This will break most units instantly, and can even be used against spearmen or phalanx units. Hammer and anvil attacks are the best way to use them: go around and smash enemies that are already engaged from the back. Can defeat most enemies from the front (except spearmen and phalanx formations). Only recruit these when you have no other choice. They have some bonuses, but those don’t make up for their weaknesses. They run out of ammo before they can do much damage, and their range is so short that you have to micromanage them a lot. Skirmishers: pretty useless in my opinion. To increase range and limit friendly fire, it’s better to keep them in between units of your main line (withdraw them when the enemy comes too close). Slingers: their projectiles fly lower and have shorter range. Disable skirmish mode and keep a unit close to protect them (spearmen are good for this).

You’ll do more damage if you can shoot enemies from behind or from their right side (where they don’t have a shield). Use regular arrows to kill and switch to flaming arrows when enemy units are close to breaking. Keep your movements simple so they don’t break formation.Īrchers: keep them safe behind your main line, target units that are lightly armored and don’t have a large shield.

Their limited mobility means you need to protect their flanks with other units or terrain. Phalanx: extremely strong against everything from the front. Best used behind your frontline to intercept cavalry charges. Regular spearmen: weaker than heavy infantry, but good against cavalry. Best used behind your main line where they can go around to flank the enemy or quickly reinforce weak points in your main line. They can outmanoeuvre heavy infantry, but that’s the only advantage. Light infantry: weak, only use when you have no alternatives. I recommend enabling fire at will for your roman infantry, to make sure their javelins are used. Heavy infantry: good against almost everything in a direct fight, but their limited mobility can make them weak against cavalry or archers. Onagers are good for far support and seigesĮlephants run over most things but are weak to phalanxes and fire arrows War dogs respawn after battle but can’t be microed, use them against infantry with their morale penalty. Missile cav are worse than normal (excluding ones with mace secondary) in melee but can usually catabrian circle and whittle away most units.īerserkers beat almost everything unless totally surrounded, but when tired they’re easier to fight. They have trouble against heavy infantry sometimes, but can put up a fight with charge bonus. Missiles are useless against testudo.Ĭhariots in melee are best against missile infantry and light infantry. (Iirc slingers are better against armor? Not sure). Missile infantry is the worst in melee, but beats elephants with distance and picks off everything. Spearmen facing forward beat cav and elephants, phalanx formation beats infantry and phalanxes with shorter spearsĬav beats everything except berserkers, elephants, and chariots when charging from behind, and beats all infantry excluding spearmen head on.

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