[rdonj]

I have to agree with the squirrel on this. Samurai archers are not really a good use of resources. The only unit that takes more in your entire lineup is samurai cavalry... which has much more kick per unit than the archers do. IMO, with Jomon efficiency per resources is extremely important, and as squirrel says that does not leave you with many options. You either go with the cavalry (quite decent under CBM but very offensively-minded... probably your best non-sacred early unit), go-hatamoto (very efficient, map move 1 doesn't hurt expansion too much when you're starting out, and their high armor is enough to shrug off anything short of crossbows), or aka-oni (more skilled and faster than go-hatamoto, but worse armor... I'd wait to use these guys until after initial expansion honestly). It could be interesting to go with a bless with jomon because they have so many sacred summons though, so while I agree again with squirrel about focusing on scales, that doesn't mean it couldn't be fun to take a nice bless, luck 3 for the extra gems, and pretend you're a bless nation.

Edit: yes, aka-oni are the red armored guys. They are your goto unit once you have good buffing abilities due to their higher skill and general utility.

And remember that jomon has death access through nushi! It's still not necessarily a bad idea to have some death on your pretender though, just to get searching started on it earlier.