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Highland Pikemen (M2TW-K-BC unit)

Highland Pikemen
Highland Pikemen
Category: Infantry
Class: Spearmen
Soldiers: 60
Morale: 5
Discipline: Impetuous
Training: Highly trained
Recruitment cost: 360
Upkeep cost: 125

Well trained, but sometimes reckless clansmen armed with pikes, able to form a wall of pikes against cavalry.

Attack
Primary weapon: Melee (Pike)
Weapon attributes: Spear, Bonus vs. cavalry = 8
Attack: 8
Charge bonus: 5
Secondary weapon: Melee
Attack: 5
Charge bonus: 2
Defence
Total defence: 6
Armour: 0
Defence skill: 6
Shield: 0
Hit points: 1

Since Scottish armies cannot field cavalry to match the English knights, they have found other ways to neutralise this threat, such as rows of brave men with long steel pointed sticks. These well trained, although sometimes reckless clansmen are armed with pikes, allowing them to present English knights with a wall of pointy death.

Unit can adopt the phalanx formation.

Attributes

Can board ships
Can hide in forest
Can withdraw

Available for:

Scotland
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