Even if neither army can reinforce the other, Penthesilea can successfully ambush anyone who attempts to attack your second group. Penthesilea will be in ambush stance while another commander uses the encamp or raiding stance. Therefore, a viable strategy is to have your armies go in pairs whenever there are several hostiles nearby (i.e., Greek mainland). This also applies while you’re on the offensive - no more multiple doomstacks to crush foes or to besiege cities with. It’s possible to have moments where you just deployed a new army with Penthesilea, and then the enemy beelines for it and destroys it while it’s next to you. Anyway, you can see below how much I’m gaining while Penthesilea’s in raiding stance in the heart of Greece:įurthermore, the downside of being a horde faction is that your armies can’t reinforce one another. Penthesilea’s armies can activate this even when out of movement points, and you’d be able to add more troops even in hostile territory. Of course, don’t forget the encamp stance too so you could recruit your units. In some cases, I was able to recruit without issues, but there were still times when the heroes were greyed out (despite Penthesilea’s army having lots of population surplus).Īs for stances, you should be raiding wherever you go. However, fielding a new hero/army requires the parent army to have a population surplus first. don’t suffer from severe supply line penalties when you have multiple armies. Alternatively, if the secondary armies have leveled-up units, transfer those troops to Penthesilea and have her activate those upgrades assuming she’s got the military buildings already constructed.
Later, you could have Penthesilea’s transfer some of her higher-tier units to your extra forces.
Note: Since horde buildings are relative to each army, it’s better to spend your resources primarily for Penthesilea’s army.
Upgrading to a new unit is instant, but it will cost you resources like food or gold, as well as the subsequent upkeep. Later, your Horsewomen could even be turned into the amazing Hippomachoi heavy cavalry.
For instance, Amazon Chargers (tier 1 spear infantry) can become Horsewomen (light cavalry) or Styganores (tier 2 spear infantry). These low-tier units can be upgraded to better ones as long as they’ve reached level 4 and you’ve constructed a particular military building. Due to the Initiation Rites mechanic, the Amazon faction leaders can only recruit tier 1 units (i.e., Warbands, Amazon Chargers, Stoneslingers, and the like). This would be the part where I discuss the military building chains for Penthesilea’s Amazons.
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