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Akamatsu Missile Cavalry

Mounted Samurai Hero

These mounted warriors are armed with bows and deadly naginatas, making them powerful in both close and ranged fights. Excellent shots, these men can fire while mounted and ride quickly to critical points of the battle line. Weak only in numbers, the heroes must be careful when near massed archers, and when in close combat against numerically superior forces. They are a deadly force under any general’s hand.

The samurai ideal of embracing death rather than dishonour plays a large role in the noble, and brutal, mystique of these warriors. The first instance of seppuku, or ritual suicide, is recorded as taking place at the start of the Gempei War. Minamoto no Yorimasa, a 74-year-old poet and warrior, gave up his position with the Taira to join the Minamoto rebellion. He led the Minamoto forces at the Battle of Uji and, following a crushing defeat, chose to take his own life rather than be captured. Legend has it that his retainers took his head, fastened it to a rock, and threw it into a river to keep the Taira from having it. The river had failed to stop the Taira advance.

Unit Name Mounted Samurai Hero

Unit Key Genpei_Cav_Missile_Samurai_Hero

Soldiers 20

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Multiplayer Cost 1300

└ Multiplayer Limit 1

Recruitment Cost 1300

├ Recruitment Turns 2

└ Unit Limit 1

Upkeep Cost 250

Melee Attack 18

└ Melee Weapon sabre

Charge Bonus 15

Bonus vs Cavalry 0

Range 200

├ Missile Weapon bow

└ Projectile shogun_arrow_hero_genpei

Accuracy 80

Reloading Skill 70

Ammunition 25

Melee Defence 5

Armour 7

Horse Mode shogun_horse_samurai

└ Mount Armour 3

Morale 20

Abilities

• Swooping Crane
  This unit can arrange itself into a moving circular formation, harrassing the enemy with a constant rate of fire.
• Flaming Arrows
  This unit can fire flaming arrows for a short period of time. Flaming arrows have a greater damage effect and can set fire to flammable objects. Flaming arrows don't function in wet weather.
• Second Wind
  This restores a portion of nearby units' stamina, allowing them to fight longer and harder.
• Whistling Arrows
  Whistling arrows have an unsettling effect on both enemy and friendly troops, reducing their morale and combat ability for a short period when they fly over them.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Excellent accuracy and reload rate.
• Strong in melee.
• Very small unit size.
• Vulnerable to naginata-armed infantry and massed archers.