Citadel Lancers (CL)
Abilities:
Trample can help to do some extra dammage. It's quite situative, attacking a supported unit it's a fine ability. Your enemy can avoid it, if he doesn't support his untis in the range of the lancers. I don't feel like trample is an ability that gives you a reason to play the CL because it doesn't come to it's own enough times...
Charge does also extra dammage, helping to increase theyr dammage potencial even more. It isn't as situational as trample, but it isn't working for counters or for a second turn against the same unit. Better and more consistent than trample.
My opinion:
Against a supported unit, Citadel Lancers attack with 3+ (sword, double-sword, crown and flag!). That may be the highest dammage potencial in the game! Sure, Combined with theyr fine movement, it sounds like a must-unit for Daqan. Sure, they should be strong against an army uf undead leaded by the banshee. There should be a target and if the banshee is horrifying your CL get another round of Charge. But, unfortunately, I don't really use them any more. I tried them in several games, and I don't know if I had only bad luck with them or if they really underwhelm. I didn't get often a good spot for them. U want to get a regular attack on a supported unit in theyr range. It isn't so hard for my enemy to avoid that. So CL didn't really use the great dammage potencial.
There are two possible slots to deploy the CL, but generally I feel like they are liable in both spots:
cavalry-slot: Riverwatch Riders are the MUST unit in every Daqan army, CL can't hassle them
elite-slot: I tried some times cavalry focused Daqan armies with Riverwatch and CL. They didn't work very well. The dammage potencial isn't as huge as it would have to be to renounce on the strong defensiv units like Golems or Ironbounds. I was surprised that an army of Roc warrior, Riverwatch an CT, filled up with core-units didn't really work as I imaginded. So from time to time I deploy a unit of CL, but more to diversify mi armies then for theyr abilties. I think CL are far away of being a must-unit and even not so strong as they seem at the first moment.
Your thoughts about CL?
Edited by phalgast