Superusername
Mortal
posted 03 September 2007 09:13 PM EDT (US)
2 questions
1 why are contariouses so bad
2 Is it worth making contars if your against a norse who went skadi/njord
FerraL
Mortal
posted 03 September 2007 09:26 PM
EDT (US)
1 / 22
1. Bad Armor
2. Probably Not
Superusername
Mortal
posted 04 September 2007 05:14 PM
EDT (US)
8 / 22
O wow they suck worse than i thought but just wondering would a contarious beat a ulfsark cost for cost or pop wise
pcgamer7070
Mortal
posted 04 September 2007 06:42 PM
EDT (US)
9 / 22
they are great if u get alot of armory uprades.
ardica
Mortal
posted 04 September 2007 09:00 PM
EDT (US)
11 / 22
they suck i figured that out agaisnt a thor so i went arcus and fanatics
Caboose_Nor
Mortal
posted 05 September 2007 11:59 PM
EDT (US)
15 / 22
Not until heroic no, but the Bragi Ulf is a good cav counter. Before then, you can just upgrade your RC with hack armor and they will do fine against cavalry.
Superusername
Mortal
posted 06 September 2007 08:16 PM
EDT (US)
17 / 22
So I guess vs an atty you should go Skadi since Cavalry is not an issue???
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 06 September 2007 09:33 PM
EDT (US)
18 / 22
egh if thor i'd still prefer bragi for FW and then just hit with a quick upped ulf flood and FW, or save it for a nice little rag + fw simply because atty can't counter it, save for implosion...
as for the topic...
contarius are not that good just like everyone said, because they have low armor, and just don't compare well toward any other cavalry, and don't stand up to any other atty formations you can do.
basic atty unit descriptions: (attacking parties not raiding parties [which is why you will see very little turmae in these lists)
Rax:
Murmillo - Decent foundation to an army, even stand up to archers decently.
Arcus - amazing when massed and used with behemoths, little found in an otherwise army.
Contarius - Occasionally thrown around in battles, normally only when an enemy is massive TA (in which case i like to use turma anyway, but i see some people throw in contarious).
CRax:
Katapelt - The anti-egyptian heroic unit... kills siege and cavalry. (also very fast unit considering)
Turma - Bonus damage to all archers (and Throwing Axeman), fast, great raiders, more often seen spammed than any other unit.
Cheiro - Great against ships, decent against buildings, weak against units, for the pop cost on this one, not suggestable.
Palace:
Destroyer - anti archer/building/titan (when heroized)
Fanatic - Anti all but archers (and myth units)
fire siphon - siege equipment that is slow, and much easier to kill than a single destroyer, so for the pop cost, i suggest destroyers.
ilikepopcorn
Mortal
posted 07 September 2007 03:33 AM
EDT (US)
20 / 22
but fw is just so damn op!
Kleinduimpje1
Mortal
posted 07 September 2007 06:20 AM
EDT (US)
22 / 22
the hero contarius fully upgraded ahs 20 attack and 7+ speed as oranos, 7- as gaia, you need the theia up for this. it's armor will still be poor, it's cost high, but with it can take down some buildings easily and is a real villy/trade raper.
even without making them heroes, they have 18 atatck, theya re a little slower, but they are still excellent raiders. it's not a no brainer as the arcus or fanatic, which are always usefull, but it does have it speciallities. also great to flank archers and take them out before the cavalry counters come in, as long as they run archers can't hit them because of their speed.
in an army they are a little of les use, but with enough attention payed to them they can be pretty good imo.