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Sotaroas

(Boii Archers)

A rough life in the Alpine forest gives these archers sufficient skills to be lethal against any foe, and they are naturally born ambushers. Still, they should not be used alone, as they can barely sustain any close combat, being unskilled, unprotected, and equipped with simple, utilitarian daggers.

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.

Sotaroas

Unit Name

Sotaroas

Main Unit Key

cel_boii_archers

Land Unit Key

cel_boii_archers

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport

Soldiers

175

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

403

Recruitment Cost

403

Upkeep Cost

81

Missile Damage

8

├ Missile Weapon

bow1

├ Projectile

bow1

├ Missile Damage

8

├ Missile Ap Damage

0

└ Base Reload Time

16

Accuracy

5

Range

155

Reload

13

Shots Per Minute

4

Ammunition

15

Melee Attack

21

Weapon Damage

11

├ Melee Weapon

mace1

├ Weapon Damage

11

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

Yes

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

6

Melee Defence

25

├ Base Defence

9

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

16

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

Sotaroas
  • 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

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Sotaroas
  • Long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Good damage but low armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Sotaroas Lv. 0 Meeting Ground
Meeting Ground
(rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_2)
Level 1
Proving Grounds
Proving Grounds
(rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_3)
Level 2
Sotaroas Lv. 1 Hall of Champions
Hall of Champions
(rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign
Hannibal at the Gates
Imperator Augustus