Maceman

The maceman is a shock infantry unit in the Stronghold games.
==Description==
Macemen are natural raiders. Equipped with lightweight leather armour and a spiked mace, they can run with unmatched speed and tear anything to shreds in their path. While not the toughest unit, the maceman can take considerable punishment, allowing for large damage.
The maceman is trained at the barracks.
==Information==
===Stronghold Crusader===
===Stronghold 2 & Legends===
===Stronghold Crusader 2===
==Tactics==
Macemen are very fast, making them an effective harassment force. They can deal high damage in no time and they destroy buildings very fast. They can also absorb quite a number of arrows during the process and when moving, most units will miss sometimes.
Macemen are also great for counterattacks. When the enemy breaches the castle walls, they can either meet the enemy head on, or circumvent their positions and attack in the rear, neutralizing threats from enemy ranged attackers and siege equipment.
Macemen are in severe competition with Knights for harassment, Knights can take much more damage from arrows and also dish out more damage as well as have a bit higher speed than Macemen but Macemen can climb walls, which helps clear out archers in towers in tow with ground missile forces.
==Weaknesses==
Macemen experience difficulties when encountering units in metal armour. They have very high health and are unable to severely wound them, when they are on their own. They can outnumber them nevertheless, and they can outrun them when in trouble, since armour slows their enemies down.
Despite being strong in melee attacks, maceman have weak armor. An archer firing upon an enemy maceman may have a bit of trouble killing him due to leather armour, but crossbowmen can easily kill large numbers of them.
Macemen are vulnerable to large fires and therefore boiling oil and pitch ditches are great counters against maceman swarms.
==Quotes==
* Stronghold Crusader
* Stronghold 2 & Legends
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