Phalanxes: Did anyone notice?
Okay, we all love the phalanx formation, especially since it slaughters chariots, cavalry, and keeps infantry at bay in crowded situations.
However, did you notice, whenever I phalanx turns around, it sweeps in a circle, and pretty much slices infantry to pieces that are in the front? If you're surrounded, turning back and forth racks easy kills.
And, if you have infantry sandwiched between two phalanxes: If you have a phalanx holding infantry at bay in the front, and a phalanx in the back ready to do some killing, it is much more effective to click PAST the infantry you want to kill, and watch your hoplites move forward and strike down the units quicker.
The reason is, is because phalanx likes to move forward slowly, making their flanking not as great. In order to get your flanking going quickly, click PAST the infantry you want to strike down (From the back. Using this technique with phalanx in the front will not work).
As the phalanx walks forward, it'll strike down scores upon scores of infantry. Reason is, is because infantry facing away from you take much more damage than facing in the front (common sense). Phalanxes take longer to flank because they slowly edge toward infantry. By clicking them to move forward, their spears stab into the infantry as they walk forward, racking up nice kills.
If you knew this, my bad. But I was reading a unit guide for the entertainment, and remembered this discovery when fighting as Greece.
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Originally Posted by ccgr1121
