The best heavy infantry
Ok, I have been making some tests myself and i conclued that Venetian Heavy Infantry is most likely the Castle recruited Heavy Infantry (without thinking in that bodyguard troops with 2 HitPoints). Really, i put the guys against armored swordsmen, noble swordsmen, even dis. christian guard and dis. conquistadores, the guys seems to come on top most of the times. And against unists like heavy billmen and dis english/port knights, it's more like a butcher then a fight...
Now, let me explain my theory: if we could rank the attack and defence from the heavy infantry units, let's say we can put them in 3 classes: average, high and very high.
So, armored swordsmen for example, with his 22 defence i put him in a very high defence class, but with 13 attack he is only an average attacker. Now, dis. noble knights for example, with a 22 attack, we have a unit with very high attack, but with only 13 defence and no shield they have only average defence.
Now, look at VHI: they have 16 attack (and a great 5 bonus with charge by the way), which puts him in a high attack class, and with a 16 defence (plus a shield), they have a high (but not very high) defence. Now, if we join this with his armor piercing ability, i think we can all understand why i seem to beat every other unit with them. Basicly, these guys took a bit defense to power up his attack, but only the enough to still let his defense high enough to withstand strong attacks and charges, and still having a devastating 16 attack with, guess what, armor piercing.
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