help fighting suromatai?

[athanaric]

I am definitely going to try the sabotage. They are so frustrating. Thanks. It is tough going from mopping the floor with romani to being annihilated by sauromatae.

Units that might be particularly useful to you are:

Medjinikos (Baltic Frontiersmen) - best Archer-Spearmen in the game (Range: 184 m).
Skuda Baexdzhyntae (Skythian Riders) - decent HAs with spears and shields to boot (Range: 190.4 m).
Skuda Fistaeg Fat Aexsdzhytae (Skythian Foot Archers) - light archers with long range (198 m IIRC).
Thureopherontes Toxotai !!! (Bosphoran Archers) - heavily armoured and decent in melee (Range: 180 m).

and of course, as melee-only troops: Speudogordoz, your factional cavalry shredders.


Compare the Sarmatian units:

Usual HAs:
Range: 187 m

Elite HAs incl. Aeldary Aembaltae (Bodyguard of Doom):
190.4 m


It is worthwhile to note that Sauromatae vs. Swêboz is an "instagib match": In the open, the Suebi will lose horribly; in close combat, the roles are reversed as the Sauromatae have no decent factional melee units.
Which means you should always, even on the strategy map, look for the cover of woods/trees to evade or ambush their armies.