Where to put guard units?

[ReneTS]

Hi

Can guard units still be committed if placed under a division commander? Or do they need to be placed directly in an army stack?

[PhilThib]

To be committed, Guards must be with a general with the 'Guard Commit' ability Having them in a division has no impact whatsoever. Only the cpmmanding officer matters

[RebelYell]

To be committed, Guards must be with a general with the 'Guard Commit' ability Having them in a division has no impact whatsoever. Only the cpmmanding officer matters

Stack commander or battle commander?

[Pocus]

To be committed, Guards must be with a general with the 'Guard Commit' ability Having them in a division has no impact whatsoever. Only the cpmmanding officer matters

Let me rephrase PhilThib sentence. 'Committed' means The Guard takes precedence and is prioritized before any other unit when filling the front and support lines.

But if the frontage is too vast for the non-guard units, guards will fill the holes. So it is possible to fight guards on any occasion where a stack is overwhelmed or with not enough troops to fight with common rank and file units.

[vaalen]

Let me rephrase PhilThib sentence. 'Committed' means The Guard takes precedence and is prioritized before any other unit when filling the front and support lines.

But if the frontage is too vast for the non-guard units, guards will fill the holes. So it is possible to fight guards on any occasion where a stack is overwhelmed or with not enough troops to fight with common rank and file units.

Thank you for this. It answers a question I was going to ask. And it makes perfect sense!

[Captain_Orso]

Stack commander or battle commander?

From PhilThib's statement, they must simply be under the command of a leader with the Commit the Guards ability.

So if they are in a division, it would be enough for the division commander to have the ability.

If their division commander does not have the ability, but their corps commander does, that would work too.

If neither has the ability, but the army commander has it, and the army commander is commanding the battle, that too would suffice.

But in the last case, if the army commander had to MTSG to commit the guards, that would be rather chancy.

The safest bet would be to explicitly give a commander with the Commit the Guards ability command over these units; either through division or corps command, or having them in an army stack with an army commander with the ability.