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Pantodapoi

(Native Hoplites)

These spearmen are drawn from the subjects of the eastern regions. They are inexpensive and simply equipped with a spear, wicker shield, and cloth armour.

Hoplites date back to the wars between the Greek city-states in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. During the Greco-Persian Wars most hoplites wore a Corinthian-style bronze helm, and a cuirass of bronze or stiffened linen or canvas. They were armed with a short sword and an iron-tipped spear with a bronze counterbalance butt-spike. Hoplites were named, though, after the round hoplon shield they carried. The hoplon-and-spear combination required them to fight as a phalanx, a block of spearmen some eight ranks deep. When closed up, each man would find shelter behind the shield of his neighbour, creating a wall of bristling spear-points. While all hoplites were originally citizen-soldiers, full-time mercenaries took over and became the standard fighting unit of the Greek world. Later, under Phillip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the shield became smaller, while the spear developed into the five metre sarissa pike. Many armies adopted the phalanx of hoplites as a tactical unit because it was very successful in battle.

Pantodapoi

Unit Name

Pantodapoi

Main Unit Key

Gre_Native_Hoplites

Land Unit Key

Gre_Native_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

300

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

430

Recruitment Cost

430

Upkeep Cost

86

Melee Attack

20

Weapon Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

spear1

├ Weapon Damage

9

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

3

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

10

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

11

Melee Defence

56

├ Base Defence

19

├ Shield

shield3

└ Shield Defence

37

Armour

3

├ Armour

arm1

├ Armour Defence

3

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

hoplite_light

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

35

Abilities

Pantodapoi
  • Stamina (low)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
  • Phalanx
    The unit enters a defensive formation that increases frontal defense but the unit's movement speed and attack are reduced

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Expert Charge Defence
    This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Pantodapoi
  • Average defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Weak attack
  • Poor morale
Requires Buildings
Pantodapoi Lv. 0 Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_1)
Level 0
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_2)
Level 1
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3)
Level 2
Fortified Alexandria
Fortified Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3_fort)
Level 2
Commercial Alexandria
Commercial Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3_trade)
Level 2
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4)
Level 3
Fortified Alexandria
Fortified Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4_fort)
Level 3
Commercial Alexandria
Commercial Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4_trade)
Level 3
Muster Field
Muster Field
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_1)
Level 0
Holosideros Barracks
Holosideros Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_2)
Level 1
Hoplite Barracks
Hoplite Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_3)
Level 2
Pantodapoi Lv. 1 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_4)
Level 3
Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_4)
Level 3