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

Heavy Infantry men-at-arms

Huscarls

Damage
40
Toughness
26
Pursuit
0
Screen
24
huscarl

Germanic Huscarls are masters of using shield walls to block incoming volleys of arrows.

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).

Huscarls counters

Countered by (Heavy Infantry)

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Terrain and winter

In Taiga+8 damage
In Forest+8 damage
In Normal Winter+6 toughness, +6 screen
In Harsh Winter+6 toughness, +6 screen

How to get it

The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)
valid_for_maa_trigger = {
	PARAMETER = unlock_maa_huscarls
}
NOT = {
	culture = {
		has_cultural_parameter = strength_in_numbers_heavy_maa_ban
	}
}

Upgrades

Bonuses in the files that raise this regiment or every Heavy Infantry regiment.

innovation · Plate Armor

  • Toughness+10

innovation · Lacquered Armor

  • Toughness+4

innovation · Lacquered Armor

tradition · Frugal Armorers

tradition · Stand and Fight

tradition · Druzhina

tradition · Defensive Tactics

tradition · Eastern Roman Legacy

tradition · Art of War

building · Crown Smithies (top level: Royal Forges)

building · Iron Pillar of Delhi (top level: Iron Pillar of Delhi)

building · Quarries (top level: Mechanized Water Pumping)

building · Watchtowers (top level: Domed Towers)

building · Warrior Lodges (top level: Visitors Quarters)

building · Barracks (top level: Permanent Barracks)

building · War Camps (top level: Warrior Lodges)

building · Iron Pillar of Delhi (top level: Alai Minar)

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