Lysimachidc Empire (WotD Faction)

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Difficulty:Hard

Lysimachos will start the game as the most financially challenged of the five successors, as his provinces are quite sparse in the way of resources. He has adapted to the situation quite well however, by supplementing his army with local Thracians.. thus allowing him to field a much larger & more expendable army at a fraction of the cost. He must take care when formulating a battle plan, to use the terrain to his advantage, seeing that his army should be made up of a large contingent of Auxillary. Battles fought in rough, difficult terrain will favor Lysimachos considerably...

Initial Strategy:

Immediately attempt to form an alliance with Cassander.. this is a major factor for your success. Build up a large army of cheap troops using the overall size of your force to help deter Cassander from considering invading you.. As soon as you are able, begin moving into Asia Minor swallowing up whatever Rebel provinces you can find.. use this as your power base. Wait for other of the Diadochi to come into conflict with one another.. then attack the weaker of the two. (Look for hostilities between Cassander and Epirus/ or Greek Leagues)

Positive

a.Cheap troops.. can be produced quickly and affordably

b.Thracian Thureophoroi are the best Auxillaries in game

c.Affordable cavalry with punch in the Thracian Nobles

d.King of rough terrain combat (as far as the Diadoch are concerned)

e.May avoid invasion initially because your starting provinces are not worth the trouble for the resource dependent Diadochi

Negative

a.Poorest of the Diadochi initially

b.Tax penalty when purchasing Pike(Pk) or Spear(Sp) units

c.Heavy Tax penalty when purchasing Elephants(El)

d.Cannot purchase any Heavy Cavalry (HC), only allotted to your factions leader and heirs.