Napoleon Total War Best Unit -

The best unit in Napoleon: Total War isn’t the one with the highest stats. It’s the one that wins you the campaign.

If we are talking strictly multiplayer 1v1 (no campaign buffs), the best unit is actually the French 12-pounder Howitzer . But that’s a boring answer. Howitzers are artillery. They sit in the back. They win by RNG. The 95th Rifles win by skill . napoleon total war best unit

They are the green-jacketed scalpel in a game full of bloody hammers. The best unit in Napoleon: Total War isn’t

Suggested Image for the Blog: A dramatic in-game screenshot of the 95th Rifles in green uniforms, deployed in skirmish formation on a hill, firing down at a column of French line infantry in the smoke and rain. But that’s a boring answer

The Old Guard wins a battle. The 95th Rifles win every battle. Place them on a hill in skirmish formation. Turn on light infantry behavior. Now watch an enemy line infantry regiment march toward you. By the time they get into musket range, they’ve taken 40% casualties. They will waver. They will rout. And you haven’t lost a single man.