Best Ancient/Classical Unit

[Ringo Kid]

Prince level. Warriors and archers defend. First build barracks? Worker?

 

[sampsa]

The free promotion still helps a bit.

Well sure, but not more than having the aggressive trait.

Prince level. Warriors and archers defend. First build barracks? Worker?

If they have warriors, just forget it and try to get an axe or two asap instead. On levels where they start with archers, build order is quechua*.

 

[Ringo Kid]

I started a game and put in a plains hill and plains forest using world builder. Built ten of those quechas and killed two civs real early. Kill kill kill seems to be the answer. Thanks for the tips.

 

[Pangaea]

Voted for Quechua and Immortal/War Chariot. Some other units are excellent too, but the key thing about these, particularly the Qs, is that they come very early, and are cheap. This game is all about getting off to a good start, get the snowball rolling, and these units do this very well. Of course, for the Unique Chariots, you need access to horses, and that's by no means a sure thing.