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Iaosatae

(Celtic Slingers)

These slingers, eager for glory in battle, are highly effective skirmishers.

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.

Iaosatae

Unit Name

Iaosatae

Main Unit Key

Bar_Mar_Missile_Celt

Land Unit Key

Bar_Mar_Missile_Celt

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport

Soldiers

100

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

455

Recruitment Cost

455

Upkeep Cost

255

Missile Damage

6

├ Missile Weapon

sling2

├ Projectile

sling2

├ Missile Damage

5

├ Missile Ap Damage

1

└ Base Reload Time

13

Accuracy

5

Range

190

Reload

13

Shots Per Minute

5

Ammunition

40

Melee Attack

15

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

8

Melee Defence

41

├ Base Defence

10

├ Shield

shield2

└ Shield Defence

31

Armour

1

├ Armour

arm0

├ Armour Defence

1

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_light_agile

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

40

Abilities

Iaosatae
  • Stamina (excellent)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

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

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Iaosatae
  • Very long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Garrison Buildings
Iaosatae x 1 Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_3)
Level 2
Iaosatae x 2 Raider's Port
Raider's Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_4)
Level 3
Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_military_3)
Level 2
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign


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