Mercenary Germanic Pikes
A wall of pikes is an excellent defence, but is difficult to manoeuvre.Once use of the pike in battle had spread to the west, it was adopted by many of the barbarian tribes. As an extension of the popular 'shield wall' formation, emergent barbarian pike tactics had similarities to the phalanx combat of the Greek city-states and the Macedonian pike reforms that won half the world for Alexander the Great. However, tribal pike troops fought far more defensively than the Greeks, especially with the advent of heavy cavalry such as lancers and their supplanting of the more traditional barbarian infantry charge with brutal shock tactics. Gradually, pikes became a popular defensive choice all over northern Europe; the Norsemen used them in a similar, circular formation of around 1,000 men in a tightly-packed mass, designed to stop enemy cavalry charges dead in their tracks. This also likely gave rise to the later ‘schiltron’ or ‘shield troop’ formation commonly used by Scottish medieval armies.
Unit Name Mercenary Germanic Pikes |
Main Unit Key att_merc_ger_germanic_pikes |
Land Unit Key att_merc_ger_germanic_pikes |
Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_ger |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Pike Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 160 |
Recruitment Cost 120 |
Upkeep Cost 130 |
Melee Attack 16 |
11 |
├ Melee Weapon att_pike |
├ Melee Base Damage 1 |
├ Armour-piercing Damage 10 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Attack Against Cavalry 0 |
├ Attack Against Elephants 0 |
└ Attack Against Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 21 |
37 |
├ Base Defence 7 |
├ Shield att_round_small |
└ Shield Defence 30 |
8 |
├ Armour att_cloth |
├ Armour Defence 3 |
└ Shield Armour 5 |
80 |
├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_light |
├ Man Health 75 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Morale 32 |
Abilities
Mercenary Germanic Pikes- Pike Wall
The unit moves into a deep, close defensive formation.
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
Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | att_merc_ger_province_major | Dacia |
Apulum Petrodava Romula |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | att_merc_ger_province_major | Frisia |
Angulus Flevum Tulifurdum |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | att_merc_ger_province_major | Germania |
Aregelia Lupfurdum Uburzis |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | att_merc_ger_province_major | Gothiscandza |
Ascaucalis Gothiscandza Rugion |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | att_merc_ger_province_major | Hercynia |
Budorgis Casurgis Nitrahwa |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Aquitania |
Avaricum Burdigala Elusa |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
7 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Baetica |
Corduba Hispalis Malaca |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
8 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Belgica |
Augusta Treverorum Colonia Agrippina Durocortorum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
9 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Carthaginensis |
Carthago Nova Segobriga Toletum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
10 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Dardania |
Scupi Serdica Viminacium |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
11 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Gallaecia |
Asturica Bracara Brigantium |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
12 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Germano-Sarmatia |
Duna Oium Palteskja |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
13 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Italia |
Fiorentia Neapolis Roma |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
14 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Liguria |
Genua Mediolanum Segusio |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
15 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Lugdunensis |
Lugdunum Rotomagus Turonum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
16 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Lusitania |
Emerita Augusta Olisipo Pax Augusta |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
17 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Macedonia |
Corinthus Dyrrhachium Thessalonica |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
18 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Magna Graecia |
Rhegium Syracusae Tarentum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
19 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Maxima Sequanorum |
Argentoratum Octodurum Vesontio |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
20 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Insulae Occidentalis |
Ajax Caralis Palma |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
21 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Narbonensis |
Aquae Sextiae Narbo Vienna |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
22 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Pannonia |
Savaria Sirmium Sopianae |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
23 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Raetia et Noricum |
Augusta Vindelicorum Iuvavum Virunum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
24 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Sarmatia Europaea |
Chersonessus Gelonus Olbia |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
25 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Scandza |
Alabu Hafn Hrefnesholt |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
26 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Tarraconensis |
Caesaraugusta Pompaelo Tarraco |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
27 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Thracia |
Constantinopolis Marcianopolis Trimontium |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
28 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Transcarpathia |
Arheimar Belz Leopolis |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
29 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Venetia |
Aquileia Ravenna Verona |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
The Last Roman Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
30 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Africa Proconsularis |
Carthago Hippo Diarrhytus Thuburbo |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
31 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Aquitaine |
Arvernis Avaricum Lemonum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
32 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Austrasia |
Augustobona Tricassium Mettis Remorum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
33 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Baetica |
Gades Hispalis Malaca |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
34 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Brittany |
Gwened Osismorum Riedonum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
35 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Burgundy |
Besantio Valentia Vienne |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
36 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Byzacena |
Hadrumentum Sufetula Thysdrus |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
37 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Campania et Samnium |
Beneventum Corfinum Neapolis |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
38 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Cantabria |
Legio Pompaelo Portus Victoriae |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
39 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Carthaginensis |
Carthago Nova Ilici Libisosa |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
40 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Celtiberia |
Complutum Segovia Tolentum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
41 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Dalmatia |
Narona Salona Tarsatica |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
42 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Epirus Nova |
Dyrrachium Nicopolis Photiki |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
43 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Flaminia et Picenum |
Bononia Pisaurum Ravenna |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
44 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Gallaecia |
Astorga Bracara Brigantium |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
45 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Italia |
Cosa Reate Roma |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
46 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Liguria |
Augusta Taurinorum Genua Mediolanum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
47 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Lucania et Brutii |
Crotona Rhegium Thurii |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
48 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Lusitania |
Aeminium Emerita Olissipo |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
49 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Neustria |
Paris Portus Namnetum Turonorum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
50 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Novempopulania |
Aquensium Burdigala Tolosa |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
51 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Suburbicarium |
Ancona Asculum Spoletium |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
52 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Praeualitana |
Doclea Epidaurum Lissus |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
53 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Provence |
Massilia Nikaia Vapincum |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
54 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Sardinia et Corsica |
Aleria Caralis Turris |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
55 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Septimania |
Elne Narbonne Nimes |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
56 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Sicilia |
Agrigentum Panormus Syracuse |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
57 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Tarraconensis |
Barcino Caesaraugusta Valentia |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
58 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Tuscia et Umbria |
Arretium Faesulae Pisae |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
59 | att_merc_ger_province_minor | Venetia et Histria |
Aquileia Patavium Verona |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
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