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Interesting. I usually build tanks without upgrading melee attack at all, to maximize HP, Resolve and Fatigue instead. This limits the usage of my tansk to only a few types of fight so i almost never have more than 1 (or 2) in my roster. Adding a layer of attack makes them more versatile, but also 80+ attack is enough to make a good dps instead of just a damage sponge

Necromancer champions can give famed qatal daggers. Run changing weapon.

40:37 Alps cannot escape nets... you want nets. :)

I will always thumbs up BB content.

The 2h mace is by far the best weapon by virtue of doing all the mentioned things (high damage, good vs. armored, excellent debuff) on top of not requiring any perks to use it effectively. Which is what enables it to be used as a ""pocket weapon"" by qatal duelists. I enjoy QH 2h mace + qatal duelist because if your frontline is made up of such people, they can focus down super tanky enemies super easily by utilizing the dazes from their fellow duelists. It's nice when four dudes can just delete a lindwurm or schrat from existence before they even get to deal damage. It does eat fatigue like crazy, and wants high accuracy, so that's a barrier to getting a lot of such duelists. though the swordlance does give it a run for its money, as far as raw punishment and BS potential goes luckily you don't have to choose, you can just run both for high single target + high AoE damage

I will always leave a like for BB content

this is a very methodical game you play very well. i unfortunately prefer the power fantasy that BB Legends provide haha

you'll be back

Never use quickhands on twohanders, because twohanded weapons in backpack slots give full fatigue penalty. So u trade one perk point and 14 fatigue for a vrry little chance to hit two tiles away after berserk. Gifted or some other perks instead of QH gives me constant value. And if you have unspent AP, just reposition on two tiles, those AP are not wasted.

I just repair any weapon that's worth 300 or more at full durability, like the reinforced flail or short sword. I ignore entry spears, pitchforks and short bows. The other weapons to ignore are pretty obvious. You can kind of memorize them. It's the entry level stuff for most basic weapons, sometimes first 2 or 3. All the advanced weapons like 2 handed weapons and crossbows should be repaired. Armor should never be repaired to be sold unless it's something extraordinary. But you'll likely want to keep them instead. What you really want to avoid is repairing at a loss. That's why I cut the boundary a bit high at 300. I know you can make money in the 200's, but it's not a lot of money and early on you might struggle running a repair business, without sacrificing your team. There are also very few weapons in this range. My tool strategy is to at any cost make sure my armor is repaired. Ideally I try to buy them under 250, but on the first 5 days I often have to go up to 300, and I'll pay even more if I have to. Repairing weapons to sell is something I only do if I can spare the tools. In the first few days I usually repair individual weapons here and there, but if my tools are running out or needed elsewhere, I just hang on to them for later. I don't think it's worth paying extra for tools just to do those repairs now, since you can wait and do it cheaper. It delays my income, but unless there's a pressing concern, I don't think holding on to resources is a bad thing. Since this all applies to the stuff you use as well, I try to avoid repairing my early weapons and shields, by removing them between the fights. You have to be careful about ambushes though. I recycle them when they're almost broken, granted that I have a replacement. With armor I might replace them if I have something equal. You tend to be able to upgrade your equipment pretty quickly in this game, so there's no need in repairing something that will quickly get out of date. These are tricks that really helps preserving tools in those crucial first 10 days.

Answer is no, almost never. I created that spreadsheet myself but the limiting factor here is tool availability. If you're fighting daily, tools become too scarce to run a repair business on the side

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Very early game when you have minimal armour to equip your expendable brothers in, Adrenaline will have a lot of value, as you'll tend to have an excess of fatigue. However, this also competes with Fast Adaptation, which is highest value on your brothers with lowest melee attack. On the other hand, Colossus scales as you level of hp, so it's value increases as the game goes on. I would say if the brother is expendable and low melee attack, grab FA. Otherwise, you can consider Adrenaline at level 2. Gifted or Dodge are really strong perks in the next tier, so all are valid considerations at 3, though as you mentioned Dodge and Adrenaline don't synergize well. Nine Lives and Colossus are often worth considering fairly early on as well, though perhaps these should be prioritized more highly on brothers with long term potential.

interesting set of bros. your cleaver duelist is a monster with that fatigue. one question i have for you is how do you get around not taking steel brow? i glossed over yoru bros and hardly none of them have it. thanks!

26:40 are you quite sure that works? I'm almost certain each zombie only awards xp for killing it on its first death

Mmm delicious spreadsheets. Only in battle brothers can that be an enticing thumbnail

Enjoyed your content so far. Have you ever played Long War of the Chosen for XCOM 2? Only game uo there in hours like I have in BB. Definitely good overlap for keeping BB audiences interested while gaining new subs.

Many thanks for all of your guides! Hope your channel keep growing and able to keep providing guides in any game you're playing! Best of luck! ps : might help to make a specific playlist for each game tho.

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I will miss your battle brothers videos, thanks for taking the time to give your thoughts and tips on the game! I look forward to your other content.

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Thanks for all of the tips. I’ve really enjoyed your modern BB content and I hope you revisit the game someday.

Your BB content is hands down, the best. Thank you.

Thanks a bunch! Really helpful spreadsheet. Have fun with Spirit Island in the meantime mate.

which game will take over?

I agree with your assessment. The first time I used adrenaline was when I played the Northern Raiders start as all 3 brothers had high starting fatigue and I figured I needed all the help I could get while fighting my way south to friendlier towns. I found them so useful that I now try to find 2-4 high fatigue Bro's to give adrenaline during a play through. I do agree that they are more useful early but still found them useful in many situations later game. I gave up killing frenzy to have it but all my other front liners have it so it is still up almost continuously. Those that I am able to make battle forge get used every battle those that are nimble get used for situationally in the late game (nomads, goblins, beasts).

Very nice analysis. Brings a little more clarity to the 2 handed weapon choices in a very simple but extremly useful spreadsheet. Thank you for this!

Nevermind editted my post. I think all weapons have their warrants and it totally depends upon the bro. You stated that a hammer bro can skimp on melee def more than others due to reach advantage but I don't think thats the case so much. If I was to say a bro who could skimp on mdef more than the others it'd probably be the mace bro, because a stunned enemy cant swing anyway. Hammer bros need some of the highest stats in the game, with maybe cleavers needing more because disarming and swinging twice per round is ridiculously fatigue intensive. My weapon choice for bros are usually dependent upon fatigue. Highest -> Cleaver / High -> Hammer / Medium -> Mace or Dagger / Low -> Axe. Swords I dont bother other than early game. THey're the upgrade to spears when your bros start hitting 70-80 mark on atk where its not reliable enough to switch to the other weapons yet. Once they hit 80ish I switch them to what they'd be good with using based upon their fatigue. Flails are kinda in the same boat, I find them too unreliable. They can work in very specific cases but you need like a drunken brute trait then it gets hilarious of course but in reality the odds of finding something like that on a well starred bro are slim to none.

Great video. I however never repair loot, only the gear im using. Saves me time playing.

I have over 3k hours played and when I saw this video I was hesitant to agree with it, but honestly your list is very spot on. I think the only thing I would change on your list is direwolves to be bumped up to anytime. For some reason I just don't run into many direwolves in my playthroughs as much as I did before the blazing deserts dlc, and because of that, I have trouble making the additional fur padding. I had one run recently with 2 full rows of the unhold fur but no pelts from direwolves to make them :/ So other than that, yeah I'd put direwolves right alongside hyenas. They're a fight you don't want to take before raider gear, but once you get raider gear (so day 15-20+) I will drop whatever I'm doing to kill direwolves now.

love the video. you ever thought about playing the legends mod?

One of the best videos on YT, some might say it's not short, but it's just right so that my grown-ass gamer dad brain can comprehend at 3am.

Have been experimenting with it on a frontline banner who has questionable Matk, just because the +10% to hit starts making the warbrand look pretty ok in that situation. But I am not sure how it will play out

Greetings, I have just discovered your channel and it's fascinating. You completely understand this game and have a talent in relaying your knowledge. I would love to see you create a series using any starting background that covers the first 100 days. This period is crucial for anyone that takes this game seriously.

Very well played sir !

I use the war brand early game but have never found a famed one to use in the late game. I like the idea of using reach advantage with it and may try it with my cleaver bro's. I also like the idea of backstabber with peasant militia, I have not played that start yet but will try it when I do.

80 health is fine for Bro's with battleforged except tanks and front line Bro's with low defense. Calling Axeman not very good with 107 attack 48 defense and "too much fatigue" is a bit ridiculous. Many of these you are calling not good are actually great Bro's who are perhaps not 100% optimized. There is a big difference between a bro who is not good and a bro who is not optimized but still very good. I do agree that archers/crossbow need a bit more love to be more useful in the endgame. I understand the intent of the video and did like the look at your end game bro's and your fully optimized rebuilt team. I have been enjoying your content and advice so please don't take my comment too seriously

What is the op build in your opinion not using legendary weapons?

Mhm, if bug transform something bad into somethin useful maybe it is not a bug?

I appreciate you revitalizing this game with some fresh videos.

Cool stuff subscribed and liked the video, will for sure check out the rest of your content.

Agreed that it's the best weapon in the game, actually not as exciting as a named axe or named bardiche especially but the store bought one just works wonders against everyone except Gilder armies where daze is often kind of wasted. Dodge-nimble 2h mace is still fine because you may want to field it earlier than you have a battleforged brother and you could daze 2 people with tied together turns, or you could have a slightly slower dagger and really fast mace where they can still support eachother without wasting synergy. Dodge-nimble 2h hammer has the draw that stagger when applied pushes the enemy to the end of the initiative line, though. Both builds must have 9 lives to not bleed out Both weapons are really good at injury, qatal likes excutioner a lot because against weak armor it can often proc it itself much like many duelist weapons and when you stack damage buffs with deathblow people die very quickly. That's why drunk is the best trait for a qatalist, though it's probably the best trait in the game in general Solution to setting up deathblow on forged mace is adrenaline or dodgeforged if you're into that like i am The 2 turn stun is also great vs savants if you can actually land the hit, they just can't put up with the damage

The wiki lists all indebted from manhunters, the southern one is the only one you can actually buy One build which was really popular back during WotN was the polearm whip because you could disarm and attack with the then much stronger billhook. With qh this guy becomes very good against orcs because berserkers and warlords get hard countered by whips, so he's only actually bad against Chosen blobs. Whip also goes nicely with fearsome because of its low up front damage in some situations since morale checks are harsher the more health is missing With qh you can also use the 2nd inventory slot for a chosen axe or a 2h mace as a sidearm for melee in the worst case scenario or opportunistically

Dont you think dogde Would be great on Him ?

Greatswords are in a pretty poor place in terms of endgame fights. They are only better against non-armored foes if you are abusing the AoE. and against anything elite (Ancient Undead, Orc Warriors, Lindwurms, Barbarian Chosen) they do quite miserably compared to 2H Axes or Maces. Quite some time ago I made a script to simulate how many attacks it would take to kill a Chosen, and Greataxes are *substantially* ahead of Greatswords, with Swords taking slightly less than 2 more swings to kill on average. Although if you can find a good Armor% famed Greatsword, they preform really well. But it should be mentioned that farmable famed 2H axes exist in the form of Man-Splitters, which an absurd ~170 Primary att. dmg, and the fatigue costs still being below what you need for a Greatsword.

I think once I get out of the early game a large number of my bro losses are to possessed fallen heroes. Even very late game bros with good gear will die if a 2h fallen hero hits twice. It is probably due to a bit of psychological bias opn the player part-against chosen or big orc camps you are at your sharpest but one turn of complacency in a necromancer camp can lose a bro in an otherwise easy fight.

This is definitely a gap from other big long form videos on YT. Thanks for making it.

Great video

There's still room the market for more battle brothers long form discussions

thats so cool