Best Unit in the game?

**Kekvit Irae** · 03-20-2005, 15:20

For raw statistical power, Spartans beat out nearly anything.
For power in numbers, you cannot beat the Spear Warband. That's how I conquered the world playing at Germania until I discovered the joys of the Chosen Archers and the Gothic Cavalry. A barbarian phalanx you can build right off the bat. Yummy.

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 16:41

best spearmen=spartan hoplites
best infantry=urban cohort/bastarnae mercenaries
best cavalry=cataphracts/armoured elephants/ sarmatian mercenaries
best missile unit=pharoahs bowmen
best missile cavalry=horse archers
best general=eastern general

those are my opinions on the best units in the game, thats my dream army!

**Alien of Germania** · 03-20-2005, 18:06

1. Spearwarband
2. Gothic Cavalry
3. Barbarian Cavalry and Choosen Axemen

think im playing with Germania too much ehehehe...

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 18:48

maybe just a bit too much germania.. lol
i do like warband - they are resilient troops!

**Arrowhead** · 03-20-2005, 19:45

Originally Posted by Craterus

best missile unit=pharoahs bowmen

How dare you! Have I not repeated, time and time again, that the FORESTER WARBAND is the best archer unit!

HAIL to all who choose Germania or Gaul!

**The Stranger** · 03-20-2005, 19:46

**** you, the spartans rules (oh my go, here we go again)

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 20:04

i prefer pharoh's bowmen, they wear armour as well and they have huge range!

**Lochar** · 03-20-2005, 20:35

I havent played the customer battles much, and so far all I have played is the romans and now the selucids. Granted it was AI, but 2 milita hoplite units held their ground and decimated a spartan unit. I am still gearing toward the elite phalanx unit that selucid has so I havent gone head to head with other elite units yet.

Its funny tho as rome, I rarely if ever used town milita, but as selucid, it was the main componetn of my armies for awhile and while I have gotten levy pikeman and now the phalanx pikeman, they still exist in my armies as I cant bring myself to disband veteran units.

Altho I have noticed what gives rome its best advantage is wall combat, here the pikes cant be used as the secondary weapons just dont cut it.

**EvilNed** · 03-20-2005, 20:38

Armoured elephants! Tremble as they run into everything and everyone and just let loose. They are like a hulky guy in jail: Everyone wants to be them, but noone wants to have them ontop of you.

**AntiochusIII** · 03-20-2005, 20:55

Originally Posted by EvilNed

Armoured elephants! Tremble as they run into everything and everyone and just let loose. They are like a hulky guy in jail: Everyone wants to be them, but noone wants to have them ontop of you.

Hannibal would've heeded this advice well before Zama.

For me...

Phalanx: Hard choice...Spartan are the best but my conscience says that I just love how a long, unbreakable Silver Shield line looks - so they get my vote.

Infantry: Urban Cohort! They can beat Spartans and stop Elephant charge! What a cheat the Romans get them.

Elephants: Yubtseb elephants. Look that the size of THAT!

Archer: Forester Warbands are best in stats...but I like how Pharoah's Bowmen looks. The only unit in Egypt I ever like.

Cavalry: Companions. They may not be as heavy as cataphracts but they are sharp like a blade when they cut through enemy lines...they look cool too. With the feature thing and all...

Missile Cavalry: Cataphract Archers. Why Parthia doesn't have them is a mystery. These world-conquering bane of Urban Cohort.