Warrior

The cheapest soldier and the line’s shield: slow, tough, and it covers the friends beside it.

The warrior is the backbone of a host. It costs 20 gold and has the most hit points of any unit for its price (5.5 per gold). It is also the slowest: 55 against the archer’s 135.

The shield

When a blow comes, or just before an arrow lands, the warrior raises its shield for 0.3 s, and can raise it again 2 s later. The shield turns the hit aside, for the warrior and for any friend within 14 of it. Warriors beat archers; but a Lancer’s thrust goes past the shield.

How to use it

• Put warriors in front of Archers and Monks.
• They are cheap to keep (1 gold/min): a good body for holding provinces with Conquer belts.
• Mind their pace: send faster units on their own belt when time matters.