Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai 1vs1: Shinsengumi Police Force vs Shogitai

Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai 1vs1: Shinsengumi Police Force vs Shogitai Clan: Aizu vs Tosa Battle Difficulty: normal *Shinsengumi Police Force: Maximum stretched out. Banzai used. *Shogitai: Banzai used. Shinsengumi police force have steep requirements, needing both a Master Dojo (third tier traditional recruitment building) as well as a Shinsengumi Headquarters (final tier propaganda building) to recruit. This effectively relegates their availability to the mid to late game. Shinsengumi Police Force are line infantry with unusually good melee statistics: they are nearly tied with Yari Kachi in terms of melee skill, who themselves are strong melee infantry when it comes to fighting other infantry. However, Shinsengumi Police Force are significantly worse than most other line infantry when it comes to fighting with their rifles, with poorer accuracy and reload skill as well as the inability to use firing drills. They are more expensive to train and maintain than standard line infantry or melee infantry, meaning that they only justify their cost if they consistently engage in battles where both their ranged and melee skills are put to use. In siege battles, where units often see both types of combat, Shinsengumi Police Force may be highly useful. Bolstering their melee capability is their Banzai ability, temporarily giving them increased charge bonus and unbreakable morale. Despite their better melee skills, Shinsengumi Police Force are still vulnerable to cavalry, particularly if charged in the sides or rear. Shogitai are similar to Katana Kachi, but with better melee attack, charge bonus, defense, and morale. In exchange, they have poorer armor and are more expensive to train and maintain. In practice, they are superior to Katana Kachi in every meaningful way in combat: a vast majority of units in Fall of the Samaurai use guns, which ignore armor, or melee, against which armor has limited benefit, so the weak armor of the shogitai means little. In multiplayer, they are also limited to three regiments. Shogitai have far superior melee skill to all ranged infantry in Fall of the Samurai, and are certain to cause heavy casualties if they can close the gap without sustaining too many casualties first. They can achieve this by hiding behind hills or in dense forests, charging and exposing themselves to gunfire at the last moment. Shogitai are thus very beneficial for defending forts, where they often aren't exposed to much fire. Conversely, shogitai are highly vulnerable to ranged attacks. They are also vulnerable to being attacked by cavalry thanks to their lack of an anti-cavalry bonus. Shogitai are considered Shogunate units by the game, and so are instantly disbanded if the player controlling them chooses to declare themselves independent upon realm divide. Imperial factions can still bribe shogitai to their cause using Ishin Shishi: a valuable endeavor given their status as the best melee infantry in the game. As Shogunate units, shogitai benefit from the global discount provided by high level Shinsengumi. While shogitai can only be recruited in the mid-game at earliest thanks to their steep building requirements, the Obama and Sendai begin the campaign with one unit of Shogitai. [Source: Total War Wiki] ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ My Discord channel:   / discord   #TotalWar1vs1 #TotalWar #Shogun2