Iweriu Melee Infantry

Wiri Gurmakoi

The painted warriors of Britain were recognisable thanks to the blue designs adorning their skin and made famous by Julius Caesar’s 'De Bello Gallico'. Their bravery and savagery is evident from his commentaries. Fighting unarmoured, and sometimes naked in the style of the Gaulish Gaesatae or the northern Picts, the painted ones relied on their skills with the Celtic longsword, a weapon designed to slash and hack rather than stab, and their tall shields, which could also be used as a weapon in its own right. Their tattoos generally took the form of curlicue lines, dashes and circles, which mirrored abstracted animal and natural forms. Frightening to behold, these designs probably held religious significance, uniting the warriors with their gods, their lands and their tribes. Whether woad was the source of the blue dye or some mixture of copper and iron that Caesar referred to as 'vitrum' is not entirely clear. Woad, however, does make a better candidate as it has slightly antiseptic properties.

Unit Name Wiri Gurmakoi

Main Unit Key bri_irish_painted_warriors

Land Unit Key bri_irish_painted_warriors

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 300

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 653

Recruitment Cost 653

Upkeep Cost 131

Melee Attack 40

Weapon Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon bsword4

├ Weapon Damage 11

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 21

Melee Defence 49

├ Base Defence 18

├ Shield shield2

└ Shield Defence 31

Armour 3

├ Armour arm1

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity heavy_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 60

Abilities

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

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Warrior Lodge (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_1) Level 0 Meeting Ground (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_2) Level 1 Proving Grounds (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Hall of Champions (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Iweriu
Imperator Augustus	Iweriu (Imperator Augustus)