Welcome to the armory my lord. Here you will find stats on the weapons and units in the game. This game is just about the most historically correct game Ive ever seen. And the details about the wepons and units are just as accurate.
Swordmen
Swordmen are my favorite unit. I have found creating armies with 50%+ of these are nearly impossible to stop. Considering the cost diffrent between these and Knights, they are way better. Swordmen block just about anything and deal a lot of damage. I have found that making these in place of knights is better because when I make armies of both, swordmen always win because you can make more for the same price, and they can beat a knight pretty fast. (Now keep in mind this is my personal opinion, so dont go sending me mail saying knights are the best). I will admit, if you took 100 knights VS 100 swordmen, they knights would wipe the floor with them. But the cost diffrence is HUGE. If you spent the same amount on both armies, I bet the swordmen would win by pure numbers. (I might just try this with a friend just to see if im right!).
Macemen
Macemen are cool! They are super fast, only Knights are faster. They can do a TON of damage, but have no armor so they get crushed by the big boys like pikemen,knights and swordmen. I use these for an easy way to kill archers. (by easy I mean that most units cant hit them, so they can run up and crush archers before help can arrive). I have also found that getting alot of these (500+) can do a LOT of damage. Because of there speed, they can sweep across and smash any unarmored unit to bits. I reccomend these for a nice army to start out with, but get ride of them once the game gets on, unless needed for strategy, like a flanking unit.
knights
I find that knights are a good unit, and become near impossible to hurt when you get a big group, but I find they drop pretty fast because all units attack them right away, and that does a number on them. I gave a big opinion about them in the swordmen section, so read that also if you havnt already.
Crossmen are one of the most powerful units in the game. They do very high damage and are the best by far at taking out Knights. They are pretty expensive to make, and they take longer than a bowmen to re-load, but the amout of damage they give out is extremely high. This is probably the best all around unit because they can do so much damage, they are decent speed, and can hold there own in a hand to hand battle.
Pikemen
No matter WHAT people say, I love Pikemen, they never die, and do a good amount of damage. They are pretty cheap to make, and can do a lot of damage in big numbers. I get tons of these in the beginning of the game, try it yourself and see what Im talking about!
Archers
Archers are just about the best unit, you get enough of them and they are unbeatable. They deliver SO much damage so fast, they can crush anything. I have been making more and more of these in my army as I have learned how to use them. These can easily turn the tides of a war.
Peasants
Peasant...well, they are stupid. They have stupid little pitch-forks and do barely any damage to units with armor. I hardly ever have these in my armies, unless I have mabey 5-10 extra spaces in my army when I am drafting. Take my advise, dont make these any big part of your army. They do have one good use, put them around groups of Archers/CrossBowmen and they can be used for a good wall, but thats about it.
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