Coolest unit of the TW series

[Rhyfelwyr]

I've played all the TW games to some extent or another, although I've only really made any serious progeess campaign-wise in the latest two.

Having just finished a campaign as the Apaches in Kingdoms, I've been thinking about what the single coolest TW unit is, having been inspired by the Mounted Thunder Braves. I do not necessarily mean the best or toughest unit, just the coolest in terms of appearance and maybe also its performance, or anything unique about it.

Some of my candidates that spring to mind are:

Mounted Thunder Braves (M2TW:K)
Priests of Quetzocotl sp? (M2TW:K)
Canons of the Holy Sepulchre (M2TW:K)
Byzantine Fire Throwers (M2TW:K)
Camel Gunners (M2TW)
Elephant Artillery (M2TW)
Gothic Knights (M2TW)
Norse War Clerics (M2TW)
Scythed Chariots (RTW)
Scythian Nobles (RTW)
Woad Warriors (RTW)
Hounds of Cullan (RTW:BI)
Kensai (STW)

[anelious phyros]

Woad Warriors

[Martok]

Bedouin Camel Warriors -- MTW
Ghazi Infantry -- MTW
Berzerkers -- MTW/VI

[Quintus.JC]

Ritterbrüder/dismounted
For the helmet
Tsar's Guards
For it's mask
Gotland Footmen
For it's awesome two-handers
Gothic Knights
For it's superb Gothic armoury
Elephant Rocketeer
..................
Berserkers
Needless to say
Cataphracts/Cataphract archers
Supreme shinny armor
Arcani
Stealthy ninja-like troops
Gladiators
They're simply cool
Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
For everything
Eagle Warriors

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Kensai (S:TW) - a unit which stands lonesome against almost any unit and take ages to die - essentially, that's just got to be considered amazing.
Hashashin (M:TW) - a bunch of fanatics from the Nizāriyya faction - the description in itself invokes fear of them. Combine that with the image on the card and you've got the most amazing murder team ever.
Berserk Units (R:TW) - despite their lack of realism, berserk units are simply brilliant. I particularly like the way they superhumanly fling units into the air as if they were rag dolls.
Screeching Women (R:TW) - the idea of a bunch of semi insane women going out to support their husbands in battle is kind of a cool idea in itself. The way they act on the field adds to the factor - I especially like the animation, the screaming noise, and the way the axes appear to be part of the hands.

[Spartan198]

Vanilla RTW:
Armored Hoplites
Scythian Noble Women
Amazon War Chariots
Yubtseb War Elephants
German Screeching Women

Mods, etc.:
Spartiatai Hoplitai (EB)
ATGs Spartan Hoplites
KLA's 300 movie hoplites
Greek Armored Cavalry (XGM)
Aemilius Augustus' Amazon units

[anelious phyros]

oh, we could choose are own?
Never mind I say - OFFICER_GREEK_MACEDON - skin with a large pike. That would be so coo/.

[Ethelred Unread]

I can't believe no one has mentioned flaming pigs!

[Spartan198]

-- oh, and also Flaming Pigs.

[Quintus.JC]

-- oh, and also Flaming Pigs.

They are good warriors...But they're even better barbeques.

[Darkvicer98]

Has no one bothered to mention the Spartan Hoplites? They are unique and famous for their fighting skills. They're one of the best infantry units in RTW.

[Spartan198]

Has no one bothered to mention the Spartan Hoplites? They are unique and famous for their fighting skills. They're one of the best infantry units in RTW.

Technically, I have --

Spartiatai Hoplitai (EB)
ATGs Spartan Hoplites
KLA's 300 movie hoplites

But not the vanilla ones.

The Spartans in vanilla are definitely formidable, but their cool factor is somewhat low, what with them dressed like more like priests wearing pilos helmets instead of hoplites.

[pevergreen]

Hastati

Cammel Gunners.

Camel Cataprachts!

Mwhahaha, blue lances will destroy you!

[Spartan198]

We can't forget camel assassins, now can we?

[Shieldmaiden]

In STW:

No-Dachi Samurai and Kensai*

In RTW:

I love Scythia's Head Hunting Maidens and Scythian Noble Women, and Germania's Screeching Women. And Greek Hoplites = classic.

*though now that makes me think of Heroes and a little guy yelling YATTO!

[InsaneApache]

Warrior monks.

[woad&fangs]

Wardogs and Headhurlers in vanilla Rome. That's where my username comes from.

Also, the majority of units in EB.

[seireikhaan]

MTW- Kataphracts, for being an absolute tank in the early period.

[Poulp']

Anybody that is naked and charging the enemy

[Privateerkev]

Panzerphaunts

Even the name is cool.

Kensai are a close second though. It would be fun to hold a bridge with just 6 of them against a whole army.

[Veles Shadow]

I like Arcani I know they are completely ahistorical, they are still ninja warriors and the double sword thing is really nice I once sent 1 of them against 20 (in custom) battalions of peasant and they killed about 8 whole battalions-they sent the first routing before they got to them!

[caravel]

Warrior monks.

What he said.

[Quintus.JC]

Doesn't no one notices Ritterbrüder from the Tuetonic orders. These guys look awesome!

[King Jan III Sobieski]

Mounted cav. I like mounted cav.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

The Hounds of Cullan - RTW:BI

Insane...

[Spartan198]

Mounted cav. I like mounted cav.

Isn't all cavalry mounted?

[Mount Suribachi]

I always had a soft spot for Swabian Swordsmen in MTW: VI after they cut a swathe through my army of veteran Almohad Urban Militia. It was the first time I'd encountered them and after they decimated my troops I was just like "wtf happened?" ~:o

[IrishBoy]

Definitely Muire are among one of the most lethal units in the game. Their stamina is unreal! And they can be recruited early in the campaign.

[Monk]

The Varangian Guard from MTW.

Longbows are pretty cool too, not flashy or anything but i love watching their volleys

[Odin]

STW=Geisha: great movies and virtually unstoppable

MTW=Boyar Sons: yes the byzantines have some fine units that certainly contend for "coolest".

RTW= never played it

MTW2= mounted dvor: Sure I like to play novgorod/russia and it takes a long time to get this unit but its a heavy hitter amongst the cavalry units available.

Honroable mention= MTW2 Cossacks