Slave driver

The Slave Driver is a support melee unit
in Stronghold Crusader 2.
==Description==
The slave driver is a cruel motivator, who knows no mercy. He is responsible for ensuring his slaves' performance on the battlefield. Although fast and durable by himself, the slave driver is mostly used for his aura, in conjunction with slaves. This trait grants a huge bonus to slaves' armor rating in close vicinity, greatly diminishing ranged weapons' damage.
Due to his passive, the slave driver is most useful at conducting raids with big groups of slaves. Unless the target player amasses a huge number of ranged defenders, even then some slaves can slip through killing zones and start torching buildings, spreading an almost unavoidable inferno.
Slave Driver on his own is relatively weak - he's fairly expensive, and he can't hold his own in combat even against weaker units. However, he has a very interesting special ability - Buff Units. It allows him to increase the armor of Slaves (only Slaves, unlike Sergeant at Arms who can buff every unit) in his close vicinity, making them harder to kill.
Sending a Slave Driver together with several dozens of Slaves to attack the enemy is extremely effective, especially in the beginning of the game, when enemy has not yet surrounded his whole base with a wall. Thanks to increased durability, Slaves will have an increased chance to get to the enemy buildings and set them under fire.
== Trivia ==
*When moving along a group of slaves, the slave driver will lash some of them with his whip.
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