Chinese Hussar



EvDigg's Thoughts:

The key to hussars is their speed. Speed 9 is the highest of all speeds in the game, so these troops usually are the first to advance and attack each round (unless there are other speed 9 troops present - troops from both the attacker and defender with the same speed will attack in a random order each round). In large battles on resource tiles speed 9 troops can be used to quickly advance across the battlefield in the hopes of filling up the battlefield and limiting the opponent's ability to add troops. There is less chance to achieve this advantage in city battles, as the wall in the middle of the battlefield can disrupt these efforts.

The hussar also has the ability to counterattack, though the effectiveness of the counterattack will be limited by the hussar's low health (if the enemy is fairly strong and kills most of the hussars, there will be fewer remaining to inflict counterattack damage, and counterattack is normally only half as powerful as a standard attack to begin with).

The biggest weaknesses of the hussars are their low health and unimpressive attack power. While not weak, they're also not particularly strong. They are fairly cheap, but the Chinese Imperial General is also speed 9, stronger, and still relatively cheap, making the case for using hussars less compelling.