Try Thanvare Pârsig (the heavy Persian foot archers). They are pretty powerful in missile exchanges.


Quote Originally Posted by SelSel View Post
There's some settlements nearby who let me churn out my own hellenic missile cavalry. I only used pre-built missily cav (prob persian or something) and they were decent at best.
They are actually excellent, you may have been using them wrong or in insufficient numbers.


How are hellenic missile cavalry against pahlava missile cavalry?
Depends on what you mean. If you mean Hippakontistai, forget them. They aren't bad but their various Iranian counterparts are better - and mounted javelinmen usually aren't that effective vs HAs, because they get mowed down so fast while not being able to retaliate. If you are referring to Baktrian horse archers, they're good because they can take quite some punishment, which is important in missile "duels". They can also be used to help your lancers fight enemy cavalry in close combat. Their drawbacks are that their bows are inferior in terms of range to those of nomadic HAs and that they don't have very high stamina.