Bonus against Myth units is useful so you don't have to get any Hersirs in your army.

Jarls are more a good all-around unit than an archer counter. Raiders are better if your opponent is silly enough to only make archers (in small-scale battles), and Huskarls are a better idea when your opponent has some infantry supporting the archers (in large-scale battles). This makes the Huskarls better for taking archer fire or fortresses. So far, to me it seems that norse have the worst infantry/archers/cavalry in the game.ĭifference between Raider Cavalry and Huskarls is that Raiders have an attack bonus against archers (making them ONLY effective against archers) where Huskarls simply have a very large pierce resistance. Their anti-cavalry Ulfsarks seem too slow to catch up to cavalry, and their 'archers' (axemen) are only good against other infantry.Īnd out of the THREE anti-archer human units, only the raiders seem reliable in killing archers - huskarls seem too slow while jarls are too slow and too expensive.Ĭan anyone please explain how to properly use these norse human units? So norse human units have 3 (THREE) anti-archer units, two of them being cavalry. Really bad unit compared to Greek/Egyptian heavy cavalry. really, a 3rd archer counter?!Īnd they have a bonus against myth units but do not have the 'hero' damage reduction against myth units, so myth units butcher up as many Jarls as they want. Jarl: Heavy (and slow) Cavalry good against archers. It seems like Huskarl is a slow-moving and expensive version of a Raider that will get cut down by enemies before even reaching them. why do we get these when we already have Raiders to kill archers? Huskarl: Infantry that is good against archers.

Seems rather weak for it's price? I guess it can at least catch up to enemy archers due to fast movement. Raider: Cavalry that is good against archers, but not against anything else. Kinda lame that the only 'archer' unit norse have is only good against infantry? Throwing Axeman: these seem to kill infantry rather well due to being ranged, but they die to everything else :( Ulfsark: these guys are supposedly good against cavalry, but they can pretty much never catch up to the fast cavalry. Expensive and weak?! Do they have no other purpose? Hersir: these guys seem to only be worth it against myth units.

They seem really bad, so i will just write my experiences and hope you fellas can help me out.

I read the short unit guides on AoM Heaven, but i am still a bit unsure on norse human units.

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