You won't really need it too much, however, when the enemy's ranged attacking capabilities are neutralized. You should always have your shield facing the enemy archers, and only have it down when facing directly away from the enemy, attacking, couching, and when you have your ranged weapon out. This one is much less important than having a horse, but crutial none-the-less. In short, a horse keeps you 10 steps ahead of the enemy, and you absolutely need it to survive as a solo.

A horse allows you to get & stay out of tight situations, it allows you to swoop in at oppertune times, it allows you to kite the enemy, it allows you to chase down routers & stragglers, and many other things. This is, by far, the absolute most important part of fighting bandits solo. Soloing is a risky, tricky, thing to pull off in M&B:WB, but with this simple guide, you'll (probably) find yourself singlehandedly racking up more bandit corpses than you can count.ĭisclaimer: While the techniques in this guide are somewhat universal to most M&B Modules, this guide is directed towards the Native module, and some bits of information may not provide helpful in other modules & entries in the franchise.

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