Roxolani Melee Infantry

Royal Guard Macemen

The Royal Family Houses of the great nomadic, steppe tribes relied on a cadre of grizzled, experienced veterans to guard their palatial tents, pavilions, yurts, and aul villages of the ruling family. Additionally, able and bold tribe chieftains utilized these shock forces to drive a decisive wedge in the battle, surprising the enemy with a decent, albeit not exemplary, but still formidable infantry force, as the rest of the nomad mounted forces pepper away with arrow fire and whittle down with lancer charges. The utilization of these crack soldiers at the most opportune moment in the battle may spell between a surefire victory or a prolonged battle. Most steppe, nomadic tribes avoid prolonged battles and if it has come to that, then these royal guard soldiers are the last and final defense and reserves.

Unit Name Royal Guard Macemen

Main Unit Key Ste_Royal_Guard_Mace

Land Unit Key Ste_Royal_Guard_Mace

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 1000

Recruitment Cost 1000

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 34

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 19

├ Missile Ap Damage 15

└ Base Reload Time 40

Accuracy 10

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 2

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 36

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_club

├ Melee Damage Base 30

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 24

Melee Defence 79

├ Base Defence 44

├ Shield thureos

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 112

├ Armour scale_elite

├ Armour Defence 77

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 80

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 60

└ Bonus Hit Points 20

Base Morale 65

Abilities

• Shieldwall
  The unit moves into a close formation and raises shields.
  Armour strength, bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Limited speed
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Expert Charge Defence
  This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.
• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Encourage
  This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
• 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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Coin Hoard (barb_artisan_coin_4) Level 3 Salt Workshop (barb_craftsmen_salt_4) Level 3
Lv. 0	Salt Kiln (barb_craftsmen_salt_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Dahae Khorasmii Massagetae Massagetaean Nobles Thyssagetae Aorsoi Roxolani Roxolani Nobles Siraces Budini Catiaroi Nomadic Rebels Royal Scythia Royal Scythian Nobles
Imperator Augustus	Dahae (Imperator Augustus) Alani (Imperator Augustus) Aorsoi (Imperator Augustus) Iastae (Imperator Augustus) Iazyges (Imperator Augustus) Roxolani (Imperator Augustus) Siraces (Imperator Augustus) Nomadic Rebels (Imperator Augustus)