best strategy against thracian elite infantry

**RedGuard** · October 19, 2012, 10:56 PM

What is the best way to take these guys out at the same mitigating casulties

**Boriak** · October 20, 2012, 04:25 AM

I honeslty haven't had that much experience fighting them but I imagine they are to be treated the same way as Gaesetai. Pepper them with sling bullets, then give them some cheap unit as fodder, charge in their back with cavalry. You can also use skirmisher cavalry to tire and bring their number down.

**RedGuard** · October 20, 2012, 06:57 AM

they have more armor than gaestatae so are harder to take out with missles. they kill about one guy every two seconds.

**kidpacific** · October 20, 2012, 08:58 AM

Because of their low shiled defence, slinger is really useful against them. Other versatile methods, such as elephant/heavy cavaly charge, are also useful. And the best unit to abosorb their damage is the phalanx in their front.

**kidpacific** · October 20, 2012, 08:59 AM

Because of their low shiled defence, slinger is really useful against them. Other versatile methods, such as elephant/heavy cavaly charge, are also useful. And the best unit to abosorb their damage is the phalanx in their front.

**Entropy Judge** · October 20, 2012, 11:12 AM

AP Missile weapons (Slings are good; Pila/equivalent are also good).

Pikes.

Swarm them under with good-Lethality weapons (Axes, Thracian Peltasts). AP helps.

Fix them with something that won't crumble immediately, then hit them with shock cavalry.

**seleucid empire** · October 29, 2012, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by Entropy Judge

AP Missile weapons (Slings are good; Pila/equivalent are also good).

Pikes.

Swarm them under with good-Lethality weapons (Axes, Thracian Peltasts). AP helps.

Fix them with something that won't crumble immediately, then hit them with shock cavalry.

a volley or two of javelins and hitting with cavalry (at least as good as thesslians) will rout them instantly, but you need to time the javelins so they hit just before the cavalry charge hits

EDIT: Oops sorry didn't mean to quote that

**seleucid empire** · October 29, 2012, 03:37 AM

and sorry for double post but what faction used them against you? Im curious because i have never seen ai field them before except rebels and I fought them when they had no general so my tactic above ^ might not work as well against a 10 star super ai general

**RedGuard** · October 29, 2012, 08:23 AM

It was the massive Rebel stacks in ALEXEB with like three gold chevrons and silver armor lol. I found the best way is to not engage them at all and sit back with ballistae. same goes for elephants, from now on im leaving at least two units of ballistae in every army i make

also as you say a full frontal charge with shock calvary does the trick as well

**lmt96** · October 30, 2012, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by RedGuard

It was the massive Rebel stacks in ALEXEB with like three gold chevrons and silver armor lol. I found the best way is to not engage them at all and sit back with ballistae. same goes for elephants, from now on im leaving at least two units of ballistae in every army i make

also as you say a full frontal charge with shock calvary does the trick as well

Guard mode cannon fodder, take some skirmishers behind them and throw some javelins, or archers to shoot them down in the back. This unit is strong but kinda fragile.