Pikeman (Age of Empires II)

A Pikeman is an upgraded version of a Spearman and is used as a anti-cavalry unit. They are made at the Barracks, and cost no gold, making them an excellent choice to pad out an army if you are thin on gold. The Pikeman are not very good against non-cavalry units, but they can make up for this by being inexpensive. The Pikeman is incredible against Cavalry, doing up to 50 points of damage and 100 for War Elephants.

Pikemen are good against Skirmishers and Cavalry, and bad against Swordsmen, Archers, Cavalry Archers, Mangonels and Monks.