>Unsullied are most renowned on the battlefield but were also
>often sold in small groups to be used as guards. Implying that
>they are trained in a way that they can in fact work just fine
>in small groups.
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Oh true, forgot about that, illyrio had unsullied guards IIRC, good point

>They are trained from 5 years old in the use of spears and
>short swords. Short swords are used in close quarter combat.

True
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>They're most effective tactic is the phalanx. It should really
>be second nature to them. So, you know when you're being
>attacked from multiple angles -- shield wall, spears out, dead
>harpies. It is how they've been raised. Against unarmored,
>robed guys, with daggers.

But they were ambushed, the harpies were already attacking, looks like before they could form up
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>A group of 3,000 Unsullied famously fought off a Khalasar of
>20,000 men. By working together... like they've been trained
>to do since they were 5.

That was on the battlefield, with dothraki charging at them, not surrounding them from all side in an alley
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>And finally for kicks
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>http://i.imgur.com/GdJ3jH8.png
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