Theme of Sicily (Age of Charlemagne) Missile Infantry

Armoured Archers

In battle, the archer needed to be peerless. His aim had to be unfailingly precise or else he was next to useless - a mere distraction for a determined enemy force. Arrows had great power and impact but, before the development of the bodkin-point arrowhead, if they were aimed even slightly off target, they would bounce off armour rather than pierce it. The bodkin-point was thinner than its broadhead-point counterpart, and was therefore better at piercing mail and some plate armours due to its smaller surface area. Bodkin-pointed arrowheads were used mainly by the Viking Danes but caught on across Europe. However, they didn't eclipse the more common broadhead-point, which were generally better at cutting through flesh and causing serious, mortal wounds.

Unit Name Armoured Archers

Main Unit Key cha_byz_armoured_archers

Land Unit Key cha_byz_armoured_archers

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 200

Recruitment Cost 200

Upkeep Cost 60

Missile Damage 49

├ Missile Weapon att_bow_composite

├ Projectile att_arrow_composite_normal

├ Missile Damage 37

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 17

Accuracy 25

Range 150

Reload 40

Rate of Fire 6

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 7

Melee Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cha_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage 7

├ Armour-piercing Damage 2

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 2

Melee Defence 2

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield cha_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 46

├ Armour cha_mail

├ Armour Defence 46

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_light

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 28

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Faction Availability
Age of Charlemagne	Roman Rebels (Age of Charlemagne) Roman Separatists (Age of Charlemagne) Theme of Sicily (Age of Charlemagne) Republic of Venice (Age of Charlemagne)