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Silver Shield Pikemen

Veteran pikemen are rarely matched in quality or courage on the battlefield.

During his final years on campaign, Alexander the Great renamed his elite hypaspist infantrymen argyraspides or 'Silver Shields'. Following Alexander’s untimely death, his generals fought each other for territory and the enormous power that came with it. When the smoke cleared, the former 'commander-in-chief of the camp', Seleucus, controlled Babylon and several other eastern satrapies, proclaiming himself king in 306BC. His territory became known as the Seleucid Empire, and the Silver Shields formed the elite of its armies from the very beginning. Throughout most of their tenure they were equipped in the Macedonian fashion and trained for phalanx combat like their illustrious forebears. However, following their catastrophic defeat at Magnesia in 190BC by the Romans, the Seleucids began to re-model the Silver Shields on the impressive Roman legionaries who defeated them, certainly in equipment if not in tactics. It is thought that the 5000 men at the head of the Daphne Parade in 166BC were Silver Shields equipped in this way.

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Silver Shield Pikemen

Unit Name

Silver Shield Pikemen

Main Unit Key

Gre_Silver_Shield_Pike

Land Unit Key

Gre_Silver_Shield_Pike

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

1280

Recruitment Cost

1280

Upkeep Cost

200

Melee Attack

44

Weapon Damage

28

├ Melee Weapon

rome_pike_elite

├ Melee Damage Base

24

├ Melee Damage Ap

4

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

13

Melee Defence

42

├ Base Defence

32

├ Shield

pikemen

└ Shield Defence

10

Armour

100

├ Armour

bronze_elite

├ Armour Defence

70

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

60

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_heavy_pike

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

20

Base Morale

70

Abilities

Silver Shield Pikemen
  • Pike Phalanx
    The unit moves into a deep, close defensive formation.
    Bonus vs cavalry, bracing
    Limited speed

Attributes

  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • Encourage
    This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
  • Formation Attack
    The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Silver Shield Pikemen
  • Very good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Good morale
  • Very vulnerable when not in phalanx
Requires Buildings
Silver Shield Pikemen Lv. 0 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign