Units (Spartacus's War)

Units in the Spartacus's war game mode are split into five tiers of increasing cost. Each faction has access to different units (1 of each tier). Note that the units different factions have for a tier are NOT built equal (at all). Some units of the same tier may have different costs as well.

**TIER I**

All tier 1 units are generally cheap and useless cannon fodder. They have terrible weapons and little to no armor. Despite being spammable they are often worse than useless even in the hands of a skilled player. DO NOT FILL YOUR ARMY WITH THESE UNITS! Their only redeeming quality is that they all come with 3 javelins you can throw at enemies.

* Rome - Veles (100p) - The "best" tier 1 unit, he has ok strength but most importantly a decent shield (small roman shield) that works very well at protecting against thrown javelins. You will be able to easily kill tier 1 units of other factions with him.

* Egyptians - Peltast (100p) - The other decent tier 1, he has an ok shield (smaller than the Veles's shield) and passable damage. However has less armor than Veles (no head armor.)

* Barbarians - Skirmisher (100p) - He is a half naked man with a stick and is absolute garbage. Terrible defense, offense isn't even good either despite being a fanatic due to atrocious weapon and middling strength. He gets WRECKED by any unit with javelins due to no shirt or helmet, or shield.

* Spartacus - Freeman (100p) - Somehow this fellow is even worse than the skirmisher, he has the worst shield in the game (Makeshift shield) that does not protect against anything due to being tiny and breaks in one hit anyways. Other than that, he also has no chest armor or head armor, and his weapon is even worse (maceman club instead of fanatic stick). He is literally the skirmisher but with a shorter and nerfed weapon.

**TIER II**

All four factions have relatively similar tier 2 units. They are all swordsmen that can easily solo tier I units (except Veles, that guy is almost on the same level as the other faction's tier 2 units), however struggle very hard against tier 3 and stand no chance against tier 4 or 5. They all have shields too, so they are alright at defending javelins.

* Rome - Hastatus (250p) - Again, Rome has the best tier 2 unit as well. He has excellent defense for the cost (good chest, head, and foot armor), as well as a regular roman shield. For this tier, the roman shield is the absolute best shield in the game. With his extremely high defense he is able to go toe to toe with the tier 3 and tier 4 units of other factions. He also does around the same damage as the other tier 2 units.

* Egyptians - Nile Warrior (200p) - The kingdom has access to the Nile Warrior unit for the cost of 200 points, which is cheaper than the Hastatus. However this comes at as he is worse than the Hastatus in all aspects (worse armor, shield, and weapon). Overall he is alright and will still be able to take out tier 1 troops fairly easily, and with the shield is able to do some damage to better tier troops before dying.

* Barbarians - Tribesman (250p) - The barbarians swordsman (in this case axeman) is absolutely terrible. He is about as good as a Veles, despite costing more than twice as much. He has terrible defense, and has an extremely tiny and mostly useless shield, too. His damage isn't much better, it's about the same as the Veles's as well.

* Spartacus - Gladiator (200p) - The gladiator statwise is almost identical to the tribesman, he has slightly worse defense due to lower endurance (and slightly better shield), but the differences are so miniscule that it will make no difference in practice. In short he sucks, his matchups against other tier 2s are average to bad, and against higher tier units he is useless. At least he is cheaper than the tribesman.

**TIER III**

Tier 3 units are all spearmen. At this tier is when the units start to actually get good, a spearman can easily solo 5 tier 1 units in the hands of a decent player. These units all have good carry potential as well, and can potentially kill tier 4 or 5 units if played well.

* Rome - Triarius (400p) - A middle of the line spear, compared to the other spear units he lacks a bit in damage (this makes it hard for him to kill heavily armored tier 4 and 5 troops of other factions) but makes up for it in defense (best shield in class, good armor). Notably, he is also a bit more expensive, but is still worth getting.

* Egyptians - Nubian Spear (300p) - An extremely powerful spear, the best in class. Has high damage thanks to his very good spear and decent defense as well, although worse than the roman due to his weaker and smaller shield. Can reliably solo scores of tier 1 and 2, and can take on tier 4 and 5 units and win quite reliably as well.

* Barbarians - Spearman (350p) - a nerfed Triarius. Yes, that's literally it. Same damage, but worse everything else. Worse shield, much worse armor. Dies easily, and struggles to take out tier 4 and 5 units (especially high tier roman swordsmen, you will do only about 10 damage per hit).

* Spartacus - Retiarius (350p) - Has the best spear in class, and much better damage than the roman and barbarian spearmen. Defense-wise he is about the same as the barbarian spearman as well. The second best spearman overall, only bested by the Nubian Spear.

**TIER IV**

Tier 4 units are kind of a mixed bag, in that 3 factions have lightly armored berserker type units, while Rome has a well armored swordsman instead. Generally, the 3 berserker type units will easily counter tier 2 swordsmen, but they are vulnerable to tier 1 units (due to the javelins) and spearmen. Taking on tier V elite swordsmen is not an easy feat either, as their shields protect quite well. However with skill and caution they can mostly reliably kill other tier 4 or 5 units.

* Rome - Princeps (650p) - This guy may not be the strongest attacker but he is ARMORED UP. He is extremely hard to kill for basically all of the other classes, and his average attack doesn't even matter most of the time, because all the other factions have very few units that actually have good defense anyways.

* Egyptians - Desert Warrior (600p) - He has a giant sword and will slice you up with it. Defense wise he's not great but still better than berserkers of other factions.

* Barbarians - Fanatic (500p) - The weakest berserker in class, has very slightly better damage than the other two but this is offset by his 1. shorter weapon and 2. ATROCIOUS defense. His defense is barely better than tier 1 skirmishers. He gets cut up by javelins, and will die in 2 - 3 sword hits from high tier units.

* Spartacus - Axe Gladiator (550p) - This is arguably the "best" berserker unit in the game, he has a good cost and very good damage. Has long weapon as well, making it easier to hit without getting hit. He has poor chest armor but a very good helmet (20 arm). He is actually not too bad against javelins either, as half of the time they will just dink off his helmet. However still do not use him to clean up tier 1 units if possible, he will easily get worn down and possibly die.

**TIER V**

Tier 5 units are all elite swordsmen. Good shield, well armored, high damage. They're the cream of the crop. They are, however, extremely expensive. Be careful not to lose them.

* Rome - Centurion (850p) - An improvement on the Princeps, he has more strength (slightly more damage) and a better helmet (22 arm vs 12 arm). Other than that he's exactly the same. Is it worth 200 extra points? You decide. Rome starts with a bunch of centurions though, so you should be using him either way.

* Egyptians - Greek Elite (800p) - The centurion, but from GREECE! Damage and armor-wise, he's actually more similar to the roman princeps. He is the Egyptian faction's best swordsman unit though, and is still nothing to scoff at. Compared to the Centurion, he has slightly worse armor and damage, but a bigger and stronger shield.

* Barbarians - Nobleman (800p) - The best armored barbarian troop (except for the generals). Has the best barbarian shield, which is still worse than the Roman and Egyptian shields. Compared to the other two elites, he has very slightly worse damage (you will not notice this in-game), and an axe instead of a sword. He is also more evenly armored than the other three, for what it matters.

* Spartacus - Elite Gladiator (750p) - The cheapest (and worst) elite swordsman, the elite gladiator has slightly better damage than the Greek Elite and Nobleman, but has a terrible and tiny shield (small iron shield). He's also less armored compared to the rest, but this isn't as noticeable as his bad shield. He is still the best armored Spartacus troop, but don't use him for mopping up cheap troops - the Spartacus spearman is best for that.

**GENERALS/HEROES**

These units are unique and generally rated around 1000 power. You can't train them and once killed they can't be brought back. As a rule, they have good damage and very good armor (there are exceptions, though.) There's a page for named characters so I won't talk about them here.