Hi Guys,
I've played a Early Sassanid Empire list this weekend and managed to get a Major victory quite safe and secure with it. Even though now I would make some changes to it in order to further optimize it:
Sassanid List (early)
Shah 50 (mounted)
5x Nobles 75(mounted)
2x Elephants(extra crew, shields) 138
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
4x Early Azatan Noble Cavalry(cataphracts armour, barding) 100
5x Skirmishers bow 20
4x Skirmishers bow 16
999
The strong points of the list is the always strikes first Kontos and the facts the in attrition fights it out-wounds the enemies quite easy.
The match was fought against Late Imperial Romans.
What I would change right now to the list is lose the elephants and get more bases in the units of cataphracts and also lose the barding on some of them to make them more mobile (not really sure about the last one).