Kingdom of Swadia Tactics

The Kingdom of Swadia is one of the most well-balanced factions in the game, from its crossbowmen to its stalwart Knights, little can stand in the way of its militaristic might. Contents 1 Using the Kingdom of Swadia 1.1 Campaign 1.2 Battlefield 1.3 Sieges 2 See Also Using the Kingdom of Swadia[] Campaign[] The Kingdom of Swadia has a very strong and balanced troop tree, however, its location in the center of Calradia means that there is no such thing as peace. Expect to be always at war with one or two other factions. Even though Swadian units are great for the offensive, in the beginning of the game, it's best to be on the defensive, otherwise you'll lose many castles and perhaps even a town (in most cases Dhirim). If you are strong enough to withstand the attacks and able to break the Sieges outside the castle with Knights, the Kingdom of Swadia will be nearly unstoppable. Battlefield[] When using Swadian troops, it is advisable to position your crossbowmen on a hill just in front of your cavalry and spread both of them out, then place Sergeants behind your cavalry in tight formation. Do an opening charge just to confuse and mess up the enemy, then rush in your infantry to help. Do not disengage your cavalry until your infantry are all in the fray. The Knights will mindlessly try to run away when disengaging while getting attacked from behind. Once your Knights are out, charge again from a good position with couched lances. This will destroy the enemy almost instantly and your Sharpshooters will pepper the enemy at all times. Alternatively, you can simply amass Swadian Knights which can crush any foe on a flat battleground (which is easy to find in most places). This tactic, however, will be very expensive, as Knights cost around 50 denars every week (depending on leadership). Another strategy is to have your archers hold, infantry charging, and your cavalry following. Lead the flank with your cavalry, while your archers are shooting at them, and infantry directly attacking. Get behind them with your cavalry, then have them charge. Once they hit, regroup and do it again. Sieges[] Swadia may not have archers, but their crossbowmen are excellent, nearly a match for the Rhodok crossbowmen. When defending a castle, position your Sergeants on the walls to defend against foes using ladders or siege towers. If you are short of Sergeants, Knights also make a good fill-in infantry. Order your crossbowmen to positions where they can get clean shots into the sides of enemies advancing up ladders or siege towers. Playing against swadia BATTLEFIELD On battlefield the best terrain is on mountains, or on rivers. If you can't fight on some of that terrains, is better or on forest or small places that are higher then the rest. If you can, fight them with lancers, or troops with long weapons. Get clavary too, because when lancers kill clavary, you need to fight infantry, but they dont got long weapons, then they are bad fighting clavary. It looks strange, but fighting swadians with swadians is the easyest way, because if you kill the clavary, chargin with clavary its all you need. If you do these, you win very easily. SIEGES(DEFENDER) If swadians are atacking you, you wil need heavy ranged units like Rokhod Sarpshooter, because of their troops are one of the heaviest troops. Put your ranged units in one side, because if you atack with melee troops from the front, because their sheilds are small, and protect only one side. You need troops that got heavy weapons, like axes or maul, for example nord warriors. With all these it's easy to win, and for players is better to use or: Greathammer, Maul, Morningstar, Sledgehammer... With these tacticks it's easy to pass a siege of swadians. See Also[] Strategy and Tactics Khergit Khanate Tactics Kingdom of Nords Tactics Kingdom of Rhodoks Tactics Sarranid Sultanate Tactics Kingdom of Vaegirs Tactics