Favorite faction in Viking Invasion?

**Roark** · 10-05-2007, 04:27

It's pretty easy to get Valour 2 Horsemen if you're Welsh or Saxon.

There's a province down South which has a +1, and remember that the building upgrades themselves give valour.

Valour 2 Horsemen can successfully take on most non-spear infantry with a frontal charge.

Huscarles, though, will turn them into fertilizer...

**Sensei Warrior** · 10-05-2007, 06:29

Originally Posted by Roark

There's a province down South which has a +1, and remember that the building upgrades themselves give valour.

If memory serves, the Provence is Defnas. It starts out as being owned by the Saxons, but it borders Welsh lands, so it usually gets taken quick if the Welsh make for a Saxon land grab

**Brandy Blue** · 10-05-2007, 15:50

Valor 2 horsemen are about as good as mounted nobles, cheaper, and easier to tech up to. So they are a good alternative if you belong to one of the factions that get +2 valor horsemen for having a horse breeder.

If you build your horsebreeder in Defnas for an additional +1, then your mighty +3 horsemen can actually take down a unit of valor 0 huscarls in fair fight. They can also do a lot of damage to a Jom Viking unit. Your horseboys won't beat the Joms, but it would be worth getting them carved up to eliminate half a Jom unit.

**Ayachuco** · 10-08-2007, 05:50

Alright! The WELSH are out in front w/ 7 votes. We finally pushed those other peoples out of Britain. This deserves a celebration.

Valour 3 mounted nobles??? Wow, I've got to try that next time I play VI. Half of a JOMS vik unit. Man, the only prblm is that the Vikings never seem to use them in my campaigns. But they do use a lot of huscarles/landsmen,

I can finally use calvary in my armies again.