Dismounted Boyars Son Vs Dismounted Druzhina

[PrestigeX]

My favourite faction for infantry is
Scotland
because you can recruit highland nobles who are only 90 florins more than the shield and AXE regular highlanders and they will quickly give you Swordsmith Guild.
Especially i've noticed that Highlander (axe / buckler shield) can stand their ground against DFK even, and when I play as Scotland i end up with many many highlander and highland noble units that i retrain and keep at Silver Chevrons sometimes up to Gold.

[Old Geezer]

Such has also been my experience with the Scottish infantry. They remain effective even into the Timurid invasion period. Once the highland noble swords get to silver chevrons with weapon and armor upgrade they are extremely effective and even more importantly - frugal.

[Cheetah]

Boyar sons have free upkeep while dzurinja has not. So if you wish to strenghten yur defences then boyar sons all the way. For an offensive army it is the same, but with the amazing variety of shooters and cavs available for the russians you dont need axemen in an open battle. I take two of them though for each army for sieges.

[Andrei]

Boyar sons have free upkeep while dzurinja has not. So if you wish to strenghten yur defences then boyar sons all the way. For an offensive army it is the same, but with the amazing variety of shooters and cavs available for the russians you dont need axemen in an open battle. I take two of them though for each army for sieges.

Free upkeep didn't even notice that thx for the info