Caledonians Melee Infantry

Cateran Brigade

The name ‘cateran’ comes from the Gaelic word ‘ceathairne’, used to refer to a band of armed peasants from the Scottish highlands. Literally, the word means ‘battle man’ – a warrior. Specifically employed by a warlord as a private fighting force to harass neighbouring clans, over time the cateran became professional soldiers, rather than simply low-born men pressed into the service of their local lord on a part-time basis. By the beginning of the Middle Ages the word cateran had fallen out of use, only being used to describe bandits, marauders and cattle-thieves at that point in time.

Unit Name Cateran Brigade

Main Unit Key att_cel_cateran_brigade

Land Unit Key att_cel_cateran_brigade

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_cel

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 525

Recruitment Cost 525

Upkeep Cost 265

Melee Attack 32

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear_heavy

├ Melee Base Damage 24

├ Armour-piercing Damage 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 30

├ Attack Against Elephants 30

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 32

Melee Defence 45

├ Base Defence 40

├ Shield att_round_large

└ Shield Defence 5

Armour 60

├ Armour att_mail

├ Armour Defence 23

└ Shield Armour 37

Health 124

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 105

└ Bonus Hit Points 19

Morale 45

Abilities

• Spear Wall
  The unit moves into close wall formation.

Attributes

• Expert Charge Defence
  This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.
• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Guerrilla Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Ignore Terrain
  Speed penalties caused by the terrain are ignored by this unit.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

Warlord's Hold (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_3) Level 2 Warlord's Keep (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_4) Level 3 Warlord's Castle (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_5_legendary) Level 4 Chieftain's Hold (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_3_legendary) Level 2 Chieftain's Keep (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_4_legendary) Level 3 Chieftain's Castle (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_5_legendary) Level 4 Great Hall (att_bld_barbarian_civic_storyteller_3) Level 2 Hall of Elders (att_bld_barbarian_civic_storyteller_4) Level 3 Tavern (att_bld_barbarian_civic_tavern_3) Level 2 Mead Hall (att_bld_barbarian_civic_tavern_4) Level 3 Bards' Hall (att_bld_barbarian_civic_tavern_5_legendary_celts) Level 4 Royal Encampment (att_bld_barbmigs_leadership_nobles_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Caledonian Separatists Caledonians