Talk:Stronghold/@comment-75.75.35.24-20170305224914/@comment-27202541-20170502212658

The thing is no-one would research a tech like that in the Castle Age anyway if they were planning to make Woad Raiders, because you're using up resources that could've been invested in economy or your woads, and you're also delaying production of your woads.

I've never really seen Woad Raiders in the Castle Age which probably signifies that they aren't the most viable unit, but masses of them are seen relatively often as the Celts in the Imperial Age; they have great combat stats and lack one of the main weaknesses of infantry, which is archers. They still somewhat retain a weakness to massed archers and scorpions, and especially Hand Cannoneers, however not to the extent that Champions do.