De Bellis Antiquitatis 3.0 - Alexander v Darius - Solo

Hey man, I look forward to watching this later.

I have fought and re-fought this battle so many times. I'm probably a little less sympathetic to Alexander in setting up Darius as you have been here, I wouldn't have bunched up all my troop on the Persian left to allow the LC to outflank. And the Sch chariot is useless, but good fun.

The main problem I have always encountered is Alexander is;

- He's always in danger of being outflanked on at least one flank and you need to be able to counter this (I'll watch the clips properly late as I have no idea how all the Cv on the right wing failed to do this.)

- Trying to counter it with Pk 1 deep is a lottery.

- The whole thing can often hinge upon if you LC win their duel - I hate LC duels because the CF is so low they are easy to lose and your flank goes. but it can easily go the other way and you are in.

_ The best place for Alexander is behind the phalanx which is set up much as you have it 2 elements of 1 deep, 1 element of 2 deep and another 2 elements of 1 deep. Then you choose where he is going to hit (matching him up against a QK (usually a Sp or Aux) then form one of the 1 deep elements into a 2 deep and charge Alexander through the gap and he should have 2x 2 deep pike phalanx either side of him and if the dice are with you you blow a hole in the line.