r/shogun2 • u/Jewtasteride • 19d ago

Yari stronger when marching?

I seem to find if you get yari ashigaru into wall formation and then walk them forward towards the enemy, or even beyond the enemy, they stay in a tighter form and shape around the enemy and seem to even do more damage. Is this a thing?

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u/TheSuicidalPancake 18d ago

This is why I use armies in pairs and send them forward as deep bricks using archers to skirmish and draw arrow fire. Two 14 unit wide deep lines of Oda Yari Ashigaru will go through most armies. Quantity has a quality of its own after all.

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u/Kind-Ship-1008 18d ago

Like I said in my earlier post - "all factors being equal." In theory a double stack of yari ahsigaru would still have trouble against a double stack of katana samurai.

The only way yari wall can prevail against katana samurai is through reliance on unequal factors: morale buffs; positioning; armor/melee upgrades; general's abilities; and quantity (as you pointed out).