Best Cost effective units

**a.ieraci** · May 13, 2018, 09:27 AM

What do we think are the best cost effective units ?

My personal list:

**Satansblofish** · May 13, 2018, 11:35 AM

You got one of my favorites with the Skiritai swordsmen. I'll add some I think are missing.

Without being totally sure how we fast and loose we are being with cost-effective, I broke it into 2 categories. Cavalry and infantry.

Cavalry:

-Basically any barbarian Epo's cavalry - For me, these are easily one of the most cost effective units. They're relatively comparable to Sarissa Lancers when you consider cost for output.

-Hippakontistai/-Parasim Numidim - Not a sexy choice but still worthy of praise. Break cheaper light ranged infantry, shatter routing units, and since I started using Alt Econ submod(makes armies/settlements very expensive), these units provide great utility for me. In particular, they protect the flanks of my expensive units. Since they're so cost effective, I don't even mind throwing them in as a meat shield if I have to. Parasim Numidim are the Numidian version that's just a bit better.

Infantry:

-Pergamoi Peltastai - early cost effective peltasts. I found them to be very useful on my flanks and as reserves when holes formed in my line.

-Skudra Tabari - Scythian Axemen. Good utility with 5 javelins. Very Punishing when you javelin an enemy to the face and have your horse archers simultaneously shooting them in the rear. I think the Saka may have a similar unit with more ammo.

-Kestrophendones - Syracusan Dart Slingers. For whatever reason this unit always performs really highly for me. Every time I play Syracuse I will take a handful of these and keep them the entire campaign. This routinely leads to max chevrons. They also seem overpowered when you auto-resolve.

**Jake Armitage** · May 13, 2018, 12:32 PM

Aren't those phrygian peltestas better than pergamoi? Never recruited pergomoi, only the others.

**Satansblofish** · May 13, 2018, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Jake Armitage

Aren't those phrygian peltestas better than pergamoi? Never recruited pergomoi, only the others.

Yes, but iirc they are more expensive.

**Jake Armitage** · May 13, 2018, 12:57 PM

Sure.
Anyway I'll watch those peltasts closer next pergamon campaign.

**♔Greek Strategos♔** · May 13, 2018, 01:50 PM

@a.ieraci Nice thread.

Feel free to continue this to:

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**Jake Armitage** · May 13, 2018, 02:05 PM

Thanks GS, you're a great moderator

**♔Greek Strategos♔** · May 13, 2018, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jake Armitage

Thanks GS, you're a great moderator

hehe thanks buddy.

I'm just trying to keep things in order in our thread. Plus my OCD usually helps a lot.

**Basilius** · May 14, 2018, 03:03 PM

Why do people like Skiritai Swordsmen?

**KAM 2150** · May 14, 2018, 04:20 PM

We high attack and charge, great mobility, good morale and they have javelins

Perfect tool to combine with heavy Spartans. They pretty much perform the role of cavalry in other factions in order to deliver crushing blows.

**broodwarjc** · May 15, 2018, 01:15 PM

Sarissa Lancers: https://www.honga.net/totalwar/rome2/unit.php?l=en&v=dei&f=rom_macedon&u=Gre_Sarissa_Cav

Cheap, for shock cavalry, with a high speed value, I find them to be excellent for chasing lighter cavalry off and hammering into infantry afterwards.

**Jake Armitage** · May 15, 2018, 01:24 PM

Sarissa Lancers are good, I like them, but i always have to pay attention they don't stay too much in melee, or their number will drop quickly.
They are really well balanced imo.

**hoho96** · May 16, 2018, 01:27 PM

Marian Legionaries are probably the most cost effective melee unit in the game imo :/

OMG how did I forgot about Tarantin cavalry! 1000% the most efficient cost effective skirmish cav in the game

**CadetNewb** · May 16, 2018, 05:20 PM

Yeah, I was surprised nobody mentioned the Legionaries yet. Besides being a really tanky, well rounded and forgiving unit to use with good mobility and morale, they draw from the 3rd Class Citizen pool on top of their price tag. You could lose entire legions and still be able to replace them if your economy has the money. Other factions have to worry about both of those, but the Romans don't.