Uses for Scythed Chariots?

[The Tribunal]

Does anyone have good tactics concerning the use of Scythed Chariots. I'm having mixed results as Pontus.

[Le_Swede]

Haven't played for some time now so things might have changed but I use them to flank and then tear through the enemies army by pushing them through as many of their units as I can. The biggest problem I've had with them is that you got to baby sit them if you want any effect from them.

[KAM 2150]

Historically the best usage for them is to flank or attack when enemy lines are disorganized. Every frontal attack on prepared enemy ended with huge fail in history.

[Eidolan]

Too bad you can't just have them run down the side of a unit and let the wheel blade shred them up without actually colliding with the unit.

[KAM 2150]

Well, you can and you can even control them like a car with arrows seriously, press insert so the camera will move behind them and then you can control them with arrows like in Need for Speed ;D

[gornoviceanu]

If you handle them manually they can just break through unit ranks on the other side, provided those ranks are not heavy infantry ones.

I don't really use them that much because I hate micromanagement in a game such as this but an effective way to use them is have them create chaos in the enemy's formation then follow up with a cav charge. It usually breaks them (the enemy :p)