Buildings Units Formations Random Maps Cheat Codes Cmd. If anything, their cheap dropsites make them efficient hunters. They are still not an economic powerhouse like the Chinese, Franks or Persians. Samurai can beat any unique unit, although it will take many of them to fight off a Teutonic Knight or War Elephant. It is easy to produce more Champions than a Japanese player can produce Samurai.
Archers take out Samurai like they do with most infantry.
For a number of reasons, none of which were because it was hard to program, this was scrapped. Suddenly you spot an enemy erecting a trebuchet nearby. Frantically, you target it with your samurai and scroll off that screen to find more soldiers to fight it. When you return, you find that the samurai are uselessly shooting arrows at the treb, which has meanwhile destroyed your castle. If they'd only rushed up with swords, they could have killed it.