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WEAK Pike, STRONG Zweihander! (lemmy.world)
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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

weak pike formation at home:

[–] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Which works great until you run into someone with a Maniple

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

which works great until your cavalry gets defeated and you get charged from the sides by the enemy cavalry (although to be fair that is a nightmare for any army)