Marcomanni (Empire Divided) Melee Infantry

Horse Hewers

On ancient battlefields, unconventional tactics often led to victory through their ingenuity and the resultant confusion they caused among the enemy, and there are few quite as unconventional as horse hewing. The first account of 'horse-stabbing' was made by Caesar during his long years spent conquering Gaul. He recounts the effectiveness of this tactic, which broke his horsemen and terrified their steeds. He was so impressed that, upon their defeat, he drafted horse hewers into his army and used them on future campaigns. From guerrilla units, they were converted into full regiments and became a useful tool against all manner of cavalry, even the heavily-armoured eastern cataphracts.

Unit Name Horse Hewers

Main Unit Key 3c_Marc_Horse_Hewers

Land Unit Key 3c_Marc_Horse_Hewers

Naval Unit Key 3c_barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 280

Recruitment Cost 280

Upkeep Cost 55

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 4

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 20

Weapon Damage 25

├ Melee Weapon rome_horse_hewer

├ Melee Damage Base 15

├ Melee Damage Ap 10

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 25

├ Bonus vs Elephants 20

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 22

Melee Defence 41

├ Base Defence 11

├ Shield germanic_wood

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 40

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast_barb

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Average attack
• Weak defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Bronze Workshop (3c_barb_artisan_bronze_2) Level 1 Bronze Forge (3c_barb_artisan_bronze_3) Level 2 Bronze Furnace (3c_barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Marcomanni (Empire Divided) Marcomanni Pretenders (Empire Divided) Marcomanni Secessionists (Empire Divided)