Talk:Shotel Warrior/@comment-25865593-20160118000834/@comment-26842175-20160118141029

Yeah, I have also been thinking about why everyone calls them strong vs. heavy infantry. With 18 damage it defeats an Champion in 4 hits, and the champion needs 4 hits to defeat the shotel, so they are comparative. The elite shotel warrior cost more gold but is faster than a champion.

What should be really shocking is that an nonelite shotel warrior can defeat a swordsman in 4 hits, while the swordsman needs 5 to defeat the shotel warrior. To build shotels, you don't need to do the man-at-arms upgrade or longswordsman upgrade.