Golden Scale Hoplites
Baktria's wealth affords them the best weapons and armour.Scale armour was common throughout the cultures of the ancient world. As the name suggests, it looked like fish scales, and was made from overlapping rows of small scale-shaped plates, attached to one another or to a backing layer of leather or padding. Scale armour was flexible and relatively easy to produce. Depending on local resources, all kinds of scales were made, including bronze, iron, leather, and hide, with horn being the most common. Because it was made from smaller pieces woven together, scale armour could be easily repaired. Before the Marian Reforms of 104BC, Republican Romans used the 'lorica squamata', a shirt of metal scales sewn onto a fabric backing. Cavalry also made use of scale armour: Scythian, Sarmatian and Parthian cataphracts were covered from head to toe in scale armour, as were their mounts.
Unit Name Golden Scale Hoplites |
Main Unit Key Bac_Golden_Scale_Hoplites |
Land Unit Key Bac_Golden_Scale_Hoplites |
Naval Unit Key greek_transport |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Spear Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 820 |
Recruitment Cost 820 |
Upkeep Cost 100 |
Melee Attack 29 |
33 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_spear_elite |
├ Melee Damage Base 18 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 15 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 12 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 15 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 31 |
80 |
├ Base Defence 54 |
├ Shield hoplite |
└ Shield Defence 26 |
100 |
├ Armour scale |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 43 |
70 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
Base Morale 60 |
Abilities
Golden Scale Hoplites- Hoplite Wall
The unit moves into close wall formation.
Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
Acceleration, speed - Square
The unit moves into a close square formation.
Bracing, morale, melee defence
Can't move - Rapid Advance
Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
Speed, acceleration, charge speed
Exertion: fatigue - Cavalry Counter-tactics
Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
Bonus vs mounted units
Attributes
- Disciplined
This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often. - Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Good defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average attack
- Normal morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign |