another one of my inventions i stumbled upon several months ago that will be super powerful in version 1.2 is the martels anvil or super schiltrom.
i usually pick the papal states and purchase in high age 4 papal guard, 4 italian spear militia, 4 armored seargeants, and 4 seargeant spearmen. i then give them as much armor upgrades as possible to give some protection against missiles.
now that the shield bug is fixed they will be a quite formidable formation for a new player. one not even need camp with it since once you group the formation as i will describe it will move as one and then when you drive into the middle of the enemy line you can camp with it.
all you do is stack all spear units on the same spot and then hit schiltrom. they will all be clustered in a tight rounded phalanx that cannot be flanked and their massive numbers and schiltrom formation will give them plenty of morale.
an all cav army will have absolutely no chance even if it has missiles since they will expend them all without significantly weakening the formation. a balanced army will most likely not beat it either.
its greatest weakness would be if the enemy has naffatun or has muskets or pavise crossbowmen. also a no rules game would leave it vulnerable to artillery fire.
this formation would be invincible in early era and would hold its own fairly well in high era parring you dont come across factions with naffatun or pavise crossbowmen.
in late era i wouldnt use it.
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