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[DogsRNice]

im under siege and im wondering if my army is enough there are about 80 goblins and several trolls
i have 50 dwarves in my military most of them are legendary skill and have iron or steel (one has a candy sword) im thinking this should destory the siege but before i try is my army strong enough?

[Garath]

if they have some armor and armor use skill plus weapon, shield and fighter, 20 dwarfs should be enough, more than enough even, especially since it's unlikely they'll be fighting all 80 at once

[AWellTrainedFerret]

Unless you mode you game, dwarves are the only civilization that can use steel. So simply having steel armor and weapons gives you a tremendous advantage over any attackers. However there are special circumstances. Elite goblin lashers and elite bowmen can still seriously wound any dorf that isn't covered 100% head to toe because their aim is impeccable at times and even low quality whips and bolts will cut through the unarmored areas like a magma knife through dwarven flesh.

[DogsRNice]

ok that was a EPIC battle lost only one dwarf and some injuries but most dwarfs were unharmed or bruised 

[Crazy Cow]

That's... that's a lot of dwarves :0
I can usually scrape by with twenty or so trained dwarves. If you ever have doubts about your army's abilities, try breaking the siege up into bite-sized pieces (by trapping small numbers with bridges). Fifty legendary dwarves will mess up anything the game throws at you besides the odd bullshit randomly-generated beast.

[Garath]

or if you have FD or MW, some of the species added there are a lot harder to kill. Still, with 50 legendaries there isn't much you have to fear except, as mentioned, the odd web-spitting, deadly dust, iron, flying, escaped demon goblin general (as general he's wearing clothes. Those scale up in thickness with his size, making it extremely effective for, for example, a simple spider silk cloak)

[DogsRNice]

sadly they ALWAYS come with caravans so i can never trade and i want to get the monarch (and then let the circus out  )

[ShadowHammer]

If you want to protect your caravans, just force them to spawn in a certain area of the map, and then have constant patrols in that area.
On a different note, how did you get 50 legendaries before your first big siege?