所有长枪相关需求。如何使用长枪以及如何击败长枪兵。 本指南已在实战中测试。 基础 长枪是一种长而尖的杆状武器。尖的一端指向敌人。 长枪步兵在合适的情况下极为强悍。尤其对抗步兵和骑兵时。不过他们会被远程单位和优秀的骑兵指挥官击败。如果是远程骑兵，那就直接撤退吧。对付以远程骑兵为主的军队，最好使用不同的军队组合。 任何从正面攻击他们的单位都会被消灭。任何从后方或侧翼攻击他们的单位都会消灭他们。 箭矢尤其麻烦，因为长枪兵的盾牌较小且移动非常缓慢。 使用长枪 戳戳戳刺刺刺 简单战术： 排成一线。用魔法召唤长枪兵。等待敌人自投罗网。

标准战术： 配备侧卫：用长矛步兵（中型或轻型，需要速度）和/或近战骑兵保护侧翼。最好两者都有。建议配置2-4个长矛步兵和1-3个骑兵。 万能修补：准备近战步兵来填补可能出现的缺口。两个就足够了。选择中型或重型步兵，轻型步兵的黏着性不足。 设置骚扰单位：远程步兵可以骚扰敌人，诱使其向你进攻。2-3个即可。他们的最小射程为120，低于此射程的话，他们会在靠近长矛兵之前就被击溃。同时，确保他们不要移动得太远，阵亡的单位可起不到骚扰（或作用）。

长枪阵形： 在可能的情况下，让长枪兵的一侧或两侧有建筑物、岩石、悬崖、河流或其他无法通行的障碍物，这样更容易保护他们。让你通常负责侧翼的部队休息一下吧。想来点饼干吗？ 只有在双方人数大致相等时，单线阵形才有效。 如果你有更多兵力，我建议采用内凹缩进阵形（又称倒楔形阵）。不要排成半圆形，想象一下砖块的排列方式。所有长枪仍应朝向同一方向。从后方部署长枪兵，让他们保护前方长枪兵的侧翼。换句话说，让枪尖刚好超过前方同伴的前排。 注意：这一规则适用于除单线阵之外的任何阵形。不这样做的话，敌人会找到缺口并对每个单位进行微操侧翼包抄。

使用轻步兵或远程单位引诱敌人。这可能有些困难，因为意图相当明显。我不会用骑兵来执行此操作，因为这会严重打乱整齐的战线，让我感到不适。 如果此方法失败，可以先排成一线，在中央接战后再形成凹形阵。这操作有难度但可行。这种情况下，最资深的 pikemen（长枪兵）应部署在中央，两侧各部署一个以保持阵型。 如果己方兵力处于劣势（差距20%或以上），使用楔形阵。后方的长枪兵保护前方部队的侧翼。允许敌人包围你——反正他们无论如何都会这么做，但这会拉长他们的战线，从而给你带来优势。 侧卫部队在此至关重要，他们能防止敌人突破，并可拦截任何冒进的敌军。今天没有茶歇了，伙计们。

如果你想彻底迷惑对手，或者需要在崎岖地形上行进，可以使用棋盘阵。顾名思义，将一条战线分成两列，每隔一排的部队应后撤1/2到1个单位（这里的单位指的是每队 pikemen 的纵深或宽度）。后排的 pikemen 可以保护前排部队的侧翼。 此阵型在移动时能轻松展开或收缩，即使遭遇攻击，阵型也几乎不会混乱，防线也不会崩溃。 如果你兵力明显处于劣势（敌方兵力多出20%或更多），且只有 pikemen 并准备进行最后抵抗，那么可以使用经典的刺猬阵。让 pikemen 组成一个圆圈，枪尖朝外，保持静止。这种阵型需要五队或更多的 pikemen 才能奏效。四角留有巨大空隙。这种阵型能让你抵御任何近战攻击者。 遗憾的是，对于远程单位你几乎无能为力。远程骑兵和步兵对你的长矛兵来说速度太快，所以只能祈祷他们忘了带箭（这就是他们令人讨厌的原因）。 如果他们有炮兵，你可以移动到坚固的物体后面（比如山），如果没有这个选项，那就祈祷他们来自【三只瞎老鼠炮兵学院】（或者派一小队士兵偷偷摸摸地侧翼包抄，从背后袭击他们）。 如果你在数量上远超敌人，且敌人只有近战单位，那么【反向刺猬阵】会非常有效。和刺猬阵一样，但长矛朝内。确保你不会被从后方攻击，否则你会显得很愚蠢。

击败长枪兵 侧翼包抄，反复侧翼包抄 使用骑兵侧翼包抄长枪兵，他们移动缓慢，因此只能从后方发起攻击，冲锋后迅速撤离，重复此过程。不要陷入长时间的近战（否则会被连续戳刺）。 远程单位效果很好，尤其是对付静止阵型时。不要与长枪兵近战，只需用箭矢持续攻击。最好从侧翼或后方攻击，但影响不大。长枪兵等级越高，你的远程单位每发弹药需要造成的伤害就越大。使用弓箭手或散兵。确保先消灭他们的骑兵和轻步兵。 理想情况下，使用骑射手，这样你可以同时运用上述两种战术，而且他们永远追不上你。 最大的问题出现在攻城战中。pikemen可以轻松封锁道路和大门。同样，你需要弓箭手来应对。骑射手也可以，但你需要在街道上频繁奔驰。 如果没有弓箭手，就招募一些廉价的剑步兵，冲破长枪阵与他们进行近战。只要你能足够打乱他们的阵型，这是可行的，因为pikemen在默认情况下会在近战中放弃使用长枪。不过，通常这些炮灰部队还没杀死多少pikemen就会被消灭，所以你需要某种形式的支援。只要你足够扰乱了阵型，即使是重骑兵冲锋也能发挥奇效。

长矛兵要点 （又称：主要要点） 长矛兵若使用得当则极为强大，若使用不当则会成为代价高昂的教训。 长矛兵的机动性和远程防御能力都非常有限。 任何从后方发起的攻击都会造成大量长矛兵伤亡。 快速的侧翼部队对于长矛兵的生存与击败敌人都至关重要。 利用重步兵支援，通过战术肃清突破的敌人并填补防线缺口。 面对不熟练的对手时，直线阵型效果很好。 每种情况都有对应的阵型。 长矛的尖端必须始终指向敌人。 谨慎选择交战时机和地点。 长矛兵与攻城战是绝佳组合。 骑射手会造成持续的骚扰性伤亡。 保持骚扰。*戳刺* 防御姿态最适合长矛兵。 尽量避免伤亡。

Notes I will add more images when I'm not lazy anymore I can. PM me or comment if you have any suggestions I can ignore consider. Feedback is appreciated. Pointy sticks are dangerous. Do not run with pointy things. Now you know why Pikemen are so slow. Please rate to help others learn the ways of the pike. Thank you to everyone who has rated this guide. I first started this guide when a friend of mine told me pikes were cheesy and useless against any player with a little bit of skill. So I decided to share what I knew from my love of ancient history and gaming. I'm so glad so many people have found this niche little quirky guide helpful. Update 2020 - Questions There have been quite a few suggestions and comments so I decided to respond as best I can. MrJohnBoi - I have yet to learn how to train soldiers armed with this "C4" - is this the new weapon of the gods? Samuel Allan - Using heavier or shock infantry on the side of the formation is a really good adaption to the formation. It just makes you slightly more vulnerable to cavalry who would rather out maneuver the infantry than fight them. This is probably better for siege battles or battles with a large (2 armies) on either side, however, for a stand alone force I would keep the original formation, but this is my personal preference. If you like Thracian Flax infantry then reap away. To add to that, if you have an elite unit of peltasts they can fill multiple rolls in your army as well, forming a javalin harass unit as well as a medium-light infantry unit. This can be effective and I have played this variant a fair amount. (Boonchi actually mentioned this - woo!) Samuel Allan - Thanks for being so engaged! Using a cheap infantry unit to distract the pikes while heavier infantry flank is a great idea! However, besides the unit having to be isolated from its formation (a major no-no for pike commanders), any commander worth their salt should see if coming and about face the pikes or send a unit to intercept. You will find a lot of inexperienced commanders (and ai) won't have this level of awareness or practice with pikes, so this strategy will work. (I am aware that about facing the pikes takes time and will still leave them flanked, but being flanked by a weak unit is better than being flanked by a strong unit). Darth Invictus - I'm sure there are guides available somewhere on the internet for recruitment. I'm afraid I only make super niche guides. Jollygoodfew - My methods with pikes are actually based on the Macedonian tactics of combined arms. I used a similar method when using the romans (but they are too easy). Sadly the successor kingdoms lost sight of what made pikes good in the first place and ran into the spam-only-one-unit-type trap. Rabbit - Cycling out pikemen when they are exhausted is a good idea but usually a bit more difficult to do due to their large engagement range. If you have the infantry to do it then charge them through the pikes to meet the enemy before pulling back. I would like to note though that ideally your pikes should never be more exhausted than your opponent (don't run with pointy long things when you can) and an exhausted pike will beat exhausted (insert almost any infantry in the game). So the tactic is a little niche. But valid. e_thibault - Using pikes to pin a unit while your missiles pepper them is a great tactic! As stated in a comment above, cheap infantry is a great way of pinning pikes but you need to have a way of finishing them or demoralising them so they flee. Remember, clubs strong together. (Club swarm FTW) Boonchi - I didn't forget to answer your comment, I mentioned the same thing you did in a response to Samuel Allan. . . anyway, yes. Is good idea. Thumbs up. Duwang JEff - Ah yes, the cheese box in the corner of the map. I try to avoid this but if you do need to do this because you are outnumbered 4+ to 1 then sure. Balistas are a great addition to this particular formation as they force the enemy to come to you, but are way to clumbersome for most field battles where you would otherwise have to protect them with a more mobile unit. Lurker Man - Where you put your veteran units is mostly a matter of preference. Personally I find people a bit too unpredictable to determine where exactly they will hit your line, so I find the center the best, as usually the formation will win one of the flanks and wheel around onto the other flank, with the center constantly engaged as the 'fulcrum' (or hinge I suppose) about which the formation moves. Basically you end up with an L shape or an angle like that with the central unit being the pointy bit in the middle. However - I tend to find veterancy on pikes as one of the least useful units to gain veterancy on as they tend to win or lose their combats more due to tactics and strategy. DatRat - It depends how many pikemen they have. If you only have three archers and they have one pike unit then spray and pray. However, if it is more than two, try weakening one, and if they out number your archers then pepper them as best you can before rushing melee units through the formation (you have to click through the pikes, even once your infantry engage), you will take huge losses but unfortunately that situation is one of the very best for pikemen. WickeySticket - pokey pokey stabby stabby indeed Rich Brian - Defeating a pike box is very tricky. usually if it is a 'box' there will be weaker corners you can run infantry through. If it is a circle you dont really have much option other than exhaust your missile options, while attempting to disrupt the formation. TLDR: disrupt the formation by any means nessecary. If an opponent is using this you should be outnumbering them significantly or they are fairly new to the game. Either way, getting into the middle of the formation will cause chaos. Rage o' Fire - adding hoplites in front of your formation to soak damage will work against the ai but not humans and is a more costly way of dealing with ranged enemies than other options. As for being identical armies, this almost never happens and when it does it's more down to advanced tactics and terrain advantage. This guide won't go into that kind of detail. Other comments: Thanks so much for the positivity, I did not expect people to still be reading and rating this guide in 2020 and your awards make my day every time! Hope you are all keeping safe and well!