They combine brutal hand-to-hand abilities with durability and high speed, making the knight a very expensive, but almost unstoppable unit. Knight: like swordsmen on horses, knights can take a mount and quickly get to any location.They can withstand numerous arrow shots thanks to their dense metal armour. Swordsman: slowest of all units, swordsmen are massive and deadly in close combat.Pikeman: pikemen are good tanking units, possessing high health but weak attack power.Crossbowman: heavy ranged unit, who reloads and moves slowly, but uses a crossbow to penetrate heavy units' armour.Maceman: fast and brutal, macemen are optimal for quick raids and penetrating strikes.He wields a bow and he is good against unarmored units. Archer: basic ranged unit, with a large shooting range but weak firepower.Spearman: basic melee unit, wielding a spear and no armor, being a cheap defense and in numbers, a good harassment unit.With the honor system included, some troops cost a little honor in addition to gold. Stronghold 2 introduces a number of new mercenary units and tweaks some of the original ones.

Mercenaries are recruited at the mercenary post. These all-round Arabian fighters do not require weapons but generally more gold and a decent economy. Mercenary troops debute in Stronghold Crusader. However, they also need weapons and/or armor from the armoury. Sometimes, various siege engines are also classified as military units.Įuropean troops are recruited at the barracks and they require little gold from the treasury. They all have different capabilities and weaknesses overall and a good constitution of units is key for victory. They require specific buildings, gold and sometimes equipment from the armoury to use. Unlike peasants, they can be moved around the map and given orders in the forms of stances and formations. Military units are soldiers who are recruited or hired in order to overwhelm the enemy 'opposition' and kill their lord.

Stronghold crusader units