Etruscan League (Hannibal at the Gates) Pike Infantry

Etruscan Pikes

The longsword was a weapon of high worth and status within the Celtic community. A warrior had to prove himself in battle many times before he was permitted to wield one. The two-handed longsword was first developed during the 8th century BC, but fell from favour before re-emerging around 450BC. It is possible that Celtic ironwork was significantly behind that of the Romans, as apparently their longswords bent very easily and had to be straightened against the ground. On the other hand, since Celtic ironworking was several centuries old, some believe that Roman accounts of this practice mistook this practise, and it was actually a ritual to 'decommission' defeated, dishonoured or damaged weapons.

Unit Name Etruscan Pikes

Main Unit Key Etr_Etruscan_Pikes

Land Unit Key Etr_Etruscan_Pikes

Naval Unit Key roman_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 640

Recruitment Cost 640

Upkeep Cost 80

Melee Attack 25

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_pike

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 9

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 5

├ Bonus vs Elephants 7

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 31

├ Shield pikemen

└ Shield Defence 21

Armour 82

├ Armour spolas

├ Armour Defence 52

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 65

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy_pike

├ Man Health 50

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 50

Abilities

• Pike Phalanx
  The unit moves into a deep, close defensive formation.
  Bonus vs cavalry, bracing.
  Limited speed
• Steady
  Improves the unit's ability to endure enemy charges.
  Armour, melee defence
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Normal morale
• Very vulnerable when not in phalanx

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Cohort Barracks (rome_military_main_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Legionary Barracks (rome_military_main_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Etruscan League Latin Rebels
Samnite Wars	Italian Rebels (Samnite Wars) Samnites (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Etruscan League (Hannibal at the Gates) Latin Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Samnites (Hannibal at the Gates)