Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan is a character and AI opponent in Stronghold Warlords.
==Overview==
The Mongolian Genghis is a restless warmonger, who drives entire nations under his control with cruelty and bloodlust. His nomadic lifestyle makes him very aggressive and heavily leaning towards attacking with cavalry units, at the expense of a less fortified castle.
==Information==
===Strategies===
Genghis Khan builds a basic castle not too different from other lords: square in shape, with gatehouses on each side and large towers on the corners. Although ranged units are not present in great numbers on the walls, he compensates for it by adding numerous hoardings and artillery platforms along the wall line. 
Genghis's economy tends to kick in quite some time into the game. He builds all three food production chains, as well as he has a developed clothes industry. 
Being a Khan, Genghis prefers to fight out in the open with swift troops. His raiding groups feature the obligatory horse archer, sent out in larger numbers to cause casualties in enemy ranks. He also likes to attack with a group of auxiliary archers and auxiliary axemen, sometimes accompanied by a few imperial cavalry to lead the charge. Fire lancers also make an appearance that are usually used for bolstering the wall defenses and the rear ranks. When it comes to a siege, Genghis brings a general or two to boost his troops' morale. In the siege camp a larger variety of siege engines are built, with an emphasis on mortars, mantlets and ballistae.
genghis_khan_castle.jpg|Genghis Khan's castle
===Counters===
Genghis Khan suffers from the fact that he employs close to no durable units that could turn the battle on their own. As Genghis's armies are mostly comprised of auxiliary units, he falls easy prey to imperial units and samurai, who can take quite a beating from any range. While his horse archers tend to kite and imperial cavalry can severely damage a few units, these units are usually not made in high enough numbers to have their strength harnessed. 
Due to his favor of melee units and horse archers, Genghis's castle is severely undermanned in the defenses department. Even if he manages to build up his numerous turrets, Genghis cannot beat back a small army of armored units, save for the fire lancers, as he does not build ballistae or traps to remove enemy armor. Work on knocking down one of his gates and meet his army at the choke of the gatehouse opening, slaughtering anything that comes near. When an opening has been made, move in for the exposed lord and the kill.
==Quotes==
*Stronghold Warlords
ru:Чингисхан
Category:Characters