I need help.

[matthieu542]

First of all im getting third age total war and i know isengard is hard any tips? like what units i should use the most? what gives me the most money? How do i stop rohan's massive armies?

[Mhaedros]

Hold the bridge over Isen firstly. Do not recruit units in the northern settlement, maby later. Dont put money at snagas, use it for upgrading buildings in Isengard instead. Build roads, butheries and such things. Dont go to war with rohan to early

[wohnzimmer]

Try to keep peace with the High Elves and Eriador, then you should have no problems with Rohan. Especially if you conquer Tharbad, Eriador loves to attack you there. If you can't keep peace with them, call an invasion against Bree.

[matthieu542]

Try to keep peace with the High Elves and Eriador, then you should have no problems with Rohan. Especially if you conquer Tharbad, Eriador loves to attack you there. If you can't keep peace with them, call an invasion against Bree.

What if they become Arnor already is that trouble?

[matthieu542]

What if rohan declares war on me too quickly?

[FC Groningen]

If an invasion is called on Edoras, don't go for Edoras, but go for the Hornburg instead. Be careful, if you siege the settlement, you will trigger a garrison script. However, if your invasion army maintains the siege of the Hornburg, you don't get desertion. With the Hornburg in your hands and Edoras in foreign hands, Rohan is pretty much doomed already.

[matthieu542]

If an invasion is called on Edoras, don't go for Edoras, but go for the Hornburg instead. Be careful, if you siege the settlement, you will trigger a garrison script. However, if your invasion army maintains the siege of the Hornburg, you don't get desertion. With the Hornburg in your hands and Edoras in foreign hands, Rohan is pretty much doomed already.

What if the invasion fails? and i capture the hornburg. would they make mass armies to capture it?

[Darth Lord Revan]

First of all im getting third age total war and i know isengard is hard any tips? like what units i should use the most? what gives me the most money? How do i stop rohan's massive armies?

Here you have a couple of threads discussing Insengard strategies and tips:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=isengard+help

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=isengard+help

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=isengard+help

And a battle tactics discussion thread:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=isengard+help

If you want you could use the "search" function in this forum (specially "advanced search") to look for common questions like this. There are plenty of threads about Isengard strategy from which I only selected this few.
I hope this helps you!

[Dwarven Berserker]

Welcome to the forums!

Your early army will rely on snaga skirmishers mainly, they are cheap, expendible and quite usefull. High dread generals will also help a lot in winning your battles without losing a crapload of orcs.
To deafeat bigger armies, you should bridge-camp or defend a settlement. (defending a settlement works quite well with isengard actually, especially with a high dread general, as the enemy units will insta-rout when they come trough the gate)

To learn how to use the isengard army effectively, you just have to try some things, experiment with your units, and learn it yourself. That's the best way to learn it

I wish you good luck with the destruction of Rohan my friend

[matthieu542]

and which turn i get the uruk hai and diplomats and berserkers. (tell me requirements for those units

[Mhaedros]

Usual Uruk-Hai around turn 30, Elite troops (berserkers) around turn 70. Eriador becomes Arnor around turn 70, and will have large probs the first turn since Arnor has dunedain culture and Eriador, northmen. Yes they would try to take back Hornburg, but u have the walls and its easier to defend. If Rohan declares war to early, u just hold the ford of Isen as I said earlier.

[matthieu542]

[QUOTE=Mhaedros;10596629]Usual Uruk-Hai around turn 30,
they say i need to build armorys is that true?

[Mhaedros]

The higher level barracks will become buildable around turn 30. Nothing more is neccesery, but it might be possible one of them is called armory

[matthieu542]

The higher level barracks will become buildable around turn 30. Nothing more is neccesery, but it might be possible one of them is called armory

what should i postion my men when i capture hornburg and rohan comes at me, and what units should i bring? and when do i get diplomats because they say to ally with Orcs of the misty mountains

[Mhaedros]

To get diplomats u just have to build a town hall. It's not buildable in Isengard or the towns in the beginning of the campaign, u have to upgrade u'r towns. Bring urok reavers, uruk-hai raiders and uruk-hai archers to hornburg(these are the best early game units, exept ortanc guards, but they're more defencive and really rare. If u take the city u post archers at the walls and the reavers behnd the gate.

[matthieu542]

To get diplomats u just have to build a town hall. It's not buildable in Isengard or the towns in the beginning of the campaign, u have to upgrade u'r towns. Bring urok reavers, uruk-hai raiders and uruk-hai archers to hornburg(these are the best early game units, exept ortanc guards, but they're more defencive and really rare. If u take the city u post archers at the walls and the reavers behnd the gate.

Do i bring snag skirmirshers too?

[Lazy]

Best tip! Search the forum for tutorials! There are so many! And: they explain everything.
Just type the some expressions of your OP in the search field

[Mhaedros]

They're very weak, but they can act as cannon fodder or just distract the enemy, but if I where u I wouldnt take them

[matthieu542]

They're very weak, but they can act as cannon fodder or just distract the enemy, but if I where u I wouldnt take them

whats bad about guards of orthanic and which general i should use. i know that isengard doesnt have that much family members and i heard reavers suck

[Mhaedros]

I'd take Ugluk, he's pretty badass. Guards of Orthanc are as said very defencive, they can be good when u defend hornburg, but it takes 25 turn before u can recruit them. Reavers are the best early game infantry.