Swordsman rush

[Zero]

Germans are awesome at rushing... im liking them again

[War4ever]

u can do this with archers tooo of course.....

[Orz]

Can someona say something about first assault with swordsmen or equivalent units. I do not mean very early assaults with archers.

Which are the best:
A) Swordsmen (with scientific civs)
B) Immortals
C) Gallic Swordsmen
D) Roman Legioneers

[Swissy]

Originally posted by War4ever
u can do this with archers tooo of course.....

Even better with Numidian Mercenaries, with theadded bonus of the Mercs being able to stand up better to iron based attackers (Immortal, Legions, ...)

[Zero]

Originally posted by Orz
Which are the best:
A) Swordsmen (with scientific civs)
B) Immortals

You can't have immortals without being scientific, so obviously B has to be always better than A.

[DaveMcW]

A 25-sword invasion at 1000 BC is devastating. And the best part is you can connect your iron and upgrade less swordmen if you get rushed earlier.

[DuncanK]

I don't upgrade my warriors anymore. I use them in the battle instead.

I agree that the best way to take a city in the ealry game is with 4-5 swordsman, but you need to have more than swordsman in your army. You need some archers too. If your opponent has many more archers than you have swordsman\archers, eventually your swordsman will be dead. Let your archers lie in wait for them to advance. Then, after you have killed their advance, move a 2 move unit up to see if more of them are coming. If they seem to be temporarily weakened then move up the swordsmen and take a city.

Rushing with swordsmen only will only work against an opponenet that is significantly smaller than you.