Infantry initiative.

[stormbringer3]

I've seen some old posts saying that initiative was a great hero for an infantry unit. I think that was when it was a +3. Is a +1 initiative hero still a good idea or would an A+3 hero be a better choice?
Thanks for any opinions.

[rubyjuno]

I think that although it's correct that Initiative is a good hero, a +3 Attack sounds better than a +1 Initiative, just because of the numbers. Out of the two, that's the one I would take.

[eskuche]

Initiative is useful late-campaign for avoiding attack-back from enemy armor in close terrain once you can reliably exceed city terrain initiative cap by 7 (or 5 if you're not playing random dice that can run initiative +2 in either direction)

[stormbringer3]

Thanks for the opinions. I've never taken an Initiative hero on an infantry unit. I've played this game for so many years, I'm trying to use different approaches. In the Grand Campaign I'm currently playing, I kept the two SE infantry units you get at the beginning and I'm using towed M+1 ATGs instead of the usual StuGs. I'm going to go less tank heavy.