This guide was written and tested while playing on Very Hard difficulty. This will help you gain control of Kyushu, although of course you should take the initiative and attack your enemies whenever you’re strong enough. Loyalty, bushido, and brave samurai are powerful assets for an ambitious warlord seeking to be shogun… To minimize your casualties, you should assault immediately. They are available to the Shimazu Clan with the Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack DLC. Shimazu katana samurai are cheaper to recruit and maintain in the field than those of other clans; they can also recruit superior katana-armed samurai. The Shimazu clan come from the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto Shogunate.
The A.I. The Shimazu are a proud clan, with a long history worthy of their pride.
Thanks to the lake the area around Kyoto is easy to defend, so use this to your advantage and take a while to replenish your armies and re-build your economy.After four seasons you will be the new shogun. Congratulations! Train another Bow Kobaya at Setsuma.The closing piece of the early campaign: besieging Saito to defeat the Ito.The army can now besiege Saito, Hyuga’s castle.
In the far south of Japan, the Shimazu have an excellent starting position: quick access to the trade points, an easily defensible island as home region and some nice clan bonuses they’re a popular choice among Shogun 2 players. As you’ll see, there’s a small garrison and a bigger army nearby. Satsuma Stronghold Treasury. The Shimazu are a proud … To the Shimazu, loyalty is everything, and their generals are less likely to develop ambitions of their own. The size of the garrison depends on whether you encountered an Ito army in turn 5, so see and decide for yourself if you want to attack the castle yet. With Hyuga under your control you have a solid base on Kyushu.With a firm base on Kyushu you can take a short break to build your economy and forces. If you then deploy on the right-hand side of the map you’ll be able to cut of the re-inforcements before they can join the castle defenders. Home / Total War: Shogun 2 / Shimazu / Units.
Move as far as possible towards Hyuga’s castle town.Move your army further towards the castle of Hyuga, dealing with any Ito (remnants from the previous army or new troops) as you encounter them.
I prefer the last, as the island doesn’t provide a big enough base for the Chosokabe to become very powerful. They can trace their ancestry back to the Minamoto, the founders of the Kamakura shogunate. After that this guide contains more general directions for the rest of the campaign.Send your daimyo from your capital to join your army, then march towards the first Ito town and besiege it. When … With numbers and topography on your side you can beat them with minimal casualties before capturing the castle.
Shimazu Units. Get your navy ready to defend your trade ships and sink enemy invasion fleets. In both cases, occupy the settlement.Train a unit of Yari Ashigaru in Osumi and a unit of Katana Samurai in Setsuma. All the other clans combined are more powerful than you so you can’t win by only defending. These will be used to hold the trading points while you’re building trading ships.The first big battle you’ll fight against the Ito when you attack them.Osumi should be stable enough to move your army on. This is no time for rest, this is a time for total war.When your armies finally reach Kyoto they should be able to take it without too much casualties, if you use them together. You will suffer casualties from attrition but in my opinion it’s worth it because you can get to the Ito city sooner. Your turn is over.Osumi is too unruly right now to leave already, so recruit two Yari Ashigaru and adjust taxes as needed. I’d recommend you specialize one or two generals in naval combat to help with this, while two others specialize in land combat.When you feel you’re strong and rich enough to take on the other clans it is time to invade Honshu. Attack from two sides: land one army in the south-west of Honshu and the other south-east of Kyoto.