 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunnic Archers | Soldiers: 66 | Experience: none| Attack: none | Defense: none | Units: 1 | ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Goths--- General: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warlord | Goth Noble Warriors| Goth Horse Archers| Gothic Spearmen | Soldiers: 24 | Soldiers: 54 | Soldiers: 54 | Soldiers: 120 | Experience: none| Experience: none | Experience: none | Experience: none| Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Rome--- General: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imperial German Bodyguard| Limitanei | Foederati Infantry| Soldiers: 24 | Soldiers: 80 | Soldiers: 81 | Experience: none | Experience: none| Experience: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | Units: 2 | --------------------------------------------------------------- Comitatenses | Auxilia Palatina| Mercenary Golden Band| Scholae Palantinae | Soldiers: 81 | Soldiers: 81 | Soldiers: 80 | Soldiers: 54 | Experience: none| Experience: none| Experience: none | Experience: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Units: 3 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Foederati Cavalry| Alan horse Archers| Catholic Priest | Mercenary Alan Cavalry Soldiers: 54 | Soldiers: 54 | Soldiers: 24 | Soldiers: 54 | Experience: none | Experience: none | Experience: none| Experience: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Attack: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Defense: none | Units: 2 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | Units: 1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Carriage Ballistae| Soldiers: 30 | Experience: none | Attack: none | Defense: none | Units: 1 | ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------Strategy--------------------------------- This battle is a little tricky to explain because the enemy army is very unpredictable. The following strategy should work about 75% of the time. Since at the start of the battle the Roman infantry will murder your infantry So you will have to divide the enemy army in order to win. So at the beginning of the battle send your horse archers on your right flank and the 2 units of cavalry that are with your mane infantry force over to the the hill to the right of your army. Also form your infantry into a line with no gaps in it and move the line about 5 meters back. Now have your archers on the left flank go into in loose formation and have all your horse archers start to fire on the enemy cavalry. Now lets take a look at the 2 horse horse archers and 2 units of heavy cavalry that you sent out earlier. Since you have heavy cavalry with them your opponent will continue to send single units of cavalry and infantry to attack. So when this happens wait for them to come up the hill and then distract them with your archers then flank them. keep doing this till the enemy army reaches your infantry line. Once your opponents infantry meats your infantry move the hidden cavalry on the left flank and the cavalry you sent to the hill to come and flank the infantry. Just the amount of Cavalry is enough to cause the enemy to route. Note: if you see a unit of gothic spearmen in a circle do not attack them with your cavalry instead surround them with whatever infantry you have left. After the mane infantry force routes its just a matter of superior infantry against low quality cavalry. If your having trouble then check out this video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-sXb99R500 _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------FAQ [FAQS]-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ 1.Q. What are Historical Battles? A. Look at the table contents, I have a section that explains this. 2.Q. I found some spelling errors\somethig you missed how can I contact you? A. If you have found a spelling error you can e-mail me at ratlips24@aol.com 3.Q. Your strategies suck!!! A. not really a question but if you have a alternate strategy please e-mail me at the address in the previous question. 4.Q. Your strategies are really hard to follow. A. again not really a question but I am working on some youtube videos on how to go threw these battles but first i'm going to see if people want it. So if you would like to see some youtube videos please e-mail me at ratlips24@aol.com _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------My other Guides [MOG1]--------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ God of war chains of Olympus- X-men Origins Wolverine- (PSP) Ratchet and clank size matters- Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror- Call of duty 4 Modern warfare- Rainbow Six 3 weapon guide- Rome Total War- _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------Credits [CS23]--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ 1. Gamefaqs.com for making such a great site. 2. My brother for always for being my battle buddy. 3. the makers of this game, keep making these great games. 4. My MOM for buying this game for me for Christmas. 5. Monster hunting freedom unite for sucking so much that I returned it and got the money to buy this game. _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------Copyright [CYT2]------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \_____________________________________________________________________________/ This guide may not be reproduced or changed in any way whatsoever except for personal or private usage. It should not be placed on any website without my written permission. Copyright 2010 Alek Kettenburg Thanks for reading