Ushabti terrible melee attack

[pyremind]

At 28 it's incredibly low isn't it? Is this a bad unit?

[HAF DoomsDay]

Depends on what you're using them for, I try to not send Ushabti into combat without a supporting unit. Ushabti have a decent bonus vs infantry so I usually send them in with spearman to help buffer/take damage for the Ushabti.

Ushabti w/ bows are an awesome ranged unit.

[I Throw Spears.]

They arent as good as the bowmen, but their value lies in being monstrous infantry anti infantry. They arent meant to be duelers. Send them at their valuable infantry and let er rip.

[Aleera]

It has such a low melee attack, because it has a +12 vs infantry.

They suddenly have a base 35 then, which is average. Their base is 23, not 28 :)

[Coldhands]

Ushabti are kind of like Rat Ogres in that it's easy to look at them and think they must be great at killing all manner of infantry by themselves, but they're not. They're still a good unit for flank/rear attacks against engaged units (and fast enough to get around the sides pretty quick), but they don't do well just charging the enemy's high end front line.

[Nipply]

They're good imo to bolster troops in a tricky spot to charge in from behind. Or to wrap around troops after your front-line engages.

[MadArtillery]

Anti infantry value gets added to their melee attack. As with all monstrous infantry layer them on top of regular infantry and they will do wonderful work mulching the frontlines.