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Japaneseas Golden Horde
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Japanese are very reliant on the farms near the Kura storehouse, their primary source of food. If that gets pushed, things could get chaotic.
It's difficult to deal with Yumi archers with men-at-arms and crossbows; horsemen and spearmen might be a better composition.
Kipjack Archers aren't really cheap when you compare them to Onna-Musha for what they do.
Men-at-Arms could actually make sense against horsemen because with batch production you can scale from zero Men-at-Arms to forty much quicker, about 50% quicker than any other civ could.
Japanese Unique Units
UNITDESCRIPTION
SamuraiDark Age melee unit with block ability
Mounted SamuraiMelee cavalry with deflective armor
Yumi AshigaruArcher replacement with ranged attack
Onna-BugeishaFast light infantry with extended reach
Onna-MushaHorse archer vs heavily armored units
ShinobiLight unit disguising as villagers
OzutsuHeavy cannon with area-of-effect damage
Katana BannermanGrants melee infantry attack bonus
Yumi BannermanGrants ranged infantry attack bonus
Uma BannermanGrants mounted units attack bonus
Shinto PriestPlaces sacred objects for building bonuses
Buddhist MonkWeakens enemy damage, strengthens position
AtakebuneNaval warship armed with rockets
Treasure CaravanCaravan delivering resources from trade posts
Japanese Landmarks
Koka Township
Allows training of Shinobi.
Kura Storehouse
Serves as a drop-off location for all resources. Periodically generates free Farms in the surrounding area.
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