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Retinue Pikemen, the game's illustration

Spearmen men-at-arms

Retinue Pikemen

Damage
30
Toughness
30
Pursuit
0
Screen
0
accolade_maa_pikes

Retinue Men-at-Arms Bedecked in fine armor and bearing long pikes, these infantrymen form the unbreakable core of their liege's army.

Counters

Countering cuts the countered regiment's damage by up to 90%: full effect at 2 effective countering sub-regiments per countered one (NCombat defines).

Retinue Pikemen counters

Countered by (Spearmen)

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Terrain and winter

In Mountains+24 toughness
In Desert Mountains+24 toughness
In Hills+16 toughness

How to get it

  • A knight's accolade with the Pike Captain attribute at level 2 or higher
The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)
any_accolade = {
	accolade_attribute_level = {
		type = pike_attribute
		level >= 2
	}
}
NOT = {
	exists = scope:title
}

Upgrades

Bonuses in the files that raise this regiment or every Spearmen regiment.

tradition · Frugal Armorers

  • Spearmen Toughness-15%

tradition · Stand and Fight

  • Spearmen Toughness+20%

tradition · Formation Fighting Experts

  • Spearmen Damage+15%
  • Spearmen Toughness+20%

tradition · Longbow Competitions

  • Max Size of Spearmen Regiments-2

tradition · Defensive Tactics

  • Spearmen Toughness+20%
  • Spearmen Maintenance+10%

building · Crown Smithies (top level: Royal Forges)

  • Spearmen Toughness+8%
  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+25%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+60%
  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+25%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+25%
  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+25%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+25%

building · Quarries (top level: Mechanized Water Pumping)

  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+4%
  • Spearmen Maintenance-8%

building · Hill Forts (top level: Complex Earthworks)

  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+28%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+28%

building · Warrior Lodges (top level: Visitors Quarters)

  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+25%
  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+50%

building · Barracks (top level: Permanent Barracks)

  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+90%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+70%
  • Stationed Spearmen Damage-90%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness-70%

building · Palisades (top level: Walls & Ditches)

  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+30%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+20%

building · Idjang Forts (top level: Citadel Idjang)

  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+30%

building · Subak Water-Temples (top level: Great Water-Temple Landscape)

  • Stationed Spearmen Damage+30%
  • Stationed Spearmen Toughness+30%

Source: game/common/men_at_arms_types/01_accolade_maa_types.txt, game/common/script_values/00_men_at_arms_values.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.