Royal Scythia Missile Infantry

Scythian Ambushers

Far from being simple, ignorant barbarians, the various steppe tribes had a great cultural wealth. Living in an area stretching from the Caspian Sea to the northern shores of the Black Sea; the Greeks called them 'Scythians' and the Persians 'Saka', while a western group became known as the Sarmatians. Wearing trousers marked them as barbarians as far as the Greeks were concerned, before their tall, pointed caps and swarthy appearances were even considered. Looks apart, they were, however, exceptional horsemen, highly-skilled with composite-recurve bows and deadly hand-to-hand fighters. Grave goods suggest that Scythian women were as warlike as their men, and probably fought alongside them in battle. This may well be the origin of the Greek myths of Amazon warrior women.

Unit Name Scythian Ambushers

Main Unit Key Ste_Scythian_Ambushers

Land Unit Key Ste_Scythian_Ambushers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 820

Recruitment Cost 820

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 38

├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow

├ Projectile arrow_composite

├ Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 11

Accuracy 5

Range 145

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 21

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_steppe_pickaxe_elite_m

├ Melee Damage Base 19

├ Melee Damage Ap 17

├ Armour Piercing Yes

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 26

Melee Defence 55

├ Base Defence 20

├ Shield celtic

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 87

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 57

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 65

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
  Missile damage
  Exertion: fatigue
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue

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

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

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Bronze Forge (barb_artisan_bronze_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Bronze Furnace (barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3 Coin Hoard (barb_artisan_coin_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Budini Catiaroi Nomadic Rebels Royal Scythia Royal Scythian Nobles
Imperator Augustus	Nomadic Rebels (Imperator Augustus)