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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.

Dacian Elite Skirmishers

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

Missile Damage

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

Weapon Damage

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

Melee Defence

79

├ Base Defence

40

├ Shield

peltast_thureos

└ Shield Defence

39

Armour

87

├ Armour

scale

├ Armour Defence

57

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

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
Dacian Elite Skirmishers
  • Short range
  • Fast rate of fire
  • Very good damage and armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Dacian Elite Skirmishers Lv. 0 Carpenter
Carpenter
(barb_craftsmen_wood_3)
Level 2
Dacian Elite Skirmishers Lv. 1 Builder's Hall
Builder's Hall
(barb_craftsmen_wood_4)
Level 3