Crusader Kings 3: Roads To Power DLC

Crusader King 3, the historic strategy game featuring an interesting mix of role-playing elements, offers players the opportunity to experience fantasies of medieval kingdoms ruling across Europe, North and West Africa, as well as areas of Western Asia. With many ways to customize the game, CK3 offers a wide range of different religions, faiths, and cultures for players to choose from, each with its own unique advantages and disadvantages. THE The roads to power The DLC takes it up a notch by adding not only a new type of government – that of the Administrative Empire with its Noble Families and Governor's Issues – but a completely new way to play in the form of the Landless Adventurer.

The roads to power also adds a huge six new types of men-at-arms. These powerful military units offer fantastic new bonuses to the cultures that can use them – Greek players are especially lucky as four of the new men-at-arms types are exclusive to the Greeks. These new types of men-at-arms are of great help when it comes to assembling a powerful army.

Akritai (Unique Greek Skirmishers)

• 41 Gold per Unit
• Counters Heavy Infantry
• 100 troops per unit size

Greek exclusive Akritai units are an upgrade to normal light infantryand I am cheaper to recruitas well. Akritai are designed to fight heavy infantry and also have no adverse terrain effects, gaining bonuses in multiple terrain types, including hilly, mountainous, and forested terrain.

They are a cheap and easy way to fight heavy infantry and can form the backbone of an army of cheap men-at-arms. But they did it less robustness compared to normal Light Infantry, which are already quite poor, so they are not a strong defensive choice.

Ayrudzi (Unique Armenian Light Cavalry)

• 85 Gold per Unit
• Counters Archers, Archer Cavalry
• 50 troops per unit size

These unique regiments of men-at-arms have bonuses on hilly and mountainous terrain and are exclusively available to the Armenian culture. How to type of cavalry Man-At-Arms, Ayrudzi are quite expensive compared to some of the other things on offer, but are absolutely worth it thanks to their bonuses and improved stats over standard Light Horsemen.

Although they have less Tracking than Light Knights, Ayrudzi have a huge improvement to their Damage and Endurance stats making them a great update – and a great choice for Armenian culture or its hybrid/divergent cultures.

Ballistrai (Unique Greek Exclusive Archers)

• 63 Gold per Unit
• Counters Lancers, heavy infantry
• 50 troops per unit size

These Greek-exclusive archers are more expensive than their generic brethren, but worth it as they are much more powerful. Ballistrai counter Lancers and Heavy Infantry, making them a stronger choice even than the Greek-exclusive Akritai, although they don't have as many terrain bonuses and are more expensive.

Ballistrai also have smaller units than the normal archer type, so for players looking for sheer numbers to counter enemy factions or declarations of war, Ballistrai may not be the best choice. But they have a huge damage advantage over normal units, so what they lack in numbers they absolutely make up for in Damagewhich can be further enhanced by stationing them.

Conrois (unique normal heavy cavalry)

• 153 Gold per unit
• Counters Archers, light cavalry
• 50 troops per unit size

Conrois are an expensive option to Man-At-Arms, but they are still less expensive than regular armored knights and get an upgrade in stats to boot. For this reason they are a formidable option on the battlefield, so they are worth adding to a Norman army for their heavy countering to Archers alone.

The unit sizes are small in addition to being expensive, so it's no surprise that some players will forgo Conrois in favor of cheaper, larger units, but Conrois are a direct improvement on Armored Knight units with a nice margin.

Skoutatoi (Greek spearmen-at-arms)

• 83 Gold per unit
• Counters Light Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, Camel Cavalry, Elephant Cavalry
• 100 troops per unit size

The Skoutatoi are the perfect counter to the many unique types of cavalry encountered by the Byzantine Empire on its eastern and southern borders. These troops are spearmen and counter all types of cavalry units. Skoutatoi are more expensive than normal pikemen for only a small increase in damage and stamina, but they have +20 Shield compared to 0 for ordinary pikemen.

At 100 troops per unit size, the Skoutatoi represent a good mix of ability to repel factions with troop numbers and battle effectiveness. They obtain a further positive effect on the soil even in plain terrain.

Varangian Guards (unique heavy infantry of the Byzantine Empire)

• 72 Gold per unit
• Counters Lancers, heavy cavalry
• 100 troops per unit size

The Varangian Guard is a type of man-at-arms straight out of Byzantine imperial history: warriors from wild northern Europe, made up of Vikings and other assorted “barbarian” peoples. Varangian Guard men-at-arms units are only available as unique units title troop exclusively for the Byzantine Empire. They can be a good choice as foot soldiers for an attempt to reform the Roman Empire.

These heavy infantry units come with powerful power, and as an added bonus, they are not even that expensive as normal heavy infantry type men-at-arms. The Varangian Guard units are a direct upgrade to the normal type of heavy infantrywith increased stats in every single category (as well as countering an additional troop type). They also have bonuses for fighting in the winter, perfect for a small expedition up north.