Re: The effective early NON-use of Pretenders in combat ....
It's a rare occasion when I can't take a province at the very beginning, using my starting army to attack an independent (normal settings). When this happens, it's almost always because of a 'special' independent army.
Generally, I'll build a 'screen' horde to handle early expansion (like the cheaper hammer infantry of Ulm). If this is not an option, I'll look for troops with a large weapon range and set a squad of them to hold...attack while my starting units are set to attack.
This doesn't appear to work with Pangaea. My early Pan armies always get wiped out.
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). At strength 9, just build your forces for 2-3 turns and then attack the provinces that say they're defended by mostly millitia, light infantry and archers (and usually some heavy infantry). Try to avoid the ones with heavy cavalry and barbarians in, and you'll see your heavily armoured front rank smash through the vast hordes of millitia and light infantry in no time at all. If you have archers of your own, then the aborigines will just rout all the faster 
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