Persia Pike Infantry

Levy Pikemen

Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of armies. Drawn from the ordinary citizens or subjects, they were in a tradition that, in Greece at least, began with the hoplite warfare of the city-states. What levy pikemen lacked in fighting skills when compared to professionals and mercenaries, they made up for in numbers. Equipped with sarissas, or long pikes, these levy phalanxes were a formidable wall of spear points. Initially, the citizen-levies of Greek city-states were expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed, however, the citizen army developed into a more organised body for which arms and equipment were provided by the state. At the same time, personal loyalty to an individual general or king replaced old-fashioned civic duty.

Unit Name Levy Pikemen

Main Unit Key Gre_Levy_Pike

Land Unit Key Gre_Levy_Pike

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 400

Upkeep Cost 80

Melee Attack 17

Weapon Damage 27

├ Melee Weapon rome_pike_levy

├ Melee Damage Base 19

├ Melee Damage Ap 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 4

├ Bonus vs Elephants 6

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 4

Melee Defence 50

├ Base Defence 29

├ Shield pikemen

└ Shield Defence 21

Armour 77

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 47

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 65

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 30

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.
• Formation Attack
  The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
• 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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Infantry Camp (east_military_infantry_1) Level 0 Infantry Tents (east_military_infantry_2) Level 1 Infantry Quarters (east_military_infantry_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Royal Barracks (east_military_infantry_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Baktria Baktrian Nobles Epirus Epirean Nobles Macedon Macedonian Nobles Pergamon Pergamenes Nobles Hellenic Rebels Pontus Pontic Nobles Cyprus Seleucid Seleucid Nobles Arachosia Aria Drangiana Media Parthava Persia Sagartia Sardes
Hannibal at the Gates	Hellenic Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Hellenic Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Pontus (Imperator Augustus)