The Sassanids (Empire Divided) Missile Infantry

Anatolian Slingers

Anatolia lies south of the Black Sea, and its people were subject to many influences as their territory frequently changed hands between rulers as the balance of power ebbed and flowed. The tradition of using slings on the battlefield reaches back as far as the 6th century BC, when all of Anatolia was under Achaemenid Persian rule. From that point on, Anatolians saw almost constant conflict in their homeland, from the Greco-Persian Wars to the later clashes between Rome and Parthia. Despite not having access to good equipment, Anatolia's slingers were some of the deadliest wielders of the humble rock in the known world, able to take out enemy units over a considerable distance and quickly disengage.

Unit Name Anatolian Slingers

Main Unit Key 3c_Sas_Anatolian_Slingers

Land Unit Key 3c_Sas_Anatolian_Slingers

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 620

Recruitment Cost 620

Upkeep Cost 125

Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling_lead

├ Projectile sling_stone_lead

├ Missile Damage 21

├ Missile Ap Damage 8

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 28

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 6

Melee Defence 23

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield small_round

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 20

├ Armour light_padded

├ Armour Defence 15

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 55

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very long range
• Average rate of fire
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	The Sassanids (Empire Divided) Sassanid Pretenders (Empire Divided) Sassanid Secessionists (Empire Divided)