Helvetti phalanx

[Diamondj]

I was fighting one of those scripted northern barbarian armies that are way too strong and decided to send my Helvetti phalanx against a unit of Neitos. Since I'm pretty sure spearmen are usually weak against swordsmen I had the Helvetians fight with their swords rather than as a phalanx, in the end they were completely owned and only killed like 10 enemies despite the fact that I had a unit of Hastati attack the Neitos' rear. I wasn't sure if this happened because I made a poor choice in having a phalanx (albeit an elite one) use their secondary weapons or if it was simply because the unit of Neitos had like 2 gold chevrons.

[The_Mark]

Both. Stupendous amounts of experience make even levies killing machines, not to mention professional heavy infantry like the Neitos. Fighting toe-to-toe with the likes of them is never a good idea. Having your Mori Gaesum in phalanx would've kept the Neitos at a distance for a while, giving you the time to get rid of other nuisances and then concentrate solely on the Neitos, throwing spears, rocks, arrows and small children at 'em.

Edit: Just for the sake of it, Helvetti is Finnish and means Hell. [/Pedantic]

[Thaatu]

Damn, this caught my eye. Sadly, not a new unit.

[The_Mark]

I'd fancy a Hell Phalanx. To balance things we'd need a potestates cohort as well to deal out some divine punishment.

[Thaatu]

Didn't flambe pigs have some special ability in vanilla? Could that be added to a phalanx unit?

[Diamondj]

Didn't flambe pigs have some special ability in vanilla? Could that be added to a phalanx unit?

Wait, are you suggesting a phalanx unit that can set itself on fire at will? Please say I am misunderstanding you.