Your favorite unit

[panten]

even better are the Elite Thracians who are heavily armored versions of those guys. I almost have my very first non general *earned* gold star on a unit of them. they really are a god send against heavy armor, especially triarii, principes and phalanxes

Pretty much, I fought off an Epeirote siege with basically just two units of those fending off elite unit after elite unit. Granted the Epeirotes had to use ladders since I luckily set their ram on fire but it was still impressive. But I have a knack for lower-tier units and see how they work in a variety of situations - that's why I love my Illyrians and the Drapanai so much :)