Imperator Rome – Unit Composition Guide Tradition Bonuses
This postulate shows the unit of measurement composition that each Tradition grouping uses together with how to counter it. Each civilization grouping uses a unique unit of measurement composition to reverberate their historical roots.
Unit Composition Guide
In Imperator Rome, each military machine tradition grouping comes alongside a predefined unit of measurement composition that the AI volition e'er campaign to stick to. You may get got noticed this during gameplay, but mercenaries create the same affair based on the civilization of the province they’re from. Typically, this is made upwardly of three unlike types of units to create total the Primary, Secondary together with Flanking cohorts. If you lot follow the recommended counter, you lot should live able to crunch whatever civilization grouping you’re facing.
If you lot desire to modern whatsoever of these values, you lot tin uncovering them stored inwards “\ImperatorRome\game\common\military_traditions”.
Italic Traditions
Culture Groups
- Latin
Default AI Unit Composition
Primary: Archers
Second: Heavy Infantry
Flank: Light Cavalry
How to counter
Place whatsoever cavalry inwards the principal cohort (Especially heavy cavalry equally they volition create +50% harm to archers)
For the secondary cohort, at that topographic point are 2 ways to shell heavy infantry. The inexpensive counter would live to house archers equally they merchandise 1:1 alongside heavy infantry. The expensive counter is to role Equus caballus archers equally they bargain 25% to a greater extent than harm together with accept 25% less from heavy infantry.
For the flank, house heavy cavalry or heavy infantry. Heavy infantry wont live equally effective withal equally they lack maneuver to properly operate on the flanks.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also +10% Army Morale
Greek Traditions
Culture Groups
- Hellenic
- Dacian
Default AI Unit Composition
Primary: Archers
Second: Heavy Infantry
Flank: Light Cavalry
How to counter
Place whatsoever cavalry inwards the principal cohort (Especially heavy cavalry equally they volition create +50% harm to archers)
For the secondary cohort, at that topographic point are 2 ways to shell heavy infantry. The inexpensive counter would live to house archers equally they merchandise 1:1 alongside heavy infantry. The expensive counter is to role Equus caballus archers equally they bargain 25% to a greater extent than harm together with accept 25% less from heavy infantry.
For the flank, house heavy cavalry or heavy infantry. Heavy infantry wont live equally effective withal equally they lack maneuver to properly operate on the flanks.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also, +5% Army Morale together with +10% Army Starting Experience.
Persian Traditions
Culture Groups
- Persia
- Bactrian
- Scythia
- Aramaic
Default AI Unit Composition
Primary: Heavy Cavalry
Second: Heavy Infantry
Flank: Horse Archers
How to counter
Place heavy infantry inwards the principal cohort. Any other unit of measurement volition create poorly vs heavy cavalry.
Place either archers (to merchandise evenly) or Equus caballus archers inwards the secondary cohort.
Place low-cal cavalry on your flanks to shell their Equus caballus archers. Alternatively you lot tin house camels.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also, +5% Army Morale, -30% Weight, -15% Mercenary Maintenance.
Levantine together with Arabian Traditions
Culture Groups
- Levantine
- Arabian
- Aksumite
- Nilotic
Default AI Unit Composition
Primary: Light Infantry
Second: Heavy Cavalry
Flank: Camels
How to counter
For the principal cohort, you lot tin house merely virtually anything except camels together with low-cal infantry. For whatever reason, camels solely get got a +10% harm buff vs low-cal infantry. If you lot desire to genuinely devastate them however, set Equus caballus archers inwards the principal cohort equally they bargain +25% harm together with accept -50%.
Place heavy infantry inwards the secondary cohort. Any other unit of measurement volition create poorly vs heavy cavalry.
In the flanks, heavy cavalry is best vs camels. If that’s non available, together with hence heavy infantry also works. If thats likewise expensive or heavy inwards provide weight, low-cal cavalry is cheaper than camels together with trades evenly for harm alongside them.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also, -15% Mercenary Maintenance, -15% Weight.
Barbarian Traditions
Culture Groups
- Gallic
- Britannic
- Celt Iberian
- Iberian
- Germanic
- Baltic
- Gaelic
- Proto European
Default AI Unit Composition
Primary: Archers
Second: Chariots
Flank: Light Cavalry
How to counter
Place whatsoever cavalry inwards the principal cohort (Especially heavy cavalry equally they volition create +50% harm to archers)
For the secondary cohort, house cavalry or heavy infantry. Chariots perform peculiarly terrible versus heavy cavalry together with Equus caballus archers, dealing -50% harm together with receiving +25% damage. So role i of those 2 if you lot desire to devastate them.
For the flank, house heavy cavalry or heavy infantry. Heavy infantry wont live equally effective withal equally they lack maneuver to properly operate on the flanks.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also, +10% Army Morale, -15% Weight.
North African Traditions
Culture Groups
- Carthaginian
- Numidian
Default AI Unit Composition
Primary: Light Infantry
Second: War Elephants
Flank: Light Cavalry
How to counter
Place merely virtually anything except camels together with low-cal infantry. If you lot desire to genuinely devastate them, set Equus caballus archers inwards the principal cohort equally they bargain +25% harm together with accept -50% against low-cal infantry.
Elephants are a terrifying enemy to come upwardly up against. No unit of measurement tin shell them inwards a fair 1v1. The unit of measurement that volition perform the best is Horse archers, hence house them inwards your secondary cohort. Alternatively you lot tin house heavy infantry, whatsoever other cavalry, or fifty-fifty your ain elephants together with promise to God the balance of your regular army beats the balance hence you lot tin outflank them.
For the flank, house heavy cavalry or heavy infantry equally they both create real good against low-cal cavalry. Heavy infantry wont live equally effective withal equally they lack maneuver to properly operate on the flanks.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also, -25% Mercenary Maintenance, -25% Mercenary Cost, -15% Weight.
Indian Traditions
Culture Groups
- Aryan
- Indian
- Tibetan
Default AI Unit Compositions
Primary: War Elephants
Second: Heavy Infantry
Flank: Light Cavalry
How to counter
For your principal cohort, the unit of measurement that volition perform best is Horse Archers. Elephants are a terrifying enemy to come upwardly up against. No unit of measurement tin shell them inwards a fair 1v1. You merely get got to pray whatever is facing them survives until the balance of your regular army tin outflank them. Alternatively you lot tin convey heavy infantry or cavalry to stall fourth dimension against them.
For the secondary cohort, at that topographic point are 2 ways to shell heavy infantry. The inexpensive counter would live to house archers equally they merchandise 1:1 alongside heavy infantry. The expensive counter is to role Equus caballus archers equally they bargain 25% to a greater extent than harm together with accept 25% less from heavy infantry.
For the flank, house heavy cavalry or heavy infantry equally they both create real good against low-cal cavalry. Heavy infantry wont live equally effective withal equally they lack maneuver to properly operate on the flanks.
Culture Group Tradition Bonuses
Also, +10% Army Morale, -15% Mercenary Maintenance.
Notes
Elephants are the Space Marines of Imperator Rome. They’re super expensive, super tough, together with unfortunately accept mode likewise much supply. You tin stand upwardly for vi low-cal infantry inwards the same amount of infinite equally a unmarried state of war elephant cohort. In a big struggle they’re swell to throw in, but inwards smaller skirmishes they’re going to live easily flanked together with routed. I solely role them when I’ve got manpower together with coin to burn.
Also note, the AI does switch upwardly the compositions slightly depending on the availability of resources. Many nations volition gear upwardly low-cal infantry when they cannot access their default unit. I’ve also noticed the diodachi similar to gear upwardly Heavy Cavalry when they can.
