CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial
Ballistrai, the game's illustration

Archers men-at-arms

Ballistrai

Damage
35
Toughness
12
Pursuit
0
Screen
0
ballistrai

Spear-sized bolts soar from these torsion-based machines into besieged settlements and enemy formations alike, causing fear and disorder.

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).

Ballistrai counters

Countered by (Archers)

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Terrain and winter

In Farmlands+8 damage, +6 toughness
In Plains+8 damage
In Hills+8 damage

How to get it

The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)
valid_for_maa_trigger = {
	PARAMETER = unlock_maa_ballistrai
}

Upgrades

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

tradition · Adaptive Skirmishers

tradition · Formation Fighting Experts

tradition · Longbow Competitions

tradition · Land of the Bow

tradition · Bush Hunting

tradition · Fortress Mastery

building · Archery Grounds (top level: Marksman's Ranges)

building · Nomadic Settlement (top level: Nomadic Settlement)

building · Hunting Grounds (top level: Gamekeeper's Lodges)

building · Forestry (top level: Sawmills)

building · Forest Forts (top level: Forest Fortresses)

building · Workshops (top level: Powderhouses)

building · Militia Camps (top level: Levying Squares)

building · Outposts (top level: Fortified Outposts)

building · Palisades (top level: Walls & Ditches)

building · Idjang Forts (top level: Citadel Idjang)

building · Wantilan (top level: Great Wantilan)

building · Kora-Kora Yards (top level: Great War-Canoe Arsenal)

Source: game/common/men_at_arms_types/07_ep3_maa_types.txt, game/common/script_values/00_men_at_arms_values.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.