Persian Empire (Wrath of Sparta) Missile Infantry

Immortal Archers

The 'Ten Thousand Immortals' were a military force of elite infantry divisions within the Achaemenid Empire, acting as both an imperial guard and an expeditionary army during the Persian conquests. They were so named for always numbering exactly ten thousand - if any man died or fell ill, he was immediately replaced; in this way the unit never 'died'. Herodotus describes them as “magnificently” equipped, glittering in gold and dressed in the finest armour. The Immortals were also afforded the best food and treatment befitting of their elite status. They famously fought at the Battle of Thermopylae, outflanking the redoubtable Spartans and ultimately securing victory. Although the unit died with the Achaemenids, it was revived much later under the Sassanids, helping to legitimise Sassanid rule as inheritors of Persian power.

Unit Name Immortal Archers

Main Unit Key Pel_Immortal_Archers

Land Unit Key Pel_Immortal_Archers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 530

Recruitment Cost 530

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_recurve_bow_elite

├ Projectile arrow_recurve

├ Missile Damage 31

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 23

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 28

Weapon Damage 20

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 15

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 30

├ Bonus vs Elephants 30

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 18

Melee Defence 32

├ Base Defence 32

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 65

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

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

• Long range
• Fast rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Royal Barracks (east_military_infantry_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Wrath of Sparta	Persian Empire (Wrath of Sparta) Persian Rebels (Wrath of Sparta)