Armored Brigade 2: The Ultimate Morale Guide

by Fernando Diaz / Articles, Misc. Guides / 04 Sep 2024

In Armored Brigade 2, morale isn’t just a stat-it’s the heartbeat of your army. Keeping it high ensures your units stay composed under fire, while low morale can lead to chaos, panic, and a lot of swearing-mostly from you. Let’s dive into how morale works, and how to keep your troops fighting fit.

Morale Basics

Morale determines how well a unit handles the pressures of battle.

High morale: Units hold their ground, recover from suppression faster, and rarely break under fire.

Low morale: They’re more likely to retreat, panic, or abandon their vehicles entirely.

What Affects Morale?

Faction & Formation: Each faction and formation brings its own morale characteristics.

Scenario Settings: The launch parameters can give units a morale boost-or a handicap.

Random Factors: Some randomness at the start of a battle ensures each engagement feels unique.

Morale Hits: What Drags It Down

The battlefield is an unforgiving environment, and these are the major morale breakers:

Casualties & Damage: Taking casualties or heavy damage rattles any unit.

Special Threats: Flamethrowers and lightning strikes are especially demoralizing.

Witnessing Defeat: Watching friendly units get killed, routed, or routing is a surefire morale killer.

Suppression: Intense firepins units down and makes them question life choices.

What Happens When Morale Drops?

Low morale will force your units to retreat or worse:

Retreat Mode

Units automatically seek cover, popping smoke if threatened.

While on retreat, units are unable to attack, capture objectives, or even board transports.

You will lose control of the units until they recover. They require being manually reattached to their formation upon recovery.

Rout Risk

If morale is low enough, a unit may route completely, abandoning its position-or its vehicle.

Static or immobilized units are more susceptible to this.

Retreating Units: Know the Limit

When a unit retreats in Armored Brigade 2, it’s not just pulling back; it’s all but out of action until stabilized. In detail:

Spotting: Severely limited when retreating

Engagement: It cannot fight back while retreating; thus, it is vulnerable.

Special Cases: HQ units lose the ability to call CAS, and guided missiles in flight lose accuracy.

Tips for Managing Morale

Protect your troops: Avoid casualties through good positioning and support fire.

Keep HQ Nearby: HQ units will allow morale to stabilize and keep retreat chances low.

Watch out for Panic Triggers: If a flamethrower’s on the field, or suppression is heavy, pull back vulnerable units preemptively.

Use High-Morale Units Wisely: Tanks and aircraft with high morale can remain effective longer, even in dangerous situations.

Fernando Diaz

Fernando is doing what he always did, sharing his honest opinions about games whenever he can. The difference is now he is writing and not talking about it.
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