Shogun 2 Bow Samurai Vs Ashigaru
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Shogun 2 bow samurai vs ashigaru. A late game investment would be to start bow warrior monks as they out range all other bow units 175 range vs 150 default. Naginata samurai are in my opinion the best choice for most armies they can handle cavalry and infantry have great overall stats and are not locked into one specific role. These samurai are armed with the no dachi. No dachi samurai are a type of katana infantry in total war.
3 bow ashigaru or 2 bow samurais. Bow ashigaru are a type of bow infantry in total war. For both yari and bows they need to have friendly troops in numbers nearby to keep morale up. These foot warriors carry large and heavy no dachi swords and have a fearsome charge when in battle.
These are extremely heavy long swords that can only be wielded by the strongest and most skilled of men. Depending on the difficulty level a yari samurai can actually beat katana samurai. Isolated detachments of 1 or 2 ashigaru can rout very quickly. Bow ashigaru are light foot archers used to screen the front line harassing enemies with long range volleys of arrows.
Another thing to remember is samurai archers pack a bigger punch in a smaller area. They have a slow fire rate low armour low ammunition levels and often rout without losing a single man. April 01 2011 01 14 am 16. I legitimately could complain about them for hours.
Watch in hd blood pack dlc enabled. Yari samurai are more than capable of surviving a battle with katana samurai because they have such a high melee defense stat. Cavalry is a very vital part of good armies allowing you to take out their generals and high priority targets like bows or nodachi samurai. Ashigaru units need to be really spread out across the line.
Bow ashigaru are actually the most useless units in shogun 2.