Yari Hatamoto

"Commander's bodyguards with spears."

- In-game description

Yari Hatamoto are a unit in Sengoku Jidai.

Full Unit Profile
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 * Shooting:


 * Impact:
 * Spearmen: (Unless Fragmented or severely disordered) +100 vs any mounted unless the spearmen are charging. +100 vs any foot except impact foot or foot defending an obstacle.
 * Troop Quality: +100 POA vs any.


 * Melee: None
 * Spearmen: (Unless fragmented or severely disordered) +100 against any mounted. +100 against any foot except foot defending an obstacle.
 * Armor advantage: Up to +50 POA vs less well-armored opponents unless these have Matchlock or Heavy Weapon, or are Artillery or Elephants.
 * Troop Quality: +100 POA vs any.

Gameplay
Yari Hatamoto are an upgrade over Heavy Yari Samurai, who in turn are an upgrade over Yari Samurai, which in turn are an upgrade over Yuri Ashigaru. In short, they are the best spearmen unit in the entire game, and the most powerful melee unit in open terrain at that. If you just need a unit routed, sending even a single unit of Yari Hatamoto is almost guaranteed to do that.

However, this comes at both a high cost in points and in terms of tactical flexibility. While their elite +100 POA bonus is immutable and serves them well in all situations, like all spearmen they become severely disordered in forests and other kinds of terrain, severely weakening their combat ability.

They also lack any kind of shooting capability, meaning they can be whittled down by artillery and ranged infantry weapons without any sort of response.

In a strange sense, the unit is almost too good. It presents itself as an obvious high-value target on the battlefield while its high cost prevents other units from being deployed.

History
To be written.

Unit Lists

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