How Chosen Axemen Fare Against Seleucid Cavalry Roster in OG Rome: Total War?

As per your request :)
Can 1 Chosen Axemen beat every unit in Seleucid roster units including Elephants?
Combatants: 1 x Chosen Axemen vs. 1 x of each Seleucid Cavalry unit
Terrain: Grasslands
Players: Both sides are controlled by human player
Tactics: Tactics ARE NOT Allowed, missiles can be fired and warcry used
You can make guess about the battle result in the poll that is posted before the video, or in the comment field below. :)
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00:00 vs. Greek Cavalry
00:19 vs. Militia Cavalry
01:40 vs. Greek Early Bodyguard
02:12 vs. Companion Cavalry
02:46 vs. Greek Late Bodyguard
03:11 vs. Cataphracts
03:30 vs. Scythed Chariots
04:26 vs. Elephants
05:45 vs. War Elephants
06:37 vs. Armoured Elephants
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[@ethanlim3222]

You were so close milita cav... you were so close...

[@squishymusic9723]

I was rooting for them! 😔

[@Xander77Ru]

@@squishymusic9723 We were all rooting for them. Including the CPU.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Yea, some micro could have helped there :) Thanks for the comment.

[@Warmaker01]

The video starts getting choppy when the Militia Cavalry are preparing to charge at 1:17 and stays like that until 1:47.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the heads-up. It seems to be the editing software - though editing of this vid did not deviate from other vids. Well, I need to look into it a bit further :)

[@user-js2xn9jv9l]

It's just the engine of the game not being able to keep up with the sheer raw power of a militia cavalry charge

[@MinhHuynh-yf6qk]

someone sponsor this dude, good content but dying PC :(((

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thank You! Though, the problem seems to lie in the editing software... :)

[@ethanlim3222]

Also huh, one of the rare times armoured ellies perform better than regular ellies

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Indeed :) Thanks for the comment.

[@michaelwoolley7034]

Against an anti-Armour unit 😅

[@johnfrizzell1823]

Ironic lol

[@qualityoldgames7721]

@@michaelwoolley7034 Haha :D Thanks for the comment.

[@napoleoncomplex2712]

As maligned as the Greek cavalry are, the fact is light cavalry, even mediocre light cavalry, can be extremely dangerous when they fly into the rear of an engaged unit. For that reason, I propose a test. How many units in the Roman infantry roster can a unit of militia hoplites and militia cavalry working together take out? I reckon up to late legionary, at which point I think even rear charges will start to do more damage to the Greek cavalry than to the legionaries.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

An interesting suggestion. I will add that to To-Do list :) Thanks for the comment.

[@TheKOB2010]

Militia cavalry proving quite effective here despite losing.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Agreed, a positive surprise :) Thanks for the comment.

[@IllyrianTiger99]

You didn't write the number of victories of Chosen Axemen in the end

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the heads-up. Will be shown in the next vid :)

[@finsfan90]

I thought for sure that the Cataphracts would lose since the Chosen Axemen counter armored units. The shock of their charge was just too much tho.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Agreed on that. Overall, it was nice to see that this type of infantry unit is vulnerable to cav charges even from the front :) Thanks for the comment.

[@Tudor_Rusan]

I wonder what it takes for them to beat Cataphracts! Counter-charge Warcry Snow Woods (definitely, since cavalry gets huge penalties)

[@napoleoncomplex2712]

A really big hill might do it.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

That might work :) Thanks for the comment. Let's add that to To-Do list

[@squishymusic9723]

I feel like this is all wrong Both from a gameplay and irl viewpoint, these axemen should be terrible against cavalry. Sure the axes are high damage but they have no reach. Those lances would be piling up with the bodies.

[@Warmaker01]

Part of the issue is cavalry going in and getting stuck in melee. Most of them aren't good for that. Even a head on frontal charge into a good infantry unit, ready to receive it, won't be as rewarding as a flank or rear charge. You had to cycle charge with most cavalry. Something like Cataphracts just rolling in, head on, and crushing great infantry units in drawn out melee combat isn't the norm in a lot of TW games. In a regular game, effort would be pinning the infantry and maneuvering cavalry for a flank or rear charge. High casualties and shock to morale. Then take the cavalry out of melee and set up another charge. Companion Cavalry would be better than what they were being used for in this video. Hell, even Light Cavalry can do some good stinging with a flank / rear charge, especially considering the cost difference going on here.

[@squishymusic9723]

@@Warmaker01 oh absolutely, manipulating cavalry in TW like that is very satisfying and head on prolonged strikes is not their MO.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Agreed. Though, cycle charge could have worked rather well here imo :) Thanks for the comment.

[@kajolet]

Bastarnae vs chosen axemen

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will add that to To-Do list :)

[@rorschach1985ify]

Despite their wins the fact they usually took so many casualties and even came close to losing to Milita Cav of all things really shows these guys are not good at facing cavalry head-on. The AI from what I see will pull its cavalry back at times to cycle charge and that's not getting into the fact they will usually have more than one and if one charge can do that much damage to Chosen Axemen, a second will end them.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Agreed, they were struggling quite a bit in this battle :) Thanks for the comment.

[@pront5208]

Would units not suffer army loss morale penalty towards the end? I guess both sides suffer it but perhaps it might affect one unit more than the other.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the good question. The victor is ordered to withdraw from the field. (That is possible in Rome) Thus, the balance of power does not shift too much :)

[@aleksan1997]

Ah, lags, it's awful... You should update your computer, dude

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the comment. Yea, there seems to be an issue with the editing software :)

[@gieroj2848]

Really cav is so weak in Rome 1?

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the comment. From the front, at least in some cases. At the same time, from the back, they are really devastating :)

[@rorschach1985ify]

I need to say this because it has been getting worse and worse, but you need to check what is causing your videos to stutter because it is making it hard to even watch what is happening clearly at points. The parts around 1:30 to 1:48 were a big example of this issue.

[@qualityoldgames7721]

Thanks for the comment. I am looking into it. The issue seems to be DaVinci Resolve when the video has been edited. Doing my best to fix this asap :)