Suebi Spear Infantry

Night Hunters

The Germanic Harii tribe were a warrior cult, shrouded in mystery. Their night hunters were a terrifying prospect if met on the battlefield. Their bodies, shields and weapons were painted black for maximum shock value. The Roman historian, Tacitus, said this of the Harii: “…quite apart from their strength, which exceeds that of the other tribes I have just listed, they pander to their innate savagery by skill and timing: with black shields and painted bodies, they choose dark nights to fight, and by means of terror and shadow of a ghostly army they cause panic, since no enemy can bear a sight so unexpected and hellish; in every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered”.

Unit Name Night Hunters

Main Unit Key Ger_Night_Hunters

Land Unit Key Ger_Night_Hunters

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 700

Recruitment Cost 700

Upkeep Cost 85

Missile Damage 34

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 19

├ Missile Ap Damage 15

└ Base Reload Time 40

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 2

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 26

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear

├ Melee Damage Base 19

├ Melee Damage Ap 10

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 16

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 29

Melee Defence 91

├ Base Defence 51

├ Shield germanic_shock

└ Shield Defence 40

Armour 15

├ Armour none

├ Armour Defence 0

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 70

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health 55

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 50

Abilities

• Cavalry Counter-tactics
  Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
  Bonus vs mounted units
• Shield Screen
  The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
  Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Can't move

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

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

• Good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Normal morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Slave Market (barb_commons_slave_3) Level 2

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Warlord's Hold (barb_commons_chieftan_3) Level 2 Great Hall (barb_commons_chieftan_4) Level 3 High King's Hold (barb_commons_chieftan_5) Level 4 Bard's Grove (barb_commons_lore_3) Level 2 Bardic Circle (barb_commons_lore_4) Level 3 Slave Market (barb_commons_slave_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Cherusci Cimbri Frisii Gutones Lugii Marcomanni German Rebels Rugii Suebi Suebi tribal council
Caesar in Gaul	Nemetes (Caesar in Gaul) German Rebels (Caesar in Gaul) Suebi (Caesar in Gaul) Suebi tribal council (Caesar in Gaul) Vangiones (Caesar in Gaul)
Imperator Augustus	Arii (Imperator Augustus) Buri (Imperator Augustus) Cherusci (Imperator Augustus) Cimbri (Imperator Augustus) Frisii (Imperator Augustus) Gutones (Imperator Augustus) Helisii (Imperator Augustus) Helveconae (Imperator Augustus) Marcomanni (Imperator Augustus) Marcomanni Elders (Imperator Augustus) Nahanarvali (Imperator Augustus) Quadi (Imperator Augustus) German Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Rugii (Imperator Augustus) Semnones (Imperator Augustus)