Saxon huscarles
Charge 4 Attack 4 Defence 4 Armour 3 Speed 6, 10, 11 Morale 6 Cost 425 Support
cost 75
Availability: Viking campaign.
Saxon huscarles are armour piercing, elite and in possession of a large shield
and bad attitude! This unit is one of the best availably in the Viking campaign,
in fact the only unit better than the huscarles is the Joms Vikings and maybe
the berserkers. This unit is truly a case of wind them up and let them go –
they kill anything wearing armour quickly, they have good enough attack stats to
kill unarmoured targets quickly and their defence just plain rocks for Viking
era infantry. They are allergic to armour piercing attacks though, so watch out
for crossbows, javelins and axemen of all sorts. Because huscarles use a
two-handed axe the shield is not used in melee, it protects from ranged attacks
only.
Viking landsmenn
Charge 3 Attack 3 Defence 1 Armour 3 Speed 6, 10, 11 Morale 4 Cost 200 Support
cost 52
Availability: Viking campaign and medieval campaign.
Viking landsmenn are elite, armour piercing, and have a round shield. This is
the anti-armour counterpart of the Viking carl, send them after armoured targets
and watch the carnage. Huscarles make these guys rather obsolete, as huscarles
are better in every way.
Viking huscarles
Charge 4 Attack 4 Defence 4 Armour 3 Speed 6, 10, 11 Morale 6 Cost 425 Support
cost 75
Availability: Viking campaign and medieval campaign.
Viking huscarles are identical to Saxon huscarles in absolutely every respect
except name. Even the unit graphic is identical aside form a minor variation in
shield graphic.
Joms Vikings
Charge 6 Attack 5 Defence5 Armour 3 Speed 6, 10, 11 Morale 8 Cost 725 Support
cost 10
Availability: Viking campaign.
Joms Vikings are elite, impetuous, armour piercing and have a round shield. They
are the best infantry, and possibly the best unit, in the Viking game. Fear
them. A Joms Viking is a huscarl on speed – better charge, better attack,
better defence and better morale. They are a rare sight and this is probably a
good thing as they are quite overpowered. If you have to fight against them use
armour piercing stuff and loads of it. Hit them with javelins and crossbow
bolts, then charge in with huscarles or anything else with an armour piercing
attack. Expect very heavy casualties