Back in 2016, when I started Awkward Mixture on Google Blog, I had recently played or replayed Mount & Blade: Warband on the recommendation of my brother. As I played I wondered; which nation has the best soldiers? And then a further question: what was the best possible army from each nation’s soldier types? I wondered this same question when I played Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, but each nation had a greater variety of units. I gave up on the test.
This article was moved in 2026, lightly edited, to my Substack.
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"Khergit doesn't have three types of units (archer, cavalry, and infantry). They only have two types of cavalry.". False. A khergit tribesman can be an archer troop.
ReplyDeleteSure, Khergit Tribesman "sometimes" appear with a hunting bow, but I wasn't counting them for this exercise, because they are the base unit for the Khanate. For these articles, I was only considering the elite soldiers for each nation. The Khanate only has two, the Khergit Lancer (melee cavalry) and the Khergit Veteran Horse Archer (ranged cavalry).
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