Steppe Warband

Turkic skirmishers.

Overall Strategy
Among all skirmisher units, Steppe Warbands are the worst of all units. They suffer a LOS penalty, alongside a range penalty of -1 compared to normal Skirmisher Levy. The upshot of this however is that they have -1 Timber when it comes to their ramp costs, so they are not a total writeoff. Yet, while in most conventional games, Steppe Warbands are actually a serviceable form of light infantry best used for support and harassing, it is in CtW games where they are the least useful. Lower range and poor information warfare capability leave many nomadic factions in Swords of the Prophets incapable of using them properly in battle, althought this is normally offset by their access to superior Steppe Lancers and Steppe Nomads, although this form of playstyle clearly is very restrictive and often easily countered by other factions with superior heavy infantry and archers.