Rhodian Slingers and Kretan Archers with Macedone

[Master.Mind]

I fight mostly against heavy armed troops, I had not tought that balearic slingers are less stronger then rhodian ones ( because balearic slingers are much more famous)

[Cute Wolf]

Actually, when you got silver or even gold chevroned poor'lil sphendenotai, which was extremely easy to obtain anyway, you won't need the Rhodian slingers. But Toxotai Kretikoi is another matter, as they are good to hold the line too..

[satalexton]

that's right, toxotai kretikoi are wonderful as both missle troops and tactical reserve, having 2 units of them around really saves up the unit slots for other stuff..

[athanaric]

I fight mostly against heavy armed troops, I had not tought that balearic slingers are less stronger then rhodian ones ( because balearic slingers are much more famous)

It depends. Balearic Slingers have a better attack (highest of all slingers), and an AP sword for melee. They are unarmoured though and their shield doesn't cut it. Rhodian Slingers have higher range (highest of all slingers), more ammo, and better armour. Thus, they are better vs enemies that can shoot back.

Compare:


Balearics:

Attack 3 (AP) -> awesome
Range 175 -> quite good
Ammo 20 -> pretty low
Armour 1/9/1 -> sucks
Morale 11 -> good
Melee Attack 8 (AP)
Melee Lethality 0.11 -> decent


Rhodians:

Attack 2 (AP) -> good
Range 195 -> awesome
Ammo 30 -> good
Armour 4/6/1 -> good
Morale 10
Melee Attack 9
Melee Lethality 0.04 -> sucks

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type             iberian missile balearic slinger mercenary
dictionary       iberian_missile_balearic_slinger     ; Balearic Slinger
category         infantry
class            missile
voice_type       Medium_1
soldier          iberian_missile_balearic_slinger, 30, 0, 0.85
mount_effect     horse -2, chariot +4, elephant +1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, hide_long_grass, very_hardy, mercenary_unit
formation        2.8, 3.5, 3.4, 4.8, 5, square
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stat_pri         3, 2, stone, 175, 20, missile, archery, blunt, none, 15 ,1
stat_pri_attr    ap
stat_sec         8, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, slashing, sword, 0 ,0.11
stat_sec_attr    ap
stat_pri_armour  1, 9, 1, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        1
stat_ground      0, 0, 2, -2
stat_mental      11, normal, untrained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 1118, 280, 63, 47, 1118
ownership        spain, egypt, slave, carthage, seleucid, gauls, scythia, britons, germans, dacia, macedon, thrace, greek_cities, romans_julii, romans_scipii, romans_brutii, saba, numidia, pontus, armenia, parthia

type             hellenistic missile rhodian slingers
dictionary       hellenistic_missile_rhodian_slingers      ; Rhodian Slingers
category         infantry
class            missile
voice_type       General_1
soldier          african_missile_african_iberian_rhodian_slingers, 30, 0, 0.85
mount_effect     horse -2, chariot +2, elephant +1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, can_sap, very_hardy, hide_long_grass
formation        2.8, 3.5, 3.4, 4.8, 5, square
stat_health      1, 1
stat_pri         2, 0, bullet, 195, 30, missile, archery, blunt, none, 15 ,1
stat_pri_attr    ap
stat_sec         9, 0, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 0 ,0.04
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  4, 6, 1, leather
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        1
stat_ground      0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental      10, normal, untrained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 988, 247, 40, 60, 988
ownership        macedon, thrace, greek_cities, seleucid, numidia, romans_julii, romans_scipii, carthage, dacia