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Illyrioi Toxotai

(Illyrian Archers)

Archers are ideal for harassing the enemy from afar, and goading them into foolish action.

Although archery was not highly thought of as a military skill in Greece, Crete produced truly excellent archers who were able to sell their services to the highest bidder as mercenaries. Firing bronze-tipped arrows from their heavy self bows, Cretan archers tended to carry shields, indicative of some additional prowess in melee, which must’ve made them an even more enticing proposition for a general hiring mercenaries for campaign. Their finest hours came when Alexander the Great hired Cretans directly into his army to support its unbeatable phalanx. Commanded by Clearchus, 500 Cretans accompanied the Macedonian phalanx into battle at Granicus, off-setting the Persians' numerical superiority on the day and enabling Alexander’s subsequent victory. Whereas the Romans didn’t traditionally use archers in their forces, once they conquered Greece Cretan archers began to appear as auxiliary troops in their armies. Notably, they fought in Caesar’s campaign in Gaul against Vercingetorix, causing him to rally the best archers the tribes could provide to range against them.

Illyrioi Toxotai

Unit Name

Illyrioi Toxotai

Main Unit Key

Bar_Mar_Missile_Illy

Land Unit Key

Bar_Mar_Missile_Illy

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

100

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

426

Recruitment Cost

426

Upkeep Cost

163

Missile Damage

9

├ Missile Weapon

bow2

├ Projectile

bow2

├ Missile Damage

9

├ Missile Ap Damage

0

└ Base Reload Time

14

Accuracy

5

Range

165

Reload

13

Shots Per Minute

5

Ammunition

31

Melee Attack

12

Weapon Damage

7

├ Melee Weapon

dagger2

├ Weapon Damage

7

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

8

Melee Defence

27

├ Base Defence

11

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

16

Armour

3

├ Armour

arm1

├ Armour Defence

3

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

22

├ Man Entity

light_light

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

2

Base Morale

50

Abilities

Illyrioi Toxotai
  • Stamina (excellent)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

  • Improved Stamina
    This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
  • Hide (scrub & forest)
    This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
  • Hide (scrub & forest)
    This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Illyrioi Toxotai
  • Long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Good damage but low armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Garrison Buildings
Illyrioi Toxotai x 1 Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_3)
Level 2
Illyrioi Toxotai x 2 Raider's Port
Raider's Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_4)
Level 3
Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_military_3)
Level 2