Napoleon: Total War 1vs1: Jägers vs Chasseurs

Napoleon: Total War 1vs1: Jägers vs Chasseurs
Nation: Austria vs France
AI Strength: normal

Jägers are the default skirmishers for most factions that have them, including Prussia and Austria: extremely long-range troops with high accuracy, but very poor reloading times and melee capabilities. Like other skirmishers, jägers are adept for low-profile harassment from the sidelines, picking off important targets and damaging morale. Due to their range, jägers work best when firing from elevated, clear positions, and can indeed support troops from behind with the correct topography without fear of friendly fire. Jägers are, however, extremely vulnerable in a melee. A charge that makes contact, particularly by cavalry, usually spells doom for a jäger regiment unless immediately reinforced. This weakness, combined with their slow reload times, makes protecting jägers with hardier troops essential to their long term survival. Prussian jägers have slightly better reloading times and defense than Austrian jägers (though they are still by no means competent at melee combat), and are very slightly more expensive to train. In comparing jägers to skirmishers from other factions, British Rifles are far superior in nearly every category, particularly when it comes to accuracy and reloading skill. However, whereas only six rifle regiments may be trained, jägers can be trained in unlimited quantity. French Voltiguers have much better reloading skills and somewhat better melee skills at the cost of poorer accuracy and 25 less range; properly controlled, jägers can kite voltiguers effectively, but should voltiguers be able to close in without too many casualties, they are superior to jägers. Russia simply doesn't have skirmishers, putting the Russian roster at a severe range disadvantage in the infantry department. While Prussia and Austria may both field superior skirmishers (Silesian Schuetzen and Windbüchse Jägers, respectively), both are highly limited in the numbers they may be recruited, while only jägers can be recruited in unlimited number. Jägers are some of the only infantry that do not gain any pre-battle deployment options if left idle on the campaign map for one turn or more, making them a poorer choice for defensive, entrenched battles. Jägers' statistics are different among the factions; differences are listed below (traits that to not differ are not listed). In custom battles, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden all have access to Jägers, with Denmark also having access to some unique skirmishers in addition to jägers; the United Netherlands has access to Nassau Jägers, which are identical to jägers in every way save name.

Chasseurs are the standard light infantry for France in Napoleon: Total War. Like all other light infantry, they possess intermediate range, between line infantry and skirmishers. All of their ranks may fire at once, allowing them to use maximum firepower even in constrained spaces. Their accuracy and reloading is superior to that of line infantry, allowing them to inflict kills quickly at range. However, they pay for their flexibility with poorer melee statistics than line infantry and the inability to form Square Formation. Compared to the light infantry of other factions, Chasseurs are middle of the road. They are about tied with Austrian Grenzers in terms of ranged capabilities, inferior to Prussian Fusiliers and British Light Foot, and far superior to Russian Jägers. In melee combat, they are worse than any light infantry except Grenzers. While they are unremarkable at best when compared to their peers, they still fulfill an important and useful role with their superior range and accuracy compared to French Fusiliers of Line. Within the French roster, Chasseurs are most comparable to Voltiguers. Chasseurs have more 50% men and better melee stats, but Voltiguers have much better accuracy and better morale, along with better stealth capabilities. Chasseurs are considerably more expensive that Voltiguers. In the campaigns, chasseurs are available earlier, and benefit from more experience on recruitment until the final military building, the Staff College, is built.
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