Samurai

The samurai is a durable melee unit in the upcoming Stronghold Warlords game.
==Description==
The Japanese samurai is an elite swordsman, who excels at melee combat. Fueled by the way of Bushido, the samurai can momentarily charge into a target to deal such a powerful blow that knocks enemy back around the area of the impact.
The samurai is recruited at the military academy.
==Game unit==
The samurai is an expensive mercenary unit that rivals the lord and the general in fighting power. Up-close, his offensive capabilities are unmatched by most foot units, as his sword cuts through even the thickest armour. Like most heavy troops, the samurai moves at a very slow pace.
Upon an attack command, the samurai can activate a short-ranged charge ability, ramming into a target with a frenzy. This collision deals a great amount of damage and sends the target unit fly around the point of impact, deleting units with up to medium armor and removing a large chunk of health from other heavy units. The ability will also trigger on buildings and walls, dealing no damage but still granting the speed boost.
As an elite frontline unit, the samurai can withstand huge quantities of incoming fire and melee strikes. His ability can cause disruptions and momentary dispersions in a crucial spot of the enemy frontline and exposed groups, enabling other troops to close distance. As a drawback, the large unit cost does not allow for massing samurais in the army, promoting a careful and well-timed usage of their ability.
Being a single unit, soldiers and siege equipment with knockback abilities can greatly hinder the advance of the samurai. Targeting him just in the line of his walking/rushing path can even stop Precision Strike from connecting. Rocket launchers are a costly, but guaranteed way of holding back even multiple samurais. Ballistae bolts can also kill samurai in a single hit.
== Tactics ==
*Use the samurai as part of your main army formation, then suddenly break him away to create a hole among the enemy frontline.
*Samurais work well in short-ranged attacks from behind your defense lines or even the keep to push back advancing hostiles.
== Gallery ==
Samurai avatar.png
== Trivia ==
*Samurais share a lot of similarities with the Imperial warrior unit from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, which can activate a Banzai Charge to holster their rifle and run down his enemies with a sword.
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