MTW Trebizond Archers
| Trebizond Archers | |
|---|---|
| Unit Type: | Missile |
| Combat Stats | |
| Charge: | 1 |
| Attack: | 3 |
| Defence: | -2 |
| Armour: | 1 |
| Shield: | Small |
| Speed: | 6, 10, 11 |
| Morale: | 2 |
| Notes: | Disciplined, +1 valour in Trebizond |
| Unit Costs | |
| Recruitment: | 275 |
| Upkeep: | 52 |
| Unit Restrictions | |
| Factions: | Byzantines |
| Buildings Needed: | Bowyer |
| Unit Card: | 
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Unit Description
Trebizond Archers are available to the Byzantines. They are similar to the vanilla Archers, but they are Disciplined, have better attack and morale, and are equipped with a small shield. These improvements make them fairly competent in melee, but they will suffer casualties due to their low defense. Since the recruitment requirements are the same as vanilla Archers, unless money is a problem Trebizond Archers should be the preferred archer unit for the Byzantine faction.
Trebizond Archers should be deployed in two rows for maximum effectiveness. They start battles in Skirmish mode, but this cannot always be trusted to keep them out of trouble. For defensive battles, they work well positioned on a hill behind spear or other melee units, allowing them to fire over the heads of their protectors into the oncoming enemy troops.
Trebizond Archers recruited in Trebizond gain a +1 bonus to valour.
Missile Statistics
| Missile Statistics - Weapon Type: Shortbow | ||||||||||||||
| Ammo | Range(meters) | Accuracy | Lethality | Power | Armour Modifier | Reload Time | ||||||||
| 28 | 100 | 0.6 | 0.68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
The bow Trebizond Archers use does not have any armour piercing bonus, so firing on heavily armoured units will have minimal effect. They also fire on an arc, which means the shot takes a while to reach the target and can miss fast moving units altogether. Archer effectiveness will suffer in rainy weather.
