You'll need
a solid pike force to counter the Seleukid tide of mellee-type troops
1 X pezhetairoi (when you can afford them)
3 X pantodapoi phallangitai
lots of shooters!!!
2 X eastern slingers-armor killers with high ammo
2 X persian archers for missile duels
2 X archer-spearmen as bombers after missile superiority has been established
2 X eastern skirmishers they add numbers have great stamina and make make decent flankers
plus 2-3XFM members to use as flankers, or to counter enemy cavalry...
If you plan to march east into India you'ld also better invest in a couple of Baktrian lights (Kavakazas)... they'll clean the stone walls for you from the deadly Indian mellee infantry...
for extra-easy elephant killing (on an open field) you could use some skirmisher cavalry (either Arachosian or Dahae)...
This is a low-cost, low-tech force which i find very effective during the initial decades of playing as Baktra...
after some time i have found it easier to change my fighting style to pseudo-nomad tactics ... i recruit dahae riders and use FM's en masse to counter the Pahlavas, Seleukids and Sakas... not very realistic i know but VERY effective, rewarding and fun...
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