Mercenary Ionian Hippeus

The Ionian Greeks occupied the westernmost coast of Asia Minor, facing out into the Aegean Sea, with the rest of the Anatolian plateau to the east. When the king of Lydia, Croesus, was defeated by the Achaemenid Empire in 547BC, Ionian lands were left vulnerable. Subjugated by the Persians, they retained a deal of theoretical independence, but found themselves at the whim of local tyrants. In 499BC, at the behest of one of these tyrants, the Ionians initiated a revolt which was the ultimate catalyst for the first Greco-Persian war. Their position - so close to both Persia and the Greek states of the Peloponnese - meant that Ionian cities were often caught in the ongoing conflict between them.

Unit Name Mercenary Ionian Hippeus

Main Unit Key Pel_Mer_Ionian_Hippeus

Land Unit Key Mer_Pel_Ionian_Hippeus

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1070

Recruitment Cost 1070

Upkeep Cost 190

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 4

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 36

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 24

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 22

Melee Defence 25

├ Base Defence 25

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 60

├ Armour bronze

├ Armour Defence 60

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 85

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 45

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount pel_greek_horse_h

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_shock

└ Mount Health 20

Base Morale 55

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

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

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very good charge
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak in prolonged melee
• Good morale

Wrath of Sparta Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	pel_generic	Aigian	Khios Mytilene Oinoi Samos	0	0.15	1	4
2	pel_generic	Aitolia	Naupaktos Thermon	0	0.15	1	4
3	pel_generic	Ambrakia	Ambrakia Anaktorio Pronnoi	0	0.15	1	4
4	pel_generic	Amphipolis	Amphipolis Krinides	0	0.15	1	4
5	pel_generic	Argolis	Argos Korinthos Mantinea Melos	0	0.15	1	4
6	pel_generic	Attike	Athenai Laurion Naxos Paros	0	0.15	1	4
7	pel_generic	Boiotia	Delphi Lamia Opos Thebai	0	0.15	1	4
8	pel_generic	Dodekanisa	Karpathos Kos Lindos Rodos	0	0.15	1	4
9	pel_generic	Elis	Elis Olympia Patrai Zakynthos	0	0.15	1	4
10	pel_generic	Epeiros	Antigonia Dodona Elaea Korkyra	0	0.15	1	4
11	pel_generic	Euboia	Andros Kalkis Karystos Oreos	0	0.15	1	4
12	pel_generic	Hellespontos	Byzantion Kypsela Perinthos Sestos	0	0.15	1	4
13	pel_generic	Ionia	Ephesos Halikarnassos Knidos Miletos	0	0.15	1	4
14	pel_generic	Kalkidiki	Mende Olinthos Torone	0	0.15	1	4
15	pel_generic	Karia	Kibyra Kolossai Phaselis Xanthos	0	0.15	1	4
16	pel_generic	Krete	Gortyna Knossos Kydonia	0	0.15	1	4
17	pel_generic	Lakedaimon	Kythera Messenia Pylos Sparta	0	0.15	1	4
18	pel_generic	Lydia	Sardeis Smyrna	0	0.15	1	4
19	pel_generic	Makedonia	Aigai Argos Orestiko Arnisa Dion	0	0.15	1	4
20	pel_generic	Mysia	Ilion Kyzikos Myrina Pergamon	0	0.15	1	4
21	pel_generic	Thessalia	Larisa Pharsalos Pherae	0	0.15	1	4
22	pel_generic	Thraike	Abdera Ainos Maroneia Thasos	0	0.15	1	4