Call me lame I but I like Polibyan principes. Decent unit overall, looks good and tasty, pleasure to watch at work.
Call me lame I but I like Polibyan principes. Decent unit overall, looks good and tasty, pleasure to watch at work.
Im fond of the normal hoplitai, but like the mercenary version aswell (for a bit of shield variation)
Also like the thracian medium skirmishers (can't remember the name) they're pretty meaty and have served my well on my campaigns into asia minor
Last edited by Ezephkiel; 05-22-2007 at 22:06.
Well the reformed makedonian pezhetairoi are mine...with the cohorts reformata..imagine the compined power of that formation along with heavy catafract cav and eastern archers......
"Alexander came by the statue of his father and spoke loud: `Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for AS Hellenes WE should not be slaves to barbarians."
Well, I fell in love with the Dosidataskeli. But, the most regular unit and real battle winner (the dosi are there just as flank support), it's definatly the Gestikapoinann (Lusotannan Light Spearmen). I mean throw anything at them they'll shew them up and spit them out like old chewing gum :).
Also, Plybian princeps as someone already said, Iudaioi Taxeis for my AS campaign and som manny others... Basically every faction has one unit (on the non elite side) that I somehow can use really well and they may not be ubber statwise but when in combined arms, they really shred everything...
Cheers...
- Agrianikoi Pelekephoroi. Their only disadvantage is their low armour, but with their axes they just rip everybody.
- Thraikioi Peltastai. Best skirmishers ever and also good all-around infantry.
- Hysteroi Pezhetairoi. Stand against all other Phalangites without problems.
Thrakian peltasts hands down.
Although I must admit I'm also a fan of our Camillian Triarii.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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Peltastai Thraikioi.
Most useful unit I've ever wielded. Deadly javelineers combined with fairly tough medium infantry. They can hold a line against most regular units when they have to and decimate it from a distance when they don't.
I also have a fondness for the Dorkim Aloopim and one of the Liby-Phoenecians (the better one), for both appearance and effectiveness.
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