Napoleon Total War Best Unit Jun 2026

Yes, the 95th Rifles are terrible in melee. Yes, cavalry will eat them for breakfast. The fix: Bring two units of line infantry. Place them 50 meters behind your Rifles. When the enemy cavalry charges your skirmishers, the Rifles retreat through the line infantry. Now the cavalry is facing a wall of bayonets. Chess, not checkers.

They are terrible in melee. If caught by hussars or lancers, they evaporate. You must protect them with cavalry or square formation supports.

If the Rifles are the scalpel, heavy cavalry is the hammer.

Yes, the 95th Rifles are terrible in melee. Yes, cavalry will eat them for breakfast. The fix: Bring two units of line infantry. Place them 50 meters behind your Rifles. When the enemy cavalry charges your skirmishers, the Rifles retreat through the line infantry. Now the cavalry is facing a wall of bayonets. Chess, not checkers.

They are terrible in melee. If caught by hussars or lancers, they evaporate. You must protect them with cavalry or square formation supports.

If the Rifles are the scalpel, heavy cavalry is the hammer.