I've also played a bit of Cimmeria, interesting spot, great archers – they don't get pikes though. Regular pikemen work just fine in campaign all the way through, you've got a lot of hoplites for your flanks, and you can cover your relative weaknesses with mercs - top ranged units right in your home province, Rhodian slingers close by, and if you go a bit east you find Cappadocian cavalry, go west & there's Campanian horsemen. In this video I will show you the Top 5 factions in Rome 2 for campaigns I will release the following video next week. It's murder on rear charges and trashes any regular cav you're going to face in the early game.Īthens isn't so bad. This information is applicable to the Grand Campaign, Imperator Augustus, Hannibal at the Gates and Caesar in Gaul. It looks at research progression, recruitment model and the rosters of a faction and how that affects the way a campaign may play out. I don't know of any other faction that starts with an elite unit (besides their generals.) Against early units, that thing is great. This guide provides overviews of the military aspects of each faction in the game. Build barracks near an enemy settlement, set a gather point and spam Huscarls. Hidden selling point: you get a unit of companion cav to play around with from the very start. When my 2 armies had problems, I tried to go for the nobles, while a pitiful stack defended hordes of horse archers in one of the few. The tier 2 infantry of OK is kind of fun cos its 2 handed (rlly high damage), but once they engage, they dissolve as paper in water. Discussions, strategies, stories, crude cave-drawings, and more for Medieval 2, Empire, Shogun 2, Rome 2, Attila, Thrones of Britannia, Warhammer, Three Kingdoms, Troy, Pharaoh and others. FULL Faction Tier Guide for Total War Rome 2 Detailed Tier List. Haven't tried Seleucids - they've got a great roster and a nutso diplomatic situation so probably fun :DĮgypt's got a nice position (I think they're one of the biggest factions at start, and helpfully, it's a whole province) and a great big roster to play around with.īaktria's a lot of fun too - Hellenic infantry + good skirmishers + horse archers + cataphracts + elephants! And you just get to stomp your way from east to west. A subreddit for the Total War strategy game series, made by Creative Assembly. But they get there and also benefit from cheap agent use. Pontus doesn't feel much like a Hellenic faction at first - you'll be using a lot of Eastern spearmen & hillmen. All the Hellenic factions I've tried are pretty good.
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