Nordic Separatists Pike Infantry

Nordic Pikemen

Once use of the pike in battle had spread to the west, it was adopted by many of the barbarian tribes. As an extension of the popular 'shield wall' formation, emergent barbarian pike tactics had similarities to the phalanx combat of the Greek city-states and the Macedonian pike reforms that won half the world for Alexander the Great. However, tribal pike troops fought far more defensively than the Greeks, especially with the advent of heavy cavalry such as lancers and their supplanting of the more traditional barbarian infantry charge with brutal shock tactics. Gradually, pikes became a popular defensive choice all over northern Europe; the Norsemen used them in a similar, circular formation of around 1,000 men in a tightly-packed mass, designed to stop enemy cavalry charges dead in their tracks. This also likely gave rise to the later ‘schiltron’ or ‘shield troop’ formation commonly used by Scottish medieval armies.

Unit Name Nordic Pikemen

Main Unit Key att_nor_nordic_pikemen

Land Unit Key att_nor_nordic_pikemen

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_nor

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 250

Recruitment Cost 250

Upkeep Cost 130

Melee Attack 24

Melee Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon att_pike

├ Melee Base Damage 1

├ Armour-piercing Damage 10

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 24

Melee Defence 44

├ Base Defence 14

├ Shield att_round_small

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 15

├ Armour att_leather

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 82

├ Man Entity att_infantry_light

├ Man Health 75

└ Bonus Hit Points 7

Morale 34

Abilities

• Pike Wall
  The unit moves into a deep, close defensive formation.

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

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