Allmost every battle I use Scythed chariots they make me win, but after cripple the enemy always run amock or rout and suffer so many losses that makes them a kind of suicide weapon... I would like to start an Pontus campain (at least at the next release), but I would not like to have to buy an new chariots unit after every battle...
So, before thinking in stat changes, since I know the EB team always do everything for an reason I would like to know how did they performed in real historical battles, and in other players battles to know if they realy were suicide weapon or if I'm using they in the wrong way.
I use them mostly as I use elephants, as an psycological weapon, an heavy hammer to charge engaged enemys from flanks or behind or just send them to trample the enemy in consecutive charges until they rout but unlike elephant they almost always end the battle routing or in amock.

To historians: How did they performed in real battles?

To other chariot users: How do you use them and how they perform?