Editor's note: The Rider 2 of the Lifetime series has been on sale for some time, and although it is still only for players to pay for them to test the version of bugs, it still allows countless Rider players to buy it for the first time and fight in the continent of Caladia. As a fan of the Ride Hack series, I also bought the game immediately after its release. In the riding slash, in addition to its own weapons and equipment and combat feel, the most attractive nature is a variety of difficult to obtain top classes.
In MountEd 2, there are six countries, each of which only noble recruits can be promoted to the highest level 6 classes, so what are the characteristics, combat effectiveness and prototypes of these six top classes? The first is naturally the first rich marshal class of The Knight Slash 2 - the Empire's elite armored cavalry, all equipped with full armor, only the eyes are exposed, and the whole body is shining. In terms of equipment, the Imperial Knight also has the highest defensive level 6 body armor Imperial Scale Armor (50 +20+20), Level 6 Horse Armor (67 defense) and Level 6 shoulder pads (20+10), and other equipment are also first-class level, which is deservedly the first place in terms of armor defense. Melee weapons include shields, mounted spears, and steel Pai Lamaine knives.
At the same time, in terms of skills, he has 280 long poles + 220 one-handed, 280 riding skills, and Valandia cavalry tied for the first place, it can be said that the points are at the point. Of course, the spear of the Imperial cavalry could not ride the spear to sprint, but used the method of stabbing with both hands, which was also a major drawback of his, resulting in a relatively insufficient impact. Because of its strong defense and weak impact, the Imperial Armored Cavalry also earned the title of "Best Heavy Infantry" for slashing 2. In fictional background games about the Middle Ages, all of the "Empire" forces have the shadow of the Roman Empire, and the Empire in Ride 2 is evidenced by the Archons, the Senate, and various Roman-style names. And the well-equipped Imperial cavalry naturally conjures up images of the Byzantine heavily armored cavalry Klibanophoroi. In the second half of the 10th century to the middle of the 11th century, the Byzantine armored heavy cavalry was the brightest military star, they were equipped with 2-3 layers of armor, armed with 4-6 meters of spears, and also with nail hammers, fully armed. As Nikephorus II said, "The spears of the enemy's heavy infantry will be crushed by the charge of our ironclad heavy cavalry, and because of the armor of our ironclad heavy cavalry, their arrows and javelins will be ineffective." ”
The second is the Valandia Flag Knight, the appearance of the Valandia Flag Knight looks very simple, compared to the golden shining Imperial armored cavalry, the appearance of the Valandia Knight's equipment is simply poor, although the equipment value is not bad. The proficiency attributes of the Valandian knights are exactly the same as those of the Imperial cavalry, and they have one of the greatest advantages - the mounted gun can sprint, that is, the use of a pinch gun charge to fight. This made them far more powerful than the Imperial cavalry. If you prefer to charge repeatedly with cavalry instead of getting caught up in hand-to-hand combat, the Valandian cavalry is naturally your first choice.
Valandia, by background, was "a descendant of Western adventurers" and gradually evolved into an "organized feudal society", and the nobility liked to ride guns and fight on horseback. This is the typical medieval feudal state of Western Europe, and the Valandian knight, the prototype is the Norman knight who was good at charging with guns in the Middle Ages. The Tile Rider and the Emperor Rider are the strongest heavy cavalry in the game, although at present, this kind of heavy riding is not as flexible as riding and shooting, and the output is not as good as the rifle. But just as the so-called new players talk about tactics, the old players are F1F3, for the belief of the ten thousand horse charge, the heavier cavalry is of course still the more the better. However, the use of tile riding is still more F2, leading the cavalry to repeatedly sprint with a mounted gun.
The last of the three giants of the level 6 heavy cavalry is the Stegia elite guard cavalry. Of course, compared to the strengths of the first two knights, the attributes of the Stegia cavalry are a bit ridiculous, as a charging horse, his long pole is only 60, the one-handed attribute is 280, and the most amazing thing is that he has 220 bow and arrow proficiency, but he does not have the equipment of bow and arrow. So this is a cavalry that completely points out the wrong skill tree. In the background of the game, Stegia has changed from a tribe to an alliance of principalities, led by the Grand Duke, and has a large number of Poyets, which can not be more obvious, that is, Kievan Rus' . The prototype of the Sturgia cavalry is the Poye heavy cavalry, and from the appearance and equipment of the Sturgia, there is also a clear learning of the Oriental style, such as their Zaja and Kusette (just a change of color). It shows the characteristics of the medieval Kievan Rus' cavalry being influenced by the Mongols during the period of submission to the Mongols.
However, the reputation and achievements of the Ross cavalry are obviously not comparable to the first two, and many cavalry are neglected in training and lack of equipment. In the game, the production team reflects this with a slightly malicious 60 spears and 220 bow and arrow attribute designs, and the Sturgeia Guards Cavalry as a heavy horse can be described as a heavy horse, which can be called the most pit high-level soldier. However, the Sturgean cavalry can get off their horses and fight with 280 one-handed ability. After talking about heavy cavalry, let's talk about riding archers. The country with the strongest riding shooter in Ride Slash 2 is, of course, Kusset in the East. In the game Kusset synthesizes a variety of nomadic styles, most notably Mongolian, which is mentioned in the development log of Ride Hack 2. The names of his noble ranks were written directly - Kuset Cowardly Xue (promoted to the highest level was Kusset Khan's personal guard), which of course was the Mongol Cowardly Xue Army. For Mongolia, of course, there is no need to introduce it, because it is all too familiar.
Khan's guards are one of the field kings of slashing 2, 280 bows and arrows, 220 long pole weapons, so that infantry and archers facing poor defense can go in and pick up the slashing 2 artifact crescent moon knife for a while (but it is still a little worse than the long crescent moon knife), and in the face of cavalry and heavy infantry, they take up bows and arrows and shoot arrows in circles, facing any enemy. However, the disadvantage is that there is only one bag of arrows, and the level 5 class cowardly Xue has 2 bags of arrows, which is better than not upgrading, and recently the Khan's guards have been weakened. However, despite these shortcomings, the Khan's guards are still among the top three troops in the field.
Among the noble classes, the only class that could not be upgraded to cavalry was the Badanian nobles, but were promoted to archers. The Badanian Elite Fiona Warrior (Ba Bow for short) of the Badania Level 6 Noble Soldier is undoubtedly the strongest archer. There are 280 skilled bows and arrows, equipped with the strongest infantry bow noble longbow. Speaking of longbowmen, everyone will think of English longbowmen for the first time. However, the game log indicates that the basis of Badania is the Celt, and the prototype of King Calado is the famous leader of 11th-century Wales, Grufis Apluelin. The prototype of the bow is more likely to be the Welsh longbowmans who preceded the English longbowmen, who in the 12th century had caused the English army to suffer a lot. We can also see in the game that the length of the longbow they use is not as exaggerated as the English longbow.
In the game, as long as the number of bows is sufficient, he is the most killed class of soldiers on the battlefield almost every time, and the firepower of the noble longbow is comparable to that of a machine gun. Find a hillside and let the cannon fodder infantry block it, and you can enjoy the screen-brushing performance of the Batanian nobleman (Badanian nobleman: I just spent my time on horseback shooting). In addition to long-range firepower, the bow also has a two-handed attribute of 220, and it is also a good hand to pick up a large sword in melee combat, except that it cannot fight against cavalry alone. Personally, I think this game is the most powerful high-level soldier. Finally, the Mamluks, the elite troops of Asselle. In the game, this is the only noble class that can be upgraded to two top classes. One was a Mamluk palace guard and the other was a Mamluk heavy cavalry (actually a mounted archer). The prototype of the Mamluk is, of course, the Mamluk, a slave corps that needs to go through ten years from adolescence and receive various military training, not only needs to practice using swords, hammers, bows and spears on the horse, but also needs to practice the skills of dismounting infantry warfare. Their strong military qualities allowed them to start the Mamluk dynasty for more than two hundred years. Even after the fall of the Mamluk dynasty, the Mamluks remained active on the battlefield for a long time.
Mamluk infantry and cavalry in training Mamluk games
In the game, the Mamluks are very good to use, the Mamluk infantry has the strongest infantry weapon 133 slash heavy execution axe, rush into the enemy line can easily crush the opponent's infantry, long distance there are flying axe throwing, the only flaw is that there is no shield, insufficient defense ability. The Mamluk cavalry is the most comprehensive class in this game, although his proficiency attributes are only 130, but there are 580 blood steel shields, high defense, far away can ride and shoot, traps can be carried, and the next hand-to-hand combat is also a good hand. Even the Mamluk heavy cavalry could cope with all kinds of scenes. After introducing these six elites, which elite class is everyone's favorite? Although I personally like the appearance of the Empire armored with the golden glitter, of course, my favorite is the most lethal ba bow, attacking the enemy on the high ground. And sometimes if you want to charge with cavalry, you will also take the Valandian cavalry to charge. The Khan's guards and the Mamluks were all kinds of troops. I hope that all the riders will form their favorite elite legions as soon as possible.
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