Basileion Odryson Missile Infantry

Thrakioi Akontistai

The javelin is among the oldest weapons in human hands. Equipped with javelins and little else, skirmishers harried their opposite numbers and peppered hoplite phalanxes before quickly retreating. This was the typical tactic of all unarmoured, javelin-armed troops: to engage at range and then fall back behind more heavily-armoured infantry, or continue attacks while trying to stay just out of reach of the enemy. Such harassment could be highly effective, in 391BC at the Battle of Lechaeum a force of Spartans, lacking the support of skirmishers or cavalry, were severely punished by javelin-armed Athenians who refused to meet them at close quarters. Over time, shields became common, such as those used by Thracian and Greek peltasts, but in turn these were rendered obsolescent by the Hellenic thureophoroi. Nevertheless, javelinmen and other irregulars continued to play a part in many armies throughout antiquity.

Unit Name Thrakioi Akontistai

Main Unit Key Thr_Skirm

Land Unit Key Thr_Skirm

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 175

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 391

Recruitment Cost 391

Upkeep Cost 78

Missile Damage 14

├ Missile Weapon javelin2

├ Projectile javelin2

├ Missile Damage 14

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 10

Range 85

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 5

Melee Attack 18

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 6

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 6

├ Shield shield2

└ Shield Defence 31

Armour 1

├ Armour arm0

├ Armour Defence 1

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity medium_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Stamina (excellent)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Concentrate Fire
  The unit fires its missiles towards a spot causing damage to everyone in the area of effect

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

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

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Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Thyni Bithynia Basileion Odryson Odrysian Tribal Council Thracian Rebels Triballi
Imperator Augustus	Thracian Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Thracia (Imperator Augustus)