Carthage Army Composition

[Moosemanmoo]

Hello!
I've finally convinced myself to start a campaign with the children of Dido (whatever).
After playing Romani and Hellenistic factions with their standard armies I've no idea what to field.
In ignorance can anyone help me?


Does anyone feel like sharing their army compositions?

[Mediolanicus]

Rely heavily on regionals and mercenaries. Only when defending your homelands you should ask your citizens to fight. Though one unit of your elites can always be added to your armies.

Your core will exist out of Liby-Phonicians and Lybians, with support from Spanish warriors and skirmishers from Nort Africa.

[A Very Super Market]

Oh, and don't ever forget your cavalry. The Romans have nothing on yours, be they Lusos, Gauls, or Liby-Phoenicans.

Don't even mention the Sacred Band in proximity to Eqvites if you don't want a horde of Romans with heart attacks blocking your way.

[Dunadd]

Libyan Spearmen are perfectly good infantry - they have decent melee, decent defence and a decent missile attack. Elephants are nice as you can just move them behind your infantry to frighten enemies and cause them to rout when you flank them with cavalry, but they're very very expensive to pay (2500 a turn) and not a necessity. I've never had more than the one unit you start with due to the cost. They're too expensive to use in combat much, except for scaring enemies from behind the lines or charging them in the flank along with cavalry.

As long as you have more archery troops and more cavalry than the enemy you can beat just about any enemy army by holding it with Libyan spearmen then hitting each of the enemy's flanks with 3 or 4 cavalry units.

If fighting Triarii or phalangites you'll need to vary that by hitting them in the back with javelins using Spanish or Numidian light cavalry and/or any free Libyan spear units.

The best archery troops are mercenary Cretan archers and Balaerics, but you can recruit your own Numidian archers and Balaeric slingers in North Africa and the Balaeric isles if you build up your garrisons there a bit. Three archery units is more than enough in most armies, but you might want 4 when you're righting Numidian rebels who have a lot of light cavalry, skirmishers, slingers and archers.

You need archery superiority if your army includes elephants to stop enemy archers and skirmishers sending your elephants wild so they destroy your own army.

The Spanish light cavalry you start with are decent but later on you'll want some mercenary medium or heavy cavalry or more generals with Sacred Band bodyguard cavalry.

Mercenary Phalangites are quite useful as they arent as vulnerable to Roman heavy throwing weapons as your Libyan spearmen.

[keiskander]

Im going to still abit of this thread since it has with Kart-Hadast to do.

I wonder if i can recruit Dosidataskeli from Asturia and Cantabria as Kart-Hadast? Or is it just for Lusotannia faction to use?

[The General]

Im going to still abit of this thread since it has with Kart-Hadast to do.

I wonder if i can recruit Dosidataskeli from Asturia and Cantabria as Kart-Hadast? Or is it just for Lusotannia faction to use?

No one can recruit them (anymore).

[athanaric]

Im going to still abit of this thread since it has with Kart-Hadast to do.

I wonder if i can recruit Dosidataskeli from Asturia and Cantabria as Kart-Hadast? Or is it just for Lusotannia faction to use?

Only the Lusotannan can recruit them, and only if you reenable them manually.

Qart Hadast gets other excellent Iberian troops, though. Especially Iberian Assault Infantry look really great...

[IrishHitman]

Hello!
I've finally convinced myself to start a campaign with the children of Dido (whatever).
After playing Romani and Hellenistic factions with their standard armies I've no idea what to field.
In ignorance can anyone help me?


Does anyone feel like sharing their army compositions?

More barbarians for Greek boots to crush..