Advantages of Sword and Buckler Infantry

[Farnan]

What are the advantages of Sword and Buckler Infantry compared with dismounted Norman Knights or dismounted Chivalric Knights?

[OGGleep]

Cost.

[Ahiga]

I would think that being light infantry, they might have an advantage against pikemen to simulate being able to get under and around them.

[chewietobbacca]

S&B men get a bonus against pikemen/spear units I believe, as well as being faster/more mobile, and to be honest, whenever I have them fight against Dismounted knights, they don't really lose either (historically, their mobility and speed did allow them to get sword blows into the weak points of knight armor, as well as dodge against slower attacks the knights had)

[turd]

SBMen are 30 florins cheaper to train and 75 florins cheaper to upkeep.
Answer: DFeudal knights are better.

[Kalis]

feudal knights definitely beat them in the melee.
However, their upkeep of 150 vs 225 lets you have a lot more of them (at least, in the campaign anyways).

3 S&B men for the same upkeep as 2 feudal knights? Huge advantage there.