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Nubian Bowmen

These highly-skilled bowmen can even choose which of their target's eyes they are going to take.

Nubian archers from the ‘Land of the Bow’ were famed for their skills and used as mercenaries by the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled Egypt after the death of Alexander. 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.

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Nubian Bowmen

Unit Name

Nubian Bowmen

Main Unit Key

Egy_Nubian_Bowmen

Land Unit Key

Egy_Nubian_Bowmen

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

120

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

360

Recruitment Cost

360

Upkeep Cost

70

Missile Damage

35

├ Missile Weapon

rome_bow_long

├ Projectile

arrow_normal_long

├ Missile Damage

31

├ Missile Ap Damage

4

└ Base Reload Time

12

Accuracy

5

Range

150

Reload

18

Shots Per Minute

6

Ammunition

15

Melee Attack

9

Weapon Damage

24

├ Melee Weapon

rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

4

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

4

Melee Defence

13

├ Base Defence

13

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

10

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

10

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

50

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

10

Base Morale

35

Abilities

No Ability

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
Mercenary Camp
Mercenary Camp
(greek_military_light_4)
Level 3