Spear Ambushers
Unexpected warriors, with spears, are useful to any warlord.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 Spear Ambushers |
Main Unit Key Bri_Spear_Ambushers |
Land Unit Key Bri_Spear_Ambushers |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Spear Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 670 |
Recruitment Cost 670 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
Melee Attack 26 |
28 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear_anti_cav |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 23 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 26 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 24 |
81 |
├ Base Defence 46 |
├ Shield celtic |
└ Shield Defence 35 |
57 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
65 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Spear Ambushers- Rapid Advance
Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
Speed, acceleration, charge speed
Exertion: fatigue - Shield Screen
The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
Can't move - Cavalry Counter-tactics
Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
Bonus vs mounted units
Attributes
- Guerrilla Deployment
This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone. - Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow. - Stalk
This unit can move hidden in any terrain.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Good defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average attack
- Normal morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Slave Trader
(barb_commons_slave_2) Level 1 |
Lv. 1 |
Slave Market
(barb_commons_slave_3) Level 2 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Imperator Augustus |