20 дек. 2023 г. · Spearman/Pikeman are great but Lancers are terrible. The reason for that is because Spearman/Pikeman are useful as blockers while Lancers are more vulnerable.

3 февр. 2014 г. · Definetively the most important melee unit before the pikeman. Cheap to build, requires no precious iron, it handles Warriors and Brutes well, ...

11 нояб. 2022 г. · RULE 5: I lost two cities to two different civilizations on turn 90 thanks to my bonehead strategy. Building Scout x2, Shrine, Settler x3, ...

29 мая 2020 г. · Spearman have the range to be good at attacking cavalry but spearman should have a better time against warriors when commanded to defend rather than attack.

30 янв. 2020 г. · The Spearman has 25 Combat Strength by default. 10 more against cavalry, 10 less against melee class units. The first unit requiring horses?

15 сент. 2023 г. · It seems much more fitting for them to replace swordsmen instead of spearmen because their artwork and model shows them with a sword and shield instead of any ...

31 мая 2016 г. · Spearmen for sure. Even if you have the iron to spare, spearmen are better than swordsman because you do not want to waste science research ...

24 окт. 2016 г. · Spearmen are useless? Compare them to Horsemen: 65 vs 80 Production, 25 vs 35 Strength, 2 vs 4 Movement. The tooltip says effective against mounted units.

29 дек. 2019 г. · I've been building a number of spearman units over the past couple of turns since I have no access to iron whatsoever to produce any swordsmen.

5 сент. 2021 г. · I only build spearman if I have scythia near me early game, in which case I build a lot of them. I do feel that sense of accomplishment getting ...