VI Fyrdmen
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| Fyrdmen | |
|---|---|
| Unit Type: | Spearmen |
| Combat Stats | |
| Charge: | 5 |
| Attack: | 0 |
| Defence: | -1 |
| Armour: | 1 |
| Shield: | Large |
| Speed: | 6, 10, 11 |
| Morale: | 2 |
| Unit Costs | |
| Recruitment: | 200 |
| Upkeep: | 37 |
| Unit Restrictions | |
| Factions: | Mercians, Northumbrians, Saxons |
| Buildings Needed: | Drinking Hall |
| Unit Card: | 
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Unit Description
Fyrdmen are native Anglo-Saxon spearmen, with a better attack and morale than the basic Round Shield Spearmen. They cost a little more, but their upkeep is less, and they are a better unit overall. In the early game, they make a solid backbone of an army.
| Medieval: Total War | Viking Invasion : Military | |
| Spearmen | Armoured Spearmen | Dismounted Nobles | Dismounted Royal Bodyguard | Fyrdmen | Round Shield Spearmen |
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| Axemen | Huscarles | Joms Vikings | Viking Landsmenn | Woodsmen |
| Missile Units | Archers | Bonnachts | Irish Dartmen | Kerns | Pictish Crossbows | Welsh Bandits |
| Peasants/Militia | Militia Sergeants | Peasants | Urban Militia | Viking Thralls |
| Heavy Cavalry | Mounted Nobles | Royal Bodyguards |
| Missile Cavalry | Pictish Mounted Crossbows |
| Light Cavalry | Horsemen | Mounted Sergeants | Pictish Cavalry | Viking Raider Cavalry |
| Artillery | Ballista | Catapult | Mangonel |
| Ships | Boat | Curragh | Drakkar | Jarnbardi | Longboat | Snekkja |
