Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Yari Wall Duel: Yari Ashigaru (IKKO IKKI vs ODA)

Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Yari Wall Duel: Yari Ashigaru (IKKO IKKI vs ODA)
Clan: Ikko Ikki vs Oda
Battle Difficulty: normal

Both units: YARI WALL & Guard Mode On

Yari Ashigaru - Cheap, numerous, and accessible with practically no building requirements, Yari Ashigaru are the staple of most early game armies. Their high bonus against cavalry and their Yari Wall ability make them excellent mainline troops, though they pale in the mid-late game against more advanced foes, especially katana-wielding forces. Even in the late game, they have their uses for holding down defensive positions and stalling more expensive enemy troops. Given that they are some of the cheapest units in the game to train and maintain, along with the fact that all regions can train them by default, Yari Ashigaru are almost always ideal troops to train for garrison duty. Yari Ashigaru are some of the only units that can utilize the Yari Wall ability, causing them to stand closer together and level their spears in a forward direction. This greatly increases their melee defense when facing enemies in said direction. Yari Ashigaru utilizing yari wall can take on and defeat much more expensive units, such as Yari Samurai, and are excellent defensive units even in the late game. Even experienced late-game cavalry with high armor values would hardly make an impact on a completely inexperienced yari ashigaru regiment in a prepared yari wall. Yari Wall makes for an excellent hammer and anvil tactic: the yari ashigaru in this formation hold the enemy at bay while other units flank the attacker. However, Yari Ashigaru in yari walls are highly vulnerable if attacked from the flanks or rear, particularly by infantry. They also tire out over time in yari wall, and they become much more vulnerable to arrow and matchlock fire. Yari Ashigaru in yari walls function best when their flanks are protected by troops or obstacles, and kept out of harm's way from enemy archers. On the other hand, yari ashigaru out of yari walls function similarly to yari samurai, albeit with poorer stats and no rapid advance ability. They are not nearly as good at melee combat as they are when in walls, though they can recover from being attacked from the flanks or rear better and also move much faster. Their anti cavalry skill still allows them to hold up well against weak cavalry, though strong late-game cavalry such as Katana Cavalry can still overpower them. If yari ashigaru are engaged in melee combat without going into walls beforehand, they lose the option to form a wall until they are extricated from the fighting. Yari ashigaru lose the ability to form yari walls when their numbers are too low (about 35 men or fewer). This makes yari ashigaru considerably stronger on larger unit settings. Additionally yari walls can be made to be much longer on larger unit settings, allowing them to defend chokepoints with fewer regiments.

Ikko Ikki Yari Ashigaru have 20% more men than the standard, -1 melee attack, -1 melee defense, and +1 morale. Ikko Ikki Yari Ashigaru are inferior in a head-on fight against standard Yari Ashigaru when both sides are inexperienced, but gradually become superior to their counterparts when they're more experienced thanks to their larger number of men benefiting from the experience. Ikko Ikki Yari Ashigaru also look different, with more varied armor and some ragged clothing, but this is purely cosmetic.

Oda Yari Ashigaru are cheaper to train and maintain (at 200/50 respectively instead of 250/75), and have +1 melee attack, +1 melee defense, and +1 morale. While these benefits may appear to be small, given the very low base stats of Yari Ashigaru they represent a significant upgrade. In a head on fight on even ground, they can defeat default yari ashigaru with half their men remaining. Their cost reduction also quickly adds up in contrast to the proportionally smaller cost reductions of other specialized units for other clans.

[Source: Total War Wiki]
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