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Spear Ambushers Iceni (Imperator Augustus)Iceni (Imperator Augustus) Spear Infantry

Spear Ambushers

Unexpected warriors, with spears, are useful to any warlord.

The longsword was a weapon of high worth and status within the Celtic community. A warrior had to prove himself in battle many times before he was permitted to wield one. The two-handed longsword was first developed during the 8th century BC, but fell from favour before re-emerging around 450BC. It is possible that Celtic ironwork was significantly behind that of the Romans, as apparently their longswords bent very easily and had to be straightened against the ground. On the other hand, since Celtic ironworking was several centuries old, some believe that Roman accounts of this practice mistook this practise, and it was actually a ritual to 'decommission' defeated, dishonoured or damaged weapons.

Spear Ambushers

Unit Name

Spear Ambushers

Main Unit Key

Bri_Spear_Ambushers

Land Unit Key

Bri_Spear_Ambushers

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

670

Recruitment Cost

670

Upkeep Cost

85

Melee Attack

26

Weapon Damage

28

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

8

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

23

├ Bonus vs Elephants

26

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

24

Melee Defence

81

├ Base Defence

46

├ Shield

celtic

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

57

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

27

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

65

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health

55

└ Bonus Hit Points

10

Base Morale

50

Abilities

Spear Ambushers
  • Rapid Advance
    Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
    Speed, acceleration, charge speed
    Exertion: fatigue
  • Shield Screen
    The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
    Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
    Can't move
  • Cavalry Counter-tactics
    Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
    Bonus vs mounted units

Attributes

  • Guerrilla Deployment
    This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
  • Resistant to Cold
    This unit tires less quickly in snow.
  • Stalk
    This unit can move hidden in any terrain.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Spear Ambushers
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale
Requires Buildings
Spear Ambushers Lv. 0 Slave Trader
Slave Trader
(barb_commons_slave_2)
Level 1
Spear Ambushers Lv. 1 Slave Market
Slave Market
(barb_commons_slave_3)
Level 2