Medieval II: Total War: How to use Pikemen 

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Medieval 2 clips in 2023? God bless you sir

Scotland: “We’ve got the best fooking pikes!” That one Portuguese unit: 🤨🇵🇹

I remember fighting a stack of crossbow militia and knights with two pike units and a Spearman in that circular formation in a siege. I legit had to be overwhelmed and even then the attacker lost half of their army, lol.

I wish we could go back to the good ole days, this game taught me so much and started a life long passion of studying history and strategy. I don’t often comment but I really appreciate you and your content! Thanks man.

I hate when u give them attack orders and they fail to drop pikes, and get routed in 45 secs

Ahh yes, the renowned Scottish Phalanx

The schiltrons that won us our freedom ✊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Best way to use pikes in M2 is not to use them.

Started my total war binge two months ago. Already gotten 400~ hrs cumulatively between a couple games. Medieval being the first, WH2 being second, and Rome Classic being third

Pikemen are OP until A) cavalry charge to the rear, B) musketeers and serpentine fire at them, and/or C) Timurid elephants

I can't be the only one who wants an upgrade to this game.. Medieval 3 pls ...🙏🙄🙏

M2TW pikeman we’re supposed to work like RTW phalanx but we’re bugged and never fixed. If a unit got close, the men would drop their pikes and switch to swords. I think only Kingdoms and mods like Stainless Steel fixed this problem.

just delete their secondary weapon in the game files and lower their attack to 3, 5 or 6 (early, mid, late units) to balance them (my preference, i tested them quite much) Can do the same for halberds too, but give them higher attack, since their range is shorter (5, 8 and 10) i also decreased their rate of attack from the value of 25 to 100

We need Formations or Ability's back for certain infantry and Cavalry, for the newer parts of Total War. This is what I love to see

What a great game great memories as a 20 year fan this is very nostalgic cheers for the good content 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Whelp looks I'm downloading M2TW again

I'm pretty sure these guys were bugged. I could never get them to properly block a breech in a wall while defending.

this really helped me in M2 tysm!

Ultra rare example of M2 pike units actually working

I miss hearing different accents made me feel like I was actually them. Yes it’s still there but very streamlined. Also the dread system was nice too, they could’ve added on to that with higher morale or public order bonuses

The pikemen should be as strong as in Rome 1, and also Cavalry should be buffed

Mi stai facendo tornare la voglia di giocare a medieval total war II e a empire totalmente war.

а мы и не знали!!! я их посылал конницу гонять😂

I’ve found that if you position heavy infantry between the enemy and your pikemen (sort of ibetween the pikes) then your pikemen won’t drop their pikes, and will use them in conjunction with your infantry.

If i showed kid me this video they would lose their mind. This whole time it was because i didn't have guard mode on!

The problem with Piked is not the pike itself not doing anything, is that they don't use them If a Unit gets too close, then the pikemen are going to take out the sword and Fight like a normal infantry Unit, a really bad one, so they always get overwhelmed. This worked in Rome Total War but with the change in the units being more individual, this doesnt work that well A really easy and most used method to fix this is just removing the sword from their weapons and they will use the piked as they are mean to be And if not, well, doing What are u doing, but if You need to do that to them being effective is better to fix them or don't use them

So beyond it’s years

i just edited the descr unit file to remove the secondary altogether. works like a charm

I usually use 2 pikemen or 1 pikemen 1 spearmen together. 1 in front the behind the first 2 row. (Unit usually 3-4 deep) and without guardmode with this the front unit hold the line and the second line start pushing and killing the enemy

I thought that the pikeman wear only good agienst cav this is gonna be usefull👍

Can you stack pikes in M2 like in Shogun 2, and steamroll over enemy units?

*bookmarking this page for later XD

Archers: wait for us 😅😅😅

This random guy: "This game is too easy" This same guy: *Overlaps three pikemen vigorously*

I once had a full card of pikes built at inverness as i was preparing multiple armies for an attack on england. This was just before those 2 huge general led armies spawn off the coast. They launched an attack with both armies on inverness and i was massively outmatched.. i had to try launch a counter from inverness as my army was depleating during the siege so i countered and hoped i could hold the walls... They never attacked. I had to march outside the walls and face the battle on the open field.. i seriously thought this was going to be a wipe and id loose inverness. To my surprise the lines held and i literally wiped out both the full armies at the cost of about 70% of my own force.. must be easily 15 years ago but still one of the most surprising battles ive ever had😅

Here are the summaries for this video: 1. Pikemen are a type of infantry unit in Medieval II: Total War that are effective against other infantry and cavalry, but are vulnerable to other types of units such as archers and cavalry. 2. To use pikemen effectively, it is important to position them in a line so that they can protect each other and present a solid wall of pikes to the enemy. 3. Pikemen should be supported by other infantry units, such as swordsmen or billmen, to protect them from flanking attacks and to provide additional offensive power. 4. It is also important to use pikemen in conjunction with other types of units, such as archers or cavalry, to create a balanced army that can handle different types of enemy units. 5. In this video, the player demonstrates how to use pikemen effectively in a battle, showing how to position them and how to use them in conjunction with other units to achieve victory.

Charging into pikers is probably the stupidest thing you can do when they're in phalanx formation

I love Total War games I own almost all of them from the first Rome and Medieval and Shogun to even the fantasy Warhammer. But Medieval 2? Is my most favorite of all of them and my most favorite factions is The Holy Roman Empire and Spain. In almost every campaign I’ve ever played those 2 factions made great Allies! I had one campaign where the Spanish Armies would always aid me in battle via Land and Sea engagements. 😊

Only reason I play scotlamd is for the voice lines and the noble pikemen

Like i told you in some previous shorts, guard mode changes everything 😏

Stick 'em with the pointy end - If that doesn't work, look for a mod

I love rome total but this one it for me cz it's more realistic

Imagine if they made a sequel 0_0

Attacking is also moving forward just stand still like pike wall is the best

Use it on the bridge and you will swamp all of your enemies by one unit.

This game looks pretty GAS!!!

i would advice to keep them in the defensive stance

I always have at least 2 units of pikes on my settlements and always allow them to break the gate. That will choke the enemy into a tight wall of spears which will cause massive loses to them. I have beaten the Mongols like this multiple times with only 5 units on a settlement as they always rush into the breach.

Medival 2 is still playeble in 2023 ?

I recommend using a melee unit like swords, axes or spears a bit in front of the pikes with two lines in front it works keep both defensive and THEY CANNOT PASS

People say M2 has the only working pikes, and I laugh every time 😂 Levi spears hold the line better than pikes do 😂

I just took off their swords. Now Scotland's the strongest faction with their pikemen mowing down every melee infantry in the game.

The best way is to edit the game files and remove the secondary weapon, imo. They can't draw swords if there are none.

Does it work to the Scottish(and other factions) Pike Militias?

Mon the Scots

The Ls keep piling.

That's a two story tall pike

I wonder why it was so unbeatable and the formation held much better in Rome compared to medieval

Still prefer Rome 2 pikemen units. And Shogun 2 Yari wall (especially shogun 2), one of my favorite games.

you also have to fix it in the folders so the pikemen will not change the pikes to swords

? I did the exact same test and the pikemen got allways shreded, is this one of the fixed versions (crusader, teuton, britannia, america)?

A single noble pike can beat a dfk like 1/10 times if you just click stop and attack again when a few of them have drawned their swords. This makes them draw their pikes out again for a few seconds. But its best not to use pikes they are not worth the time.

That is, to defeat 1 squad of swordsmen we need 2 squads of pikemen? What will happen if there are 2 squads of swordsmen?

They do not make these games anymore.

It’s double pike wall, ofc it wins in a 2v1

В ранних TW фаланга всегда была имбой

Was that Alex Norton’s voice?

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Есть один файлик,редактируешь и нет проблем,пики будут колоть

They must not be moving and in defensive stance btw

Scotlaaaaaannnnd

Do you do online ws with m2tw ?

Sweeeeeeeeeetttt

Всю кампанію пройшов за Шотландію з цими пікінерами 🤣

I'm playing with france, how can i get pikemen?

This guys would trash any cav

Pro tip-Don’t

this doesn't show how to use them you show a line of pike.... but nothing to guard the flank of your pikemen. nor a ranged screen for your pikement to engage enemy ranged units.

Pro tip, don't

I cant remember how many times ive used scottish pike units to hold the gates during seiges.

Tutorial on how to use pike in M2TW 1. Don't

I still play mtw2 and shogun 2....all the rest are bad.... Rome 2 was so so....Atilla sucked so I stopped total war sequence from then on

A very weak phalanx.

Ah…Pikeman, it’s been like ten years and I haven’t a single idea how this unit works. Thanks!

step down compared to RTW

Or you can do what i did, go into the M2TW data files using their unpacker tool, and removing the swords they swap to. I just delete the line of code with the swords on all pikeman units and, bam pikemen work as intended.

The Chachester!

I hate pikes

I hate scotland very bad units

It's not better than phalanx