Is it worth making Samurai in Jap war?

Is it worth making Samurai as bulk of your Japanese army against your Japanese opponent?

Samurai should obviously be created if the castle is under attack by rams or equivalent, and if you do not have Long Swordsman tech ready.

Samurai have +10/12 attack bonus against Unique units. The only unique units in Jap war would be Samurais. If you are making Samurai to get attack bonus against opponent, you yourself are also receiving attack bonus from opponent. So let's stick to Long Swordsman/Champion maybe?

Stats differences (common) (Samurai vs Sword line):

Additional techs: none vs Supplies (maybe)

Other factors: require an expensive castle with potential to skip barracks vs barracks itself

Cost: 60F 30G vs 45F/60F 20G

Attack rate: 42 times per min vs 40 times per min

Movement speed: 1 vs 0.9

Attack: -1 melee and another -1 against buildings compared to equivalent sword line

Creation time: 9 s vs 21 s

Stats in Castle Age (Samurai vs Long Swordsman):

Availability cost: 0 vs 300F 105G 90 seconds

Other factors: +1 melee armor compared to Long Swords

Stats in Imperial Age (Elite Samurai vs Champion):

Upgrade cost: 950F 875G 60 sec vs 1050F 450G 175 sec

Other factors: +10 HP compared to Champions

Again, I am sorry SotL, 11

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