Langobards Melee Infantry

Redoubtable Chieftain

Scale armour arguably provides greater defence against than the standard chainmail that came to dominate late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Overlapping armour plates of metal, leather or horn - in varying shapes (but usually squares or fish scales) - were attached to one another and then sewn to an undershirt of cloth or leather in rows. Scales were used extensively by nomadic warriors such as the Scythians and Sarmatians, and eventually by the Romans too. They used scale mail - or 'lorica squamata' - from the days of the Roman Republic, although it was eventually superseded by the more famous 'lorica segmentata' commonly worn by Legionaries of the post-Marian period. Scale armour was also used far from Europe, where Japanese samurai warriors wore 'kozane' - literally 'fish scales' - from the 11th century AD onwards, before the advent of plate armour (which could stop bullets) relegated it to a ceremonial capacity only.

Unit Name Redoubtable Chieftain

Main Unit Key att_ger_redoubtable_chieftain

Land Unit Key att_ger_redoubtable_chieftain

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_ger

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 475

Recruitment Cost 475

Upkeep Cost 235

Melee Attack 20

Melee Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon att_club_heavy

├ Melee Base Damage 10

├ Armour-piercing Damage 1

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 20

Charge Bonus 20

Melee Defence 27

├ Base Defence 20

├ Shield att_oval_large

└ Shield Defence 7

Armour 68

├ Armour att_scale_mail_heavy

├ Armour Defence 33

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 172

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 105

└ Bonus Hit Points 67

Morale 45

Abilities

• Shield Wall
  The unit moves into a close formation and raises shields.
• Steady
  Improves the unit's ability to defend at the cost of their mobility.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 119 Upgrade From
Upgrade
Required Technology Cost 175 Upgrade To

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Langobards
The Last Roman	Langobards (The Last Roman)