Sweden is probably my favourite faction to play as. Their infantry is pretty strong in melee, and I was able to destroy an army about twice my own size in Denmarks last stand against my forces.
This is what happened :
I destroyed the Danish navy and took Copenhagen. I sent a small army up to take Iceland and suprise suprise, they had a full stack waiting there for me. Their soldiers had better aim and the autoresolve odds were about 70-30 in their favour. Then I checked the unit stats and my army had superior melee stats.
The battle starts and I place all my soldiers behind some walls and wait for the enemy to approach. Then when they drew near I selected the melee option and sent about (IIRC) 900 troops against almost 2000 enemy infantry. A messy bloodbath happens but one after the other the enemy units routs and I stand victorious. One of the more fun battles I've had in Empires.
Only thing that buggs me is that artillery doesnt work at all. I've downloaded the hotfix but no results.