A shield wall of heavy Germanic infantry? A thundering charge of knights? A hit-and-run force of light cavalry? All of those and more are viable choices in Bannerlord precisely because it tries so ...

Every Bannerlord faction has a primary recruit ... which keeps them safe as they advance into range as a shield wall. Keep as many melee infantry around as you need to screen them and fend off ...

Bannerlord’s graphics are the most immediately ... detailed orders like forming a shield wall or keeping their distance and skirmishing with ranged weapons. The tactical options available ...

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord's combat strikes an idiosyncratic ... More advanced setups may remove a shield entirely, or include two-handed weapons. Big weapons are a bit of a, er, handful for ...