With luck and skill you can exterminate half the enemy army before going in. These machines are priceless whe taking cities because they are able from a safe position to devastate enemy forces which are behind the walls, leading to panic. Can help your infantry in the field or smash a wall (takes quite long though). Usual greek Peltasts (called Velites in Rome).Ī heavier version of the usual Peltasts, still not worth some good archers but good for pre-battle skirmish engagements.īest slingers there is (and still no match for good archers or other units of medium and high class). Usual light cavalry, used throughout the greek world.Īverage-to-good general's bodyguard unit. But, yeah, the cost is quite 'elite', too.

Very good phalanx unit, better are only the Spartans.Įlite phalanx, one of the best infantry units in Rome: Total War. The Militia Hoplites act like the Town Watch - very useful outside of the battlefield, when you need someone to guard a town (leave at least 4 regiments of Militia Hoplites, they'll be okay), or on the battlefield, when you need to distract an enemy group, lure them into a trap or something. For the Wrath of Sparta Campaign there is the Hellenika (or Greeks At War) Mod, which is very fun and well made. LMAO so there's an ever so small level of bias there :D) 7. As support you can use perioikoi and helots - units of dubious quality but enough to harass the enemy. Ballistae can be used to punch holes in walls, or against concentrated enemy troops - although it may be hard to hit men with a projectile that is almost the same size as them. It is much like a giant bow, the bolt being fired due to tension built up in twisted animal sinews. However, it's useful if you want to 'transfer population' from one settlement to another (Show me How). You get 100 new units for every faction in Greece + Persia. In addition Sparta takes much from war experience of Macedonia hence it can use pikemen and cavalry. Staple of RTS games, the ballista reappears once more in Rome: Total War.

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