Slitherine

Why would anyone want to take lanceless knights? Is there a good reason to take melee troops that cost 17 or more points per base and lack any impact POA?

1 They don't need to test not to charge
2 Most of them can dismount as overcosted heavy foot
3 Err...
4 That's it

They do get a POA in some circumstances e.g. charging medium foot in the open. But yeah not really good value

not really good value

but they represent not really good knights.

Who gets lanceless knights? I would have thought they are particularly good value for money. The non impetuousness is a major plus in my mind.

If you have a BG of 4 drilled lanceless knights then you can angle for a flank charge, in which case not having a lance charge doesn't matter. They will still butcher Cavalry and Light Horse (even if they go disrupted at impact) so have a large amount of uses.

To repeat - which army gets these?

dave_r wrote:Who gets lanceless knights? I would have thought they are particularly good value for money. The non impetuousness is a major plus in my mind.

If you have a BG of 4 drilled lanceless knights then you can angle for a flank charge, in which case not having a lance charge doesn't matter. They will still butcher Cavalry and Light Horse (even if they go disrupted at impact) so have a large amount of uses.

To repeat - which army gets these?

I suspect that there are some in the Burgundian list. The Welsh can have one BG if they don't have a French ally, there are probably more.

Some English ones in Storm of Arrows IIRC.

I have only played 2 games with them, but both times they routed within two turns
But I suppose they have their uses.

They are delivery systems for troops w/ swordsmen and better armour PoA who get 2 dice per base. Having a lance is cool, but it doesn't work on some enemies or in terrain that is not open anyway. I guess they'd have their uses.