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Samnite Polybolos

The polybolos gives men the chance to match the gods in cruelty.

The polybolos was a repeating bolt thrower developed from the ballista and scorpion. A chain mechanism drew, loaded and released bolts from a gravity-fed magazine as quickly as a handle could be turned. Supposedly invented by Dionysius of Alexandria, the polybolos was quite a complex machine: as the operator turned a windlass handle, the bow was tensioned as a launching shuttle pulled back, an arrow dropped into place, and finally a catch was released to fire the machine. The process repeated as long as the operator worked. All he needed was a loader to keep the magazine filled. Efficient and deadly, the polybolos had the greatest rate of fire of all ancient war machines.

Samnite Polybolos

Unit Name

Samnite Polybolos

Main Unit Key

inv_sam_polybolos

Land Unit Key

inv_sam_polybolos

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

40

Category

Siege Engine

Class

Fixed Artillery

Custom Battle Cost

720

Recruitment Cost

720

Upkeep Cost

150

Missile Damage

85

├ Engine

polybolos

├ Missile Weapon

rome_polybolos

├ Projectile

arrow_polybolos

├ Missile Damage

35

├ Missile Ap Damage

50

└ Base Reload Time

5

Accuracy

5

Range

260

Reload

4

Shots Per Minute

13

Ammunition

60

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

6

Melee Defence

14

├ Base Defence

14

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

10

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

10

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

45

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Base Morale

35

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

No Attribute

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Samnite Polybolos
  • High damage
  • Accurate
  • Average range
  • Very high rate of fire
Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology To Borrow a Catapult
Requires Buildings
Samnite Polybolos Lv. 0 Proving Grounds
Proving Grounds
(inv_ita_military_3)
Level 2
Hall of Champions
Hall of Champions
(inv_ita_military_4)
Level 3