Knight variations

[Tee Kay]

Which knight variations is best? In my opinion: the Samurai.

 

[Twonky]

Ansar Warriors for me! I really like their speed.

 

[Alphawolf]

I've always liked the War Elephant.

-the Wolf

 

[OG_Pieps]

Ansar Warriors! They are fast and, what I like best, look really cool.

 

[101rstImperial]

Samurai .. 4/4 and can move quickly - only require Iron.

 

[azzaman333]

The Keshik, no doubt about it. Cheaper, only requires horses, and is incredibly quick through those annoying mountain ranges. The only negative is the -1 defense, but why would you you be defending withthem in the first placE?

 

[Tee Kay]

Samurais: -1 movement doesn't bother me since they still got 2 movements. only require iron to build. 4 defence points means it's like having an upgraded version of the musketman.

 

[thetrooper]

First vote for Rider.

 

[Ignatiuz]

Samurai...

 

[Richard Cribb]

First vote for Rider.

The second.

 

[Rambuchan]

Third.


Riders absolutely rock my Civ world. Ansars don't quite beat them to it but come close.

EDIT: If we're talking about the upgraded War Elephant - the one with the extra hitpoint and the collateral damage - then count me in for that!

 

[Bartleby]

My head tells me the Rider, but my heart wants it to be the Samurai.

 

[gunkulator]

The Rider without question. The extra movement can strike faster and deeper than any of the others. A Rider army is C3C is an awesome pilager and worker killer.

 

[TimBentley]

The rider, with the C3C war elephant a close second.

 

[Afr!Ca]

hmm I love the CFC War Elephant...
But Samurai is just awesome... it's so tough... good in both offense and defense...

 

[Beamup]

Rider - gotta love the speed.

With Samurai being IMX the worst Knight UU. The only one, in fact, where I'd far rather build the standard Knight - they always insist on defending themselves, instead of allowing the cheaper Pikemen to do the job. Invariably this leads to substantially greater shield losses.

YMMV, naturally, especially if you don't cover Knights with Pikemen as I usually try to do. But for my play style, Samurai are greatly inferior to standard Knights.

 

[genghis_khev]

Samurai. But thats more to do with the ethos of the honourable warrior that any game mechanic.

 

[Empiremaker]

My head tells me the Rider, but my heart wants it to be the Samurai.

I agree. I still voted Rider. Speed is killer. I haven't played with the new C3C UUs(Keshik, Ansar).

 

[DBear]

Phants. Don't need no steenkin' resources, and they have an extra HP which comes in handy.

 

[Tee Kay]

In battle, extra HP actually do not do you much good.