


Since they are fixed nuits, the Giant Ballista and fixed Scorpion are best utilized when used in defensive battles, where you would be fending off an attacking or defending a specific region. Unlike the field artillery, the fixed artillery cannot be moved, but it has much higher range and larger damage than fixed artillery units. However, you do not want to be making the same mistake as the Samnites make sure your field artillery is guarded by a set of units, and when it moves it is from and to a place that has already been secured. A good example is how the Samnites use their artillery during the prologue chapters in the campaign. Since field artilleries have mobility and not as much range as fixed artillery, they are generally recommended for battles in which you would be attacking fortified enemy lines.

Here are the Suebi field artillery units: Unlike the fixed artilleries, field artilleries can be moved around in the battlefield, giving you more versatility. Field Artilleryįield artilleries are catapults and old-fashioned long-range ballistic weapons that can be utilized by almost all the factions.

For this reason, it is important to have them protected by neighboring ships during sea battles, and by a small set of land infantry during shore attacks. However, artillery ships are prone to enemy ambush, and can be easily sabotaged. The German Suebi faction has access to two standard artillery ships, both offering great range, damage, and support.
