Venedians Melee Infantry

Veles' Chosen

Veles is the Slavic god of the underworld. As part of their polytheistic pantheon, he is also attached to natural elements like the earth, forests and water. Things that are 'below' like caves and springs, too, fall under his purview - literally the 'under' world. Veles is in direct opposition to Perun, thunder god and lord of the 'quintheism'. Perun lives above, in the sky, and is depicted as fiery and dry - diametrically opposed to Veles and his damp, dark corners of the earth. In Slavic mythology, the two fought one another - Perun hurling lightning from the sky and chasing down his opponent. This concept of lightning storms as manifestations of Perun's power was extremely important to the Slavs, in a similar way as it was in many other pantheons - notably, the Greek thunder god Zeus, and the Nordic Thor.

Unit Name Veles' Chosen

Main Unit Key att_slav_veles_chosen

Land Unit Key att_slav_veles_chosen

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_ger

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 300

Melee Attack 47

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_axe

├ Melee Base Damage 16

├ Armour-piercing Damage 16

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 10

Charge Bonus 37

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 37

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 45

├ Armour att_mail_heavy

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 99

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

└ Bonus Hit Points 9

Morale 45

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

• Encourage
  This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Guerrilla Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Ignore Terrain
  Speed penalties caused by the terrain are ignored by this unit.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 163 Upgrade From

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Venedian Separatists Venedians