Brigantes Melee Infantry

Ambushers

The longsword was a weapon of high worth and status within the Celtic community. A warrior had to prove himself in battle many times before he was permitted to wield one. The two-handed longsword was first developed during the 8th century BC, but fell from favour before re-emerging around 450BC. It is possible that Celtic ironwork was significantly behind that of the Romans, as apparently their longswords bent very easily and had to be straightened against the ground. On the other hand, since Celtic ironworking was several centuries old, some believe that Roman accounts of this practice mistook this practise, and it was actually a ritual to 'decommission' defeated, dishonoured or damaged weapons.

Unit Name Ambushers

Main Unit Key Bri_Ambushers

Land Unit Key Bri_Ambushers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Missile Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 670

Recruitment Cost 670

Upkeep Cost 140

Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_light_nonprecursor

├ Projectile javelin_light

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 9

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 5

Melee Attack 32

Weapon Damage 25

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_longsword_bonus_infantry

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 15

Charge Bonus 32

Melee Defence 65

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield celtic_shock

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 10

├ Armour none

├ Armour Defence 0

└ Shield Armour 10

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast_barb

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Guerrilla Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.
• Stalk
  This unit can move hidden in any terrain.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Normal morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Slave Market (barb_commons_slave_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Brigantes Caledones Demetae Dumnonii Ebdani Iceni Iceni tribal council Iceni Secessionists British Rebels
Caesar in Gaul	Cantiaci (Caesar in Gaul) Dumnonii (Caesar in Gaul) Briton Rebels (Caesar in Gaul)
Imperator Augustus	Brigantes (Imperator Augustus) Caledonii (Imperator Augustus) Corieltauvi (Imperator Augustus) Demetae (Imperator Augustus) Dumonii (Imperator Augustus) Ebdani (Imperator Augustus) Iceni (Imperator Augustus) Iceni Elders (Imperator Augustus) Iceni Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) British Rebels (Imperator Augustus)