2. Bad North: Jotunn Edition General hints and tips

Controls:

• Confirm
• Back/Deselect
• Dpad left and right - Select squad ability/item
• Move Camera
• Move Cursor
• Select Squad
• Zoom

Items:

• Bomb - pretty self explanatory. Upgrading it will gain more uses per island.
• Holy Grail - Revive a dead ally
• Jabena - Allows a squad to be deployed twice per turn.
• Mines - Can be placed on the ground and explode when enemies get near. Can be upgraded to allow 2 deployments a battle.
• Philosopher stones - Gain coins from every island. Upgrading this will get more coins per island.
• Ring of Command - Increase max squad size to 12 (elite archers + this = a shotgun blast) can be upgraded to 16
• Warhammer - Hit the enemy with a warhammer.
• War Horn - Instant reinforcements from a house. Very useful for pikes.

Traits:

• Collector - Half-price items
• Energetic - Quicker ability cool downs
• Fleet of Foot - Faster movement
• Heavy Load - Gains one extra use per level on all abilities
• Heavy Weapons - Basic attacks dealt from this squad will deal increased knock back and stun effects
• Iron skin - Reduces damage taken for the squad
• Mountain - A giant commander that acts like a brute. Awesome for keeping a hero alive on hard.
• Popular - Increases maximum squad size by 1
• Sharp Weapons - Deals increased damage
• Skillful - Skills cost less

Enemies:

• Regulars - Sword and no shield. Easily dispatched by any unit.
• Infantry - Sword with a shield. Elite archers can kill them but otherwise archers can only distract them and make it easier for your infantry/pikes to handle. Elite archers, at point blank, can knock them off boats.
• Archers - Bow and arrow. Easily dispatched by archers before they land. Easily dispatched by infantry/regulars on land. Will easily slaughter your pikes who can't fight while moving. Do not attack with archers on hard.
• Brutes - Giant vikings with big swords. Use elite archers to take out from a distance and infantry/pikes if they get too close. Pikes are better for them if you can find a choke point.
• Knights - Sword and larger shield. Not much different than infantry but they will throw a weapon when they approach you. Can mess your pikes up so stay away. It is best to kill these guys before they get off the boat, using elite archers.
• Brute Archers - Deadly from a distance and weak up close. Role reversal for the regular brutes. Best to stay far away until they land and try to ambush them.
• Berserker - Two swords. Kill with archers or infantry because they jump and will mess up pikes if given the chance.

Tactics:

• Positioning pikes - Don't put at the top of the stairs but one space to the side so they can hit enemies that can't hit back and possibly knock them off a ledge. This can make them almost invincible.

• Pincer - Attack a unit from both sides

• Choke - Place a unit in a narrow point to condense enemies.

• Distract - Shoot arrows at shield soldiers to raise their shields and flank them. Wait till they attack a house and flank them.
• Flank - Attack from the side

• High ground - Essential for archers to kill other archers without fear of retaliation. Increases archer range.

• Drowning - Shoot them off the boat with elite archers. Fastest way to kill them.

• Replenish - Takes 9 seconds

• Ambush - Pop around a corner when archers are close. This can keep infantry from taking damage from brutes archers.

Skills:

• Charge - The only way pikes can attack and move at the same time.
• Plunge - Jump from up high, with infantry, on to your opponent.
• Volley - Rain arrows down on a spot.

Tips:

• Boats that land on you will stun you unless you are moving as they land.
• Troops will stop and fight even if you tell them to leave. Especially if melee is in range.
• and also slow down time. You can use this to line up your skills/items and/or plan ahead.
• 2 Elite archers and 2 elite infantry are your bread and butter for hard mode.