Hired Gunner

Hired Gunners are infantry armed with arquebuses.

Overview
A gun upgrade to regular Hired Guard, hired gunners have very similar equipment to the hired guards, as they both uses regular samurai outfit and accessories, with the only difference being their weapons and their stats. Unlike Hired Guards, this is the first and only upgrade in the missile troop.

In comparison to most gunners, the Hired Gunners are terrible missile units but better shooter than gunners recruited from neutral forts. However, they suffer from the lack of armour and melee defence.

Tactics
Hired Gunners should be treated as fire support team and should be placed beside or behind melee troops to fire off volley after volley. Their accuracy are terrible but have a high rate of fire to exchange some fire with the enemy. Positioning them on a high hill with armoured troops below them will help the Hired Gunners to fire effectively. Getting them to engage in melee will not do much but taking out a few enemy helps to reduce the number of reinforcement.