What is the best Phalanx unit?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Pantodapoi are excellent supportive phalanxes: their AP axes come in handy. And being cheap is a good thing when the main job you use them for is to survive the autocalc against lots of missile infantry the Eleutheroi come up with... At least for me the Autocalc is a lot more easy on my armies if I stick a phalanx unit or two in my armies.

EDIT: Also with phalanxes it is about having the right formation depth. For example if you are up to superior phalanxes but do have the greater number it pays to double your formation depth: the phalanx will literally hold twice as long, and it'll push twice as hard too.

[antisocialmunky]

In all fairness to the elite loving guys, do you honestly think that the only way to use phalanx is head to head? Lets be realistic. Any unit that will hold the enemy for a good amount of time for them to be flanked is a good unit in my book and the better price/performance you get, the better they are.

Besides the Mac Reformed Phalanx looks the best right up there with the Epirote ones.

[Tellos Athenaios]

I've been cruel to the AI at times: hitting it from the sides with elit phalangitai; and literraly battering through its formations (which is more a job for levy phalanxes, btw). Sacrifice one unit at the right time - nothing is more effective and morale dropping for the enemy than to see its formations being ripped apart and find itself being envelopped from all sides.

[Eduorius]

You just need to resist the enough time for your superior cavalry to win over the enemy cavalry and charge against their enemy phalanx from the back.

You can even do them a Theban Oblique formation and many of your levies will not be touched, before the cavalry arrives.