Cavalry forces are only effective against scattered individual troops on flat terrain. Spears are not necessarily the best weapon against horsemen. The Achilles heel of Vaegir archers is their relatively poor armour at the early stages, so back them up with some infantry or cavalry of your own when the enemy infantry gets too close for comfort. The Vaegir Knights aren't the best, but still very useful, and a group of them is still a nightmare for unmounted units.Īrchers are the key to victory against slow moving infantry, and will generally do well against all other troop types. They are more likely than Swadian Knights to be using a two-handed weapon, meaning more power but also the lack of a shield.

Vaegir Knights, while not as strong as their Swadian counterparts, are still very capable of making quick work of the opposition, and are a bit faster. The only disadvantages they have compared to their Nord counterparts is their worse performance in melee combat and their higher costs. Groups of them can take down enemies quickly and they are extremely dangerous when they are defending Vaegir castles. They are the most accurate and until the addition of the Sarranids in Warband they were also the fastest. Vaegir Marksmen are the best archers in the game. They do have a few weaknesses though, most notably in a bug that makes the Vaegir Guard tend to spawn without a shield (they are intended to be guaranteed to spawn with shields, but an error in their item list often prevents this), leaving them vulnerable to archers. They also tend to have wages that are a bit lower than other factions and make more use of two-handed weapons than other infantry. Vaegir infantry are pretty tough and use a variety of weapons, and a group of them will spawn with a mix of axes, swords, and bardiches.

Vaegirs are very adaptable, but the correct use of a varied party is still the key to victory. As one of the two original factions, the Vaegirs have a more developed troop tree than any faction other than the Swadians.

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