My main army is designed to fight just about any faction, and is heavily anti-armor with some anti-large. I divide up my armies into three types: Main army, sub-armies, low-budget armies.

Cavalry are used to flank, take out enemy ranged infantry and artillery. My personal style when building armies is very defensive: Artillery, strong melee infantry, and ranged infantry to counter enemy ranged infantry. The important thing is to make sure you’re covering the important characteristics: You will want to transition to handgunners eventually due to their armor-piercing damage. From there, you want to concentrate on melee attack, melee defense, and armor.įor ranged infantry, crossbowmen work well, even into late game.

Swordsmen and Spearmen (with Shields) fill this role nicely in the early and mid-game. Ideally, front-line infantry has shields in order to reduce the damage they receive from ranged attacks, which helps their longevity.

Front-line composed of infantry (the anvil).

To perform “anvil and hammer” tactics, you’ll need: Common questions about the Empire is: What makes for an effective army? What is the ideal Empire army composition? I’ll go over a few armies I used for my Legendary Empire campaign.

Total war warhammer empire units