I BET YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A BATTLE LIKE THIS! - 3v3 Battle - Total War: Rome 2 

Thank you for covering my replay Apollo :) Well I wouldn't say the campers were noobs. It was much more their response to the previous battle where I had almost the same army and my team defeated them quite decisively. There, my cavalry played a major part in the victory, which is probably why they decided to form this box here. Even though I lost that battle, I found it quite amusing that their whole army was geared towards countering mine and yet I was able to get the most kills. In my opinion the best part is where I used my horse archers, who were out of ammunition, to destroy their wooden stakes. Unfortunately, you can't see that good here, the massacre that followed by my melee cavalry then, because all the archers of the "defenders" who were still alive died there and I was able to charge multiple pike units very clean in the backside.

Trying to hold a defensive position (like a hill) is only valid when you can force your opponent to come to you. If your opponent has no choice but to charge you, you can force him into a position advantageous to you, but if you don't have any means of pressuring him into rushing, then you just give him the initiative.

I want wayyyyyyyy more of these no-rules pitched battles.

The noob box isn't perfect but you do have to admit. Seeing all those troops is awesome. I think i prefer these massive open field no rules battles just for their scale.

Historical total wars are coming back into fashion!!! Hopefully Medieval 3 hints within the next year.

I think the main reason why the non-hill players lost is because they didn't bring that many archers which could have been key to destroy the pikes in the last 10 minutes of the battle.

These pikeman plays are nothing I’ve ever seen before like this is actually insane

I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!

They mostly needed to watch for the pessky Baktrian Cavalry. As a noobox amateur myself you have to be aware of the cav running around, what were the defenders thinking to let be flanked so many times? Especially at the end

God that noob box makes me sick just looking at it disgusting.

In a square defensive formation, Cavalry destroyed. Reminds anyone of Carrhae?

Ahhh so this was the fabled Trebor fight from chat, very fun battle - enjoyed the open air siege concept

Finally a rome video by Apollo thats not a siege

Gigantic Noob box strategy, oh yeah!

This battle was over and decided 15 minutes into it; if an army, no matter who leads it, cannot maintain their battle lines and have no feasible second line of defence, they are doomed.

34 minutes of apology hating on da noob square

It is true what Apollo says at the end, the main reason for the defeat of the attackers was due to the poor use of the Roman troops. We all know that any player who knows how to use Rome well, could easily beat factions with pikemen. It was useless for the Bactrian player to open gaps and distract the enemy pikemen with his mobility, if the Roman was not able to keep up with him, there were many moments in which he had his troops stopped, doing nothing. =/

Loved seeing this unruly battle of attrition featuring Bactria, my favorite faction considering they can field ele, pikes, hoplites, fast+tanky cav, and even shock infantry especially on DEI.

Horseman gets surrounded by pikes. Random Soldier: *steps into circle pointing sword at horseman* “FIGHT ME!!! ONE ON ONE!!! Horseman: shut up frank… *smacks him in face with his shield*

Hey apollo, keep up the good content bro your the main reason I got into strategy games been watching you for around 2 years now, lost my old account so I resubscribed recently 😁.

love the videos keep it up bro!

Hey Apollo love these no rule battles plz do more

I loved my bactrian campaign it was my most successful by far even though I had multiple civil wars

I'm not a pro, but if your army mainly consists of Archers, because of a slight campaign building mistake, I think it makes sense to be a little more defensively on a hill. Especially if your enemies's army mainly consists of Infantry.

Nearly half an hour of roman envelopment and the noob box still lacked the organization to muster a defense. What are they smoking

Apollo! Love the pitched battles. You should organize a battle of Guagamela remake kinda like you did with the battle of Troy! Would love to see it

Hi just finished your latest stream Apollo and gotta say it was an epic ending and that was a satisfying end to the campaign.

"These are Sparta's walls." Lycurgus Hoplites in box, what a noob

Just gonna say,PA’S vids with manuvers and strats are amazing that livestream yesterday was the best one I’ve seen

Always love your rome 2 videos!

My brain hurt and eyes were bleeding watching this replay, both sides completely flopped it but it's fun to remember those newbie games where in the middle of battle you are still trying to figure out what ur unit does :D

I hope to hear an announcement soon for a historical total war. Another good historical strategy game is grand tactician civil war

this was so chaotic and crazy yet amazing at the same time

I love this game I also love your commentery too!!♥️

One of those examples where the title of video matches the actual content. I really haven't seen a battle like this before. There were numerous examples where both sides looked like pros, but then didn't. It was strange, but exciting. But honestly, the micro was probably what caused some of the strange plays/lack thereof.

24:28 use of drawing tool very helpful

Plays as Successor Kingdoms Forms noob box A shameful display

Good battle, very enjoyable. I think it says a lot about the mechanics of Rome 2 more than anything that the hill defenders won despite the active deployment of the Roman allied force. Not to say that the defenders were bad per say, they too had some good responses and actions.

You make the best videos!!!! and have the best commentary!!

I saw this two times, so now i can say that i have seen a battle exactly like this.

oh i love your commentating! So funny!

The "Defenders " be like :- We don't need walls , our men are our walls .

10:20 lol did the elephants really stampede through friendly troops there? Poor infantry guys got bruised XD

Incredible

I really hope you try out that "war of the gods" mod. I think you would like it. They even changed the way the AI acts so battles last a little longer.

Look at this! I mean look at this! Look at these men with sticks we've seen a zillion times before! Look at it! 😂

Noob or not, it was tremendous fun to watch.

Might be time for you to cover some Total War League if you are getting into land battles.

As a Total War player that has poor micro, the hill camp is real. I get to fixated on one point of a battle and the rest crumbles away pretty quickly. I think I've won a total of two multiplayer total war battles. The one through sheer luck and the other because I was teaching a friend a little about the game.

This was an intense battle

noob box will always be hilarious

i hope you are going to hit 1 million

Triarii were the veteran soldiers when the Roman army was an army of peasant conscripts, they're not superior to the professional legions of the later periods which are in this battle, on the contrary.

oooman that was a cool battle

The way the pikes go down at 1:50 tho

Love Rome ❤️❤️ Want to see more of rome2 🙏

New subscriber here- introducing the team's & identifying them as 'reds' or 'blues' helps me follow the battle,, thanks for all the content !!

Hi Apollo, i just started Rome II campagin and it's super hard, do you recommend anything for new players?

His vids are really good much love from nz

Deleted my youtube by accident then had so many exams. Sufficed to say it's good to hear “we got good battle hear today".

oh fuck yess apollo

Pixalated , could you try out uebs 2 , i think you would like it

awesome vid

Hey have you heard of the game that's coming out called "Rise Of Piracy" It's supposed to be a mix between Empire TW/MnB Warband

A lot of catapults

MVP goes to Bactria.

I think this is battle of news players who just make this battle for fun :)

King Harald Hadrada used the noob box in his last battle and he died so 😢

This Battle was awesome, really fun to watch while I wait for my girlfriend to be ready for go and eat some quesadilla

Still waiting for a good historical TW with spanish Tercio noobboxes made of pikes and muskets. Its a time period games dont like to acknowledge

In the siege battles I see the pyramid battering ram but I don't know what they are or how I can get them, are they locked under a dlc? If so what is the dlc?

What if the camper on a hell top is good not noop? Where the micro is good. What would happen? What if 2 make a camp and 2 fight around. Or 3 camps and one full horse army goes around them with too few horse Arches unite? I think it is a easy way to win. Especially if you have the upper hand interms of army power.

nice to see a pitch battle again. siege battles got boring already

Hill camping is literally the most logical way to defend because it makes your armour twice as effective if a melee unit is fighting uphill doesn't it? Also that macedon player was obviously new i felt bad for him but then I realized when I saw the rome player using 3 units of heavy melee infantry one of which being elite to attack 1 unit of archers from the same direction when he could have flanked their entire pike line in the rear and realized this guy is also pretty new to this 😂 honestly rome is like perfect for an infantry counter for pikemen macedon would have been way better off using less pikes more peltasts when he saw he was up against a rome and no archers whatsoever because only certain archer units are useful and macedon doesn't have them but they have extremely strong royal peltasts that could have routed their elephants in like 2 volleys its awesome to see people starting to get into rome 2 its such an unappreciated game not the best total war but definitely underrated

I wish the banners were as easy to distinguish as they are on rome 1

Lemme grab my snack and drink

Bactria had it in the bag but rome and swavey slacked it huge

You’re the best

please record battles with the DEI mod because battles are longer there and requires more tactics

pls cover more rome 2 battle

When siege player try land battle they noob box

It's constantly jarring to hear "Egypt" and "the Seleucids": it should be Egypt and Syria or the Ptolemies and the Seleucids.

I usually wanna vote for Macedonia cuz I like iskandar From fate zero but oof. This was painful to watch

3:36.... Guess they weren't noobs

Hey apollo, would consider syncing your videos to Odysee? I would love to watch you from there.

let's play humankind part 1

juicy... hmm... SUS

If you square up atleast do it well haha

If medieval 3, rome 3, or shogun 3 would come, id be happy m8 Edit: stupid box camping pikes

Play old World world

The team who desided to defend are probably beginners ?! or maybe it was a agreement before the game begon 1 team would defend and the otther one attacking. Considderid the build up from the armie's I'm pretty sure they agreed to do this before the game begon... First the attackers wannated to take out as much archers as possible from the def, to youre there own archers shooting dons hilcampers pikes, but the attackers forgot to defend there own archers. So this plan didnd worked....

Please please please

Hi apollo

Noob box

Face reveal!

bad battle

Hate noob boxes and hill campers very disappointed in the attackers

First

Why do you have to insult other players like this? Noob that, noob this, thats just disrespectfull and if you re doing replays you should be respectfull to all. Its not like you are prfect, how would you feel if someone called you idiot or some shit because of choices you took?? I liked battle alot but you ruined it with your comments.

Good Apollo i think the noob box wiill win and kill your run arounders :)!