Favourite "elite" unit?

[vastator]

Does anyone have a particular unit that they really look after, just to see it achieve elite status? In my current Julii campaign I'm using a lot of Rhodian and Balearic slingers. One of the units I recruited in Palma is now on 3 gold chevrons with gold weapons for a missile attack strength of 21. They're still at full strength and racking up 200+ kills in every battle - truly the dog's Balearics!

[tibilicus]

I had not really an elite unit more of an elite navy. They all had full Rankings and were truley unstopable. They truley were the golden fleet.

[Arrowhead]

hahahahahahaha...My foresters...Golden chevrons... everything else...hahahahahaha.

[Viking]

Armoured Elephants with three gold chevrons beats up everything!! (including your own men if they run amok..)

[Craterus]

I have a couple of 3 silver chevron chariot archers but and 2 units of Gold everything (chevrons, attack, defence) Nubian Spearmen.

[Titus Livius]

Spartan Hoplites by far. "Rout" is simply not in their vocabulary.

[tibilicus]

i know this is rather unralated but still imagin what a whole army of fully ranked spartan hoplites could do..................... yep probably conquer the whole campagn map :)

[Marcus Maxentius]

Going from Roman archers to chosen archer warbands opened my eyes.

[Arrowhead]

Going from Roman archers to chosen archer warbands opened my eyes.

HA! Wait till you try foresters!

[The Stranger]

wait till you see my urban cohorts combined with spartans = invincible

[Arrowhead]

You can't do that unless you mod it.

[Somebody Else]

A high valour heavy onager unit, or scorpion... always good for a tasty treat - roasted, or skewered'n'grilled.

[The Stranger]

You can't do that unless you mod it.

so what ARROW THROUGH HIS HEAD THE SOCALLED EMPEROR DEFEATER WIMP. urbans and spartans destroy your foresters with one snap of their fingers

[imdWALRU5]

Elite Spartans are unstopable