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Nordic Pikemen

An immovable defensive force when massed, pikes keep the enemy at bay.

Once use of the pike in battle had spread to the west, it was adopted by many of the barbarian tribes. As an extension of the popular 'shield wall' formation, emergent barbarian pike tactics had similarities to the phalanx combat of the Greek city-states and the Macedonian pike reforms that won half the world for Alexander the Great. However, tribal pike troops fought far more defensively than the Greeks, especially with the advent of heavy cavalry such as lancers and their supplanting of the more traditional barbarian infantry charge with brutal shock tactics. Gradually, pikes became a popular defensive choice all over northern Europe; the Norsemen used them in a similar, circular formation of around 1,000 men in a tightly-packed mass, designed to stop enemy cavalry charges dead in their tracks. This also likely gave rise to the later ‘schiltron’ or ‘shield troop’ formation commonly used by Scottish medieval armies.

Nordic Pikemen

Unit Name

Nordic Pikemen

Main Unit Key

att_nor_nordic_pikemen

Land Unit Key

att_nor_nordic_pikemen

Naval Unit Key

att_lon_heavy_tra_nor

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

250

Recruitment Cost

250

Upkeep Cost

130

Melee Attack

24

Melee Damage

11

├ Melee Weapon

att_pike

├ Melee Base Damage

1

├ Armour-piercing Damage

10

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

24

Melee Defence

44

├ Base Defence

14

├ Shield

att_round_small

└ Shield Defence

30

Armour

15

├ Armour

att_leather

├ Armour Defence

10

└ Shield Armour

5

Health

82

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_light

├ Man Health

75

└ Bonus Hit Points

7

Morale

34

Abilities

Nordic Pikemen
  • Pike Wall
    The unit moves into a deep, close defensive formation.

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
Requires Buildings
Nordic Pikemen Lv. 0 Small City
Small City
(att_bld_barbarian_city_major_2)
Level 2
City
City
(att_bld_barbarian_city_major_3)
Level 3
Large City
Large City
(att_bld_barbarian_city_major_4)
Level 4
Village
Village
(att_bld_barbarian_city_minor_generic_2)
Level 2
Town
Town
(att_bld_barbarian_city_minor_generic_3)
Level 3
Fortified Town
Fortified Town
(att_bld_barbarian_city_minor_generic_4)
Level 4
Tent Camp
Tent Camp
(att_bld_barbmigs_city_2)
Level 1
Wagon Laager
Wagon Laager
(att_bld_barbmigs_city_3)
Level 2
Horde Encampment
Horde Encampment
(att_bld_barbmigs_city_4)
Level 3