Total war rome 2 rome units
If you place them behind your lines they will often fire right into the rear of your men.Īrchers: Typically good at range, they vary in quality among the different factions but Egyptian and Cretan archers have historically been higher end. They also work well on the flanks of an enemy to cause additional enemy losses. The biggest drawback is that they cannot arc their shots very well. Combining high rates of fire with good accuraccy they make excellent skirimishers. Slingers: These units excel firing on enemies on the open ground or firing from higher grounds towards targets that are lower then them. As they are very light they excel at running after fleeing enemy and dealing additional losses.
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However they are expendable so place them in front of valuable units to soak up missile fire. Armed with only a weapon and little else they make poor soldiers and rout easily. Peasants, Mobs, Plebs, etc: Citizens thrust into battle typically to defend their home or lands when under attack. They are weaker in prolonged melees, if they are not able to deal a decisive blow early on. The tradeoff for better offense is a lower defense making them better suited for charging into a gap, or for dealing a heavy blow to enemy units. Sword Infantry: Sword infantry is usually known by their attack capabilities, compared to spearmen's more defensive skills. So in short while they have no advantages from the phalanx formation they are more flexible and are able to respond to a number of threats better. While not as lethal as pikemen against horses or infantry units when attacking head on they are able to move faster and are better for screening for enemy horsemen as they can catch up to them. Spearmen like pikemen carry stabbing weapons into battle but their weapons are much shorter but also more muneverable. Once the formation has been broken pikemen are rather weak one on one unless if they are elite units like Spartans. Infantry will pay a high price to break through their front ranks as well! While these units are amazing in the front they are vunerable to being flanked, as they are slow and make a large mass they are extremely vunerable to missile fire especially when they stay in phalanx formation to move. They can form phalanx formation that present a row of sharpen pikes in the front which is lethal to calvary. Pre-order now to get 10% off.Pikemen or Phalanxes carry long pikes into battle. Total War: ROME II – Desert Kingdoms is released on March 8 th.
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