Barbarians vs Selucids

[Arphaxad]

HELP!!!

A freind of mine recently handed me my ass on a silver platter after a long battle with me being the macedonians and him being the selucids( i know how could i have lost?! such a shame.)NOw i want my revenge, what Faction do you think i should use. I am partial to a barbarian factoin cause losing to them is more embarrassing, specially if he's using those damned elephants , but i'm open to any suggestions. Any field strategy would be helpful too.

thanks

-Arphaxad

[NihilisticCow]

Selecids are much stronger than Macedon, so it is no dishonour to lose to them.

Facing Seleucids, I quite like taking Parthia and using Cata Camels to kill the catas (once the catas are down, Seleucid is generally finished). Parthia also have elephants, so they're another option. Many other factions like Pontus, Rome, Greece, Armenia can also work.

If you want to use Barbarians, Germanic Chosen Axemen can help in killing catas, as can Scythian Head Hunting Maidens and Britannic Heavy Chariots. Elephants can be a nuisance though, but both Scythia and Germania have better archers than Seleucids so can win any archer duel and fire arrow the eles. Seleucid pikemen are shot to pieces easily with archers. For Britannia, a combination of Heavy Chariots, Chosen Swordsmen and Head Hurlers (maybe Light chariots if you want to try and fight a missile duel) should deal with any Seleucid army. Britannia does need a bit of practice to get used to though.

[Wishazu]

its not embarrasing to lose to a barbarian faction, they have some of the best melee troops in the game.

[Azi Tohak]

I'm not so sure there are any really weak factions in the game. I don't like Numidia and most of the Carthage infantry is poor, but I think the game (well, without the silly Egyptians) is fairly balanced.

But...to beat the Seleucids, I do think Parthia would be decent, and the Dacians, Germans or Gauls would not be too bad either because of the arrow storm you can get. I just don't have much experience killing the Seleucids, just who I don't like to fight when I use them.

Azi

[NihilisticCow]

Dacia and Gaul do not counter the Seleucids. An arrow storm just won't kill many charging armoured cataphracts, and once they have reached your lines, you are finished.

Carthage infantry is not at all poor... Sacred Band Infantry are the second best phalanx in the game, losing out only to Spartans.

[SaSBadman]

Sacred band are the best phalanx unit in the game when you take ability and cost level into account. Poeni infantry are not bad either but lybian spearmen will often get you into trouble and are not ment to be a frontline troop.

And yes a big cataphract charge alone is usually enough to rout Dacia and Gaul not to mention that barbarians hate pikes.