Silverfuturist
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I guess if the Crossbow is considered the best normal unit for its time frame, then that would make the Chinese UU the best one in the game. (2 attacks per turn).
Chinese UU are super strong - even though reduced strength, 2 shots still does more damage than one, allows killing 2 units in the same turn. Or shoot then move, many tactical possibilities. And they become upgraded into rifles that can attack twice!
But I consider English UU (longbows) even stronger because of the 3 range. They can be positioned to be "untouchable", and they add an extra attack because of the range.
My opinion is influenced by a 3 vs 3 slugfest game of top league players. Our team had China, theirs England. My Chu-ko-Nus could not reach their Longbows in the back and were constantly being killed by knights. The front line was a meatgrinder on both sides. Their longbows were virtualy untouchable, and we didn't even know where all of them were because we didn't have vision on them.