I've never really understand how to use pikes even in vanilla, to me they only useful to absorb cavalry charges, but even after absorbed the initial charges, pikes are beaten to death by heavier cavalry....

I'm using april RR/RC + huger unit size and speed, just now I've tried tercio pikemen vs the ultimate genoesse cavalry, it was 251 vs 80....

I set the pikes to use guard mode and spear wall, and it succeeded absorbing the charge and kill 1/2 the cavalry, but after that the pikes were fallen down as easily as flies

so how to actually use these phalanx successors? do they need to be assisted by other units - meaning, only good at absorbing charges?

how about pikes vs infantries?