Melee Power Rankings Chart

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Wow, that's quite a table!

Originally posted by General Tacticus:
... Pythium's Emerald guard do better ! But they cost 25 gold, versus 10 for Ulm...

Ulm also has Guardians, which are home-province-only and as good or better than Emerald Guards, and cost 20 gold (but 35 resources).

As for Ulm one-handers being better with chainmail than plate (in some cases), that is because the plate drives their defense down, which can be quite good with chainmail. It then depends on how hard-hitting your opponent is, which also shows up in these tables. Ulm one-handers do a little better with plate than chain when all the units (including cavalry) are included.

A couple of things that surprised be a bit were how very low the Soulless were rated, and how much better the sword barbarians were rated than the maul barbarians.

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