| [[Image:|20px|middle]] Infantry Pikeman | |
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| Availability: | Kushites, Macedonians, Mauryans, Ptolemies, Seleucids |
| Trained At: | Barracks, Civic Centre |
| Advance Required: | None |
| Bonuses: | 3x vs. All Cavalry |
| Countered By: | Countered by Swordsman, Skirmishers and Cavalry Archers. |
| Attack: | 3.0 Hack |
| Armor: | 10 Hack, 8 Pierce, 15 Crush |
| Hitpoints: | 100 |
| Range: | Melee (4) |
| Cost: | 50 food, 50 wood |
| Speed: | 8.1 |
| Population: | 1 |
| These represent the unit's base general stats, most civilizations will differ. | |
Infantry Pikemen are melee infantry. They are equivalent, if not faster and slightly stronger, of the Spearmen, and deal hack damage in combat with significant bonuses against Cavalry, in addition to often being heavily armored. Although often slower than most infantry, but again slightly faster than Spearmen, they are much more sturdy and can quite easily chase away ranged units and especially ranged cavalry. They typically are used to simply obstruct and keep away enemy troops and cavalry from reaching your own vulnerable ranged units. They also excel like most units that deal hack damage, in tearing down enemy buildings and siege units. Promoted Citizen Infantry Spearmen receive upgrades to their attack, hitpoints and all of their armor - while decreasing their resource gathering abilities.
Infantry Pikemen are produced at both the Barracks, but Ptolemies and Seleucids can recuit them at the Civic Centre as well, being Hellenistic civilizations; they also have an advanced, Champion version of the Pikeman, formerly available at the Fortress and now recuitable at the Barracks along with their normal counterpart.
Naming[]
- Kushites: sl3WRD (Meroitic Pikeman)
- Macedonians: Pezétairos (Foot Companion)
- Mauryans: Kauntika (Bamboo Spearman)
- Ptolemies: Makhimos Phalangites (Egyptian Pikeman), Phalangite Guard (Phalangite Royal Guard)
- Seleucids: Chalkaspides (Bronze Shield Pikeman), Argiraspides (Silver Shield Pikeman)