An elite unit can capture more standards and become even more elite by gaining more bonuses. This will allow the unit more to hit' re-rolls per game. However, the maximum number of bonuses allowed is 3 representing the very best elite troops. Make a note of the number of re-rolls the unit is allowed on your roster sheet and cross off re-rolls as they are used.

A re-roll cannot be taken on top of another re-roll - only one re-roll at a time is allowed, and the player must abide by the result.

Casualties on Elite Units

Elite units will take casualties in games, but this doesn't affect their status so long as a unit isn't broken as a result of defeat in hand-to-hand combat or destroyed entirely for whatever reason.

An elite unit cannot be fielded at a larger size than when it gained its original elite status. For example, a unit of 20 Bretonnian archers becomes elite by capturing an enemy standard and 6 men survive the battle. In the next battle the player can field the entire unit of 20 archers as elites, alternatively he can field the same unit as fewer men, but he can never field more than 20. If he fields 10 and the unit gains further elite bonuses then this will apply to all 20 - the full regimental strength has been established at 20.