Javelins

[antisocialmunky]

Well okay, I'll take your word for it but slingers and archers are much more economical for more kills at a farther range. If at all possible, 1 more javelin for skirmishers would make them much better.

[John the Mad]

Well okay, I'll take your word for it but slingers and archers are much more economical for more kills at a farther range. If at all possible, 1 more javelin for skirmishers would make them much better.

No need to take my word as we all experience different results in the game.

My usual MO for javelins are

A:Move slingers and archers into a firing posistion ahead.
B:Once their front rank is disordered move Leves backed up by Roarii through the lines taking slingers off fire.
C:Back up each with a unit of hastati to keep them from charging.
D:once in posisition have the Leves and Roarii pick a target.
E:Watch the fun begin.

I've slaughtered entire units in this fashion i think the key though is to get a unit a bit disordered.

Now i'm not saying this is going to break a battle line but you can destroy one to two units over a period of time with the most destruction coming from the javelins.You need two to four javelin units concentrating their fire on a single though at a time.

This technique works really good at driving units away from gates.