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? | == Description/Introduction == | | + | #REDIRECT [[Main_Page]] |
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? | == What does this unit counter? == | | + | |
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? | Most sword units in general. | | + | |
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? | == Counters to this unit type == | | + | |
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? | The main units that counters infantry is pikemen, ranged and artillery: they have a bonus against them and are therefore extremly effective in melee against them. They can also form a phalanx which will negate your charge and deal damage to your unit.<br /> | | + | |
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? | A pike phalanx will counter infantry very effectively, in the same way as the hoplite phalanx.<br/> | | + | |
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? | Finally, due to their speed, infantry is vulnerable to missile fire, and especially artillery. | | + | |
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? | == General playstyle and general tips == | | + | |
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? | Those tips can be used when playing every infantry type listed below, but their effectiveness varies according to the type of infantry/faction being used | | + | |
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? | == Factions == | | + | |
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? | === Greece === | | + | |
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? | ==== Characteristics ==== | | + | |
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? | ==== Premium units ==== | | + | |
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? | | T5|| Thureos Swordsmen || Example || With thrusting sword and light shields, these soldiers can fight where the hoplites cannot.|| Only avalible on Wargamings online premium store. | | + | |
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? | ==== Commanders who can play them effectively ==== | | + | |
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? | [[TWA:Leonidas|Leonidas]]<br/> | | + | |
? | [[TWA:Miltiades|Miltiades]]<br/> | | + | |
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? | [[TWA:Alexander_the_Great|Alexander the Great]] | | + | |
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? | === Roman Empire === | | + | |
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? | ==== Sword Infantry==== | | + | |
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? | ! Tier !! Unit name !! Picture !! Description | | + | |
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? | | T1 || Pedites || Example || A flexible unit that can form a tight, disciplined formation. | | + | |
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? | | T2|| Milites || Example || Resilient, well-trained infantry. | | + | |
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? | | T3|| Accensi || Example || Roman training makes a formidable infantryman out of even the poorest soldier. | | + | |
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? | | T4 || Hastati || Example || A well-qeuipped unit that supplements sword and shield with deadly javelins. | | + | |
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? | | T5 || Principes || Example || Flexible, reliable infantry that can lead the charge or hold the line. | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Legonaries || Example || The men who conquered the known world. | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Armoured Legonaries || Example || Clad in the best Roman steel, these troops make an excepitonal defensive unit. | | + | |
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? | | T7 || Centurion || Example || The iron backbone of the legion. | | + | |
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? | | T7 || Veteran Legionaries || Example || A wall of steel that will hold the line in the face of any foe. | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Socii Extraordinarii || Example || Hand-picked form the best of Rome's Italian allies. | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Eagle Cohort || Example || Legionaries will follow their Eagle into even the most dire of situations. | | + | |
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? | | T9 || Evocati Cohort || Example || Some are happy to trade war for peace - but not these men. | | + | |
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? | | T9 || Praetorians || Example || They will protect their Emperor from anything - when i suits them. | | + | |
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? | | T10 || Palatini || Example || The Palace Guard are the extension of the Emperor's will and the instrument of his power. | | + | |
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? | | T10 || Imperial Guard || Example || These men can make an Emperor - or tear him down. | | + | |
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? | ===== Characteristics ===== | | + | |
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? | ==== Premium units ==== | | + | |
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? | | T3 || Ghost of Cannae|| Example || Haunted by the memories of unimaginale bloodshed, the survivors of Canna march implacably toward redemption - or death. || 950 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T5|| Retentus || Example || These experienced veterans act as steadying influence on more junoir soldiers. || 3.550 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T6|| Murmillo Gladiators || Example || Thought lighty armoured, these warriors have faced death a hundred times: they are fast, vicious and fearless. || 4.700 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Legio IX Hispana || Example || The legends surrounding these veteran troops are an inspration to their comrades. || 7.650 Gold | | + | |
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? | ==== Commanders who can play them effectively ==== | | + | |
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? | Germanicus<br/> | | + | |
? | Scipio<br/> | | + | |
? | Sulla | | + | |
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? | Ceasar | | + | |
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? | === Barbarians === | | + | |
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? | ==== Sword Infantry ==== | | + | |
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? | | T1 || Tribesmen|| Example || A unit of life-long fighters capabel of a ferocious charge. | | + | |
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? | | T2 || Woodmen || Example || The woodsmen can burste from teh forest in a sudden, surging charge. | | + | |
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? | | T3 || Warband|| Example || Oath-bound warriors with a vicious charge. | | + | |
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? | | T4 || Cherusci Warband|| Example || The fearsome victors of Teutoburg. | | + | |
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? | | T5 || Warriors|| Example || Brutal lives forge brutal fighters. | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Proven Warriors || Example || Veterans of a lifetime of war, clad in the spoils of a hundred battles. | | + | |
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? | | T7 || Andartas Swords|| Example || The reason Victory is a woman. | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Chosen Swordsmen || Example || Seasoned veterans wielding a variety of armaments; an inspriation to the tribe. | | + | |
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? | | T9 || Neaked Warriors|| Example || What soldier's morale would not quail in the face of such brazen confidence? | | + | |
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? | | T10 || Oathsworn|| Example || Bound by unbreakable oaths, these elite, heavy-armed warrios are prepared to fight and for chief and tribe. | | + | |
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? | ===== Characteristics ===== | | + | |
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? | ==== Falxmen ==== | | + | |
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? | | T5 || Falxmen || Example || Armed with a terrifying curved blade these warriors can carve through armour and shields. | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Proven Falxmen || Example || These men wield vicious two-handed swords that pierce armour and ignore enemy shields. | | + | |
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? | | T7 || Dacian Warriors || Example || The lands beyond the Danube breed hardy, ferocious warriors. | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Cleavers || Example || Strike with the force of the thunderbolt. | | + | |
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? | | T9 || Dacian Chosen || Example || The enemy will fall like wheat before the scythe. | | + | |
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? | | T10 || Decebalus Gaurd || Example || Decebalus stood firm in the face of tyranny - these men will follow his example. | | + | |
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? | | T4 ||Bloodsworn || Example || With their blood-oaths driving them these men will charge with incredible ferocity. || 2.400 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T5 || Bastarnae Falxmen || Example || Armed with the brutal two-handed falx, these warriors will carve through armour, shield and flesh wiht practiced ease. || 3.400 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Harii Painted Warrios|| Example || Example || Only avalible on Wargamings online premium store. | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Berserkers || Example || Ferocious warriors of legendary aggression who will throw themselves against the enemy again and again. || 7.600 Gold | | + | |
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? | ==== Commanders who can play them effectively==== | | + | |
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? | Arminius<br/> | | + | |
? | Vercingetorix | | + | |
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? | Boudica | | + | |
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? | === Carthage === | | + | |
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? | ==== Sword Infantry ==== | | + | |
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? | | T4 || Lybyan Recruits || Example || Cheap and effective Libyan merenaries, paid to hold a sword and follow orders. | | + | |
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? | | T5 || Punic Mercenaries || Example || Ruthless sell-swords from across North Africa. | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Iberian Rebels|| Example || Vicious tribsmen ready to bear a grudge. | | + | |
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? | | T7 || Libyan Infantry || Example || Stand still too long and they will roll right over you. | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Insubres Swordsmen || Example || Roman-hating swordsmen who make a formidable and uppredictable foe. | | + | |
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? | | T9 || Samnite Warriors|| Example || Rome's own 'bogey men', out to cause trouble. | | + | |
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? | | T10 || Campaign Elites|| Example || You are in the presence of legendary victors. | | + | |
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? | | T3 || Carthaginian Marines || Example || Carthaginian marines swept the enemy decks with a vicous missile fire before leaping into the fray. || 950 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T6 || Mercenary Scutarii || Example || Armed with heavy shields, these men are tough, well-trained and dangerous. || 5.000 Gold | | + | |
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? | | T8 || Hamilcar's Veterans || Example || Years of gruelling warfare have forged these men into a deadly reflection of their iron-willed commander. || 8.000 Gold | | + | |
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? | ==== Commanders who can play them effectively ==== | | + | |
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? | Hannibal<br/> | | + | |
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? | Hasdrubal | | + | |