Victoria 2 Advanced Military Guide, Part 1: Unit Types (and unit stats)

By popular request (or at least more popular than the other options in that one poll I did), here's my take on a military guide for Victoria 2! I decided to split this into three parts, so in this first part I'll talk about all the different land units and what roles they may serve in your armies, as well as giving a brief rundown of the effects of the different unit stats. This guide is reflective of how I personally play the game in the types of challenges I do, mostly singleplayer speedruns, so I wouldn't consider it the one definitive military guide for Vic2 and some of it can definitely be a matter of personal preference. Still, hopefully you can find something useful in it!

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Other guides referenced in this video:

Victoria II - Military Guide by CallMeEzekiel:    • Victoria II - Military Guide  
Victoria 2 Multiplayer Army Cheat Sheet by Nurse_Reno:   / victoria_2_multiplayer_army_cheat_sheet_and  
A Complete Army Casualty Guide by Nurse_Reno:   / a_complete_army_casualty_guide_and_compara...  
From Zero To Hero Victoria Tutorial Series by Gakumerasara:    • Victoria 2 From Zero to Hero + Design...  
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Outro Music - Violet and Death, by me.
Full Song:    • Violet and Death (Instrumental) by Xa...  

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Part 1: Unit Types
2:34 Frontline Units
8:58 Backline Units
12:35 Siege Units
14:15 Cavalry Units
18:38 Outro