1. Chu Ko Nuh: this pick over Longbowman due to its super fast promotion to +1 range. You can get +1 range for a CKN after just one war. Moreover you dont need canon after upgrading them to gating guns. The logistic and +1 range gating gun is far better than a canon.
2. Keshik: in a straight-up battle a Keshik may beat a Chu Ko Nuh, but less useful than a CKN for 3 reason: a. less effective once upgrading to calvary while CKN still useful in latter eras; b. need horse; c. only effective in large land mass map.
3. Jaguar: better than a Jannisary since it can get promotion from the beginning of the game. If you are a warmonger your Jaguar can easily get 7+ promotion before reaching Renaissance
4. Ship of the line: its strength upgrade is not significantly higher than frigate but due to the tech gap to battleship with its mobility and sight it allows naval domination for a long time.
5. Dromon: get this unit after research sailing, allow upgrade to galeass, frigate line, which arguably better than ship of the line since you can promote them at very early stage by killing barbarian ships. Moreover the tech gap between sailing and compass is significant the Dromon allows you to plan naval domination as early as possible. The reason they are behind SOTL since Byzantium is not designed for domination game.
2. Keshik: in a straight-up battle a Keshik may beat a Chu Ko Nuh, but less useful than a CKN for 3 reason: a. less effective once upgrading to calvary while CKN still useful in latter eras; b. need horse; c. only effective in large land mass map.
3. Jaguar: better than a Jannisary since it can get promotion from the beginning of the game. If you are a warmonger your Jaguar can easily get 7+ promotion before reaching Renaissance
4. Ship of the line: its strength upgrade is not significantly higher than frigate but due to the tech gap to battleship with its mobility and sight it allows naval domination for a long time.
5. Dromon: get this unit after research sailing, allow upgrade to galeass, frigate line, which arguably better than ship of the line since you can promote them at very early stage by killing barbarian ships. Moreover the tech gap between sailing and compass is significant the Dromon allows you to plan naval domination as early as possible. The reason they are behind SOTL since Byzantium is not designed for domination game.