You can't really say samurai is cheaper than formation, because their is a reason for that-they arent in the same category. Both have fury, so should compare samurai to phalanx. Well, you can compare formation to samurai, but it would make more sense to compare the same thing.

Ignoring that 3 infantry might be unable to attack same target. It was more that I think infantry arent most peoples favourite, so you are boosting 1-3 generals with commander.

Id say Caesar is the 3rd most popular, but Barbarossa is certainly the weakest, at least till 6th age. I am not upgrading it for now as I consider 'payback on investments' as unsatisfactoryġ3:38:53 GMT andrei said:Yeah, I like Alexander also. Samurai works all the time against every enemy and that is good (especially for a unit absorbing damage from the very begining) imo. And there are not so much good perks for infantry, that are not situational. Don't know why everybody is saying Samurai is useless. And here Barbarossa's Leadership is obviously better than anything else. And yes, You are right they are the first to die But isn't it infantry main niche? To be a frontliner. The main issue about infantry for my playstyle is to use it as a shield for Archers and Cavalry. I found it not very good idea to be the first with Alexander. normally it means one time debuff, as mainly there are archers behind the wall plus walls artillery. Yes, it is great when Alexander contributes into the walls destruction, but to be the first to hit. It encourages you to use him when he is most certain to die ( ussually by a mix of hidden arties and a charging cavalry)īut I found myself using him only as a support. The attack and defense penalties for low health are not that great (about 1/3) and 2. They both have rage, which is good, since infantry is more often attacked than attacks, but samurai ability is again pretty useless, because 1. That ability would have better on a Logistics/Plunder general, like Li Shimin ( whcih has an insane amount of health and cam he used very agressivelly despite being arty). Infantry is still the worst at getting rage for special ability and I think nobody will need that ability anyway, since we will probably just use Caesar and Alexander.Īs for Barbarossa, Marshall is not that great and is also extremely expansive to upgrade with a grand total of about 4000-5000 medals I think ( same for Attack Masterz but 115 bonus attack is pretty good). Secondly, while a bit worse than infantry commander especially when both are upgraded, formation allows hitting enemies without taking damage in many situations. Firstly, due to Spy, very good attack and Siege, he is the best general to deal the first blow to a defense Tower. From I counter-point, I just say I like Alexander (and I will have to use of since I have uprgraded his skills to 10-9-9).

Samurai ability in tower conquest