I really like the Numidian heavy cav. They were exactly what I had hoped the normal numidian cav would be, a great hybrid cav unit that could wittle down units with their javelins and then charge in and finish them off. Maybe they were still a bit weak, but absolutey loved the aesthetics and hybrid nature of the unit.
Ah good old memories of Rome 2 on this channel. I think I subbed to you for Rome 2 vids like about 6-8ish years ago back in high school, and I think I've been subbed to this channel the longest out of all my subbed channels.
Why is no one mentioning thoreos spears? These guys are insane. Much more than decent in melee, obviously strong against large, quite sturdy and resilient to darts, throws a couple of flying punches to the enemy (and God knows how many times this was a blessing on my flanks). But more than anything, they are available soon! These guys are available in the mid-early game for many factions but are revolutionary in any campaign. Of course, not the best spears overall, still one of the best for cost effectiveness in the game imho
Thureos spears are a mainstay in my greek armies, theyre fast enough to move around the battlefield and throw their javelins in the rear or side and then charge,
Yeah that would be so exciting if he did some more commentaries on multiplayer battles, i know a couple good land battle tournaments still going on so theres the potential for replays.
@@TheDAWinz I played last night and forgot how awesome Lusitani Nobles are. I was just messing around and mashed an army of them against a bunch of Roman Legionaires. It was disgusting.
Great video Heir! My personal Top 5 favorite units in Rome 2 are (in no particular order): 1) Praetorians; 2) Mercenary Numidian Noble Cavalry; 3) Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants; 4) Royal Peltasts; 5) Hellenic Cataphracts
@HeirofCarthage - Fun Fact: those arm bracers you see on the Armoured Legionaries' right arms were developed during Trajan's campaigns against Dacia because of the Dacians' propensity to sever the sword arms of Legionaries with their Falxes during battle.
good to see the merc Campanians getting some love, probably my favorite merc in the game, them or the merc veteran hoplites. if i had to pick a top 5 they'd be (no particular order) Mollosian Dogs British Chariots Galatian Royal Guard Nabatean Heavy Archers Thessalian Cavalry Honorable Mention: Theuros Spears
I'll break it down into categories: Melee infantry: Any Tier 3 Roman Legionaries Spear infantry: Silver Shield pikemen Missile infantry: Torn between Cretan archers and Syrian Heavies Cavalry: Azat Knights. Really splendid performance both in the charge and melee. All rounder: Royal Peltasts FTW!
Ive got a few that most people maybe dont even know of or consider: 1. Samnite armoured spearmen (I generally like the look of the different pre roman italic units, the painted shields, the various crests, the chest armours, very fancy...) 2. Thracian peltasts (the cloaks, the hoods, the painted shields and they are one of the best skirmisher unit in the game with some decent melee capabilities) 3. Veteran Centuriae (theese heavy roman hoplites just are so cool. Dont get me wrong I like the organized and uniform look of the later roman legions but with this unit you can see some of the most georgeous looking bronze cuirasses in all of Rome 2, cool and exotic helmet models...) 4. Arabian cavalry (they look pretty average, but are xtremely cost efficient, perfect for huntig and cutting down light archers or slingers, in the dessert they also never get tired and are really fast) 5. Pontic swordsmen (nostalgia reasons, I somehow loved playing as Pontus in Rome 1 and beacause of that the first campaign I played when Rome 2 was out was a pontic one, the unit looks cool as well) 6. Nuragic Runnners (so unique, I mean men armed with iron gloves!? The Rise of the Republic campaign offered so many different cultures and therefore unit variety)
Morgan Freeman: I know the sack of Cathage has made you bitter Heir. Sowed salt in your heart... But I know... Deep inside your heart, the Levy Freeman is your favourite unit!
Favorite unit hands down: Thessalian Cavalry. There's not an abundance of cheap, cool looking shock cav so this unit takes the cake. Not only that but for a heavy shock cav, they're pretty fast.
I happen to be a big fan of certain combinations of units. For example, heavy hoplites or pikes with Agema Spears on the flanks backed up by picked peltasts, heavy shock cav and some light swords for quick back line maneuvering and defense happen to be some of my favorites. Yes, I am guilty of liking Pergamon. I am so ashamed. 😂
Well,you already spoke about Thracian Nobles and Praetorian Guard,so we can take those 2 off th list :)),Let's not forget about some good old Cataphracts with their massive charge and armor,a good Chartaginian sacred band and last,but not least,some Spartan Royal Guard,one of the best hoplite there,in my oppinion...anyway heir,i love this series..keep it going
Loved seeing campanian cav in this video! Probably my favourite cav in the game. My two favourites not on this list have to be Tarantine peltasts from rise of the republic and Berserkers, the suebi have the most fun light/medium infantry in the game
Rome and its legionaries will always be my favorite historical faction. Roman legionnaires are freaking badass. They look sikkk AF as a unit in terms of armor. The way they pilum, then charge is so cool as well as their tetsuda formation. My 2nd favorite unit would definite he hoplites, in particular Spartan hoplites. Similar to the Romans, their models look cool and their phalanx formation is awesome, but they don't look as "beefy" and "armory" as Romans.
The mercenary version has ranged mode I think, the standard cant use ranged mode though. One or the other start with ranged attack mode anyway last I played as one of the Iberian factions.
@@gigastrike2 Iberian swords of the Lusitani and Arevaci are not the same as the mercenaries available to Carthage. Mercenaries are hybrid, the Lusitani/Arevaci iberian swords are not hybrid units but still have 5 precursors. and, it actually is better for them to have 5 precursors than the hybrid javelines like the thureos spears. Precursors do alot more AP damage (32 missile damage, 12 is AP and 20 is base damage) and has a higher bonus vs large at 10. Hybrid javelines do have a higher range than a precursor, but has less damage at29 missile (9 is AP, 20 is base damage) and has a lower bonus vs large at 5. you can destroy the most well armoured of units with 5 precursor, and will absolutely kill elephants and chariots
Couldn't agree more with the armoured legionaries! I remember my first knowledge of that right arm armour was from meeting a reeanctor who was wearing it, and I always thought it looked amazing. I couldn't believe my luck when Rome II came out and I could have entire units of them, even if historically unlikely lol
Actually not during the Dacian Wars the legionaires adopted arm armour. They alo reinforced their helmets with metal crossbars so they could resist the heavy strike of a dacian falx.
@@Kili2807 that's great, any idea how widespread? My understanding was only a handful of men in a century maybe would have them, but this is from memory alone and I can't remember the source!
I don’t play multiplayer but In campaigns if I’m playing an eastern or nomadic faction the noble horse archers or royal horse archers are a great unit, they can surround and whittle down the enemy’s armies whilst staying out of range then when they run out of ammo, you can either just retreat them with no losses and attack again next turn or charge them into melee and cut down what’s left with their high melee attack. My other favourites are the scythed chariots, Syrian war elephants, Syrian or Cretan archers, royal peltests, silver shield pikes. Selucids are easily my favourite faction as they have so much unit diversity, just about the only thing they don’t have is good horse archers but you can even get these in campaign by making the nomadic factions your satrapies and levying from them.
For melee: armored legionnaires For pike:silver shield pikemen For spear:shield bearers For archer: Syrian archers For cav:royal cataphract Overall these are my favorite ones
I love the Thracian Peltasts, as once they run out of ammo, you can use them to plug any gaps in your line to let the rest of your tools do their work elsewhere
Hey heir relatively new to your vids and Rome 2. Your old multiplayer battles have really helped me understand the different faction matchups. Why does everyone on multiplayer play with max money? I feel like a lot of the fun comes from trying to make a good balanced army with limited funds
i think my favorite unit on basis of looks is the Scythian Royal Horse Archer, the ones that have antelope horns on their horse helmets and kinda look like Wild Riders. those are some nice looking units. don't the Campanian cavalry have precursor javelins? that's unique for a heavy cavalry unit.
Actually Carthaginian Cav is one of my favorite early Game Units mostly beause theyre slightly better than Citizen Cav. For me theyre perfect for what theyre supposed to do: Smash enemy Units from behind while my Hoplites hold them down and since they beat every other early game Cavalry (except Generals obviously) 1on1 theres really nothing there to stop them
My favorite unit is the Mercenary/Auxiliary Cretan Archer Close second is the Agema Spear unit for Pergammon. It's a Thureos spear with much better stats so it can hold its own. Full armies of just this unit can take on anything you throw at it as every unit has like 6 to 8 volleys of javelins and mid to high tier melee stats
also, if you ever want to do another Rome II campaign i'd like to see you play the Odrysian Kingdom just because that's one of the two factions in the game i've never gotten anywhere off the ground with, just a terrible position with such bad early game units
My top 5 (in no particular order): -Thorax Hoplites: One of the most cost-effective hoplite units in the game. Will always have a special place in my heart as Syracuse was my favorite faction to play with; -Thracian Nobles: One of the more unique units in the entire game, and one with a HUGE charge Bonus and Weapon Damage; -Numidian Noble Cavalry: Simply put, they have the stats I wish regular Numidian Cav had. Decent both in skirmishing and in melee; -Cretan Archers: Best archer unit in the game, which is why I hate that only Rome gets to recruit them at will; -Evocati Cohort: Had to include a Roman unit here, and these guys don't disappoint. Definitely the more cost-effective legionary unit in Rome's roster.
I think every faction should have one or two units that hits above its weight class. Very good spears and medium infantry, hybrid units are my favourite.
I think to say one of my favourite units was roman wardogs ... and yes i literally took on the celtic minor settlements in northern Italy by flooding it with several units of wardogs XD, having played a bit with Cimmerian Heavy Archers .. i swear they are the best archers in the game, Scythia Royal Horse & Archers were fun & Royal Cataphracts were all fun cav ... and well that is about it.
I love the Suebi. I've got over 5000 hours in Rome 2. But anyways. My infantry picks. 5. Scutarii 4. Praetorians 3. Agema Spears 2. Wodnaz Spears 1. Suebi Sword Masters
Atilla turned me into a skirmish player, so when I returned to rome 2, I had a new found love for many of its ranged units 5. Gorgo's skirmishers - fast and never seem to stop firing 4. Thracian Peltasts - they love to fight 3. Peltast/Thureos Spears - Tactically flexible 2. Nubian Bowman - protect them and they'll protect you 1. Tarentine Cavalry - After depleting all their javelins, they're perfect for clearing up remaining enemy skirmishers
Thracian Nobles are cool but they're kind of glass cannons. The charge is crushing but they just have trouble keeping numbers in protracted melee. And javelins... oh those murderous javelins.
Can't go wrong with Macedonian/Successor/Epirote Pikeman who are very overpowered but cool. I'd love to see them retain that powerful phalanx formation in a future game but then also suffer a massive debuff if the ground isn't flat and advantageous. The silver shields and Oathsworn are two of my other favourites along with Elephants and War chariots just for giggles.
1. Hellenic Cataphracts (looks badass) 2. Median cavalry 3. Royal Peltasts 4. Legionary Cohorts (best lategame unit for an army) 5. Libyan heavy infantry 6. Gallic hunters 7. Painted ones (weak unit but looks awesome) 8. Carthaginian cavalry 9. Pontic or Libyan Peltasts
My personal favorites are 1) the Mercenary Syrian Armored Elephants, because elephants + armor + badass chamfron fan = a good time, 2) Thureos spears, much like the royal peltasts, are useful as both skirmishers and as line infantry, only they're a lot quicker to get early game, 3) Agema cavalry, because I'm a sucker for bronze half-barded cataphracts, 4) Silver Shield Pikemen, not only for their in-game awesomeness but also because I'm a fan of reading about the Argyraspides' shenanigans during the wars of the Diadokhoi, and lastly, 5) Socii Extraordinarii, because sending infinite doomstacks of dirt-cheap heavy infantry is how you're supposed to play Cornelii, right?
Well..that was fun. :P lol Hate to say it but I like the mercenary Etruscan hoplites. Ya, they aren't a factions but I've always liked them. The Pharoah's Guard was always badass despite it being not so Hellenic. For range, I liked the Cretan archers but the barbarian hunters are even better I think. Cataphracts are good. I haven't played Rome 2 since the summer when I finally finished my Seleucid campaign. But I've never done Carthage, so that's next.
My top 5: Heroes of Sparta (So badass) Thorax Hoplites (A hidden Gem) Rhodian (200 kills or no kill) Chariots (Destroy things) Boii mid tier Sword (Idk but It REKT)
My favorite is Noble Horse Archers. Its unfair that the "Parthian Shot" is given to almost every missile cavalry unit in this game like javelins given to most melee units.
But both is really realistic. The romans named it parthian shoz because the parthians were the first horse archers enemies the romans faced, but the Steppe tribes and persian cavalry also have a long tradition with mounted archers. The javelin was the cheapest and most widely used weapon in ancient times. Why you shouldnt use it before going into close combat? I like that many units carry them, because it makes even trashy units useful, like Kushite Slave Infantry, Hillmen or Levy Freemen
My favorite was, and always will be, warhounds. Why? I don't know. But my list: 5. Naked Spears 4. Bee Onagers 3. Armored Legionaires 2. Druidic Nobles 1. Warhounds
You could just not research the technology to get legionaries for your whole campaign. Then you could have hastati, principes, and triarii the whole time, even when conquering mesopotamia! That's historically accurate, right? It's a give and take, for what it is I think the game is pretty darn historically accurate. you could go play Rome 1 with Europa Barbarorum mod if you want a really historically accurate experience. I wish the team from EB would have made an EB mod for Rome 2, it could have been better than all the other Rome 2 mods, I swear.
I really like the Numidian heavy cav. They were exactly what I had hoped the normal numidian cav would be, a great hybrid cav unit that could wittle down units with their javelins and then charge in and finish them off. Maybe they were still a bit weak, but absolutey loved the aesthetics and hybrid nature of the unit.
This made me miss Total War Arena. Poor thing passed away too early :'(
Heck yeah man. I’ve watched a ridiculous amount of your Rome 2 videos and loved all of em. Also excited for some warhammer 3
I always liked Bactrian Royal Cavalry because of the branches they carried on their backs. Super cool aesthetic they had.
You can get purple shielded legionaries if you play as Pompey in the Imperator Augustus campaign.
Cool
Ah good old memories of Rome 2 on this channel. I think I subbed to you for Rome 2 vids like about 6-8ish years ago back in high school, and I think I've been subbed to this channel the longest out of all my subbed channels.
Why is no one mentioning thoreos spears? These guys are insane. Much more than decent in melee, obviously strong against large, quite sturdy and resilient to darts, throws a couple of flying punches to the enemy (and God knows how many times this was a blessing on my flanks). But more than anything, they are available soon! These guys are available in the mid-early game for many factions but are revolutionary in any campaign. Of course, not the best spears overall, still one of the best for cost effectiveness in the game imho
I was going to. Def. relied heavily on them during my Bactria campaign to shore up my flanks.
Thureos spears are a mainstay in my greek armies, theyre fast enough to move around the battlefield and throw their javelins in the rear or side and then charge,
Not to mention that square formation. It makes them incredibly formidable on the flanks and at the rear of my unit
Heir it makes me so happy to see you make Rome 2 content again. are you still doing commentaries on online battles?
Yeah that would be so exciting if he did some more commentaries on multiplayer battles, i know a couple good land battle tournaments still going on so theres the potential for replays.
Great list. Mine are
1. Royal Peltasts
2. Peltast Royals
3. Peltasts that are Royal
4. A Royal contingent of Peltasts
5. Hellenic Cataphracts!
But more seriously
1) Royal Peltasts
2) Hellenic Cataphracts
3) Eagle Cohort
4) Samnite Warriors
5) Lusitani Nobles!
@@TheDAWinz I played last night and forgot how awesome Lusitani Nobles are. I was just messing around and mashed an army of them against a bunch of Roman Legionaires.
It was disgusting.
Good to see u havent forgotten the game that got me into ur channel heir :D Happy to see it
Great video Heir! My personal Top 5 favorite units in Rome 2 are (in no particular order): 1) Praetorians; 2) Mercenary Numidian Noble Cavalry; 3) Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants; 4) Royal Peltasts; 5) Hellenic Cataphracts
@HeirofCarthage - Fun Fact: those arm bracers you see on the Armoured Legionaries' right arms were developed during Trajan's campaigns against Dacia because of the Dacians' propensity to sever the sword arms of Legionaries with their Falxes during battle.
My favourite units in TWR2 are :
5. Royal Peltasts
4. Heroes Of Sparta
3. Syrian Armored Elephants
2. Armored Desert Hoplites
1. Silver Shield Pikemen
good to see the merc Campanians getting some love, probably my favorite merc in the game, them or the merc veteran hoplites.
if i had to pick a top 5 they'd be (no particular order)
Mollosian Dogs
British Chariots
Galatian Royal Guard
Nabatean Heavy Archers
Thessalian Cavalry
Honorable Mention: Theuros Spears
I'll break it down into categories:
Melee infantry: Any Tier 3 Roman Legionaries
Spear infantry: Silver Shield pikemen
Missile infantry: Torn between Cretan archers and Syrian Heavies
Cavalry: Azat Knights. Really splendid performance both in the charge and melee.
All rounder: Royal Peltasts FTW!
Azat Knights and Noble Blood Cav were over priced garbage for so long, I'm glad they finally got some love
love this vid man! I was even feeling the itch to play this beautiful game again. When im having a rough time, this game is like my warm blanket.
Ive got a few that most people maybe dont even know of or consider:
1. Samnite armoured spearmen (I generally like the look of the different pre roman italic units, the painted shields, the various crests, the chest armours, very fancy...)
2. Thracian peltasts (the cloaks, the hoods, the painted shields and they are one of the best skirmisher unit in the game with some decent melee capabilities)
3. Veteran Centuriae (theese heavy roman hoplites just are so cool. Dont get me wrong I like the organized and uniform look of the later roman legions but with this unit you can see some of the most georgeous looking bronze cuirasses in all of Rome 2, cool and exotic helmet models...)
4. Arabian cavalry (they look pretty average, but are xtremely cost efficient, perfect for huntig and cutting down light archers or slingers, in the dessert they also never get tired and are really fast)
5. Pontic swordsmen (nostalgia reasons, I somehow loved playing as Pontus in Rome 1 and beacause of that the first campaign I played when Rome 2 was out was a pontic one, the unit looks cool as well)
6. Nuragic Runnners (so unique, I mean men armed with iron gloves!? The Rise of the Republic campaign offered so many different cultures and therefore unit variety)
Morgan Freeman: I know the sack of Cathage has made you bitter Heir. Sowed salt in your heart...
But I know... Deep inside your heart, the Levy Freeman is your favourite unit!
just got this game these videos were all i needed to get started
Favorite unit hands down: Thessalian Cavalry. There's not an abundance of cheap, cool looking shock cav so this unit takes the cake. Not only that but for a heavy shock cav, they're pretty fast.
I happen to be a big fan of certain combinations of units. For example, heavy hoplites or pikes with Agema Spears on the flanks backed up by picked peltasts, heavy shock cav and some light swords for quick back line maneuvering and defense happen to be some of my favorites.
Yes, I am guilty of liking Pergamon. I am so ashamed. 😂
Pergamon gets mentioned by Caesar in the HBO show Rome, so they get an up for that. 😄
This was such a joy to listen through
Well,you already spoke about Thracian Nobles and Praetorian Guard,so we can take those 2 off th list :)),Let's not forget about some good old Cataphracts with their massive charge and armor,a good Chartaginian sacred band and last,but not least,some Spartan Royal Guard,one of the best hoplite there,in my oppinion...anyway heir,i love this series..keep it going
Loved seeing campanian cav in this video! Probably my favourite cav in the game. My two favourites not on this list have to be Tarantine peltasts from rise of the republic and Berserkers, the suebi have the most fun light/medium infantry in the game
Rome and its legionaries will always be my favorite historical faction. Roman legionnaires are freaking badass. They look sikkk AF as a unit in terms of armor. The way they pilum, then charge is so cool as well as their tetsuda formation. My 2nd favorite unit would definite he hoplites, in particular Spartan hoplites. Similar to the Romans, their models look cool and their phalanx formation is awesome, but they don't look as "beefy" and "armory" as Romans.
In the vein of Peltasts, I liked Iberian Swordsmen. I don't think they still function as a ranged unit first after more recent updates, though.
The mercenary version has ranged mode I think, the standard cant use ranged mode though. One or the other start with ranged attack mode anyway last I played as one of the Iberian factions.
@@robinedbom7649 That's so weird. I feel like it's a bug.
@@gigastrike2
Iberian swords of the Lusitani and Arevaci are not the same as the mercenaries available to Carthage.
Mercenaries are hybrid, the Lusitani/Arevaci iberian swords are not hybrid units but still have 5 precursors.
and, it actually is better for them to have 5 precursors than the hybrid javelines like the thureos spears.
Precursors do alot more AP damage (32 missile damage, 12 is AP and 20 is base damage) and has a higher bonus vs large at 10.
Hybrid javelines do have a higher range than a precursor, but has less damage at29 missile (9 is AP, 20 is base damage) and has a lower bonus vs large at 5.
you can destroy the most well armoured of units with 5 precursor, and will absolutely kill elephants and chariots
@@Hey-Patchy Ok, but they used to be hybrid. I distinctly remember, because playing the Arevaci was how I discovered this.
Couldn't agree more with the armoured legionaries! I remember my first knowledge of that right arm armour was from meeting a reeanctor who was wearing it, and I always thought it looked amazing. I couldn't believe my luck when Rome II came out and I could have entire units of them, even if historically unlikely lol
Actually not during the Dacian Wars the legionaires adopted arm armour. They alo reinforced their helmets with metal crossbars so they could resist the heavy strike of a dacian falx.
@@Kili2807 that's great, any idea how widespread? My understanding was only a handful of men in a century maybe would have them, but this is from memory alone and I can't remember the source!
@@HauptmannAlestorm Nah, no odea if only a few units used it or if the General ordered the blacksmiths to equip the whole legion
shield bearers, Rekem palace guard, and may not be the most liked roman unit but i love the legionary cohort!
I don’t play multiplayer but In campaigns if I’m playing an eastern or nomadic faction the noble horse archers or royal horse archers are a great unit, they can surround and whittle down the enemy’s armies whilst staying out of range then when they run out of ammo, you can either just retreat them with no losses and attack again next turn or charge them into melee and cut down what’s left with their high melee attack. My other favourites are the scythed chariots, Syrian war elephants, Syrian or Cretan archers, royal peltests, silver shield pikes. Selucids are easily my favourite faction as they have so much unit diversity, just about the only thing they don’t have is good horse archers but you can even get these in campaign by making the nomadic factions your satrapies and levying from them.
For melee: armored legionnaires
For pike:silver shield pikemen
For spear:shield bearers
For archer: Syrian archers
For cav:royal cataphract
Overall these are my favorite ones
I love the Thracian Peltasts, as once they run out of ammo, you can use them to plug any gaps in your line to let the rest of your tools do their work elsewhere
Yeah they look so cool, are excellent Javelinmen and can do some melee damage when used wisely
Hey heir relatively new to your vids and Rome 2. Your old multiplayer battles have really helped me understand the different faction matchups. Why does everyone on multiplayer play with max money? I feel like a lot of the fun comes from trying to make a good balanced army with limited funds
i think my favorite unit on basis of looks is the Scythian Royal Horse Archer, the ones that have antelope horns on their horse helmets and kinda look like Wild Riders. those are some nice looking units.
don't the Campanian cavalry have precursor javelins? that's unique for a heavy cavalry unit.
Actually Carthaginian Cav is one of my favorite early Game Units mostly beause theyre slightly better than Citizen Cav. For me theyre perfect for what theyre supposed to do: Smash enemy Units from behind while my Hoplites hold them down and since they beat every other early game Cavalry (except Generals obviously) 1on1 theres really nothing there to stop them
Alex the pretty good greek general emperor had a thing for flanking with his cav and capturing enemy rulers.
1:51 That Hastati is going straight for that (horse) booty!
'War simmers the worst of human emotions' -Anonymous.
Hellenic cataphracts, praetorian guard, auxiliary Cretan archers, merc vet hoplites, heroes of Sparta
My favorite unit is the Mercenary/Auxiliary Cretan Archer
Close second is the Agema Spear unit for Pergammon. It's a Thureos spear with much better stats so it can hold its own. Full armies of just this unit can take on anything you throw at it as every unit has like 6 to 8 volleys of javelins and mid to high tier melee stats
also, if you ever want to do another Rome II campaign i'd like to see you play the Odrysian Kingdom just because that's one of the two factions in the game i've never gotten anywhere off the ground with, just a terrible position with such bad early game units
My top 5 (in no particular order):
-Thorax Hoplites: One of the most cost-effective hoplite units in the game. Will always have a special place in my heart as Syracuse was my favorite faction to play with;
-Thracian Nobles: One of the more unique units in the entire game, and one with a HUGE charge Bonus and Weapon Damage;
-Numidian Noble Cavalry: Simply put, they have the stats I wish regular Numidian Cav had. Decent both in skirmishing and in melee;
-Cretan Archers: Best archer unit in the game, which is why I hate that only Rome gets to recruit them at will;
-Evocati Cohort: Had to include a Roman unit here, and these guys don't disappoint. Definitely the more cost-effective legionary unit in Rome's roster.
Huh, maybe I should pick up rome2 again - I'm kind of bored with the other games I have atm
I agree with your choices, but I would have added Cretan Archers
Veteran Legionaries, Lusitani Nobles, Armored Shotel Warriors, Bactrian Horse Archers, Eastern Slingers.
I think every faction should have one or two units that hits above its weight class. Very good spears and medium infantry, hybrid units are my favourite.
*nostalgia moment*
Rome II is still one of my favourites.
I think to say one of my favourite units was roman wardogs ... and yes i literally took on the celtic minor settlements in northern Italy by flooding it with several units of wardogs XD, having played a bit with Cimmerian Heavy Archers .. i swear they are the best archers in the game, Scythia Royal Horse & Archers were fun & Royal Cataphracts were all fun cav ... and well that is about it.
I love the Suebi. I've got over 5000 hours in Rome 2. But anyways. My infantry picks.
5. Scutarii
4. Praetorians
3. Agema Spears
2. Wodnaz Spears
1. Suebi Sword Masters
Atilla turned me into a skirmish player, so when I returned to rome 2, I had a new found love for many of its ranged units
5. Gorgo's skirmishers - fast and never seem to stop firing
4. Thracian Peltasts - they love to fight
3. Peltast/Thureos Spears - Tactically flexible
2. Nubian Bowman - protect them and they'll protect you
1. Tarentine Cavalry - After depleting all their javelins, they're perfect for clearing up remaining enemy skirmishers
I miss older games where battles felt waged between armies and no big skirmishes like what we have now
Actually Royal Peltasts, last I checked, only had 3 javelins. It is Thureos spears have 5 javelins(which by the way is one of my top five).
my fav is the oathsworn
Thracian Nobles are cool but they're kind of glass cannons. The charge is crushing but they just have trouble keeping numbers in protracted melee. And javelins... oh those murderous javelins.
Can't go wrong with Macedonian/Successor/Epirote Pikeman who are very overpowered but cool. I'd love to see them retain that powerful phalanx formation in a future game but then also suffer a massive debuff if the ground isn't flat and advantageous. The silver shields and Oathsworn are two of my other favourites along with Elephants and War chariots just for giggles.
My top 5
1. Silver shield pikemen
2. Catarpahct archers
3. Royal cataphracts
4. Syrian heavy archers
5. Apis companion cav
Mine fav is Royal Thorax Swaradmen .
Mine has to be the Etruscan City Guard from ROTR . It's a mid tier sword unit with 15 bonus against infantry
armoured war elephants !! ....even thou they had the same armor (30 ) as the standard war elephant lol
1. The Ballista
2. Carthaginian Elephants
3. Pontus Chariots
4. Mercenary Noble Fighters
5. Those heavy armor horse archers
1. Hellenic Cataphracts (looks badass)
2. Median cavalry
3. Royal Peltasts
4. Legionary Cohorts (best lategame unit for an army)
5. Libyan heavy infantry
6. Gallic hunters
7. Painted ones (weak unit but looks awesome)
8. Carthaginian cavalry
9. Pontic or Libyan Peltasts
My personal favorites are 1) the Mercenary Syrian Armored Elephants, because elephants + armor + badass chamfron fan = a good time, 2) Thureos spears, much like the royal peltasts, are useful as both skirmishers and as line infantry, only they're a lot quicker to get early game, 3) Agema cavalry, because I'm a sucker for bronze half-barded cataphracts, 4) Silver Shield Pikemen, not only for their in-game awesomeness but also because I'm a fan of reading about the Argyraspides' shenanigans during the wars of the Diadokhoi, and lastly, 5) Socii Extraordinarii, because sending infinite doomstacks of dirt-cheap heavy infantry is how you're supposed to play Cornelii, right?
Well..that was fun. :P lol
Hate to say it but I like the mercenary Etruscan hoplites. Ya, they aren't a factions but I've always liked them. The Pharoah's Guard was always badass despite it being not so Hellenic. For range, I liked the Cretan archers but the barbarian hunters are even better I think. Cataphracts are good. I haven't played Rome 2 since the summer when I finally finished my Seleucid campaign. But I've never done Carthage, so that's next.
1) Aspis Companion/Agema cavalry
2) Saka Noble Armoured Lancers
3) Royal Spartans
4) Galatian Legionaries
5) Thracian Nobles
Honourable mention to: Bosphoran Hoplites and Gallo-Thracian Infantry.
Agrarian Axemen, throw javelins ans axe armor pierces, great flanker! Very weak but when upgraded it shreds
Oathsworn, Royal Spartan's, Hellenic Cataphracts, Ballistae, and errrm I forget exact name faction but they were Germanic Berserkers 😀
5. Syrian Heavy Elephants
4. Illyrian Noble Hoplites
3. Armored Legionaries/Eagle Cohort (looks)
2. Hellenic Cataphracts
1. Aspis Companion Cav
Honorable mentions: Companion/Agema/Ptolemaic Cav, Heroes of Sparta, and Numidian Noble Cav
1.Royal Peltasts
2.Sacred Band
3. Oathsworn.
4. (Iberian) Noble Swords.
5. Median cavalry (a good bang for your buck)
My top 5:
Heroes of Sparta
(So badass)
Thorax Hoplites (A hidden Gem)
Rhodian
(200 kills or no kill)
Chariots
(Destroy things)
Boii mid tier Sword
(Idk but It REKT)
how do you get all the non faction units as Rome like the Thracian nobles and wodanaz?
my favourite unit is the noble numidian cavarly
My top 5 are
1 Evocati Cohort
2 Shotel warriors
3 Aspis Cav
4 Shield Bearers
5 Thracian Nobles
(Honorable mention, Iberian Nobles)
Which one? The celtiberian noble fighters or the Lusatani Nobles?
@@Kili2807 Lust Nobles
i wonder what it will come after Warhammer 3 will it be Rome 3 ?
In order for me
1. Royal peltasts
2. Heroes of Sparta
3. Principes
4. Numidian Noble Cav
5. Silver Shield Pikes
My favorite is Noble Horse Archers. Its unfair that the "Parthian Shot" is given to almost every missile cavalry unit in this game like javelins given to most melee units.
But both is really realistic. The romans named it parthian shoz because the parthians were the first horse archers enemies the romans faced, but the Steppe tribes and persian cavalry also have a long tradition with mounted archers.
The javelin was the cheapest and most widely used weapon in ancient times. Why you shouldnt use it before going into close combat? I like that many units carry them, because it makes even trashy units useful, like Kushite Slave Infantry, Hillmen or Levy Freemen
i just wonder in this video 2 years ago you said you spend twelve thausand hours on rome 2 how many legendary dificult campaign you have won
My favorite was, and always will be, warhounds. Why?
I don't know.
But my list:
5. Naked Spears
4. Bee Onagers
3. Armored Legionaires
2. Druidic Nobles
1. Warhounds
Germanic Slingers. Unbeatable for the price in MP
In no order
1) Companion Cavalry
2) Royal Peltasts
3) Thracian Warriors
4) Armoured Legionarries or Praetorian Guard
5) Cretan Archers or Syrians
Heir where is Rome 2 Faction Focus Carthage? :D
Silver shields!
What I object to is AD Roman units being available in a BC campaign time period. Very unhistoric.
You could just not research the technology to get legionaries for your whole campaign. Then you could have hastati, principes, and triarii the whole time, even when conquering mesopotamia! That's historically accurate, right?
It's a give and take, for what it is I think the game is pretty darn historically accurate. you could go play Rome 1 with Europa Barbarorum mod if you want a really historically accurate experience. I wish the team from EB would have made an EB mod for Rome 2, it could have been better than all the other Rome 2 mods, I swear.
No levy freemen? Levy freemen are mlg…
didn't include elephants 0/10
@Heirofcarthage more like heir of rome and barbarians am i right? :)
eastern spear men clashign w nakked hoplites ;3
This ain't a Rome 1 slumber party!
kinda surprised not to see MLG freemen:D
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To be honest, Rome 2 is only good because of its cinematic aesthetics. The manifold issues with UI, morale, AI and naval bugs ruin the experience.
if royal spartans aren't on this list im unsubbing
ahhhhh do u even 300 bro????????
I think its unfair to put units from Roma faction :D
I would put
Celtic warriors
Club levy
Armoured shotel warriors
Thureos spears
Slingers