Spears
Even the lowliest of Dacians can carry a spear into battle for his people.The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.
Unit Name Spears |
Main Unit Key Dac_Spears |
Land Unit Key Dac_Spears |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Spear Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 300 |
Recruitment Cost 300 |
Upkeep Cost 65 |
Melee Attack 15 |
28 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear_anti_cav |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 23 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 26 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 15 |
65 |
├ Base Defence 30 |
├ Shield celtic |
└ Shield Defence 35 |
57 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
65 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
Base Morale 30 |
Abilities
Spears- Cavalry Counter-tactics
Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
Bonus vs mounted units - Shield Screen
The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
Can't move
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Average defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak attack
- Poor morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |