How to beat chariots?

[Durfio]

As the Julii I found that one of the most effective ways of dealing with enemy chariots when I do not have enough missile troops to handle the problem is to charge them with my general in cycles. You do not take many casualties in the initial charge so the key is to pull them back as soon as the damage from the initial charge is done. In the mean time all your pila throwing infantry should be moving forward set to fire at will while the chariots are tied up by your general. Once your general is free and a short distance away again charge the chariots again. Repeat this as often as you can without allowing your general to get bogged down in hand to hand combat.
There are several benefits to this approach:

• The casualties you take in the general's unit will be replenished without having to spend money on training costs.
• You'll exhaust the chariot units for the fight with your infantry.
• You'll inspire good combat traits in your general which will increase his effectiveness in future battles.
• This will also help you level up your general (something you should always be striving to do anyway). Your general can be a very powerful unit when used correctly.
• The morale of your front line will be greatly increased due to your general's vicinity

Now since you're fighting the britons keep in mind they bring some powerful infantry to the fight. Do not let your general get bogged down by enemy infantry while you're trying to pick apart their chariots. Once they bring infantry to the melee between your cavalry and the chariots get your general out of there! They are doing some of the work for you by reducing the mobility of their chariots.

Hope this helps.

[Dafug3]

Everyone must remember, however, that chariots only defence is their hitpoints, they have virutally no defence value. So even if you archers haven't killed enough to make that unit non-dangerous, it will die easily in melee.

[Julius Augustus]

I have always found that there are several ways to pwn chariots.
1. Hit them with javs, arrows, pila. They will die fast.
2. Let them run into a phalanx head on. They die instantly.
3. Let them fight your legionaries head on. After about 8 seconds in melee, you will the see the chariots start to die, even sooner if your legionaries have let loose a volly or two of pila.

Hope this helps.

[Flavius Julius]

From my limited experience, it seems first impact with the chariots with cavalry causes a lot of dead chariots, but after the charge your cavalry gets absolutely massacred.

[pevergreen]

Since its back up...

Sythced wheels churn horses into sausages.

Thick formation of spearmen, hoplites preferably.

[Yesugey]

. You do not take many casualties in the initial charge so the key is to pull them back as soon as the damage from the initial charge is done.

Uhm, i totally disagree also. There is a good chance your general drop dead after the impact, even you try to retreat. Beside charging, you cant even chase "routing" chariots with them.

British Chariots are pain in the ass because there are no phalanxes at the heart of the barbarian Europe.

So i go with archers and Triarii.

What if these are also not avaiable? Then buy some mercenary barbarians, and put them to the first line, and put ur legionnaires just behind them.

Barbarians will cut down by Chariots, but they will "stop them". Thats the trick. When they stopped, any infantry can ride them down from their vehicles.