Total War: SHOGUN 2: Fall of the Samurai 1vs1: Wooden Cannons vs Spear Levy
Total War: SHOGUN 2: Fall of the Samurai 1vs1: Wooden Cannons vs Spear Levy Clan: Satsuma vs Aizu Battle Difficulty: normal Inaccurate and slow to reload, Wooden Cannons are a lackluster unit; however, they are relatively cheap and can be trained at an earlier stage in the campaign than any other artillery. Wooden cannons are the only land unit in Fall of the Samurai that are fixed in place after the deployment phase and cannot be moved. This makes them a poor choice for attacking enemy armies, as targets can simply move out of range. Due to their fixed nature, wooden cannons cannot enter battlefields as part of reinforcing armies. Perhaps their greatest shortcoming compared to Parrott Guns or Armstrong Guns is the fact that they fire solid cannonballs, rather than explosive ordnance. While this is fairly powerful against buildings, making them somewhat useful in sieges, the damage cannonballs inflict on infantry is negligible. They are somewhat more useful against cavalry, which are individually larger units in smaller regiments (so that proportionally successful hits damage cavalry regiments more than infantry regiments), but the damage is still poor compared to later options. Wooden cannons are best trained in regions with blacksmith specialties that are tooled toward increasing accuracy. Provinces with iron resources train wooden cannons at a discount. Wooden cannons benefit from general and foreign veteran traits that grant them increased accuracy, reload skill and ammunition. Like other artillery, wooden cannons can use manual targeting, which greatly increases the maximum range, fire rate, and potentially accuracy in the hands of a skillful player. Spear Levy are among the cheapest infantry in Fall of the Samurai to train and maintain, making them excellent garrison troops. Only Levy Infantry are cheaper on paper, but in the early game, where traditional units are 20% cheaper to recruit, spear levies are the cheapest infantry. Spear levies are better in melee combat than most militia, and provided that they can engage in melee without taking too many casualties from missile fire, they can be effective for their cost. However, they are vulnerable at a distance, and break easily due to their poor morale. Like all traditional units, spear levies can adopt loose formation to minimize damage taken from missile and artillery fire, but this reduces the effectiveness of their melee charge. Spear levies fight best in foggy or rainy weather, sheltered by trees or rough terrain. They make fairly expendable meat shields due to their cheap cost and can tie up more expensive units for a respectable amount of time as long as their morale holds up. They are aided in this by their exceptional defense skill, which is higher than even some other, more expensive traditional units. Spear Levy have an extremely high bonus against cavalry, making them ideal anti-cavalry forces. They are still vulnerable to being charged in the rear by cavalry, particularly if the cavalry manage to pull out and repeat charges. While Yari Kachi are statistically superior, Spear Levy are significantly cheaper to recruit. While spear levy are most ubiquitous in the early game, where funds are tight, they remain valuable in the late game for being a very cheap deterrent to cavalry. Just a few spear levies guarding the flanks of line infantry can prevent cavalry from dealing effective damage. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ My Discord channel: https://discord.gg/WhkxjqdAWb #TotalWar1vs1 #TotalWar #Shogun2
Total War: SHOGUN 2: Fall of the Samurai 1vs1: Wooden Cannons vs Spear Levy Clan: Satsuma vs Aizu Battle Difficulty: normal Inaccurate and slow to reload, Wooden Cannons are a lackluster unit; however, they are relatively cheap and can be trained at an earlier stage in the campaign than any other artillery. Wooden cannons are the only land unit in Fall of the Samurai that are fixed in place after the deployment phase and cannot be moved. This makes them a poor choice for attacking enemy armies, as targets can simply move out of range. Due to their fixed nature, wooden cannons cannot enter battlefields as part of reinforcing armies. Perhaps their greatest shortcoming compared to Parrott Guns or Armstrong Guns is the fact that they fire solid cannonballs, rather than explosive ordnance. While this is fairly powerful against buildings, making them somewhat useful in sieges, the damage cannonballs inflict on infantry is negligible. They are somewhat more useful against cavalry, which are individually larger units in smaller regiments (so that proportionally successful hits damage cavalry regiments more than infantry regiments), but the damage is still poor compared to later options. Wooden cannons are best trained in regions with blacksmith specialties that are tooled toward increasing accuracy. Provinces with iron resources train wooden cannons at a discount. Wooden cannons benefit from general and foreign veteran traits that grant them increased accuracy, reload skill and ammunition. Like other artillery, wooden cannons can use manual targeting, which greatly increases the maximum range, fire rate, and potentially accuracy in the hands of a skillful player. Spear Levy are among the cheapest infantry in Fall of the Samurai to train and maintain, making them excellent garrison troops. Only Levy Infantry are cheaper on paper, but in the early game, where traditional units are 20% cheaper to recruit, spear levies are the cheapest infantry. Spear levies are better in melee combat than most militia, and provided that they can engage in melee without taking too many casualties from missile fire, they can be effective for their cost. However, they are vulnerable at a distance, and break easily due to their poor morale. Like all traditional units, spear levies can adopt loose formation to minimize damage taken from missile and artillery fire, but this reduces the effectiveness of their melee charge. Spear levies fight best in foggy or rainy weather, sheltered by trees or rough terrain. They make fairly expendable meat shields due to their cheap cost and can tie up more expensive units for a respectable amount of time as long as their morale holds up. They are aided in this by their exceptional defense skill, which is higher than even some other, more expensive traditional units. Spear Levy have an extremely high bonus against cavalry, making them ideal anti-cavalry forces. They are still vulnerable to being charged in the rear by cavalry, particularly if the cavalry manage to pull out and repeat charges. While Yari Kachi are statistically superior, Spear Levy are significantly cheaper to recruit. While spear levy are most ubiquitous in the early game, where funds are tight, they remain valuable in the late game for being a very cheap deterrent to cavalry. Just a few spear levies guarding the flanks of line infantry can prevent cavalry from dealing effective damage. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ My Discord channel: https://discord.gg/WhkxjqdAWb #TotalWar1vs1 #TotalWar #Shogun2