The Aserai Vanguard Faris - most deadly army unit in game atm in my opinion.

A bit of context. I love playing this game, it has incredible re-playability and for me this is a hallmark of a great game (around 1800 hrs plus). I have played Banner Knights only armies, X-bow only armies, Fian and Khans Guard only armies, Wildlings, infantry only armies and a mix of all the above. After a while they all become a little repetitive in setup, the composition below has been the most fun out of all the above by far.

For about the last 2 years, I ignored Cav and just use Infantry and Archers, as archers were king and i didnt like having to micro manage cav. Watching them get stuck in infantry lines and dying was heartbreaking. Thats until one of the latest patches which enhanced Jav accuracy as we all know. I watched one of Tactical Enlightenments videos on the best Cav and he showed Faris stomping everything. I thought I would give them a try and Wow.

I run 80% Vanguard Faris and 20% Manavilions, they thump everything. Faris will circle and chuck their Javs creating a 'bait-ball' (fish reference) enemy dont know where to go / where to defend. If any survive the Javs and couch lancing, they are then met by shock infantry rolling in. I use Manavs because I think they just look awesome and they only have one throwing weapon so they get into the action quicker than other shock who have 3 axes / knives (i know you can hold fire but thats more micro for me).

The strategy is blitz attack, you can basically F1 / F3 from the start and they clean up, but I prefer to give my infantry a head start to they hit their lines just after the Faris do. If you are playing other cultures, not to worry. Head down to Aserai lands and capture loads of Harami's and nomad bandits as prisoners. When you army starts to deplete, bring them in, I was very surprised how deadly and how survivable Haramis are with a decent medic. If you want to boost your roguery skill keep them in or your can upgrade them with veterans perk to Faris.

Stick all your companions on horseback with 3 stacks of Javs and a short swingable polearm (140-160 length) so they can also use them in sieges / on foot and get to harvesting. They get so many kills, its ridiculous (Credit to Bill Wavey on Youtube)

Please give them a try. So much repeatable and devastating fun. Thank you for your time.

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