Do you have access to abundant or abundant iron/wood resources ?
are frequently preferred over Swordsmen because their speed allows them to overwhelm defenders before they can be picked off by towers. stats or a comparison of the unit preferences? stronghold crusader unit stats
Ignore the HP. The assassin’s real stat is 1-shot kill probability (≈10-15% per hit). Their story is the siege ladder at 3 AM. A unit with 8 HP should be useless. But on a lord’s platform? One assassin kills the enemy king in two swings. The stat sheet is a lie; the context is the truth. Do you have access to abundant or abundant