


They are best compared to the Pikeman and their main advantage is their higher survivability. Grenadiers are effective at destroying buildings since they have fairly high hit points and a high siege attack.

Their attacks are not particularly powerful, but the AoE provides certain opportunities in limited situations. As a general rule, Grenadiers are much more functional as a support and siege unit than fighting against other units. However, like their cousins they have an extraordinarily high ranged resistance that allows them to mitigate ranged attacks. Grenadiers are heavy infantry that work like a light siege unit, whose attacks are equivalent to weak cannonfire, though they are not considered true artillery for purposes of damage multipliers on units (e.g.
