War elephants units are used to trampling enemy heavy infantry. Just like other machines, they are vulnerable to cavalry attacks. They constantly harass the enemy while staying out of range.īattle chariots used for destroying enemy light infantry units and breaking heavy infantry ranks. Mobile archers, invaluable during fights in the deserts. For Total War: Rome 2, Creative Assembly is promising over 117 factions, with 500 unit types spread across the game’s 183 map regions.It’s an impressive number and represents the largest Total. When fighting enemy cavalry they can be used as flanking units in order to frighten enemy horses. Thanks to possibility of trampling they can rapidly get rid of projectile units and flee before they got surrounded. This is light cavalry, whose main objective is crushing enemy skirmishers. They have shorter range than slingers but their arrows are more effective against armored targets. These are the best shock troops available for Egypt - they easily cope with any armor.Īverage morale, average fire effectiveness, low price. When using phalanx formation they are able to defeat enemy with minimal own losses.Ĭeltic mercenaries employed by Ptolemaic Pharaohs.
Yet another elite Greek unit - this time equipped with pikes. When they are attacking an opponent they use javelins and then finish the job with swords. It is best to use them as flanking units, since they are not very resistant to hits.Įlite Greek warriors, available for Ptolemaic Egypt. Thanks to heavy weapons they are able to defeat heavy armored enemy units. Solid infantry with spears, capable to stop enemy attack for some time. Foreign Dynasty: +25% public order penalties due to local presence of foreign cultures.Naval Prowess: +1 experience rank for Egyptian ship recruits.Ptolemaic Enlightenment: +10% research rate Egypts army is a mixture of light armored units, specific to northern Africa and elite infantry directly from Greece.In addition it has two more bonuses and one penalty, unique for Egypt: Successor Conflicts: +10% morale for all units during battles against Hellenic factions.Alexander's Legacy: -20% resistance to foreign occupation.Starting bonusesĮgypt is one of two diadochi kingdoms available in the game and therefore has bonuses specific for them: Well-trained fleet complements the land troops so you'll be able to easily attack any coastal country. By combining those two elements you get the army capable of fighting both in fields with heavy armored legionaries, as well as face light armored nomads of Middle East. Egypt's army is a mixture of light armored units, specific to northern Africa and elite infantry directly from Greece.