Dacian Elite Skirmishers
Able to hit a moving target at a respectable range, these heavy hitting skirmishers can also withstand minor melee attacks.The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.
Unit Name Dacian Elite Skirmishers |
Main Unit Key Dac_Dacian_Skirmisher_Elite |
Land Unit Key Dac_Dacian_Skirmisher_Elite |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Missile Infantry |
Class Missile Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 800 |
Recruitment Cost 800 |
Upkeep Cost 95 |
32 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_improved |
├ Projectile javelin_improved |
├ Missile Damage 18 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 14 |
└ Base Reload Time 8 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 70 |
Reload 18 |
Shots Per Minute 9 |
Ammunition 15 |
Melee Attack 26 |
38 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_kopis |
├ Melee Damage Base 32 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 6 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 6 |
Charge Bonus 25 |
79 |
├ Base Defence 40 |
├ Shield peltast_thureos |
└ Shield Defence 39 |
87 |
├ Armour scale |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
70 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy_fast |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
Base Morale 55 |
Abilities
Dacian Elite Skirmishers- Quick Reload
Improved reloading for an extended time.
Shots per minute
Exertion: fatigue - Frenzy
Improves a unit's charge and weapon damage for an extended period.
Charge damage, Weapon damage
Exertion: fatigue
Attributes
- Resistant to Fatigue
Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit. - 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
- Short range
- Fast rate of fire
- Very good damage and armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Carpenter
(barb_craftsmen_wood_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Builder's Hall
(barb_craftsmen_wood_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |