What is the USP of Vlandia?

Hello all,

I've been playing with the various factions and they all seem to have their own niche except for Vlandia. From what I can tell the cavalry is inferior to the Empire cavalry, their crossbows whilst good are not game changers, and their infantry is mid tier when compared to other factions.

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I've tried various combinations of armies and just can't seem to find much success. You seem to have to rely rather heavily on cavalry and crossbows, however that means that your shield wall gets smaller and smaller, meaning eventually it reaches a critical mass where it is gets punched through too quickly for your crossbows to be able to make a difference. I'm not sure about the ratios of cavalry to infantry/crossbows but I was trying 40% infantry, 40% crossbow, 20% cavalry and having very 'meh' results. If anyone knows a better ratio it'd be greatly appreciated. The tactics I've been using are to have a loose long line of crossbows and move an infantry shield wall up through it before the enemy engage my crossbows (I'd like to point out I'm using exclusively Vlandian troops, nothing from other factions). I've been using my cavalry 2 ranks deep however I'm not sure if it's better to use a long line or 3 ranks 4 ranks deep etc?

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Larger battles seem to favour dense infantry formations as cavalry get stuck in them and get mobbed, and shield walls in these battles make armies almost immune to ranged units. Because of this when I've tried it Vlandia's weaker infantry tend to lose in melee, their cavalry get stuck in the dense infantry formations and the crossbows whilst strong don't seem to do enough damage against an enemy shield wall to make them worthwhile. Because of this I've only really found success in smaller battles, raiding villages etc, making the campaign rather difficult.

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If anyone has any tips or things I'm doing wrong help would be greatly appreciated, many thanks.

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