Gun - Units equipped with guns (matchlocks) imported from Europe can do incredible damage to enemy units quickly. Bow units are equipped with melee weapons, but will lose against similarly trained melee units. Bow units are great forcing an opponent to fight a battle on your terms, and they’re also great in siege battles. They’re able to rain a deadly metal hail against opponents, and they’re able to easily fire over walls. That is because units in the game are essentially broken up into certain “types” based on their weapons of choice.īow - Bow equipped units are the most basic ranged units in Shogun 2: Total War.
While it would be possible to go through and list every unit in Shogun 2: Total War, it wouldn’t be very efficient. Of course, it’s hard to make smart use of your units if you don’t know what they do! This Shogun 2: Total War unit guide will help you understand what you can deploy on the battlefield. What you have is it, and you need to make smart use of your units if you want to win. Unlike many games, you can’t deploy more units on the battlefield than you start with.
Shogun 2: Total War is a game of strategy and tactics.
