You also want to take in to account your preferred campaign playstyle. The top factions for multiplayer is highly dependant upon what your opponents are bringing and how much money you have to work with.įor h2hs you want to pick factions with better units than your opppnent and easy initial expansion options. Originally posted by Tactician:Your question is a bit vauge. I just like the Nervi because of their Germanic skirmisher cav.ġ: Egypt: They have one or more elite units in almost every category, along with elephants and chariots. Perfect for ruining the plans of real barbarian opponents who are set up to fight a hellenic faction.Ĥ: Cimmeria: Amazing on these funds and almost unstopable in 1v1s.ĥ: Nervi: Well any Celtic factiion could go here because there is enough money for large quantities of Oathsworn. On these funds I can afford cataphracts, and backed up by cheap horse archers and camels I can usually wipe the enemy cavalry and clear the flanks long before my line of mid level infantry in the center start to falter.ģ: Egypt: Actually a suprise army of Galatian units backed up by the most inexpensive pikes in the game, along with elite shock cavalry and horse scaring camels. Aside from being my backup anti barb army this one can also hold its own against pretty much anything.ġ: Pontus: Cost effective infantry + cheap 40 missile damage horse archers + my crazy pike tactics + alot of expensive shock cav to use up the remaining funds is quite the nasty combination.Ģ: Parthia: For 1v1s or 2v2s due to needing manuevering room. Fierce swords and mighty horse are also suprisingly good units at what they do. This is a happy compromise (not so much for my victims) that gives me a sturdy line of hoplites to mellow out my horse acher spam a bit.ĥ: Nervi: For when chariots are banned. I love using nomad factions but my opponents tend to really not like it when I do. Properly used chariots just obliterate loosely spaced barbarian units as long as they aren't elites.Ĥ: Cimmeria: For 1v1s because it requires lots of space. Stat wise my infantry are subpar compared to the others, but on these funds my opponents have alot of lower tier infantry in their army that are chariot fodder. All I have to do is stop them from shooting my Thracian shock infantry and Rome's battle lines are toast.ģ: Iceni: For wrecking all other Barb factions. They don't excell at any one thing, so I like to use this army for 2s when I have to fight two wildly different opposing factions and can't risk taking my specialist builds.Ģ: Odryssian Kingdom: My dedicated anti Rome army with a near 100% success rate. Pontus has a super cost effective roster and on these more limited funds they are a force to be reckoned with. This is my favorite battle faction in the game. My subjective battle list of effective factions:ġ: Pontus. They are really good at what they do and much less so at what they are not intended for. ![]() Personally, most of my armies have roles and are intended to fight certain factions or situations and those only. ![]() Some factions have huge holes in their roster and are completely innefective at high funds due to not having elite units. Some factions have great cheap or mid level units and some factions have great elites. Alot of people will just give you a list of popular barbarian factions, but what if you are trying to dislodge a pike faction from a city or fight an army specifically designed to beat barbarians? What if you are up against one of the growing number of players who knows how to shut down the Ariovistus charge? It might be best to have other factions on hand more suited to the job. Trying to just list the best mp battle factions is actually pretty complicated.
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