Arabian units rely on speed, numbers, and terrain advantage. They have lower HP but are cheaper and faster.
| Unit | HP | Dmg | Range | Special | |------|----|-----|-------|---------| | | 20 | none | n/a | Builds siege equipment, sets mantlets | | Tunneler | 20 | 0 (melee) | n/a | Digs under walls; explodes | | Assassin | 40 | 20 | n/a | Invisible; climbs walls; kills lord | | Monk | 30 | none | n/a | Heals nearby units (very slow) | stronghold crusader unit stats
Yet even when the defenders tasted victory, the siege crafts continued to evolve. The Crusaders brought in fire pots, slow-burning ropes of pitch designed to climb and scorch. Salim's men turned the city into a calculus of risk—wet cloth, buckets of cooled oil, vigilant patrols on the roofs. The night they tried to set the western gate alight, the defenders countered with a torrent of water and the new addition of sand-stuffed sacks. Flames collapsed; the gate, charred, stood. Arabian units rely on speed, numbers, and terrain advantage