Ardiaei Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Enetoi Pelekophoroi

Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of armies. Drawn from the ordinary citizens or subjects, they were in a tradition that, in Greece at least, began with the hoplite warfare of the city-states. What levy pikemen lacked in fighting skills when compared to professionals and mercenaries, they made up for in numbers. Equipped with sarissas, or long pikes, these levy phalanxes were a formidable wall of spear points. Initially, the citizen-levies of Greek city-states were expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed, however, the citizen army developed into a more organised body for which arms and equipment were provided by the state. At the same time, personal loyalty to an individual general or king replaced old-fashioned civic duty.

Unit Name Enetoi Pelekophoroi

Main Unit Key ill_venetian_pikemen

Land Unit Key ill_venetian_pikemen

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 256

Category Melee Infantry

Class Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 494

Recruitment Cost 494

Upkeep Cost 99

Melee Attack 28

Weapon Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon pike2

├ Weapon Damage 9

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 2

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 6

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 46

├ Base Defence 15

├ Shield shield2

└ Shield Defence 31

Armour 3

├ Armour arm1

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity light_heavy

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Stamina (low)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Pike Phalanx
  The unit moves into a deep and close pike phalanx formation that increases frontal defense and attack but movement speed is reduced and the unit is vulnerable to flanking attacks.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Average defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak attack
• Poor morale
• Very vulnerable when not in phalanx

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Meeting Ground (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_2) Level 1 Proving Grounds (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_3) Level 2 Hall of Champions (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4) Level 3 Fishing Port (rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_food_4) Level 3 Raider's Port (rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_4) Level 3 Fishing Village (rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Hall of Champions (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Ardiaei Ardiaei Tribal Council Daorsi Dalmatae Illyrian Rebels Veneti
Hannibal at the Gates	Veneti (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Illyrian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)