Anteans Missile Infantry

Poison Archers

Warriors have been using bows to hunt and fight since before recorded history. Since at least early antiquity, arrows have been dipped into poison to better (and more duplicitously) kill the enemy. The addition of a venomous substance to an arrowtip increases its effectiveness as, even if the bowman does not strike a direct hit, a glancing blow that breaks the skin is all that is required for the toxin to get into an opponent's bloodstream. Although some the earliest evidence of poison arrows lies in Greek mythology, Alexander the Great spoke of enemy bowmen firing toxic arrows during his invasion of India in 326BC and there is also empirical evidence of poison-tipped bolts being used by the Gauls, Romans and Scythians.

Unit Name Poison Archers

Main Unit Key att_slav_posion_archers

Land Unit Key att_slav_posion_archers

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_ger

Soldiers 160

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 500

Recruitment Cost 500

Upkeep Cost 350

Missile Damage 14

├ Missile Weapon att_bow_slavs_heavy_poison

├ Projectile heavy_poison_arrows

├ Missile Damage 12

├ Missile Ap Damage 2

└ Base Reload Time 60

Accuracy 0

Range 150

Reload 40

Rate of Fire 2

Ammunition 14

Melee Attack 7

Melee Damage 6

├ Melee Weapon att_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage 5

├ Armour-piercing Damage 1

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 2

Melee Defence 2

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield att_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 3

├ Armour att_cloth

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 80

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 75

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Morale 34

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period. These values are further modified by the unit itself.

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

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Required Technology Cost 63 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Carpenters' Guild (att_bld_barbarian_industry_carpenter_4) Level 3 Hunters' Encampment (att_bld_barbmigs_military_archers_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Anteans Antean Separatists