[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Keir Maxwell:
Not quite the right analogy Nagot as I did say spearmen and a Giant not a pike block or even a hopilite phalanx. Better to use the example of an elephant crashing into spearmen (...)

Then you should explain what you mean by 'spearmen'. Some sort of tribal horde fighting with short throwing spears perhaps? That's not the most common meaning of 'spearmen' in ancient and feudal warfare. Eg, Scottish and Flemish spearmen fought with long spears (3 to 5 metres long) in very close formations, not that very different from hoplites or pezetairoi. And BTW, I've seen the term 'spearmen' used for hoplites in several sources.