Pikeman's use?

[henyo10]

The pikeman is essentially for being the shield to cavalry charges but other than that what happens if infantry charges and what happens in melee combat?

[Elvallie]

I have seen hospitalliers stopped by a spear wall in Deus Lo Vult.


Well, I lost that battle, but I checked that pikemen are better than I thought.

[eggthief]

In vanilla, the pikemen will switch to their second weapon when engaged with infantry and well... get their asses whooped.

[Gobmech]

Honestly, I've never seen use for pikemen. The computer charges directly into them, don't die and kill the pikemen. I only use them for filling up space in my armies to make them more intimidating - and cannon fodder, of course.

[zligor]

I mostly use them as strictly defensive unit.I ussualy place them behind gates, so when I`m defending castle and gates are down, enemy cavalry charges directly into spear wall.The problem with pikemen is that they switch to their swords too fast tho.

[Zeeky_Bomb]

For those playing with pikemen swords still in, there's a fairly easy solution. When you want them to go back to pikes, remove them from spearwall, wait a second, put them back in spearwall, and then tell them to attack with right click (don't let them auto-select targets).

It's also best to keep them in guard mode.