![]() Regular pikemen work just fine in campaign all the way through, you've got a lot of hoplites for your flanks, and you can cover your relative weaknesses with mercs - top ranged units right in your home province, Rhodian slingers close by, and if you go a bit east you find Cappadocian cavalry, go west & there's Campanian horsemen. It's murder on rear charges and trashes any regular cav you're going to face in the early game.Īthens isn't so bad. I don't know of any other faction that starts with an elite unit (besides their generals.) Against early units, that thing is great. Hidden selling point: you get a unit of companion cav to play around with from the very start. Haven't tried Seleucids - they've got a great roster and a nutso diplomatic situation so probably fun :DĮgypt's got a nice position (I think they're one of the biggest factions at start, and helpfully, it's a whole province) and a great big roster to play around with.īaktria's a lot of fun too - Hellenic infantry + good skirmishers + horse archers + cataphracts + elephants! And you just get to stomp your way from east to west. But they get there and also benefit from cheap agent use. Pontus doesn't feel much like a Hellenic faction at first - you'll be using a lot of Eastern spearmen & hillmen. Early game is about outmaneuvering and outsmarting bigger, stronger Carthaginian armies until you take the prize that is Carthage itself.Īlso, they get a unit armed with a giant metal glove whose sole role is to fist people to death.All the Hellenic factions I've tried are pretty good. Iolei archers and javelinmen are some of the strongest in RotR, and their ability to deploy pretty much anywhere unseen is a huge boon that is necessary to compensate for your lacklustre melee options. Carthaginian hoplites are incredibly tough, but they're slow and you can (read:must) outflank them at every opportunity and shoot them in the back. To really succeed as them, you need to take full advantage of all the tools at your disposal, namely ambushes and vanguard deployment. Their heavy Armour hard counters lazy or ineffectual use of your ranged units, plus your front lines are too weak to sustained melee. Love the Iolei, their combat is pretty distinct from any other R2 faction (more ranged focus than Lusitani, more guerilla oriented than Kush) and their starting position is pretty brutal given how you're up against Carthage, arguably the strongest faction on the map, and whose garrisons can field Sacred Band. Think we missed one? Give us a Modmail and suggest new Subreddits to add to the lists! Total War Center Mod List (Not every mod, but most Overhauls)Ī guide to buildings and economy in Three Kingdoms KamachoThunderbus' Spell Stat Cheat Sheet List of Total War Tools Explaining Historyīig list of recommended reading on classical antiquity Filter ContentĬommunity Message the Mods Join the Offical Discord Join the Subreddit Discord Join our Weekly Q&A Thread Resources If that's your situation, hang around the sub for a couple of days and leave a few comments - you'll be able to post in no time! Need more details? Read our full rules here. ![]() Our automoderator also prevents spam by deleting posts from users less than four days old or who have less than three karma. ![]() ![]() Giveaways and contests must be approved beforehand by the moderation team. No politics allowedĭon't derail threads with off-topic memes or controversy. TW A Message from Total War’s Leadership Team (Dec 2023)Īll posts must be related to the Total War series.Post your strategies, thoughts, links and reviews here. Click here to set your flair! Welcome to /r/TotalWar!Ī subreddit for all of those who love the Total War series. ![]()
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