Ardiaei Missile Infantry

Illyrian Archers

While Illyria was known for its light infantry, archery was never a point of pride for the tribes inhabiting the Adriatic coast. Despite the relative dearth of quality timber, Illyrians were adept in the use of the short bow, compensating for poor range and accuracy with increased ammunition for long raids. Better-supplied men were sometimes provided a small shield to protect them from opposing missile fire when they needed to close the distance with superior ranged troops.

Unit Name Illyrian Archers

Main Unit Key Gre_Ill_Archers

Land Unit Key Gre_Ill_Archers

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 470

Recruitment Cost 470

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 33

├ Missile Weapon rome_bow

├ Projectile arrow_normal

├ Missile Damage 28

├ Missile Ap Damage 5

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 140

Reload 25

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 5

Melee Defence 5

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 27

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  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

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

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Ardiaei Ardiaei tribal council Daorsi Dalmatae Illyrian Rebels
Imperator Augustus	Illyrian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)