Hello guys,
I am trying to improve my tactical skills by intensive "drilling" in custom battles.
I have my settings to 40 men per unit. My difficulty is medium.
I created a custom battle: two tirarii (me) units vs 1 elephant unit (Cpu). Grass flatland is the battleground.
Elephants appear to be very effective charging and inflicting heavy losses in a short time. This last thing results in severe morale drops for the triarii. That's no secret.
I then decided to widen the triarii formation and then to loose it up. The elephants charged and killed only a couple of my men. Furthermore, they didn't pull back for another charge and stayed in the melee which allowed my triarii to kill one of them. This last death triggered a drop in their morale and the next thing I know is that the triarii killed the enemy's general.
I wonder if the open and wide formation has a better change in standing against the elephants.
Your feedback is appreciated.