Huscarl vs Spartan... ANSWERED

[StormSaint373]

Huscarl seems weak as opposed to his Hellenic counterpart, the Spartan hoplite

• Both cost 6 turns
• stats for spartan exceed huscarl even with smithing techs applied
Huscarl has -3 att, -1armor, -2 p armor.
• huscarl is only available in Nordic hall wheras Spartan can be recruited from both TC and barracks

[Badnorth]

Ohw why is he so weak?
Maybe reduce cost to 5?

[SirPat]

Huscarls have armor break right?

[StormSaint373]

No, he doesn't have armor break

Just checked... Huscarl does NOT recieve smithing upgrades at all.

[Badnorth]

I didn't expect to huscarl to be so weak. I'll probably won't even use him.
He should have his cost reduced to 5 or make him somehow similar to a hoplite .

[Endru1241]

Huskarl has full counter ability. With such defensive and attack stats that changes a lot.
He is affected by sword mastery and was supposed to be affected by infantry armor, but somehow it's bugged and currently he gets cavalry armor bonuses.

[StormSaint373]

Did it update? As of RN, I researched infantry armor and sword mastery and the huskarl was affected by neither.

[Badnorth]

I wonder who would win in a 1v1 A spartan or huskarl.

[Endru1241]

Just now I checked in game. It is affected by sword mastery and cavalry armor.
As for their one on one battles:
Without blacksmith:
Huskarl takes 7 damage, 1 on counters, hoplite - 3 and 3 on counters. Hoplite starting would win with 13 hp. Being attacked first - with 10 hp.
After 1st lvl of blacksmith:
Huskarl takes 6 damage, 1 on counters, hoplite - 4 and 4 on counters. Hoplite starting would loose with huskarl having 4 hp. Huskarl attacking first - wins with 9 hp.
After full blacksmith:
Huskarl takes 5 damage, 1 on counters, hoplite - 5 and 5 on counters. Hoplite starting would loose with huskarl having 8 hp. Huskarl attacking first - wins with 13 hp.

[Badnorth]

So blacksmith really is essential to the game.
It changed a lot with blacksmith, he looks strong. Can't wait to try It out in a battle.

[Squirrel5555]

So blacksmith really is essential to the game.
It changed a lot with blacksmith, he looks strong. Can't wait to try It out in a battle.

And then there is me, forgetting blacksmiths exist in like half my matches