Spearmen

Spearmen counter any large unit and giant unit.

Spearmen at silver tier or higher have a ranged stun spear toss which pushes foes back which is great to group enemies up for hero skills. they also have slightly longer melee range than swordsmen. they also have a decent scaling per rank. Spearmen tend to outperform swordsmen in every situation except the gold swordsmen + virion ultimate skill combo.

Spearmen do very well against Cavalry, and are generally the best counter to Cavalry. They are also very strong against any unit that is size Large or Giant, such as lich scorpions or dwarf mechsuits.

Counters to Spearmen

Dwarf Mechs are decent against spearmen, but the spearmen also kill mechs quickly so they're not a hard counter. Any melee normal sized unit, such as dwarf engineers and human swordsmen.