


So I'll mainly be going by supply limits as to how big armies should be, so here's a reminder of the start of game pre-medicine supply limits in friendly territory: You can't outflank an army which has a full line, making outflanking near impossible late game. It ranges from 30 for uncivs at the start of the game down to just 10 for advanced countries in the roaring 20s, the maneuverability stat is only really worth paying attention to early on when outflanking is likely. As mobilized units are always Infantry, it's a good idea to have "support stacks" with no front-line units prepared in order to attach mobilized Infantry to during war time.Ĭombat Width is how many brigades it takes to form a full line, only support units and Engineers can fight from the second line while any third line units do nothing. To make offensive compositions, all you really have to do is use Guards instead of Infantry anyway. Amours could replace Engineers as siege units the same way Planes can replace both (other) recon units and Artillery, but not as well.Īs defense is generally stronger (especially mid game onwards), I'm going to list mainly defensive compositions in this guide. Front-line units are Irregulars, Infantry, Cuirassiers, Guards and Amours. Recon units are Cavalry, Dragoons, Hussars and Planes.

A general rule is you should have 10% recon units, 10% Engineers, 30-40% support units and 40-50% front-line units.
