India is a non-playable faction featured in Rome: Total War: Alexander. India is only available in custom battles and one historical battle, the Battle of Hydaspes, as the enemy.
Overview[]
India does not appear on the campaign map, despite a small section of India being modelled on it. However, if they were on the map, they'd be able to cause a problem for the Persians and later Macedonians when they arrived. India has a varied selection of units but are missing some key important units. The first is a good infantry unit, as they only get spearmen who are pretty poor when it comes to most things other than their shield. In general they're missing any sort of effective melee unit, and with mercenaries unavailable in skirmish/multiplayer, the Indians are missing a decent front line, since the spearmen will not hold forever. However, they do have 4 types of missile infantry, including the fantastic longbowman who is by far the best infantry the Indians have at their disposal. They also have elephants, which are powerful cavalry, as well as chariots. However, due to lacking both a solid infantry unit as well as reliable cavalry, India has to be careful when they fight in order to not expose their weaknesses.
Units[]
- Indian Spearmen
- Indian Slingers
- Indian Female Archers
- Indian Levy Archers
- Indian Javelin Men
- Indian Longbowmen
- Indian Light Cavalry
- Indian Medium Cavalry
- Indian Chariots
- Indian Cavalry General
- Indian Elephants
- Indian General
Trivia[]
- India is the only faction that does not have a start location on the campaign map.
- They are also the only faction to only be playable in custom battles who does not have a starting position on the map.
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