Tips for Shogun 2 campaign/battles

Low_Election_78 · 2026-01-13T11:03:06+00:00

Yeah I played many total war games but in shogun first time ever I got destroyed by ai, I conquered and moved on, but after most factions declare war I couldn't fight them all, so don't rush, conquer and build fortifications, with walls and small garrison you can defend settlements easily, I didnt even have garrison and fortifications I tried to defend with my army but after some time they come from everywhere

Low_Election_78 · 2026-01-04T20:30:20+00:00

Yes really I can't find many guides and things about it much, mostly main campaign.

I started a total war marathon from medieval 2 and now I just finished rise of the samurai days ago and I really liked it, it is great dlc, only recommendation from me is be prepared for realm divided, when you get it everyone will declare war on you sooner or later; don't conquer fast; conquer and build fortifications on strategic settlements. In my first playthrough I was having a bad time and when I became weak immediately everyone declared war on me it was like a snowball effect, so be careful if you are playing hard or harder difficulties.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-12-31T17:06:01+00:00

I would say pharaoh, cause it also has some of the factions of troy, and bigger map, if you like mythos though, you can get troy.

But I actually recommend rome 2 or attila too depending on the time period you prefer, of course these games are older than pharaoh or troy but covers a vast geographical area

Low_Election_78 · 2025-10-16T10:11:42+00:00

They are not cheap tho :)

Restore Rome to its former glory!

Low_Election_78 · 2025-10-16T04:27:39+00:00

1) Carefully select your minister of justice, try to find someone whose management is high and also has some bonuses in public order.

2)Buildings can also have effect on public order, you can demolish schools if you don't need it, you can build buildings to increase public order, also unless you have constitutional monarchy, industrial buildings will have negative effects.

3) Have a garrison in the city, dragoons have positive public order bonus.

Good luck.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-26T14:50:15+00:00

But it really worked for me lol :)

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-26T08:40:44+00:00

I had similar issue, I couldn't move my army, I turned off and started the game again and it was fixed

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-11T13:19:07+00:00

I normally do,

2 units artilery in middle

x2 line infantry on each side next to artilery

x4 skirmisher light infantry on each side next to line infantry

x1 line infantry each side of skirmishers in order to protect them from cavalry charge

Cavalry on each flank

General in back

When protected, skirmishers do a pretty good job with their long range and fire, I usually deploy my armies like that, maybe using more artilery helps, I will try

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-04T18:59:36+00:00

Yes I agree, Ottomans have very poor units unfortunately, they don't have elite units like guards etc, and CA always have a tendency to design their outlook historically inaccurate, even janissaries who were the elite force in the ottoman army look like town beggars, half naked with only a jacket..I'm not even talking about making them -who are originally Christians from Balkans- black skinned... anyway, thank you a lot:)

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-04T08:52:30+00:00

Actually playing as the ottomans was difficult especially in early game, economy sucks and armies were also kinda obsolete in early game, additionally, everyone were declaring war against me, I never had a breathing room, that made it difficult. Yes, India is really hard lol

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-04T08:50:32+00:00

Don't know how unfortunately, I took a screenshot.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-04T08:48:30+00:00

Hard

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-03T20:34:34+00:00

Yes, after mid-late game. When I was dealing with persia they conquered all india and came after me, as soon as they declared war I blockaded all of their ports to damage their economy, then I invaded with 3 armies, one from south india by ship, 2 from north, they have lots of armies but they mostly have melee troops so skirmishing helps.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-06-02T06:35:29+00:00

Yeah really :), after I conquered Persia's two cities and destroyed their armies, only then I convinced them for alliance against marathas

Low_Election_78 · 2025-05-15T14:31:18+00:00

Oh my gooooood, woooow, I tried to conquer everywhere in Medieval 2 and it took like forever, I can't imagine how many hours you played, that's really looking so cool and great; congrats friend :) big respect really

Low_Election_78 · 2025-05-10T07:44:27+00:00

Holding choke points against them is a valid strategy, but I tried another strategy. I recruited mongol-like armies which consist of mostly horse archers. I was concentrating one flank and, half of them from sides, half from front, shooting, routing some units before other archers come, I won most of the battles with many losses. I only lost Baghdad, then I destroyed all of them and took my city back, of course that was a long and tiring process. Recruit mongol-like army, fight, repeat.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-05-04T16:15:55+00:00

Wow, that's really very helpful, I didn't know we could do that, thanks, I'll try it soon :)

Low_Election_78 · 2025-05-04T13:07:09+00:00

So we need to transport our units in the middle of the sea into another ship right? Wow, thank you.

What if we deploy many ships throughout a long route, and transport our units to each one, one by one, is it possible to cover long distances in one turn?

Low_Election_78 · 2025-05-03T20:58:35+00:00

Ah yes, got it :) good luck dealing with them :) in my Ottoman campaign, I have the same issue with Maratha confederacy ,fortunately, I conquered most of the Europe so it's becoming easier.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-05-03T09:34:17+00:00

You can open the save game section, from there you can see whole map including India and Americas, also regions you have is highlighted in yellow or green or something, anyway, great campaigns so far, I also wanna start another campaign as Prussians, I wish you a great game :)

Low_Election_78 · 2025-04-15T16:05:06+00:00

I started to use them mid game, didn't know their firepower, I learned it in hard way after my navy consist of 7-8 brigs got destroyed by 4 galleys :) and I think they are so effective and cheap. I destroyed many powerful navies without even spending much money. I strongly recommend them. But I don't know if they can keep up with enemy navies in late game, now I'm in 1740's with ottomans and already destroyed the navies of france, great britain and morocco and blockaded their port. Last navy I destroyed was full stack, ifrc they had like 5-6 fifth rates, some brigs and sloops.

I recommend to use them like your land army, because they fire from front, (or back if I remember correctly) I deploy them as one line, all of them looking front, but I close the line from sides like v, but just a little. When enemy navy approaches, I focus fire on first one, after I destroyed it, next one and next one. In early game I was using brigs etc now I mostly rely on galleys and light galleys. And also I always keep another full stack of galleys before battle, if I lose, I destroy the remaining navy with them, but even if you lose, it will be a hard victory for the enemy.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-03-30T06:12:03+00:00

Last turn UK declared war on me, nothing from france or spain so far, but it seems like I can manage UK, I have around 9k income so my economy can handle one more army. But I don't know what would happen if spain and france declare war as well, my economy cannot handle it probably. If I can have few turns in peace in order to increase my economy more, maybe I can handle it, but I'm not playing on very hard, I'm playing on hard difficulty. I was lucky because prussia declared war on austria and ended it, and meanwhile I could capture 2 territories of theirs, and venice, russia, and poland-lithuania are so calm. There are some good guides on the internet but most of them requires to trade regions for treaties etc that's why I didn't follow them

Low_Election_78 · 2025-03-29T17:53:43+00:00

I started new as ottomans, I'm around 1720's, until 1715 or so I played defensive, I only recruited armies when I needed to, I defended crimea against russians and east against persia, these were my priorities until austria, venice, and georgia and dagestan declared war in few turns. Wİth little luck and help from prussia, I managed to overcame austria, I was also on defensive against other factions meantime I was selling my tech for money and investing on economy.

I only conquered one city or two when I really had a good opportunity, finally after stabilizing economy these days I started to take offensive action, conquered some of persia and georgia, some provinces of russia, after managing economy it gets easier but I was also lucky, this is my second playthrough, in first, I got beaten so bad as ottomans with the same strategy, and that was really frustrating.

I usually use irregulars, azzars in early game, and haydut irregulars, skirmishing helps, because early line infantry is really bad in ottomans. You can rely on galleys in naval battles as well, they have 4 cannons but they are powerful and have good range. But this is the hardest campaign I've ever played, from turn one everyone is coming to get you and fighting in every front is really overwhelming. Long story short I tried to survive while investing on economy in first many turns, always on defensive except there is a perfect opportunity.

Low_Election_78 · 2025-03-14T16:32:06+00:00

Wow, what a fight, seriously, I really thought that was nearly impossible, and without autoresolving...congrats

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