Quote Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin
Add companions, because they get a huge charge bonus! When you can make a frontal charge on Rome's finest and win imagine what happens when you flank them! Usually with me if I get one group of companions behind enemy infantry that is fighting my infantry I can route huge numbers of units and kill many with the first charge. They deal more damage than greek cavalry and can kill enemy cavalry a lot easier. Use the greeks to flank smaller groups of troops or to run down enemy cavalry, leave the companions to charge phalanxes, heavy infantry and enemy cavalry.
But they are not as good as scytian nobles. Charge bonus more than Cats... in other words, 18.