Egypt Melee Infantry

Karian Axemen

These Greek soldiers from Karia in western Anatolia were known for their use of deadly one-handed, single-headed axes. Axes had long been used throughout Egyptian and Greek culture, from the slashing, pole-mounted examples of the former to the double-edged labrys, associated with Labraunda and held sacred by the Karian people. Acting as shock troops in Ptolemaic armies, the Karians used their axes to hack their way through armour. Even heavy or chain armour was no defence, as the concussive force of a weighted axe head could still crush bones and organs even if it failed to penetrate. Although effective, fighting in this way was both tiring and clumsy, and the initial benefit from a charge would soon wear off. Lightly armoured, with little more than shields and helmets, Karian axemen were best employed attacking the flanks of more heavily armoured foes.

Unit Name Karian Axemen

Main Unit Key Egy_Karian_Axemen

Land Unit Key Egy_Karian_Axemen

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 400

Recruitment Cost 400

Upkeep Cost 90

Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_light

├ 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 28

Weapon Damage 26

├ Melee Weapon rome_eastern_axe

├ Melee Damage Base 16

├ Melee Damage Ap 10

├ Armour Piercing Yes

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 21

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield thureos

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 45

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 40

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Average attack
• Poor defence
• Low damage but good armour penetration
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Muster Field (greek_military_1) Level 0 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Egypt Egyptian Nobles Egyptian Secessionists Egyptian Rebels Cyprus
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