Oh. My. Goddess. (or, "Why I Love Hounds Of Culann")
I started up a Celtic campaign and went on the warpath against the WRE and the Romano British. I knew the Hounds of Culann were the RTW:BI version of MTW:VI Berserkers, but dang... THEY FLIP PEOPLE!
A single unit of 15 men can cause so much havok. As soon as they go into battle, they go berserk and uncontrollable (you can activate this sooner using their Warcry ability). Once they are in the heat of battle, almost nothing can stop them. I watched one unit of Hounds for awhile, and noticed that a single man flipped five to ten Romans (the good quality troops, too, not the peasants) in a single swing, like he was an elephant! It's like a cavalry charge without having to charge.
Really, the only weakness they have is against missile weapons and heavy cavalry charges in the rear, but they can easily stand up to these as well.
And the best thing about them? You only require a Shrine of Giobhnu (one turn) to build them (though they take 2 turns themselves to build), so having them as your frontline troops is effective because of the ease of retraining them in newly-conquered settlements.
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Originally Posted by kekvitirae
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