Blackguards 2: The best tips

If you want to conquer the fantastic Aventuria in Blackguards 2, we have the best tips for you. This will make your adventurous experience easier for you.

Basic tactical tips for Blackguards 2

Blackguards 2 is a turn-based tactical game in which you move your pieces across hexes. First of all, you should therefore familiarize yourself with certain functions that fights can easily decide for or against you.

• You can either let characters run a long distance per turn, or you can perform an action like an attack after a short distance. Sprinting can make sense, but be careful not to pointlessly send your heroes to maverick death.
• It is often easier to advance step by step and to attack your enemies on the way with long-range attacks. Use the cover function as it drastically increases your characters' chance of survival. In addition, figures duck into cover and no longer block their archer's field of vision. They can then fire on your opponents from a safe distance.
• When planning your actions, you must also pay attention to the order of the moves. Fight the enemy who is the most at risk or who can do the most damage with your death - for example, by knocking out the enemy who would be the next to act.
• Over time, you can hire more and more mercenaries to support and complement your heroes. Build highly optimized characters, mercenaries compensate for the situation-related weaknesses. When you assemble a squad, you can fill it almost entirely with these hired fighters; only one hero has to be there, the heroic rest can take a break. Familiarize yourself with the strengths and weaknesses of your heroes and mercenaries and build yourself the optimal troop for every situation.
• From time to time you do not attack yourself, but also defend positions. Then you can, among other things, set traps that make life difficult for your opponents. Defend bottlenecks so that your opponents have no chance to avoid the traps. Ranged fighters in particular can be combined well with such blockages by letting them guard certain areas. Activate this command, the shooters hold their position and automatically fire at any enemy that comes within range.

Make better use of the world map of Blackguards 2

Tactical battles may be the focus of Blackguards 2, but you will find yourself regularly on the world map. Here you have to decide where to strike next.

• When planning your campaigns, information about possible targets is essential. You can get basic information about all locations on the world map, but you are only really well prepared if you also use shady sources. You can use the Riz spy, which gives you the world information about gold. You can also interrogate prisoners of war, but be careful how you deal with them. Otherwise you may receive incorrect information at the end.
• You don't have to conquer every area on your way to the shark throne. The story is fueled by some main missions, but offers optional side content that entices with chic bonuses. What is more important about these is that you can also use the areas from buffer zones against unavoidable counterattacks. The fewer areas you own, the faster the enemy is at your doorstep. It is therefore doubly worthwhile to accept these optional challenges.

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