Rome (Empire Divided) Pike Infantry

Auxiliary Eastern Pikemen

A tightly-formed phalanx of sarissa-armed infantry presented an almost impenetrable wall of spear points, especially to cavalry. An effective weapon for mass combat, the sarissa itself was a two-handed spear or pike, between four and seven metres long. With an iron tip and a bronze butt-spike which provided balance, it could be dug into the ground to bolster a defensive stance. When advancing in close order against the enemy, each man would occupy a square roughly a metre each side, with the sarissas of the first five ranks projecting beyond the phalanx. When defending, phalanxes would close up, locking together with each man's shield protecting the pikeman to his right. Although such formations were difficult to break, this stability came at the expense of manoeuvrability, leading to their main weakness on their flanks and rear.

Unit Name Auxiliary Eastern Pikemen

Main Unit Key 3c_Aux_Eastern_Pikemen

Land Unit Key 3c_Aux_Eastern_Pikemen

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 430

Recruitment Cost 430

Upkeep Cost 85

Melee Attack 39

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_pike

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 9

Melee Defence 33

├ Base Defence 23

├ Shield pikemen

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 70

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy_pike

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• 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.
• 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

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Normal morale
• Very vulnerable when not in phalanx

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	3c_Eastern_Auxilia
Empire Divided Regions Provinces Regions Armenia Arsamosata Artaxa Carana Tigranocerta Bithynia et Pontus Amaseia Nicomedia Sinope Trapezos Caucasia Gabala Mtskheta Phasis Galatia et Cappadocia Ancyra Iconium Mazaca Side Palmyra Dura Palmyra Syria Antioch Samosata Tarsus Thapsacus
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Auxiliary Barracks (3c_rome_military_aux_2) Level 1 Auxiliary Garrison (3c_rome_military_aux_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Gallic Rome (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Britannia (Empire Divided) Hispania Citerior (Empire Divided) Lusitania (Empire Divided) Palmyra (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Pretenders (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Secessionists (Empire Divided) Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Rome (Empire Divided)