Samurai Promotions

[Ashurdan]

I just wanted to get different people's takes on what the best/optimal promotions for Samurai would be considering they get the 2 first strikes? Thanks

Ashurdan

 

[oyzar]

City raider all the way in SP...

 

[Refar]

City raider all the way in SP...

Yep. E.g. same i would give normal maces... Those first strikes are nice to have but nothing really strategy-breaking... Also first strikes need good combat odds to be leveraged into actual advantage...

 

[Iranon]

I agree with City Raider for most of them; on the other hand I like to promote at least one in a stack along the Drill and one along the Woodsman line - both good for mopping up weakened defenders and, more importantly, at defending the stack multiple times without even taking damage.

 

[UncleJJ]

City raider for the city attackers but if the enemy has a large stack of maces a few combat + shock stack defenders will not go amiss but they should be kept to a minimum as they're less useful if upgraded. Combat 2 and formation is a good promotion for a few if the enemy has a lot of mounted such as War Elephants.

Basically they are maces and should be treated as such with a long term view to upgrading them to later troops. In my opinion the strength of Toku is in the gunpowder troops with the free promotions from the Agressive and Protective traits so the sooner he gets to them the better. Samurai are a bit of a distraction from Toku's real strength.

 

[Revenant27]

I'll take CR3 samurai with 2 first strikes, thats good stuff right there

 

[TeraHammer]

City raider all the way in SP...

And in multiplayer? I usually promote them strenght because they meet a lot of different units (longbows, maces, knights, muskets)

 

[moggfanatic]

In mp I promote my Samurais along the Drill line first so they're a little more safe against opposing collateral and they become very costly to dislodge on Forested Hills