Best kill count for a single unit

**King Jackson** · 11-05-2013, 20:23

I think mine was 675 or so.

**The Stranger** · 11-09-2013, 07:39

got 2223 kill with a unit of levy pikemen on the hugest settings. game so broken :/

**Sp4** · 11-09-2013, 08:13

No the AI is just crap but it's not exactly breaking news.

**Hooahguy** · 11-09-2013, 13:24

Originally Posted by The Stranger

got 2223 kill with a unit of levy pikemen on the hugest settings. game so broken :/

It's pikemen. Sit them in front of a gate that the AI throws themselves against and you will get your huge number of kills. Similar things happened in RTW1 as well. I recall that as Baktria in EB i got similar numbers doing just that while defending from the EB equivalent of Parthia. This is not news at all.

**The Stranger** · 11-09-2013, 16:09

did i say its new? i dont recall i did.

atleast i used to able to watch and enjoy the massacre. now its just over in 4 minutes.

**Jarmam** · 11-09-2013, 17:17

Even better than a gate: A bridge. There is a river crossing map with a wide river crossing and a tiny, tiny bridge that can be fully covered by 1 unit of Pikes in a 5,5 man row. Usually I stick my elite morale-boosting units at the center of my front line - especially elite Pikes - but I placed my Silver Shields on that small bridge to cover any shenanigan-wrap-around attempts on my main army at the crossing. Damn barbarians did try to flank. 1983 kills, 21 deaths (15 or so from a few pilae units).

Interesting fact: I went and tested it with a hoplite unit of Royal Spartans to see whether this is exclusively possible with Pike phalanxes. The Spartans went all-out-300 for a surprising amount of time, but the sheer mass of 3000+ weaker units eventually pushed some troops *through* my phalanx. As soon as those guys engaged, my Spartans started dropping like flies. I lost 60 guys faster than my first 10 casualties, just from having 50-60 guys mashed into or behind the formation. Interesting to me because it means that hoplite phalanxes are not a joke. When in formation they might not have the killzone of Pikemen, but they are absolutely terrifying close-up regardless. I imagined the bonuses were just kind of a cute stats-increase for spears. Was I ever more wrong?

**The Stranger** · 11-09-2013, 19:10

yup thats one thing i noticed about pikemen, maybe the enemy only had light unit (was over too fast for me to notice) but the pikemen hadnt moved a single inch from their spot. apparantly 2k+ soldiers pushing into their 120+ formation didnt have any impact.