Aksum Spear Infantry

Mäsqäl Spearmen

The spear has been around as long as people have, having been employed for hunting and fishing long before war. A versatile weapon, it could be held in either one or both hands and used for thrusting in melee, throwing during skirmishes, or braced in formation to stop cavalry charges. In Africa and the eastern deserts, there were few changes to the spear's design over the ensuing millennia other than advances in metal work (iron replacing bronze tips). For instance, the most popular African spear type, still used by Zulu hunters, remains the ‘assegai’, which is intentionally light-weight so it can be either thrusted or thrown, depending on the situation its bearer finds himself in. Naturally, the development of heavy cavalry led to longer, heavier variants (the lance) and then to pikes – which could be braced to unseat horsemen or massed to create an almost impenetrable wall.

Unit Name Mäsqäl Spearmen

Main Unit Key att_des_es_masqal_spearmen

Land Unit Key att_des_es_masqal_spearmen

Naval Unit Key att_cor_heavy_rom

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 700

Recruitment Cost 775

Upkeep Cost 395

Melee Attack 67

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear_cross

├ Melee Base Damage 18

├ Armour-piercing Damage 14

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 27

├ Attack Against Elephants 27

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 62

Melee Defence 44

├ Base Defence 14

├ Shield att_square

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 38

├ Armour att_mail

├ Armour Defence 23

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 100

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Morale 103

Abilities

• Sea Sickness
  As these men are inexperienced sailors. Caught up in sea combat, they suffer various penalties.
• Shield Screen
  The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
• Frenzy
  Improves a unit's attack capabilities for an extended period of time.

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.
• 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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	House of the Hagia Makatas (att_bld_eos_military_infantry_5_east_church) Level 4

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Aksum Aksumite Separatists