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Nubian Bowmen

These bowmen are skilled enough to choose an eye to hit when they fire.

Nubian archers from the ‘Land of the Bow’ were famed for their skills and used as mercenaries by the Ptolemaic dynasty. Archery was valued in Nubian society: their gods and rulers were often depicted with bows or archers’ thumb rings, and their warriors were often buried with bows, quivers, arrows and rings. The shaped metal rings guarded archers’ fingers, allowing them to fully draw their powerful bows. Several types of bow were employed, including the longbow and composite bow. There were also many types of arrowhead, some of which were barbed to make them more difficult to remove from a wound. As unarmoured skirmishers, Nubian archers relied on their spear-armed comrades to keep the enemy at bay whilst they made their shots count. Under the Kushite queen, Amanirenas, Nubian archers defeated a Roman force and, after five years of war, a peace that favoured the Kushites was agreed in 20BC.

Nubian Bowmen

Unit Name

Nubian Bowmen

Main Unit Key

Egy_Nubian_Bowmen

Land Unit Key

Egy_Nubian_Bowmen

Naval Unit Key

egyptian_transport

Soldiers

120

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

390

Recruitment Cost

390

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

19

Shots Per Minute

7

Ammunition

30

Melee Attack

8

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

4

Melee Defence

6

├ Base Defence

6

├ 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

30

Abilities

Nubian Bowmen
  • 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.
  • Resistant to Heat
    This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Nubian Bowmen
  • Long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Good damage but low armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Nubian Bowmen Lv. 0 Skirmisher Camp
Skirmisher Camp
(greek_military_light_3)
Level 2
Nubian Bowmen Lv. 1 Mercenary Camp
Mercenary Camp
(greek_military_light_4)
Level 3