User blog comment:Pygmy Hippo 2/Zulu Impi vs. Iberian Caetrati/@comment-39845974-20190929013942/@comment-32516697-20190929175614

I have to seriously disagree with you on your tactics edge. Yes, the Bull's Horns is an effective tactic for countering the conventional formations of the other South African tribes. However, the Caetrati don't use conventional formations. They're not infantry. They don't stand there and wait for the enemy to come to them; they're lightly equipped and meant to be mobile.

Like Pygmy himself says, "The Iberians would use concursare fighting to charge and retreat enemies while throwing javelins and shouting at them, supported by ambushes and guerrilla tactics to avoid full contact combat." There is no reason to say that the Caetrati aren't capable of falling back and avoiding being surrounded in melee. This is even worse for the Impi, because the numbers are equal.

And finally, the Zulu axe is not clunky. The weight difference with the gladius is negligible, and like all Zulu weapons, it's meant to attack quickly.