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Machimoi Phalangitai

(Egyptian Pikemen)

Even the humblest peasant can be trained to carry a pike into battle.

Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of armies. Drawn from the ordinary citizens or subjects, they were in a tradition that, in Greece at least, began with the hoplite warfare of the city-states. What levy pikemen lacked in fighting skills when compared to professionals and mercenaries, they made up for in numbers. Equipped with sarissas, or long pikes, these levy phalanxes were a formidable wall of spear points. Initially, the citizen-levies of Greek city-states were expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed, however, the citizen army developed into a more organised body for which arms and equipment were provided by the state. At the same time, personal loyalty to an individual general or king replaced old-fashioned civic duty.

Machimoi Phalangitai

Unit Name

Machimoi Phalangitai

Main Unit Key

Egy_Pike

Land Unit Key

Egy_Pike

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

256

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Hoplite/Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

617

Recruitment Cost

617

Upkeep Cost

123

Melee Attack

26

Weapon Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

pike1

├ Weapon Damage

9

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

2

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

6

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

8

Melee Defence

45

├ Base Defence

14

├ Shield

shield2

└ Shield Defence

31

Armour

6

├ Armour

arm3

├ Armour Defence

6

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

light_heavy

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

50

Abilities

Machimoi Phalangitai
  • Stamina (average)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
  • Pike Phalanx
    The unit moves into a deep and close pike phalanx formation that increases frontal defense and attack but movement speed is reduced and the unit is vulnerable to flanking attacks.

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Resistant to Heat
    This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Machimoi Phalangitai
  • Average defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Weak attack
  • Poor morale
  • Very vulnerable when not in phalanx
Requires Buildings
Machimoi Phalangitai Lv. 0 Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_1)
Level 0
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_2)
Level 1
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3)
Level 2
Fortified Alexandria
Fortified Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3_fort)
Level 2
Commercial Alexandria
Commercial Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3_trade)
Level 2
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4)
Level 3
Fortified Alexandria
Fortified Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4_fort)
Level 3
Commercial Alexandria
Commercial Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4_trade)
Level 3
Muster Field
Muster Field
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_1)
Level 0
Holosideros Barracks
Holosideros Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_2)
Level 1
Hoplite Barracks
Hoplite Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_3)
Level 2
Machimoi Phalangitai Lv. 1 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_4)
Level 3