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Regular VS Special

Infantry

Classical:  
                   Warrior vs Jaguar(Aztec)(quite natural if you look at their names )  
 Health           190          200
 Attack            50            55
 Defense          25            25
 Movement        9            10
 Special skills: Warrior takes 25% less damage from archers, Jaguar deals 50% more damage to archers 
 Verdict: Jaguar>Warrior by a fair margin on all fields. Warrior is better only as a meatshield if you don't attack the archers.

Medieval:
                 Spearman vs Immortal(Persia)(it doesn't look fair )
Health            290             290
Attack             80               85
Defense          40                35
Movement       10                9
Special skills: -25% damage from archers vs 15% HP when killing a unit (an overpowered Logistics)
Verdict: Immortal>Spearman against weak enemies, but Spearman is better in most other areas. Plunder gives Immortal a chance to get high level and become very strong, but this is hard to achieve.
 
Empire:
                 Swordsman vs Teutonic Order(HRE & Germany) vs Teutonic (Viking)
Health              400                 380                                              390
Attack              120                 115                                              135
Defense            65                   70                                                50
Movement          9                    8                                                  9
Special skills:-25% damage from archers vs +50% damage to all
Verdict: Teutonic Viking>Teutonic HRE/Germany>>Swordsman, Fury is very good

Discovery:
                   Musketeer vs Tercio Inca vs Tercio Spain vs Janissary
Health              525              540                530.                     500
Attack              155              145                155.                      165
Defense            95               100                100.                       80
Movement         10               10                   9.                          9
Special skills:-25% damage from archers vs -50% damage from cavalry vs No low morale/chaos
Verdict: Tercio Spain~>Tercio Inca>Musketeer>Janissary, but mostly specific (against cav, Mus being better vs archers)
Janissary's special ability is pretty useless in most situations, the only time when it is useful îs against enemy generals(many have Rumor) but only for generals since with 500 Base health they are easy to be killed.

Gunpowder:
                    Infantry vs Mercenary India vs Mercenary US
Health              675                 700                   660              
Attack              215                 180                   225
Defense            130                 140                   125
Movement          12                  12                     12
Special skills:-25%damage from archers vs +50% damage to cavalry
Verdict: Situation specific. Infantry is the middle-rounder, while India is defensive and US is kamikaze-like. But generally Mercenaries are a little better than regular infantry.

That was the reason I made this account, because I haven't got the permssion to download that file ( I;ve been readind this forum since WC3 was launched roughly). The point may be to convert it form xls and also to add some images ( all unit skins and so). Also it would nice to compare regular and special (and even special vs special ) so that people can dicover which are the best units of each era . I plan a skill guide soon too ( I'm sure there is none )

what about the ottoman janissaries, roman legions and Japanese samurais?

odm,burningwings I get the feeling i should combine both your posts in to 1 helpfull thread.. any ideas?