Talk:Samurai (Age of Empires II)/@comment-97.73.64.155-20110624230803/@comment-26842175-20160307210115

Is HC cost effective, Paladins have 50% more cost(135 vs 90 resources), and a Samurai can still do 9 hits (due to their fast attacking speed) before being beaten. I consider that to be a fair excange.

Consider 3 samurai vs. 2 paladins, who have to same costs. If one of the paladins faces one samurai, while the other faces two. After each paladin has hit six there will be one beaten paladin and one paladin with around half HP and 2 dead samurai. The final samurai can beat the remaining wounded paladin, or has at least a fair chance.