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Tactics

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	==Tactics==		==Tactics==
	Not really Tactics more some getting started advice.Check out Easy Army KOWV2 to build your armies with all their special rules in one place.		Not really Tactics more some getting started advice. Check out Easy Army KOWV2 to build your armies with all their special rules in one place.

	One Tactic to use vs. shooty armies is to screen your key expensive troops e.g: cavalry. So when they are deployed they can be placed behind a cheaper unit to give them a -1 to be hit, or unable to be hit at all if the two units are same height.		One Tactic to use vs. shooty armies is to screen your key expensive troops e.g: cavalry. So when they are deployed they can be placed behind a cheaper unit to give them a -1 to be hit, or unable to be hit at all if the two units are same height.

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Why Play Kingdoms of Men

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	==Why Play Kingdoms of Men==		==Why Play Kingdoms of Men==
	Maybe you have an existing army of ancient or medieval 28mm miniatures. Maybe you want to create an army around your own mythological kingdom. Maybe you found a really cool set of miniatures and just need this one extra excuse to buy them. Aesthetically there are as many reasons as there are players - in game mechanics Kingdoms of Men might require a hint more finesse than other armies to achieve victory.		Maybe you have an existing army of ancient or medieval 28mm miniatures. Maybe you are an orphan of [[Bretonnia]] or [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)\|The Empire]]. Maybe you want to create an army around your own mythological kingdom. Maybe you found a really cool set of miniatures and just need this one extra excuse to buy them. Aesthetically there are as many reasons as there are players - in game mechanics Kingdoms of Men might require a hint more finesse than other armies to achieve victory.

	==Army Special Rules==		==Army Special Rules==

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Infantry

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	*'''Militia Mob:''' Probably the best chaff unit available to the Kingdoms of Men. They have a 5+ to hit, a 3+ Defense, lower Nerve value and a very low points cost. This means they won't go very far and will die pretty quickly doing very little damage to your opponent's troops. Nonetheless, they are the only unit in the KoM list available in legion size, and are excellent to provide cover for your most valuable units and for screening them from dangerous charges and getting the first charge on the opponent's troops. Unfortunalely they are an Irregular unit, so even if you buy a legion of these buddies they'll count towards the troops limit.		*'''Militia Mob:''' Probably the best chaff unit available to the Kingdoms of Men. They have a 5+ to hit, a 3+ Defense, lower Nerve value and a very low points cost. This means they won't go very far and will die pretty quickly doing very little damage to your opponent's troops. Nonetheless, they are the only unit in the KoM list available in legion size, and are excellent to provide cover for your most valuable units and for screening them from dangerous charges and getting the first charge on the opponent's troops. Unfortunalely they are an Irregular unit, so even if you buy a legion of these buddies they'll count towards the troops limit.

	*'''Pike Block:''' These guys are a straight upgrade from Spear Phalanxes, gaining Ensnare for the extra 15/25 pts you spend on them (Regiment/Horde respectively). They do only have a 3+ defense however, so it depends on ~~weather~~ or not you think those extra 15-25 are worth it.		*'''Pike Block:''' These guys are a straight upgrade from Spear Phalanxes, gaining Ensnare for the extra 15/25 pts you spend on them (Regiment/Horde respectively). They do only have a 3+ defense however, so it depends on whether or not you think those extra 15-25 are worth it.

	*'''Pole-Arms Block:''' These guys are killy but weak on the defense, although not to the extent of Beserkers. They are the offensive match to the Shield Wall, having one worse Defense but getting Crushing Strength 1 in return. There only hitting with half of their attacks, but against most equivalent units they're going to be wounding on 2's and 3's. They do not have extra attacks over most equivalent sized formations, but are very cheap, easy to fit several regiments or a couple of hordes into almost any lists.		*'''Pole-Arms Block:''' These guys are killy but weak on the defense, although not to the extent of Beserkers. They are the offensive match to the Shield Wall, having one worse Defense but getting Crushing Strength 1 in return. There only hitting with half of their attacks, but against most equivalent units they're going to be wounding on 2's and 3's. They do not have extra attacks over most equivalent sized formations, but are very cheap, easy to fit several regiments or a couple of hordes into almost any lists.

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	One Tactic to use vs. shooty armies is to screen your key expensive troops e.g: cavalry. So when they are deployed they can be placed behind a cheaper unit to give them a -1 to be hit, or unable to be hit at all if the two units are same height.		One Tactic to use vs. shooty armies is to screen your key expensive troops e.g: cavalry. So when they are deployed they can be placed behind a cheaper unit to give them a -1 to be hit, or unable to be hit at all if the two units are same height.

			Kingdoms of Men are the most versatile army in all of KoW, brimming with options. Though to be honest only some units are really specialized. A good way to start an army is by using footguard, who are a very flexible unit, and then customizing the army according to your preference. You can try to build a gunline army, a melee horde, a mixed arms army or just an army that specializes in attrition. In a way your army build can be customised to serve as a reference to real life historical armies, which is amazing.

			-Gunpowder truly is a very good weapon for the kingdoms of men, but if you go that way be sure to have cavalry in order to approach your oponents chaff units before they can tie in your hordes of musketeers and hinder their shooting.Also always take siege artillery in this kind of army, if an oponent is 12" near your canons they are already dead most of the time anyways. This is a very napoleonic way to build an army

			-Melee hordes come in two flavors, one relies on cavalry and berserkers and focuses on being the aggressor, with the main problem being the absolute lack of survivability of the latter. So if you go this way make sure to always be in cover and protect your flanks(CoK 2018 has a great formation now that makes berserkers speed 6 which is excellent for this configuration). A very barbarian army that gambles all in having the first and most decisive charge.
			Another version of this army, similar to the Helenistic armies of antiquity would be to make the army into a hammer and anvil stile army, with Heavy pikemen serving as an anvil and heavy cavalry serving as hammers

			-Mixed arms armies, mix your troops musketeers with pikemen and cavalry for a very historically accurate 16th century army

			-Atrittion, a Legion of militia costs 170 points and has 25/27 nerve, unless they get flanked there is no way any unit engaged to them can rout them in less than 2 turns, get 5 of these for 850 points with some standard bearers to make them more annoying, then spend your remaining points in USEFUL units(like cavalry and footguard), tie your opponents expensive units up with these tarpits and go grab objectives with your fast units. Overall this is a fun and sadistic build, very similar to medieval armies.
	[[Category:Kings of War/Tactics]]		[[Category:Kings of War/Tactics]]

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Infantry: Militia Mob description added

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	*'''Heavy Pike Block:''' These guys are expensive, and only have a 4+ Melee and 4+ Defense, but they make up for it with Elite, Phalanx, and Ensnare, as well as 15 attack regiments and 30 attack hordes. Ensnare and Phalanx combined with a 4+ Defense, and a 14/16 nerve for Regiments and 21/23 nerve for Hordes means they can take most regiment sized attacks without to bad of a chance of remaining Steady. 4+ Melee and Elite means that a horde of these guys will on average cause 17 hits in face-to-face charges, which will mean plenty of woods on most troops choices, and an average of 5 versus most heavy armored infantry. A horde of these guys with the Chant of Hate, Brew of Strength, or Brew of Sharpness is going to be very killy, but will also be very expensive as well.		*'''Heavy Pike Block:''' These guys are expensive, and only have a 4+ Melee and 4+ Defense, but they make up for it with Elite, Phalanx, and Ensnare, as well as 15 attack regiments and 30 attack hordes. Ensnare and Phalanx combined with a 4+ Defense, and a 14/16 nerve for Regiments and 21/23 nerve for Hordes means they can take most regiment sized attacks without to bad of a chance of remaining Steady. 4+ Melee and Elite means that a horde of these guys will on average cause 17 hits in face-to-face charges, which will mean plenty of woods on most troops choices, and an average of 5 versus most heavy armored infantry. A horde of these guys with the Chant of Hate, Brew of Strength, or Brew of Sharpness is going to be very killy, but will also be very expensive as well.

	*'''Militia Mob:'''		*'''Militia Mob:''' Probably the best chaff unit available to the Kingdoms of Men. They have a 5+ to hit, a 3+ Defense, lower Nerve value and a very low points cost. This means they won't go very far and will die pretty quickly doing very little damage to your opponent's troops. Nonetheless, they are the only unit in the KoM list available in legion size, and are excellent to provide cover for your most valuable units and for screening them from dangerous charges and getting the first charge on the opponent's troops. Unfortunalely they are an Irregular unit, so even if you buy a legion of these buddies they'll count towards the troops limit.

	*'''Pike Block:''' These guys are a straight upgrade from Spear Phalanxes, gaining Ensnare for the extra 15/25 pts you spend on them (Regiment/Horde respectively). They do only have a 3+ defense however, so it depends on weather or not you think those extra 15-25 are worth it.		*'''Pike Block:''' These guys are a straight upgrade from Spear Phalanxes, gaining Ensnare for the extra 15/25 pts you spend on them (Regiment/Horde respectively). They do only have a 3+ defense however, so it depends on weather or not you think those extra 15-25 are worth it.

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	===Monsters===		===Monsters===
	*'''Beast of War:''' This thing is expensive, but so worth it. For 210 points you get 12 attacks with Crushing Strength 2, and Thunderous Charge 2. If you do the math, that means that anything you manage to get your thunderous charge bonus against, even defense 6+ guys, will be hurting on 2s. You also get brutal, and the fact that it is height 4 means it can see over your own units, making it the perfect counter charge tool. If you manage a flank charge with this bad boy, your opponent is in some serious trouble. Just be careful not to leave it vulnerable. You do have the option of putting a two shot ballista on it for 10 points, but please for the love of all that is massive and face-stompy, don't do it. I've seen too many battle reports where someone did, tried to make it a part of their gunline, only to have it charged and wiped out before it got to do proper face stomping. If the occasion arises where you have to decide between shooting a ballista that only hits on a 5+, or charging in with 12 attacks, charge in!		*'''Beast of War:''' This thing is expensive, but so worth it. For 210 points you get 12 attacks with Crushing Strength 2, and Thunderous Charge 2. If you do the math, that means that anything you manage to get your thunderous charge bonus against, even defense 6+ guys, will be hurting on 2s. You also get brutal, and the fact that it is height 4 means it can see over your own units, making it the perfect counter charge tool. If you manage a flank charge with this bad boy, your opponent is in some serious trouble. Just be careful not to leave it vulnerable. You do have the option of putting a two shot ballista on it for 10 points, but please for the love of all that is massive and face-stompy, don't do it. I've seen too many battle reports where someone did, tried to make it a part of their gunline, only to have it charged and wiped out before it got to do proper face stomping. If the occasion arises where you have to decide between shooting a ballista that only hits on a 5+, or charging in with 12 attacks, charge in!
			**'''Alternate Opinion:''' Or you can take the ballista, keep it as a reserve, and then countercharge when your main line is hit. That way it gets to do something every turn and the ballista isn't expensive.

	===War Engines===		===War Engines===

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	*'''General on Winged Beast:''' Before considering a General on Winged Beast, for 40 less points you can upgrade the basic General to have a Pegasuses. The winged beast as extra nerve, 2 extra attacks and 1 more point of crushing strength but this comes at a points bump. Really this model is a beefed up Pegasus Mounted General.		*'''General on Winged Beast:''' Before considering a General on Winged Beast, for 40 less points you can upgrade the basic General to have a Pegasuses. The winged beast as extra nerve, 2 extra attacks and 1 more point of crushing strength but this comes at a points bump. Really this model is a beefed up Pegasus Mounted General.

	*'''Hero:''' Never take this guy on foot. On a horse at the minimum, preferably ~~an Eagle~~. Use him to hunt War machines, support characters, and sniper unit, as 3 attacks at 3+ with Crushing Strength 1 will put some hurt on them. Flank and rear charges with this guy will also help break combats.		*'''Hero:''' Never take this guy on foot. On a horse at the minimum, preferably a pegasus. Use him to hunt War machines, support characters, and sniper unit, as 3 attacks at 3+ with Crushing Strength 1 will put some hurt on them. Flank and rear charges with this guy will also help break combats.

	*'''The Captain:''' At 50 points more than a lord, The Captain has one less point of nerve and loses the ability to take a Pegasus. However, you do gain the unique Master Tactician rule, which lets you redeploy D3 of your units after both deployment but before vanguard moves. However, it's a little to random to rely on for your battle plan.		*'''The Captain:''' At 50 points more than a lord, The Captain has one less point of nerve and loses the ability to take a Pegasus. However, you do gain the unique Master Tactician rule, which lets you redeploy D3 of your units after both deployment but before vanguard moves. However, it's a little to random to rely on for your battle plan.

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Monsters

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	===Monsters===		===Monsters===
	*'''Beast of War:'''		*'''Beast of War:''' This thing is expensive, but so worth it. For 210 points you get 12 attacks with Crushing Strength 2, and Thunderous Charge 2. If you do the math, that means that anything you manage to get your thunderous charge bonus against, even defense 6+ guys, will be hurting on 2s. You also get brutal, and the fact that it is height 4 means it can see over your own units, making it the perfect counter charge tool. If you manage a flank charge with this bad boy, your opponent is in some serious trouble. Just be careful not to leave it vulnerable. You do have the option of putting a two shot ballista on it for 10 points, but please for the love of all that is massive and face-stompy, don't do it. I've seen too many battle reports where someone did, tried to make it a part of their gunline, only to have it charged and wiped out before it got to do proper face stomping. If the occasion arises where you have to decide between shooting a ballista that only hits on a 5+, or charging in with 12 attacks, charge in!

	===War Engines===		===War Engines===