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.

You can get purple shielded legionaries if you play as Pompey in the Imperator Augustus campaign.

This made me miss Total War Arena. Poor thing passed away too early :'(

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

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 always liked Bactrian Royal Cavalry because of the branches they carried on their backs. Super cool aesthetic they had.

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!

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

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

Heir it makes me so happy to see you make Rome 2 content again. are you still doing commentaries on online battles?

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)

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. 😂

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

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.

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.

Good to see u havent forgotten the game that got me into ur channel heir :D Happy to see it

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.

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.

just got this game these videos were all i needed to get started

Great list. Mine are 1. Royal Peltasts 2. Peltast Royals 3. Peltasts that are Royal 4. A Royal contingent of Peltasts 5. Hellenic Cataphracts!

This was such a joy to listen through

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

Hellenic cataphracts, praetorian guard, auxiliary Cretan archers, merc vet hoplites, heroes of Sparta

Veteran Legionaries, Lusitani Nobles, Armored Shotel Warriors, Bactrian Horse Archers, Eastern Slingers.

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

Alex the pretty good greek general emperor had a thing for flanking with his cav and capturing enemy rulers.

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

shield bearers, Rekem palace guard, and may not be the most liked roman unit but i love the legionary cohort!

Huh, maybe I should pick up rome2 again - I'm kind of bored with the other games I have atm

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.

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.

My top 5 1. Silver shield pikemen 2. Catarpahct archers 3. Royal cataphracts 4. Syrian heavy archers 5. Apis companion cav

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

I agree with your choices, but I would have added Cretan Archers

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.

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.

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.

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

Rome II is still one of my favourites.

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.

Mine fav is Royal Thorax Swaradmen .

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

my fav is the oathsworn

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

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 (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.

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

1. The Ballista 2. Carthaginian Elephants 3. Pontus Chariots 4. Mercenary Noble Fighters 5. Those heavy armor horse archers

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).

*nostalgia moment*

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 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

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.

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

Mine has to be the Etruscan City Guard from ROTR . It's a mid tier sword unit with 15 bonus against infantry

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)

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

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 😀

armoured war elephants !! ....even thou they had the same armor (30 ) as the standard war elephant lol

I miss older games where battles felt waged between armies and no big skirmishes like what we have now

In order for me 1. Royal peltasts 2. Heroes of Sparta 3. Principes 4. Numidian Noble Cav 5. Silver Shield Pikes

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 favourite unit is the noble numidian cavarly

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 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?

Germanic Slingers. Unbeatable for the price in MP

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

In no order 1) Companion Cavalry 2) Royal Peltasts 3) Thracian Warriors 4) Armoured Legionarries or Praetorian Guard 5) Cretan Archers or Syrians

how do you get all the non faction units as Rome like the Thracian nobles and wodanaz?

My top 5 are 1 Evocati Cohort 2 Shotel warriors 3 Aspis Cav 4 Shield Bearers 5 Thracian Nobles (Honorable mention, Iberian Nobles)

Silver shields!

1:51 That Hastati is going straight for that (horse) booty! 'War simmers the worst of human emotions' -Anonymous.

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.

i wonder what it will come after Warhammer 3 will it be Rome 3 ?

Heir where is Rome 2 Faction Focus Carthage? :D

What I object to is AD Roman units being available in a BC campaign time period. Very unhistoric.

No levy freemen? Levy freemen are mlg…

eastern spear men clashign w nakked hoplites ;3

kinda surprised not to see MLG freemen:D

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didn't include elephants 0/10

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.

I think its unfair to put units from Roma faction :D I would put Celtic warriors Club levy Armoured shotel warriors Thureos spears Slingers

if royal spartans aren't on this list im unsubbing