What's your favorite unit in Total War history?

[Wavemanmav]

No one picked flaming pigs?

[Maximinus Thrax]

MTW - Varangian Guard.

RTW - Berserkers. Unleash the savages!
- Chosen Axemen. Used to test them against various units in custom battles.

RTW BI - Clibinarii.

[.Mitch.]

RTW: Ermm, forgot the name exactly, but they were German and Beserk. Just used to have full stacks of them and set them all off at the start. FUNNNN!

[Wavemanmav]

Incendiary pigs FTL

Oh someone did pick them, lol.

[scougall9]

Rome: Head hurlers
Rome BI: plumariti or something
MED2: Jinites
Empire: Scots guard (i think its called that, the scots that fight for the french w/e)

[Mig el Pig]

Highland Clansmen from the original MTW. Used those to great effect in my English armies.

Viking Invasion was great,

scottish highlanders, irish spearmen, welsh arshers and an English general.

[Chewie]

what, no love for peasants??

[grouchy13]

RTW-Arcarni

RTW BI-Mercanary Veteranii

MTWII-Dismounted English Knights

MTWII Kingdoms-Greek Fire Units

ETW-Greenjackets

Just started NTW so no opinion as yet

[Kuhndog]

Rome - The Urban Cohort
M2TW - The Dismounted English Knights
ETW - Any unit of skirmishers

[{GrailKnight}]

RTW - Cataphracts
BI - Equites Calibrini
ALX - Companions
Med II - Tsar's Guard
NTW - Chevaliers Garde

[DCyDe]

Shogun: warrior monks, most versatile unit in the game
MTW: trebuchet,... loved the range this units had back then
RTW: silver shield pikemen
MTW2: longbowmen
ETW: every kind of line infantry

[Delysid]

All time favorite for me will have to the Scots Guard. Look awesome and pack a decent punch.

[Tim1988]

MTW: Either chivalric knights or swiss armoured pikemen. Its been so long since I played it though that there may have been others i've forgotten about.

RTW: Legionary 1st Cohort: Epitomizes the strength of Roman arms, and looks great marching under the eagle.

M2TW: Retinue longbowmen.

ETW: Black watch. I love the models and they are useful in battle as well.

Not played napoleon or shogun yet.

[Lordreaven]

RTW: Cataphracts

RTW BI: Clibnarii or Lombard Berserkers

M2TW: Byzantine Guard Archers (Ragned + Melee = awesome)

ETW: 24 lb Howitzer (with percussion shells)

[Bella]

Not so sure about my favorites, but I do remember one unit I loathed like a fat kid loathes a diet. I can't quite remember the name, so someone's gonna have to help me out here. But they were those "nude" units the Gallic tribes had, from EB for RTW. Man, those things were the proverbial thorn in my side, and every Gallic army always had 5 or 6 of them in every stack. The CPU would hide hordes of those dudes in the forests and spring them on my principes when I'd walk by and they'd just chew through my flanks like a rabid dog through prime rib.

[Imperial_Scribe]

In Medieval 2: Greek Fire. Holy crap- used just right? Those guys were game turners.

And in Rome: TW, my favorites, just for the novelty and pure awesome- Urban Cohorts.

[chase7417]

NTW: Guard Seamen

[Antagonist]

I'd have to think for a while to name my actual favourite from every game, but one unit has always had a special place in my heart for it's sheer absurdity and ludicrous, overwhelming power. The Timurid Elephant Artillery (or whatever it's called) from M2TW.

It's amusing, if your machine can handle it, to set up a custom battle with a full stack of fully upgraded elephant artillery. Put them up against anything. Absolutely anything. The combined, fully upgraded late-era power of France, England and the HRE for example. 3 on 1. See what happens.

Antagonist

[Irish guy]

Shogun+Mongol Invasion: Naginata/Yari Cavalry
Rome+Expansions: Legionary Cohort/Cataphracts
MedievalII+Kingdoms: Gothic Knights/Ritterbruder
Empire: Hated it all
Napoleon: Didn't like it but if I had to choose it'd be the Heavy First rate.

[pete0714]

Medieval: Billmen and Longbowmen
Rome: Headhurlers
Med 2 vanilla: Longbowmen again
Kingdoms: tossup between greek flamethrowers and Conquistadores
Emp and Nap never interested to buy