Elite Infantry. Guards the high-command and excel in melee.
Guards have the Abilities: Rank & File, Guardsman,and Bayonet Handling.
Guards have the Traits: Elite Infantry, and Orderly.
Rank & FIle: You receive firearm accuracy, reload speed, and melee damage bonuses from orders given by Flag bearers, Musicians and Officers orders.
Guardsman: Your presence when near allied Officers and Surgeons reduces damage they receive by 17%. (Effect stacks 3 times!)
Bayonet Handling: When equipped, makes your musket a formidable melee weapon, remove to gather a 5% increase in firearm accuracy.
Elite Infantry: Your damage when attacking with melee weapons is increased by 20%. Your musket has an increased melee range.
Orderly: Greatly increases your chance of surviving firearm damage when standing in an officers firing line.
- Additionally, you can buy the Regiments of the Guard DLC in order to unlock other Guard units from all factions. However this is purely cosmetic.