Mercenary Armoured Spearmen

From the most inexperienced fighter to the most battle-hardened elite, the spear remained the cheapest, most accessible and therefore common weapon of the Carolingian era. Historically, the weapon of the lower classes, the spear eventually became more prominent amongst all classes of military society; an entire force of armoured spearmen assaulted the palace of Lateran in AD769, for example. Changes in the types of opponent led to development of weapons in order to defeat them. 'Lugs' - or wings - started to appear under the blade in order to hook and grab at armour and 'languets' - protrusions from the shaft itself - were added to protect the user, further evidence that the spear was used for prolonged, matched combat against heavily-armoured cavalry.

Unit Name Mercenary Armoured Spearmen

Main Unit Key cha_merc_gen_armoured_spear

Land Unit Key cha_merc_gen_armoured_spear

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

Upkeep Cost 270

Melee Attack 30

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear

├ Melee Base Damage 24

├ Armour-piercing Damage 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 20

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 29

Melee Defence 57

├ Base Defence 32

├ Shield cha_round

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 46

├ Armour cha_mail

├ Armour Defence 46

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 45

Abilities

• Spear Wall
  The unit moves into close wall formation.

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.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Age of Charlemagne Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	cha_merc_gen_land	Alemannia	Basel Chur Konstanz	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_gen_land	Bavaria	Augsburg Passau Regensburg	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_gen_land	Brittany	Quimper St-Malo Vannes	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_gen_land	Burgundy	Geneve Grenoble Lyon	1	0.025	1	1
5	cha_merc_gen_land	Carinthia	Lorch Salzburg Wien	1	0.025	1	1
6	cha_merc_gen_land	Croatia	Jadra Ptuj Sisak	1	0.025	1	1
7	cha_merc_gen_land	Provence	Arles Marseille Nice	1	0.025	1	1
8	cha_merc_gen_land	West Aquitaine	Angouleme Bourges Poitiers	1	0.025	1	1