Veneti (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Infantry

Velites Veneti

As far as the Celts were concerned, the best way to kill a man was in hand-to-hand combat. The Celts thought there was great value in personal bravery and there was no honour in killing from a distance. Even so, slingers, javelinmen and archers still had their place on the battlefield. It was often the only way that some Celts could go to war: Celtic warriors paid for their own equipment, so only the wealthy could afford, or had the right to carry, fine armour and weapons. Skirmishers were usually the poor: freemen who served as clients to the noble class. While they could never hope to achieve the same status as their noble masters, they could still prove their worth in the cut and thrust of battle.

Unit Name Velites Veneti

Main Unit Key Ven_Skirmishers

Land Unit Key Ven_Skirmishers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 175

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 368

Recruitment Cost 368

Upkeep Cost 74

Missile Damage 13

├ Missile Weapon javelin1

├ Projectile javelin1

├ Missile Damage 13

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 5

Melee Attack 21

Weapon Damage 7

├ Melee Weapon dagger2

├ Weapon Damage 7

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 6

Melee Defence 43

├ Base Defence 6

├ Shield shield3

└ Shield Defence 37

Armour 1

├ Armour arm0

├ Armour Defence 1

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity light_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Stamina (excellent)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Concentrate Fire
  The unit fires its missiles towards a spot causing damage to everyone in the area of effect

Attributes

• Improved Stamina
  This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

Warrior Lodge (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_1) Level 0 Meeting Ground (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_2) Level 1 Proving Grounds (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_3) Level 2 Hall of Champions (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4) Level 3 Loremaster's Hut (rom_BARBARIAN_enclosure_research_2) Level 1 Bards' Grove (rom_BARBARIAN_enclosure_research_3) Level 2 Bardic Circle (rom_BARBARIAN_enclosure_research_4) Level 3 Horse Pens (rom_BARBARIAN_enclosure_stables_2) Level 1 Stables (rom_BARBARIAN_enclosure_stables_3) Level 2 Horse Ranch (rom_BARBARIAN_enclosure_stables_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Veneti
Hannibal at the Gates	Veneti (Hannibal at the Gates)