History VideoGame / ConquerorsBlade

** ''Season X: Highlanders'' is a pretty obvious Shout-Out to ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' - ''especially'' in the trailer.
** The trailer and other promo videos for ''Season XV: Eternal'' look suspiciously similar to TotalWarThreeKingdoms.

* ShoutOut: ''Season X: Highlanders'' is a pretty obvious Shout-Out to ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' - ''especially'' in the trailer.

* ShoutOut: ''Season X: Highlanders'' is a pretty obvious Shout-Out to ''Film/Braveheart'' - ''especially'' in the trailer.

* BraveScot: ''Season X: Highlanders'' fits this trope ''so'' well. It's a mishmash of Scottish military culture and folklore from ancient and recent history, all with a clear ''Film/Braveheart'' theme and set in the Wars of Scottish Independence. The Claymore unit's voice lines summarize this perfectly:

--> '''Men-at-Arms''': "''Deo gratias''."[[note]]Thanks be to God[[/note]]\\

* WarriorPoet/CulturedWarrior: The Hashashins are "highly educated and cultured, sometimes composing epic poems based on their experiences in war." Their voice lines back this up:

* FiveRoundsRapid: One of the Musket hero weapon's ultimates is literally called "Five Rounds Rapid" and does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The trope is actually played straight with this skill--as ultimates go, Five Rounds Rapid is very weak, and it can be blocked easily by any shield.

* HealThyself: All heroes can self-heal with the Bandage ability, but it takes a while and usually requires you to stand still. In contrast, the Longsword and Shield hero class can give itself (and nearby allies) an instant burst of healing with its Mercy of Heaven skill.

* PostApunkalypticArmor: The cosmetics from ''Season IX: Tyranny''. In the lore, the Borderlands have been ravaged by natural disasters and the rise to power of the bloodthirsty, destructive Tyrant, so the brave heroes are left to scavenge whatever they can get to arm themselves. The result is a medieval ''Mad Max'' aesthetic.

* BoomsHeadshot: Bows and Muskets are aimed manually, and can pull off especially damaging headshots. This is one reliable way to get around their otherwise low damage, and also bypasses the protection offered by shields.

* BattleBolas: The Throw Bola skill for the Shortbow hero class.

* BladeOnARope: It's right there in the name of the Chain Dart & Scimitar hero class. With the Trap Prey ultimate move, you throw the chain dart to lock an enemy hero in and grapple onto him. It does a little damage while you're at it, but that's usually just incidental.
* BladeSpam: Both the Spear and Pike hero weapons have variations of this trope--Heaven's Fury on Spear and the last step of Water Dragon on Pike both have you stabbing the enemy many times in quick succession.

* BreakableWeapons: Both weapons and armor deteriorate as they are used and must be repaired eventually. A better option, however, is to take them to be reforged by the Armorer, which can give you improvements in stats on top of the repairs.
* CallThatAFormation: {{Defied|Trope}} - all units have at least two formations they can switch between (generally a bunched up formation to defend against charges and a spread out one to lessen accuracy of ranged attackers), and switching between them can help limit casualties or be the differences between a rout and a repulsed attack. Certain units also have a third formation, which is often a wedge-shaped one designed for offensive fighting.
* {{Caltrops}}: The Musket hero class has two moves which throw caltrops on the ground. Enemies who step on the caltrops move very slowly and take bleed damage until they get off the caltrops.
* TheConqueror: The whole premise of the game--you get to role-play a powerful warlord and forge a legend for yourself.
* {{Cooldown}}: Every hero and unit ability has a cooldown.
* CooldownManipulation: The Blood Oath ability for Nodachi clears all skill cooldowns except for ultimates and the Monstrous Blade skill. Also, if you have Banner Guards as your unit and you pick up their banner, you can clear the charge cooldowns for nearby charge-type infantry.

* DeviousDaggers:
** The Dual Blades hero weapon. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with the default armor sets for light heroes: Rogue and Brigand.
** In addition, the Hashashin unit is armed only with daggers and smoke bombs.
* DualWielding: The Dual Blades hero weapon has you using two daggers in reverse grips, while the Chain Dart & Scimitar weapon gives you a scimitar sword with a chain dart to use like a grappling hook.
** Several units also dual-wield weapons. Berserkers use two axes, Sons of Fenrir use a dagger and an axe, Dimachaeri use a ''gladius'' and a ''sica'' (Roman gladiator swords), and Hashashins use two different types of dagger.
* EmergencyWeapon: The Longbow hero class comes with a little dagger that you can use for QuickMelee attacks if the enemy gets too close to you.
** Musket and Shortbow have their own emergency melee attacks (striking with the butt of the musket or karate-kicking for Shortbow).
* EquipmentUpgrade: You can reforge weapons and armor at the Armorer for a chance to get improved stats.
* EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana: Subverted--in ''Conqueror's Blade'', every Japanese sword is a nodachi (which is a giant ''tachi'', not a giant katana--a giant katana would be an ''okatana''). The only katana users are Ronin.
* {{Excalibur}}: The King-Arthur-themed Season XVIII: Avalon featured a Longsword cosmetic skin called "Excalibur's Heir."
* FantasyGunControl: {{Averted|Trope}} - while the game has tacked on increasingly mystical elements over its lifespan, players can select a musket as their personal weapon while soldiers can use both muskets and cannons in battle.
* FirearmsAreCowardly: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the lore for several musketeer units, which states that warriors of the nobility consider firearms to be peasant weapons.

* GroundPound: One of the Shortsword hero class' two ultimates is Thunderstruck, where you leap into the air and slam your shield down on the ground, producing a [[ShockwaveStomp shockwave]] that sends enemies flying outward.

** The Breaker of Shields move for the Glaive hero weapon has you reversing the glaive to stab with the butt end.
** A variation appears in the Push Back skill for Poleaxe heroes--you use the length of the shaft, not the butt, to shove enemies backward and knock them over.

* HumongousHeadedHammer: The Maul hero weapon.

* KnightInShiningArmor: The game seems to love these. Generally speaking, knights are some of the best melee cavalry in the game and can make mincemeat out of lesser foes, though a properly braced set of units (''especially'' spear wielding ones) can ruin their day.
** Completing the TechTree for Feudal units unlocks the Monastic Knights, which are a solid cavalry option.
** Season 11, ''Paragons'', introduced the French Chevaliers, which appear to be based upon Giles de Rais before he gave rise to the legend of Bluebeard.
** Season XVII, ''[[MeaningfulName Knightfall]]'', focuses on knights as a whole, and introduces three knight-themed units: Schutzdieners, support archers that have the ability to fire [[HealingShiv healing arrows]] and are all of common birth; Kriegsbruders, sword-wielding heavy cavalry that breaks enemy lines; and finally Zweihanders, dismounted knights who wield heavy swords and can [[HealThyself heal up before rejoining the battle]].
** Season 18, ''Avalon'', introduces another set of units themed after the Knights of the Round Table.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: The Longsword-and-Shield hero class fits this trope perfectly--it's a two-edged arming sword with a heater shield, just like a European medieval knight would have used.
** In fact, the unique epic armor set for Longsword is the Imperial Knight set.
** And that's not to mention the class' various knightly special moves: Knightly Vows, Mercy of Heaven, With Valor, Sally Forth, Martial Prowess...
** Several knight-themed units are armed with swords and shields, including Men-at-Arms, Queen's Knights, Symmachean Paladins, and the Teutonic Kriegsbruders.
* LowFantasy: While some mythical entities show up in the game, the majority of it is relatively grounded in history and features forces that wouldn't have been out of place in Earth's older feudal societies.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Every shield in ''Conqueror's Blade'' is a physical object which will physically block incoming attacks as long as it's being held up. Tower-shield units leverage this trope to create huge, impenetrable ''walls'' of shields and keep squishier allied units safe behind them.
* TheMedic: Longsword heroes can heal themselves and allies with the Mercy of Heaven skill. Alchemists and Schutzdieners are units dedicated to healing.

* MixAndMatchWeapon: Season IX: Tyranny has a sort of medieval ''Mad Max'' aesthetic, complete with weapons cobbled together from parts of other weapons. Examples include a poleaxe with a bunch of smaller hatchet heads pinned to a full-length haft; a nodachi whose blade is just a bunch of other blades welded together; and a shortsword which is basically a sawblade lashed to a crowbar.
* {{Multishot}}: The Longbow and Shortbow hero weapons both feature abilities that shoot multiple arrows at once (Rain of Arrows for Longbow, Angry Hornets for Shortbow).

* NoArcInArchery: Subverted--''all'' arrows arc when shot. In fact, the proper way to use archer units is to leverage this arc by ordering them to shoot up and over obstacles (so they can stay behind cover while raining death on the enemy).
** For the bow hero classes, the arcing is less pronounced but still there. In fact, the Longbow class features a set of artillery-style mil dots to help you aim and predict the arc of your shot.
* OneManArmy: Subverted--''no'' hero can charge right into the middle of the enemy army all by himself and expect to come out alive. It's even difficult to take on one ''unit'' of troops all by yourself.

* PoisonedWeapons: The Shortbow hero weapon can shoot poisoned arrows with its Poison Arrow and Angry Hornets skills. The Bo-Shurikens skill for Dual Blades has you throwing poisoned daggers.
** All units from the Rattan Army use poisoned weapons (mostly arrows) or can obtain poison effects from mastery upgrades.
* PostApunkalypticArmor: The cosmetics from Season XI: Tyranny. In the lore, the Borderlands have been ravaged by natural disasters and the rise to power of the bloodthirsty, destructive Tyrant, so the brave heroes are left to scavenge whatever they can get to arm themselves. The result is a medieval ''Mad Max'' aesthetic.
* PurelyAestheticGender:
** Male and female player characters perform exactly the same.
** Subverted with the three all-female units (Shieldmaidens, Alchemists, and Onna-Musha), which cannot take generic cosmetics and must use only their own unique sets.
* QuickMelee: The Longbow hero weapon features a small dagger which you can use in close quarters by right-clicking. The attack has you drawing the knife and slashing with it in one smooth motion.

* RainOfArrows: Archer units invoke this trope every time they shoot (especially since most such units number 20 or more soldiers).
** The Longbow hero class has a literal Rain of Arrows skill (it shoots up to twelve arrows off the bow at once).
* RefiningResources: The majority of resources found in the game can be converted via the refiner into different resources, though this won't necessarily affect the quality of said resources. This is particularly important because crafting unit kits often requires refined resources - cotton must be converted into cloth before it can be used for crafting.
* RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth: A hero's or unit's health will not regenerate unless they are healed, but their block value (how many hits their shield can absorb) will slowly recover if left alone for long enough.

* ScarredEquipment: The weapons and armor from Season IX: Tyranny.
** Hero attire sets and weapons from previous seasons have antique, weathered versions which can be purchased in the seasonal store.
* ShieldBash: Both the Shortsword and Longsword hero classes feature shields--and they both feature ''multiple'' shield-bashing moves. Shortsword has Barricade and Shielded Charge; Longsword has Sally Forth, Clash of Shields, and Counterattack; and both classes have a move literally called "Shield Bash."
** Some units (Men-at-Arms, Imperial Spear Guard, Huskarls, and Queen's Knights) also have shield-bash abilities.
* ShieldsAreUseless: Completely subverted--''every'' shield works.
* SinisterScimitar: The Chain Dart & Scimitar assassin-style hero weapon.

* SpinToDeflectStuff: Both the Cudgel Monks unit and the Spear hero class have a move (Six-Way Staff for Monks, Lugh's March for Spear) where the user twirls their staff (or spear) and blocks incoming arrows as they do so.
** Subverted with Pike--the Cold Dragon move has you twirling the pike, but it doesn't block anything.
* SpikesOfVillainy: The eponymous villain of Season VI: Scourge of Winter wears a helmet and cuirass replete with spikes.

* SwissArmyWeapon: The Poleaxe hero weapon. Just like a real-life poleaxe, this weapon combines the best points of multiple other polearms (two-handed axe, billhook, lochaber axe, ''bec de corbin'', etc.) into a single weapon. The class' various moves let you strike with the poleaxe's axe head, top spike, back spike, butt end, shaft, and even the inside curve of the blade.
* SwordPlant: The final strike in the Sally Forth ability for the Longsword hero class.
* TechTree: Unlockable units are sorted into a set of tech trees divided by specialization, which are in turn subdivided based upon culture and weapon type. These are, in order:
** Melee infantry, consisting of pike and spear infantry (including javelin throwers) as well as peasant units and Asian sword units.
** Ranged infantry, divided between bow, crossbow, and musket users.
** Cavalry, divided between spear wielding (almost universally European), sword-wielding (Asian), and mounted archers (Asian).
** Chivalric, covering European feudal forces (feudal spearman, spear sergeants, squires, men-at-arms, and monastic knights).
** Rattan, representing all non-seasonal Middle-Eastern forces, and are named after their armor type.
* AThicketOfSpears: Massed spear or pike units can utterly shred charging enemies, but they are vulnerable to both flanking and ranged attacks. Spear units are some of ''the'' most basic units in the game, with several peasant units wielding them (even if these amount to TorchesAndPitchforks).
* ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: The Throw Shield skill on the Shortsword and Shield hero class.
* TrickArrow: both of the archer hero classes and the majority of archer (and crossbow) units have some kind of special arrow available to them.
** The Longbow hero can shoot flaming arrows, explosive arrows, armor-piercing bodkin arrows, and an especially powerful "Lightning-Bolt" arrow that can railgun through multiple enemies.
** Shortbow heroes can shoot poison arrows, armor-piercing steel-tipped arrows, and special concussion arrows that stun targets.
** Among the units, you will find poison arrows (Rattan Vipers, Marksmen, and Rangers), flaming arrows (Incendiary Archers and, with upgrades, Ironcap Archers), armor-piercing arrows (Imperial Archers, Namkhan Archers, Pavise Crossbowmen), stun arrows (Houndsmen), and even ''[[HealingShiv healing]]'' arrows (Schutzdieners).
** Special mention for Outriders, who throw incendiary and explosive ''javelins''.
* WarGod: The Glaive hero class has a skill called God of Battles, which boosts your damage output and that of nearby allies temporarily.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Parodied in by the Mace Sergeants, whose default voice line is:

* XOnAStick: The Glaive hero weapon--modeled after real-life Chinese ''guandao'' polearms, this is basically a sword on a stick.

* CallThatAFormation: {{Defied|Trope}} - all units have at least two formations they can switch between (generally a bunched up formation to defend against charges and a spread out one to lessen accuracy of ranged attackers), and switching between them can help limit casualties or be the differences between a rout and a repulsed attack.

* DeviousDaggers: The Dual Blades hero weapon. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with the default armor sets for light heroes: Rogue and Brigand.

* FiveRoundsRapid: One of the Musket hero weapon's ultimates is literally called "Five Rounds Rapid" and does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** The trope is actually played straight with this skill--as ultimates go, Five Rounds Rapid is very weak, and it can be blocked easily by any shield.

* HammerHilt: The Breaker of Shields move for the Glaive hero weapon has you reversing the glaive to stab with the butt end.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: When you craft or reforge a weapon or armor, there is always a chance that the item will be epic or legendary--but of course the chance is very low (especially for legendary).

* KnightInShiningArmor: Season XVII, ''[[MeaningfulName Knightfall]]'', focuses on knights as a whole, and introduces three knight-themed units: Schutzdieners, support archers that have the ability to fire [[HealingShiv healing arrows]] and are all of common birth; Kriegsbruders, sword-wielding heavy cavalry that breaks enemy lines; and finally Zweihanders, dismounted knights who wield heavy swords and can [[HealThyself heal up before rejoining the battle]]. The following season, ''Avalon'', introduces another set of units themed after the Knights of the Round Table.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Male and female player characters perform exactly the same.

* WorkerUnit: Peasant units will rapidly be outclassed by more advanced units types, but their ability to harvest resource nodes means that they remain a part of your barracks well into the endgame, as they are the most efficient way to acquire the resources needed for fief quests.

The game is free to play on both publisher My.com's website and Platform/{{Steam}}.

* KnightInShiningArmor: Season XVII, ''[[MeaningfulName Knightfall]]'', focuses on knights as a whole, and introduces three knight themed units: Schutzdieners, support archers that have the ability to fire [[HealingShiv healing arrows]] and are all of common birth, Kriegsbruders, sword-wielding heavy cavalry that breaks enemy lines, and finally Zweihanders, dismounted knights who wield heavy swords and can [[HealThyself heal up before rejoining the battle]]. The following season, ''Avalon'', introduces another set of units themed after The Knights of the Round Table.

** Melee infantry, consisting of pike and spear infantry (including javelin throwers) as well as peasent units and asian sword units.

** Cavalry, divided between spear wielding (almost universally european), sword wielding (asian) and mounted archers (asian)
** Chivalric, covering european feudal forces (feudal spearman, spear sergeants, squires, men-at-arms, and monastic knights).
** Rattan, representing all non-seasonal Middle Eastern forces, and are named after their armor type.
* AThicketOfSpears: Massed spear or pike units can utterly shred charging enemies, but they are vulnerable to both flanking and ranged attacks. Spear units are some of ''the'' most basic units in the game, with several peasent units wielding them (even if these amount to TorchesAndPitchforks).

** Swords and Shields (coming in Longsword and Shortsword versions) are meant for frontline fighting and balance defense and offense.

** Spears are best used on horseback due to their reach and lack of offensive options compared to the pole axe and glaive.

* UtilityPartyMember: Peasent units will rapidly be outclassed by more advanced units types, but their ability to harvest resource nodes means that they remain a part of your baracks well into the endgame, as they are the most efficient way to acquire the resources needed for fief quests.

** Muskets are for midrange usage due to higher damage than bows, but at the cost of range and reload time.

* KnightInShiningArmor: Season XVII, ''[[MeaningfulName Knightfall]]'', focuses on knights as a whole, and introduces three knight themed units: Schutzdieners, support archers that have the ability to fire [[HealingShiv healing arrows]] and are all of common birth, Kriegsbruders, sword-wielding heavy cavalry that breaks enemy lines, and finally Zweihanders, dismounted knights who wield heavy swords and can [[HealThyself heal up before rejoining the battle]].

* LowFantasy: While some mythical entities show up in the game, the majority of it is relatively grounded in history and features forces that wouldn't have been out of place in Earth's older feudal societies.