Legions - How to use them

[Zefelius]

Originally Posted by Grayson

Actually, one of my new favorite things to do with the Germans, especially in games where the unit promotion scheme looks to be too slow, is to do a legion rush. Or even if I'm doing the unit promotion scheme, I'll start spamming legions out of 3-4 cities, especially with cities with 3 forests, because that's a legion army in 4 turns out of those cities. It's easy to go ahead and take down some close cities really early in the game, instead of waiting for knights. It's not always the best call, but the Germans can do a lot of things with that production, but you have to make the call based on the map.

I read this comment yesterday and the more I think about it the more I think you're right. If the Germans are already pretty slow techers, but they have awesome prod, and the traditional way of beating someone who is winning the tech race is by pressing them, then it seems like the Germans better do this before it's too late. I haven't used them in a while, but I'm starting to think that next time around I'm not going to build that ever-so-tempting barracks before 5 techs. It takes so much money from expansion, and since having even just two or three elite mid-game knights or tanks can be great, there may not be an overriding reason to try to produce 6 or 7. Plus, if you win some of those legion battles, one or two of them might turn elite as well...

[sdu754]

Originally Posted by ninja_master

well this thread im pretty sure was to show u SHOULD use legions. im sure more people use them now esp as romans or indians. basically theyre main use is a cheap(10 hammers) strong(vet army=9) spam unit. because u catch a player off guard, tht army can take a city tht may only have an archer. its very easy to spam a city with legion armies if you have a few forest/hills/resources.

how is archer<legion? they have different uses. and knights are good for attackin since they leave a city after attacking and only have a measly 2(army 6) defense. use catapults.

I switch to archers as the main unit I produce after Warriors, because I think warriors aren't all that good. I actually usually play long games and usually go from initial warriors, then archers (as a way to defend cities), then catapults. After that you could skip knights and then go to cannons if you want, then tanks.

Basically You would build archers as soon as you get Bronze Working in & stop producing warriors.

[harrold]

great thread morte... i always considered legions a trash unit. i rarely see anyone use them.