Samurai (Age of Empires II)

In Age of Empires II, the Japanese can train Samurai from the Castle. Samurai actively seek out the strongest among the enemy's ranks, giving them an attack bonus against other unique units (this bonus may be very handy: five samurais can annihilate a war elephant without any victim). There is also an upgrade for the Samurai, the Elite Samurai. This upgraded unit has better stats than the normal Samurai. Although the Samurai appears weaker in combat than its equivalent swordsman from the Barracks, (the Long Swordsmen in the Castle Age, and the Champion in the Imperial Age), the Japanese Bonus to infantry attack speed, along with the bonus against unique units, makes them roughly equal in combat ability.