The Ultimate Battle Turning Unit

**/Bean\** · 04-20-2009, 19:14

Practically anything big and/or heavy smashing into your back at speed is not going to do wonders for your morale, so I think ele's or cavalry will always win my vote. Anything 'frightening' also works to make the enemy morale drop faster, but it's not really a final blow, so, for this particular poll, those units don't get my vote.

**Mediolanicus** · 04-20-2009, 19:28

Casse Chariots!!!

Used well they mop up half an engaged army easily, all you have to do is hold the line for a few minutes, even if you are outnumbered 3 to 1.

**machinor** · 04-20-2009, 19:46

Cataphract Elephants.

They're heavy cavalry and frightening superarmoured shock troops all combined into one giant biomass of BADASS!

**Fluvius Camillus** · 04-20-2009, 20:05

Originally Posted by Mediolanicus

Casse Chariots!!!

Used well they mop up half an engaged army easily, all you have to do is hold the line for a few minutes, even if you are outnumbered 3 to 1.

Rather Pontic/Seleucid Chariots then, nice scythes!

Always love when these things crash into unsuspecting AI units, they flie into the air, lose formation and rout, also nice to shred light cavalry.

**Ignopotens** · 04-20-2009, 20:32

Drapanai and Rhomphaiaphoroi charges to the enemy rear pretty much end anyone's day.

**Vasiliyi** · 04-20-2009, 21:46

elephants, definatly. I love waiting paitently for the enemy to get tired against my line and then sending those awesome beasts do their work. Ive never had them run amok yet, and halfway through your battle most if not all of the enemy skirmishers used their javelins. So elephants have my vote.

**Iskander 3.1** · 04-20-2009, 21:50

PedEx FTW!!!11!1

**DaciaJC** · 04-20-2009, 22:09

Originally Posted by Ignopotens

Drapanai and Rhomphaiaphoroi charges to the enemy rear pretty much end anyone's day.

Indeed, I'm surprised that these two didn't get their own option. Thraikioi Peltastai are also good in that role.

**mountaingoat** · 04-21-2009, 00:03

usually charge with whatever is remaining , so i picked the levy option :P

**Ghaust the Moor** · 04-21-2009, 01:41

I'm gonna vote Catapracts. They are the best when used to annihilate (spelling?) heavy infantry, when the've been stuck on a phalanx. Normaly I would vote Elephants but I am a little reckless with them, and I ussually charge them at the first unit waiting on the other side of the gate when attacking a city. That unit, more often than not, Is peltasts sooooo bye-bye elephants. I tend to think my elephants are invincible...yeah...not so.

**Ignopotens** · 04-21-2009, 04:00

Originally Posted by Frontline1944

Indeed, I'm surprised that these two didn't get their own option. Thraikioi Peltastai are also good in that role.

I voted under the "Gesatae/frightening unit" option because it seemed the most related.

**Cute Wolf** · 04-24-2009, 08:36

That result of my pool is not too surprising for the first place, the HC are the best choice to wreck enemy line and routing them... but I do surprised when there is no one mention for slings... I can remember when there was a someone call EB with it's slingers from hell...