Gladiators?

[WingedDog]

They are good for defending castles for example, or intercepting thugs/raiders.

[TwoBits]

Originally Posted by WingedDog

They are good for defending castles for example, or intercepting thugs/raiders.

I presume you mean using them to delay the breach in the fortress walls, because after they're breached, they'll all quit once a single enemy scout sticks his head in the gate. I guess if you buy a bunch right before your castle is besieged, your enemy might not know they're in there...

Intercepting thugs/raiders? What characteristics make them useful against those enemies? The net of the net-and-trident guy?

[WingedDog]

Originally Posted by TwoBits

I presume you mean using them to delay the breach in the fortress walls, because after they're breached, they'll all quit once a single enemy scout sticks his head in the gate.

Nobody forbids you to break siege. Enemy can't prevent this with scout.

Originally Posted by TwoBits

Intercepting thugs/raiders? What characteristics make them useful against those enemies? The net of the net-and-trident guy?

Actually flailed ones with perhabs few gladiators with a net. Gladiators with flails have good straight and 2 atacks, they possibly can overwhelm some PD killers or even poorly equiped pretenders in early game. Sometimes your opponent just can't avoid the fight.