Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

Which HI is the "best"

Poll ended at 22 Mar 2017, 16:10

Musketeer
0
No votes
Janissary
0
No votes
Halberdier
1
2%
Rodelero
0
No votes
Pikeman
0
No votes
Dopplesoldner
1
2%
Aztec War Chief
1
2%
Puma Spearman
0
No votes
Jaguar Prowl Knight
2
4%
Warrior Priest
1
2%
Skull Knight
3
7%
Tomahawk
0
No votes
War Club
0
No votes
Samurai
1
2%
Ashigaru Musketeer
12
26%
Yamabushi
0
No votes
Shaolin Master
1
2%
Qiang Pikeman
0
No votes
Changdao Swordsman
2
4%
Sepoy
18
39%
Rajput
3
7%
 
Total votes: 46

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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

Post by Darwin_ »

Well firstly, I think that a distinction should be made between musketeers and Heavy Infantry, as they fulfil similar, yet very different roles. For best musketeer, I think that objectively it is the Sepoy and I would agree. For heavy infantry, I would say yamabushi because they have excellent break stats and are very useful, as well as mesh very well with Japan's composition in nearly every age.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

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bwinner1 wrote:sepoy>>russian musk > jan=other musk>ashigeru, and I don't know for tomawak, but I think they are bad.
However, it's not very relevant, because for example russian musket do bad vs huss and russian units are all OP, but with a bad eco.

I guess the only other factor apart from pure combat stats of units that is taken into consideration is pop efficiency, which makes Ruskets absolutely the weakest musketeer-type unit in the game.

tedere12 wrote:ashi>sepoy>musketeer>tomahawk>jans (they might be op early on but I really dont think they are effective in the long run)

It depends on the upgrades, jans are way better than regular musketeers if upgrades aren't considered.
Also, check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=5771
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

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JakeyBoyTH wrote:changdao swordsman of course

This one is actually reaaally good, only melee inf thats actually good. Otherwise Im torn between jan and sepoy.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

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Jans kinda suck balls.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

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No man they're great within the scope of the ottoman arsenal. Ashis suck though.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

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Jans damage is just too low. Ashi are bit too pricy atm because they got nerfed and part of the cost is always related to the speed. After few ups they are by far the better musk.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

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Ashi are probably the best musketeer with japan consulate or ashi attack, but before then I think they are so-so.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

Post by Inst »

Janissaries function as meatshield. Pro-tip: when you're facing Ottomans, with anything other than repelling volley skirms, Abuses should STILL be prioritized over Janissaries, simply because abuses deal lots of damage and have low HP, while Janissaries have low damage and lots of HP. They're distraction units and raiding units, banking off their high HP.
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Re: Which Heavy Infantry unit is the "best"

Post by fei123456 »

Janissary are INSANE units.
It's Ottoman's bad eco that makes some players think they're not strong.
Guess what will happen if brit/france have janissary in rax instead of musketeer?

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