Talk:Man-at-Arms/@comment-199.243.36.51-20110910002015/@comment-24444169-20150724084750

Curious I came here exactly to do this kind of test, simply because I've always liked spear infantry in general. Within the game, as it follows a rock-paper-scissor logic, they suck badly against sword infantry - though it is dumb. Sometimes dull too.

It's true swordsmen bearing a greatsword were usually deadly against infantry with halbs, spears, bardiches, etc; but so weak overall against basically everything? No, not at all. At least there are games like the total war series which aim at having some strategic depth. In the TW games, spear infantry is noticeably weak vs axe and sword infantry - but only if the latter is of same or higher level, and at least decently armoured - and the former slaughters all archer and less advanced units anyway.