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Tactical Aspects

Shields of Loyalty · published 24 Jul 2025, 14:29 UTC

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🛡️ Countdown to Release: 19 Days Left!

🧭 Which battlefield mindset fits your soul — and which Mantarian faction matches your command style best?

The battle for Mantaria begins soon.
Here’s how your journey might begin:


🐎 The Spearpoint – Fast, noble, relentless.
Best Match: ⚜️ Knight Faction – The Cavalon Ascendancy
🪖 Style: Honour-bound cavalry charges and swift domination
🛡️ Starting Army:

  • 4x Light Cavalry

  • 3x Heavy Cavalry

  • 1x Skirmisher

  • 1x Flying Unit

  • 1x Ranged Unit
    🎯 Crush enemy lines with speed and tactical flanking.


⚔️ The Iron Wall – Unshaken. Unbroken.
Best Match: ⚔️ Warlord Faction – The Stonebear Clans
🪖 Style: Infantry superiority and unrelenting presence
🛡️ Starting Army:

  • 3x Heavy Infantry

  • 2x Ranged Units

  • 2x Skirmishers

  • 2x Siege Engines

  • 1x Flying Unit
    🎯 Outlast and overpower with brute strength and grit.


🔥 The Flame Within – Arcane. Divine. Decisive.
Best Match: 🔮 High Priest Faction – The Sunscale Covenant
🪖 Style: Mystic control and elemental punishment
🛡️ Starting Army:

  • 2x Spellcasters

  • 3x Flying Units

  • 2x Ranged Units

  • 2x Skirmishers

  • 1x Heavy Infantry
    🎯 Break minds and bodies with sacred fury and magic.


NOTE: Don't forget these are all imaginary army setups. There are already different starter army setups implemented to the game. These are all subject to change until the release and the ones in this post are just imaginary builds that you can focus on for the early-mid game. Just imagine your own army setup and share which type of soldiers would be the main focus for your army.


🧠 Fun Fact:
Before patching, Heroes of Might and Magic II's AI could “cheat” by accessing spells it hadn’t researched — giving it an unpredictable tactical edge!


📅 Shields of Loyalty launches on 12 August!
👉 Wishlist now:

👇 Which faction will you command when war begins?

— The Shields of Loyalty Team


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