The Complete Total War Unit Guide by Frogbeastegg

Confused by cavalry? Annoyed by archers? Pounded by Polearms?

Then this is the guide for you. This guide contains an in-depth analysis of every single unit and unit class to appear in the Total War series. It tells you what the units do, what they don't do and explains the differences between units of the same class. You will also find the most important unit stats in here.

Description

This document is entirely the work of frogbeastegg unless otherwise indicated.
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It was improved by me with adding bokmarks, so exploring guide now is more easier.

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Original topic: The Complete Total War Unit Guide[forums.totalwar.org]

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This guide is written for single player but it should hold up well in multiplayer, just remember that Total War changes to a whole new game when your up against another human.

This guide also assumes a basic knowledge of the principles of battle, you should know how to manoeuvre behind your opponent, ensure your troops have the best position etc. If you are a complete beginner or don't know the basics of the battlefield take a look at A Beginners Guide to Medieval: Total War

Guide Chapters

2.1 Spearmen .... page 5

2.1.1 Feudal sergeants

2.1.2 Chivalric sergeants

2.1.3 Gothic sergeants

2.1.4 Italian light infantry

2.1.5 Muwahid foot soldiers

2.1.6 Nubian spearmen

2.1.7 Order foot soldiers

2.1.8 Saracen infantry

2.1.9 Spearmen

2.2 Archers and ranged units .... page 9

2.2.1 Archers

2.2.2 Bulgarian brigands

2.2.3 Desert archers

2.2.4 Genoese sailors

2.2.5 Golden horde warriors

2.2.6 Hashishin

2.2.7 Janissary archers

2.2.8 Janissary infantry

2.2.9 Ottoman infantry

2.2.10 Trebizond archers

2.2.11 Turcoman foot soldiers

2.2.12 Crossbowmen

2.2.13 Pavise crossbowmen

2.2.14 Arbalesters

2.2.15 Pavise arbalesters

2.2.16 Longbowmen

2.2.17 Handgunner

2.2.18 Mamluk handgunner

2.2.19 Arquebusier

2.3 Swordsmen .... page 17

2.3.1 Byzantine infantry

2.3.2 Feudal men at arms

2.3.3 Chivalric men at arms

2.3.4 Feudal foot knights

2.3.5 Gothic foot knights

2.3.6 Hospitaller foot knights

2.4 Axemen .... page 19

2.4.1 Abyssinian guards

2.4.2 Ghazi infantry

2.4.3 Varangian guard

2.4.4 Vikings

2.4.5 Woodsmen

2.5 Pikemen .... page 21

2.5.1 Pikemen

2.5.2 Swiss Pikemen

2.5.3 Swiss armoured Pikemen

2.6 Polearms .... page 22

2.6.1 Billmen

2.6.2 Chivalric foot knights

2.6.3 Halberdiers

2.6.4 Janissary heavy infantry

2.6.5 Swiss halberdiers

2.7 Barbarians and Religious Fanatics .... page 25

2.7.1 Fanatics

2.7.2 Futuwwas

2.7.3 Gallowglasses

2.7.4 Highland clansmen

2.7.5 Nizaris

2.8 Peasants .... page 26

2.8.1 Almohad urban militia

2.8.2 Militia sergeants

2.8.3 Muslim Peasants

2.8.4 Peasants

2.8.5 Urban militia

2.9 Knights .... page 27

2.9.1 Feudal knights

2.9.2 Chivalric knights

2.9.3 Gothic knights

2.9.4 Knights Hospitaller

2.9.5 Knights of Santiago

2.9.6 Knights Templar

2.9.7 Early royal knights

2.9.8 High royal knights

2.9.9 Late royal knights

2.9.10 Teutonic knights

2.10 Heavy Cavalry .... page 30

2.10.1 Armenian heavy cavalry

2.10.2 Gendarmes

2.10.3 Early Ghulam bodyguards

2.10.4 High Ghulam bodyguards

2.10.5 Late Ghulam bodyguards

2.10.6 Ghulam cavalry

2.10.7 Golden horde heavy cavalry

2.10.8 Kataphraktoi

2.10.9 Khwarazmian cavalry

2.10.10 Lancers

2.10.11 Mamluk cavalry

2.10.12 Ottoman Sipahi

2.10.13 Pronoiai Allagion

2.10.14 Teutonic sergeants

2.11 Missile Cavalry .... page 33

2.11.1 Boyars

2.11.2 Byzantine cavalry

2.11.3 Sipahi of the Porte

2.11.4 Golden horde horse archers

2.11.5 Horse archers

2.11.6 Mamluk horse archers

2.11.7 Mounted crossbowmen

2.11.8 Spanish Jinetes

2.11.9 Turcoman horsemen

2.11.10 Turcopole

2.12 Light Cavalry .... page 37

2.12.1 Alan mercenary cavalry

2.12.2 Hobilars

2.12.3 Lithuanian cavalry

2.12.4 Mounted sergeants

2.12.5 Polish retainers

2.12.6 Saharan cavalry

2.12.7 Steppe cavalry

2.13 Camels .... page 40

2.13.1 Bedouin camel warriors

2.13.2 Berber camels

2.14 Naptha and Javelin .... page 41

2.14.1 Almughavars

2.14.2 Kerns

2.14.3 Murabitin infantry

2.14.4 Naptha throwers

2.15 Artillery .... page 45

2.15.1 Ballista

2.15.2 Bombard

2.15.3 Catapult

2.15.4 Culverin

2.15.5 Demi cannon

2.15.6 Demi culverin

2.15.7 Mangonel

2.15.8 Mortar

2.15.9 Serpentine

2.15.10 Siege cannon

2.15.11 Trebuchet

3. The Viking Invasion

3.1 New Spearmen .... page 47

3.1.1 Armoured spearmen

3.1.2 Dismounted nobles

3.1.3 Fyrdmen

3.1.4 Royal bodyguard (infantry version)

3.1.5 Round shield spearmen

3.1.6 Rus spearmen

3.2 New Swordsmen .... page 49

3.2.1 Arab infantry

3.2.2 Berserkers

3.2.3 Celtic warriors

3.2.4 Dismounted faris

3.2.5 Jobbagy

3.2.6 Swabian swordsmen

3.2.7 Slav warriors

3.2.8 Viking Carls

3.3 New Heavy Cavalry .... page 51

3.3.1 Avar nobles

3.3.2 Byzantine lancers

3.3.3 Khazar royal cavalry

3.3.4 Mounted nobles

3.3.5 Royal bodyguards (mounted version)

3.4 New Light Cavalry .... page 52

3.4.1 Druzhina cavalry

3.4.2 Horsemen

3.4.3 Pictish cavalry

3.4.4 Viking raider cavalry

3.5 New Missile Cavalry. .... page 53

3.5.1 Faris

3.5.2 Steppe heavy cavalry

3.5.3 Szekely

3.5.4 Pictish mounted crossbows

3.6 New Axemen .... page 54

3.6.1 Saxon huscarles

3.6.2 Viking landsmenn

3.6.3 Viking huscarles

3.6.4 Joms Vikings

3.7 New Peasants .... page 55

3.7.1 Viking thralls

3.8 New javelin units .... page 55

3.8.1 Jobbagy

3.8.2 Slav javelin men

3.8.3 Spanish javelin men

3.8.4 Bonnachts

3.9 New missile units .... page 56

3.9.1 Irish dartmen

3.9.2 Pictish crossbows

3.9.3 Sherwood foresters

3.9.4 Welsh bandits

3.10 New Artillery ....

Download Links

Links to download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3nMack8Pxe3V3pTaGJKREgxYUk/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0--Yk2D9tCva7PHZByUBaxEQ

Yandex Disk: https://yadi. sk/i/9HWJHwe3mz6cH (just remove spaces after yadi. to use link)

[Fessoid]

UPD: Links updated, no more login into account needed

[Fessoid]

@RazerCP, maybe someone saved pdf-version. Units description available at same site:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/133103-STW-unit-guide

[RazerCP]

Who made the pdf version of this? Is there one for Shogun Total War?

[Fessoid]

but also available on https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/31444-The-Complete-Total-War-Unit-Guide

Maybe page has some difficulties to opened up

[Fessoid]

@wp071360 thanks for feedback.
This topic was moved into archive on the forums: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/archive/index.php/t-31444.html

[wp071360]

What a waste of my time trying to find this giude that can not be found. Useless

[Fessoid]

@DISNEY PRINCESS SHENZI , hope you'll find an answer in second Guide.
Complete Guide is mostly about Units, and Begginers Guide is about Game Mechanics

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=573667815

[DISNEY PRINCESS SHENZI]

A question that I couldn't figure out yet: Does the shield armor bonus of a unit exhaust it additionally in desert fights?

[DISNEY PRINCESS SHENZI]

Big thanks, you did gods work there. Still loving this game more than any modern Total War game, I wanna know everything about it.

[Fessoid]

Links updated, no more account login needed to download the Guide