Greetings! Today I will covering the stats and availability of the Imperial roster in Roar of Conquest, overhaul mod of Medieval II. This article should help those who are curious to have a better understanding of how Empire's roster will perform in battle and when certain units will become available in the campaign.
Note: The stats you see here have been updated for Roar of Conquest: The Late Middle Ages VIII. Now onto the details!
The Holy Roman Empire
The Empire is blessed with good options in every part of their roster, making them one of the most well-rounded factions in the mod. As the campaign moves forward, they continue to unlock strong units, making them one of the most interesting factions to play as for a long campaign. As far as battle strategies are concerned, a balanced approach incorporating all elements of your army is the best call to make; while certain factions will do better than you in certain areas, (say cavalry when fighting France), your balanced roster will allow you to exploit your enemies weaknesses. For reference, the unit sizes I will be listing here are when the game is put on 'ultra unit size', Secondary Melee Attack represents the secondary weapon cavalry units use after completing a charge, and the acronym AP stands for armor-piercing. For the rebirth of Charlemagne's legacy, on to war!
1) General's Bodyguard
- Unit Size: 32
- Melee Attack: 5
- Charge: 14
- Secondary Melee Attack: 10
- Defense: 20 (Armor 8, Defense Skill 9, Shield 3)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Fortress
The bodyguard unit for your characters and generals in the early campaign. A study unit, but not invincible; be careful with them in battle.
2) Spear Militia
- Unit Size: 200
- Melee Attack: 2
- Charge: 1
- Defense: 8 (Armor 1, Defense Skill 1, Shield 6)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Town Watch, (Town), or Mustering Halls, (Motte and Baily)
Cheap spear infantry, good for bolstering early-game armies or maintaining order in settlements.
3) Saxon Halberdiers
- Unit Size: 150
- Melee Attack: 9 (AP)
- Charge: 5
- Defense: 13 (Armor 6, Defense Skill 7, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Spear Wall
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Garrison Quarters, (Wooden Castle)
Cheap but effective medium infantry, these men are effective against armored enemies and cavalry.
4) Levy Archers
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 2
- Melee Attack: 1
- Charge: 1
- Defense: 4 (Armor 1, Defense Skill 3, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Bowyer, (Wooden Castle)
Cheap archers, useful for volume of fire on lightly armored targets but little else.
5) Mounted Sergeants
- Unit Size: 60
- Melee Attack: 6
- Charge: 10
- Secondary Melee Attack: 6
- Defense: 14 (Armor 6, Defense Skill 3, Shield 5)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Stables, (Wooden Castle)
A useful light cavalry, good for charging enemy archers or running down routing units.
6) Urban Spear Militia
- Unit Size: 200
- Melee Attack: 2
- Charge: 2
- Defense: 11 (Armor 2, Defense Skill 2, Shield 7)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: City Watch, (City)
A slightly improved version of Spear Militia, this unit fills the same role in battle and campaign.
7) Crossbow Militia
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 7 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 2
- Charge: 1
- Defense: 7 (Armor 2, Defense Skill 5, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: City Watch, (City)
Cheap and cheerful, these men are useful for whittling down heavily armored enemies at range.
8) Pavise Spearmen
- Unit Size: 200
- Melee Attack: 4
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 17 (Armor 6, Defense Skill 3, Shield 8)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Drill Square, (Castle)
A sturdy and reliable unit to serve as a front line, especially in the early game.
9) Peasant Crossbowmen
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 6 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 1
- Charge: 1
- Defense: 4 (Armor 1, Defense Skill 3, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Practice Range, (Castle)
Cheap but potentially effective crossbowmen, decent at damaging early-game armored enemies.
10) Archer Sergeants
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 3
- Melee Attack: 4
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 13 (Armor 4, Defense Skill 6, Shield 3)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Practice Range, (Castle)
A sturdy, professional archer to help bulk out your ranged forces until your other ranged units become more readily available.
11) Pavise Crossbowmen
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 11 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 5
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 15 (Armor 5, Defense Skill 3, Shield 7)
- Attributes: Place Stakes
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Archery Range, (Fortress)
These men are a study crossbow unit, good for enduring enemy missile fire and returning it with their armor-piercing bolts.
12) Feudal Foot Knights
- Unit Size: 120
- Melee Attack: 8
- Charge: 4
- Defense: 20 (Armor 6, Defense Skill 9, Shield 5)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Fortress
A strong infantry unit great for smashing through enemy infantry lines in the early campaign.
13) Feudal Knights
- Unit Size: 60
- Melee Attack: 7
- Charge: 12
- Secondary Melee Attack: 11
- Defense: 17 (Armor 8, Defense Skill 4, Shield 5)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Campaign start
- Building Requirement: Castle
A strong heavy cavalry, excellent at charging down any foe on the battlefield.
14) Late General's Bodyguard
- Unit Size: 32
- Melee Attack: 5
- Charge: 15
- Secondary Melee Attack: 10
- Defense: 32 (Armor 21, Defense Skill 9, Shield 2)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: New Era Event, (year 1300)
- Building Requirement: Citadel
An upgraded version of the General's Bodyguard unit, these men are much more difficult to kill, making your general less vulnerable in battle.
15) Halberd Militia
- Unit Size: 150
- Melee Attack: 8 (AP)
- Charge: 5
- Defense: 11 (Armor 4, Defense Skill 7, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Free Upkeep
- Availability: New Era Event, (year 1300)
- Building Requirement: Militia Drill Square, (Large City)
A capable unit, able to stand up to heavy infantry and heavy cavalry in equal measure.
16) Hand Gunners
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 11 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 7
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 15 (Armor 8, Defense Skill 7, Shield 0)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: New Era Event, (year 1300)
- Building Requirement: Militia Barracks, (Large City)
A short-range gunpowder unit, these men are great for holding defensive positions, firing volleys of shot before holding their own in melee as heavy infantry.
17) Zwei Hander
- Unit Size: 150
- Melee Attack: 17 (AP)
- Charge: 7
- Defense: 17 (Armor 8, Defense Skill 9, Shield 0)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: New Era Event, (year 1300)
- Building Requirement: Barracks, (Fortress)
The backbone of the Imperial army, these men act as a strong shock infantry, capable of taking on various enemies with their massive two-handed blades.
18) Mounted Crossbowmen
- Unit Size: 80
- Missile Attack: 7 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 5
- Charge: 6
- Defense: 10 (Armor 7, Defense Skill 3, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Cantabrian Circle
- Availability: New Era Event, (year 1300)
- Building Requirement: Marksman's Range, (Citadel)
Fast cavalry skilled at penetrating armor, this unit is invaluable in taking out slower enemy shock cavalry.
19) Imperial Foot Knights
- Unit Size: 120
- Melee Attack: 10 (AP)
- Charge: 4
- Defense: 23 (Armor 13, Defense Skill 7, Shield 3)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Half Plate Event, (year 1310-1330)
- Building Requirement: Citadel
An elite heavy infantry, this unit becomes more readily available later on in the campaign, replacing the Feudal Foot Knight after the Full Plate Event, (year 1380-1400).
20) Imperial Knights
- Unit Size: 60
- Melee Attack: 7
- Charge: 14
- Secondary Melee Attack: 12
- Defense: 22 (Armor 15, Defense Skill 4, Shield 3)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Half Plate Event, (year 1310-1330)
- Building Requirement: Fortress
An elite shock cavalry, this unit becomes more readily available later on in the campaign, replacing the Feudal Knights after the Full Plate Event, (year 1380-1400).
21) Arbalest Militia
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 11 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 4
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 12 (Armor 7, Defense Skill 5, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Free upkeep
- Availability: Full Plate Event, (year 1380-1400)
- Building Requirement: City Watch, (City)
A very cost-effective unit for dealing with armored enemies at range.
22) Pike Militia
- Unit Size: 200
- Melee Attack: 4
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 7 (Armor 3, Defense Skill 4, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Free Upkeep, Spear Wall
- Availability: Full Plate Event, (year 1380-1400)
- Building Requirement: Militia Barracks, (Large City)
A good defensive unit, great for holding choke points against any enemy.
23) Pavise Hook Gunners
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 18 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 7
- Charge: 3
- Defense: 19 (Armor 7, Defense Skill 5, Shield 7)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Matchlock Developed, (year 1420-1440)
- Building Requirement: Militia Barracks, (Large City)
The first long-range gunpowder infantry available to Empire, capable of devastating morale-shocking volleys of lead.
24) Landsknecht
- Unit Size: 200
- Melee Attack: 7
- Charge: 4
- Defense: 15 (Armor 9, Defense Skill 6, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Spear Wall
- Availability: Gothic Armor Event, (year 1450-1460)
- Building Requirement: Militia Barracks, (Large City)
Highly trained and disciplined, these men will hold the line against any enemy they come up against.
25) Landsknecht Halberdiers
- Unit Size: 150
- Melee Attack: 19 (AP)
- Charge: 7
- Defense: 21 (Armor 12, Defense Skill 9, Shield 0)
- Attributes: Spear Wall
- Availability: Gothic Armor Event, (year 1450-1460)
- Building Requirement: Armory, (Citadel)
An excellent heavy infantry capable of killing enemy infantry or cavalry at will.
26) Doppelsoldner
- Unit Size: 150
- Melee Attack: 22 (AP)
- Charge: 7
- Defense: 18 (Armor 9, Defense Skill 9, Shield 0)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Gothic Armor Event, (year 1450-1460)
- Building Requirement: City Hall, (Large City)
Highly trained and disciplined soldiers, these men replace the Forlorn Hope when they become available.
27) Gothic Knights
- Unit Size: 80
- Melee Attack: 9
- Charge: 16
- Secondary Melee Attack: 14
- Defense: 34 (Armor 24, Defense Skill 6, Shield 4)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Gothic Armor Event, (year 1450-1460)
- Building Requirement: King's Stables, (Citadel)
One of the most elite shock cavalry units in the game, these men are difficult to kill and are devastating both on the charge and in melee combat.
28) Landsknecht Gunners
- Unit Size: 150
- Missile Attack: 30 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 7
- Charge: 4
- Defense: 15 (Armor 5, Defense Skill 10, Shield 0)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: First Watch Event, (year 1510)
- Building Requirement: Royal Armory, (Huge City)
A devastating upgrade from Arquebusiers, this unit's volley can tear apart any enemy foolish enough to get in range.
29) Mounted Arquebusiers
- Unit Size: 80
- Missile Attack: 18 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 5
- Charge: 6
- Defense: 8 (Armor 4, Defense Skill 2, Shield 2)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: First Watch Event, (year 1510)
- Building Requirement: Army Barracks, (Huge City)
A fast skirmish cavalry, capable of devastating volleys against elite enemy units.
30) Early Reiters
- Unit Size: 60
- Missile Attack: 18 (AP)
- Melee Attack: 10
- Charge: 4
- Defense: 29 (Armor 25, Defense Skill 4, Shield 0)
- Attributes: None
- Availability: Pike and Shot Event, (year 1530)
- Building Requirement: King's Stables, (Citadel)
A heavy gunpowder cavalry unit unique to the Empire, what these men lack in speed they more than make up for in survivability.
So there you have it, the entire roster for the Holy Roman Empire! If you like what you see, feel free to download the mod here: ROC: LMA VIII Now, go forth and conquer!
