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MessagePosté le: Mer Fév 15, 2017 10:07 am    Sujet du message: Khitans - infantry worth bothering with? Répondre en citant
211 - Khitan-Liao

Would you bother taking infantry, other than the compulsory (because it's just a must-have) 0-3 bases of hostage screen?

The Chinese mixed units are a tad expensive for what they are at 9pts each: Mdm swordsmen/bow. You get ordinary bow and mediocre swordsmen in the one unit for 9pts. Not sure it's worth it.

The Liao have 0-3 bowmen available already at 7pts, or they can be light infantry bow at 4pts.

There's 0-2 units of Chinese halberdiers, heavy swordsmen 2HW, again at 9pts - but if you take them with the mixed units, the halberdiers will slow them down. Might not be an issue, esp with a more static defense.

And there's 0-2 Chinese light artillery at 6pts each, but to take them you have to already have at least 2 of those mixed units.

Here's my Khitan list with only the native tribal infantry included (+ hostages):

211 - Khitan-Liao
907-1125 AD
Steppes until 946
Plain, Mountain, Steppes after 946
Command +4

Khitan Brilliant Gen @6 6
4 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry impact elite @12 48
2 Tribal auxiliaries Light cavalry bow @6 12
2 Tribal nobles Heavy cavalry bow @11 22

88

Khitan Competent Gen @3 3
4 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry bow @11 44
2 Tribal auxiliaries Light cavalry bow @6 12
3 Hostages Levy mediocre expendable @1 3
2 Tribal infantry Bowmen @7 14
1 Tribal light infantry bow @4 4

80

Khitan Ordinary Gen (included) @-3 -3
1 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry impact elite @12 12
1 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry bow @11 11
2 Tribal auxiliaries Light cavalry bow @6 12

32

Total 200

21 (+3) units

Any Khitan-Liao generals out there?

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MessagePosté le: Mer Fév 15, 2017 11:25 am    Sujet du message: Répondre en citant
My advices:
-command your second corps with the brilliant general as you have a mix infantry/cavalry/expendable who need a lot of PIP to be drive.
- change your 1st corps general to an included competent in a HC impact bow elite
- change your 3rd corps general to an included competent general in a HC impact bow elite and reinforce the corps with one of the 1st corps ordinary HC
same cost but your initiative is now +4 with steppes as terrain so, even if the enemy won the initiative, the only way for him to fight a near-all cavalry army in another terrain would be to give you the initiative.
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MessagePosté le: Mer Fév 15, 2017 11:31 am    Sujet du message: Répondre en citant
Just while I'm taking that all in, I need to query whether you mean HC impact elite or HC bow elite? The Khitans don't have HC impact bow elite (that's the Jurchen-Chin).

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MessagePosté le: Mer Fév 15, 2017 11:51 am    Sujet du message: Répondre en citant
You are right, the correct ID is impact elite (or bow elite). In the case of your 3rd corps, try to include your general in a HC bow elite instead of impact.
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MessagePosté le: Mer Fév 15, 2017 8:51 pm    Sujet du message: Répondre en citant
Re the 3rd corp, the only way I could make the General a HC bow elite would be to change the other HC unit to HC impact, to maintain the 1/2 bow 1/2 impact ratio of the Khitan horsemen.

So this is how it would look after your recommendations:

211 - Khitan-Liao
907-1125 AD
Steppes until 946
Plain, Mountain, Steppes after 946
Command +4

Khitan Competent Gen (included)@0 0
4 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry impact elite @12 48
2 Tribal auxiliaries Light cavalry bow @6 12
1 Tribal nobles Heavy cavalry bow @11 11

77

Khitan Brilliant Gen @6 6
4 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry bow @11 44
2 Tribal auxiliaries Light cavalry bow @6 12
3 Hostages Levy mediocre expendable @1 3
2 Tribal infantry Bowmen @7 14
1 Tribal light infantry bow @4 4

80

Khitan Competent Gen (included) @0 0
1 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry bow elite @13 13
1 Khitan horsemen Heavy cavalry impact @10 10
1 Tribal nobles Heavy cavalry bow @11 11
2 Tribal auxiliaries Light cavalry bow @6 12

43

Total 200

21 (+3) units

Thanks.
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