Napoleon Total War Battle Basic Battle Guides

Lodi

Chasseurs à cheval 

Go snipe general

Rest of the army forward, win

Arcole

//outdated!

3 inf 1 light inf to left side, fight everyone that comes

The enemy should break without having to kill the two wayward units

If they two wayward units need to be killed then light inf can reach across river

3 inf 1 light inf to right side

2 inf across bridge, 1 join up with left side for more firepower

2 inf across bridge can be usually left alone

Light inf can shoot over river

Cannons attack austrian general / whatever, as long as it targets austrians on other side of river

The Pyramids

// This battle is kind of an autoscroller, I have intention to make the autoscroller faster

Two grenadiers on right flank

Square formation against cav

Regular after cav dead

Make sure you aren’t being sniped 

After killed enemy inf move forward and fight whatever

Chasseurs a cheval

Can take 1 volley against enemy cav/ infantry

Turn off fire at will

Kill enemy generals, Mameluks more important

Infantry centre

Move forward

Square formation against cav

Regular against enemy inf

If win move forward and attack things

Infantry left

Square formation against cav

Regular against enemy inf, fight palestinian auxiliaries

Cav

To left flank

Defeat enemy cav that attacks you

Kill azzars in trees, then palestinian auxiliaries

Snipe generals

Kill artillery / enemy infantry

Trafalgar / The Nile

// Naval battles don’t have a real strategy, but here's what I come up with

Ships cut off enemies, shoot both broadsides at same time

Make sure ships that are out of combat rejoin

Trafalgar: good luck, hopefully Spain is useful

Austerlitz

Right flank chill

Center go to help right flank

	Square formation when enemy cav attack

	After defeating enemies both go vaguely in direction of left flank

Centre-Left 2 inf can make square and 1 revolutionary infantry

	2 square inf walk forward and form square

	1 other inf take shots at Austrian general

	Help left flank

Left Flank

	Fight Austria when Cav arrives

Cav

	Some help right flank win fast

	Some snipe general

	Most help left flank

Friedland

2 guard infantry to centre

Fight infantry

Square formation when cavalry (Russian cav is insane here you need square)

3 infantry to right

Fight infantry

Square formation when cav attack

Cav

May fight Russian cav

Get a flank

Snipe general if possible

Borodino

Left flank 

cav go around

Light inf take fight, inf support

Prepare to go square formation

Centre

Don’t forget to move up the extra inf

Artillery shoot at whatever

Light inf take fight

Inf support

Prepare to scale when it seems right (cav and inf)

Right Flank

Win the fight 

Square when enemy cav charges

Move to help centre

Dresden

Left flank 

Murat goes on a flank

Young guard units attack here

Square formation, then regular

Centre 

Infantry to squares

Move old guard up

Remove square when enemy cav attack ends

Fight enemy inf

Centre-Right

Your troops here will win the fight

Move the inf behind after enemy cav defeated

2 Chasseurs à cheval snipe enemy general

Attack stuff

Artillery

Chain shot, turn on fire at will

Ligny

Artillery unlimber

Left Flank

Guard inf forward and attack

1 inf 1 light inf left flank

	Fight across bridge

	Fight across other bridge or help guard inf

Remainder of left flank

	Fight across bridge on left

Centre

1 grenadier 1 inf forward attack across bridge

Right flank

1 inf to bridge on right

1 grenadier to the right near two bridges

Square formation

After enemy cav dead unsquare

Cav

Wait until Prussia makes you a path

Move behind their line

Split any way needed to kill Prussia centre from behind, kill general, and help right flank

	//usually the right flank is the longest part to win

Waterloo France

//General snipe strats seems equally fast

Artillery unlimber, shoot Wellington

When British attack, canister shot

Infantry

To Right

Attack farm on right

Fight through the British from right to left

Square formation when enemy cav charges

Some inf can turn around and fight Prussia if needed

Cav

To Right flank

Go to spawncamp Prussian reinforcements 

	Go around the right of the rock

Chasseurs à cheval can shoot 

	//Prussians are likely to win this fight

If you win this somehow, you can help your other troops