Talk:Pyrrhus of Epirus/@comment-31571913-20190811161044

A pretty tough scenario, and quite a jump in difficulty from the previous one. The player is at a massive disadvantage to the enemy starting out, and at least on the higher difficulties, it seems impossible to hold onto that Western island unless you get really lucky sinking their transports, so you can only hope to milk it for all it's worth before the inevitable happens.

The only feasible strategy seems to be to wall up and convert enemy units from a safe distance to resist the first invasions, while slowly working to close the technological gap. Fun fact: The Romans actually did capture some of Pyrrhus's war elephants during their decisive victory at Beneventum. I doubt they were using old guys waving their hands and chanting "Wololo", though.