I have attempted the Battle of Agincourt three dozen times now, and the best I've managed is a draw with 800 enemies killed and 800 allied lost. I've tried innumerous different strategies, like falling back to hills, forests, using the stone walls, creating chokepoints, running for the flanking cavalry, the list goes on. In the SE demo I could win this battle easily with little effort and only half soldiers lost. Now in the Gold demo the french soldiers and cavalry are tougher, nowhere near as easy to route, and seemingly even more numberous. I am an avid RTS player, but this battle I have found to actually impossible.
No, I win it every time. Set a couple units on fire arrows, and keep two knights units in the back. They will fight off a cavalry charge in the back at the end of the battle.
Use your other knight units (including Henry) to hold off the enemy, but keep them back so the archers will have time to get some kills in before the French reach your battle line.
I held back my King Henry unit and the two billmen units.
With the rest I formed a line to protect the archers. The initial cavalry charce is easiliy blocked, expecially if you manage to lure them into the wooden pikes and make a quick flanking ameuvre with the "free" knight units. When the infamtry comes in, let arrows rain upon them as long as possible, then start the melee with your knights as near as possible to the archer units. When the first wave is pinned, flank with most of the archers (i changed to a "tighter" archer formation to make them move without unwanted enemy contacts) and charge from behind. After the enemy routs, pull the archers aside and let arrows rain again. Repeat the same procedure with the following waves.
When the cavalry comes from behind you fight them with king Henry and the two billmen units. If you want to minimize losses due to charge bonus, put the three units to loose formation and charge by yourself.
This worked fine for me. I won once and played it never again.
Thomas Becket Banned
posted 14 November 2006 16:00
EDT (US)
5 / 9
It's a very easy battle, strange you can't win it. So is Otumba.
Ace Cataphract HG Alumnus
(id: Ace_Cataphract)
posted 14 November 2006 17:50
EDT (US)
6 / 9
Otumba can be tricky just due to the sheer fact that so many numbers fall upon you and every wave is pretty large, but even there, victory shouldn't come later than in three tries.
Agincourt, however, only requires you to concentrate your arrow fire on the stronger enemy units and use the stakes to your advantage.
I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed. ~George Carlin
Thomas Becket Banned
posted 14 November 2006 19:07
EDT (US)
7 / 9
Here's what I would reccomend, Rider. As one poster stated, keep a unit of heavy billmen and one unit of dismounted knights in your rear ready to take out the enemy attack in the rear.
As for your other units, just make sure they hold the line, keep them behind the stakes they are very useful, and be sure to make 3 or 4 of your archer units turn on fire.
Interestingly enough, it has been widely reported and even, in many cases, completely confirmed that you can win this battle if you do not move anything at ALL. Meaning just sit back and watch- if you move one unit even an inch, you will lose.
Try it!
RiderOfEternity Legionary
posted 15 November 2006 15:06
EDT (US)
8 / 9
Ok I just tried a couple of times, and enope this doesn't work. In fact, a third of those two rear battallions die from the initial two cavalry charges, and the next two charges don't help the situation either. It might just be possible if the last four infantry units didn't come in at the end and completely engulf me.