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[pokute]

I'm currently training an invincible squad of 4 dwarfs.
They'll have legendary armor user, shield user, and all dwarf weapons by the end (and swimming).

But one of them seem to excel at training than all the others.  She consistently gets to Legendary skill about a month after I start them on the routine (while the others are all half way there).

Is there some sort of hidden talent at work here?  Or do the other dwarfs just challenge her to spar more?

[Madmonkey24]

There are no invincible squads. Don't grow over-confident in using them, or they'll all die horribly.

[inaluct]

It could just be luck or a coincidence. I haven't heard of any incidences of a dwarf just naturally being good at something.

[Enzo]

If they are all in a squad, the squad leader will always end up training the most because the rest follow him/her around. Otherwise, I don't know. I've seen the same thing with my dwarfs, to the point of one Legendary and one Recruit that were drafted at the same time...

[Brian]

Wouldn't innate agility cause them to do everything, including training, faster?

[Derakon]

Yeah, if one of them is Perfectly Agile and the others all rolled different stats, them the agile one would be markedly faster than the others, which can easily lead to experience-gain disparities.

Agility is overpowered.

[Shadowex3]

Make a 1 tile meeting zone and let everyone idle the bejeezus out of themselves there until they get massive stats.

[IceShade]

Invincible? You'll be surprised how "invincible" your army is. They might beat three hundred goblins and fifty megabeasts in melee, but no matter how much armor you have or how good your shield skill is, all it takes is one lucky arrow to the throat or somewhere else to incapacitate / kill a dwarf champion.

Speaking from experience, here.

[suicidal_dorf]

Legendary+5 wrestlers mostly dodge them. Re: Nist Akath as well.

[azrael4h]

That's why you go with Wrestling until it's legendary first. Then train them in whatever weapon you want. My real military always trains in Wrestling before getting armor or weapons. 

[RAM]

you might want to give them armour before training wrestling if you don't like nervous system injuries...

[Jurph]

Would you mind satisfying my curiosity and listing which Personality Traits your uber-dwarf has?  I'm going to bet on ACHIEVEMENT_STRIVING, SELF_DISCIPLINE, and perhaps EXCITEMENT_SEEKING.  In other words, a real "Ganbatte" dwarf.

[Muz]

That's what I love about this game. Self-motivated dwarves tend to achieve a bit more. Personality is awesome

I'd actually sort of post that as a bug, but it seems that the next version of DF is going to redo the skills system.

[IceShade]

That's why you go with Wrestling until it's legendary first. Then train them in whatever weapon you want. My real military always trains in Wrestling before getting armor or weapons. 

I avoid wrestling like the plague in my fortress. They do well enough without, and I retreat my troops inside/behind fortification when encountering entire goblin squads of (cross)bows. But the main reason for not using wrestling is the littering of irremovable clothes everywhere. Even with a full suit of plate mail they still manage to rip off each others clothes.. through the plate mail?

[pokute]

they still manage to rip off each others clothes.. through the plate mail?

platemail wedgies are one of the most painful incapacitating moves known to dwarfs