Flying Warband (Angons and Spears)
Spearmen Infantry(0.6.7)AttackLethalityChargeTypeTechMin. DelayMissile TypeMissile RangeAmmo
Weapon AttributesPrimaryArmour-piercing, ThrownSecondaryLight spear, +6 spear bonusAttack AttributesFire Delay0ModifiersPrimary1319ThrownBladed25javelin2602
Secondary120.511MeleeBladed25---
+5 vs. horses, +5 vs. chariotsTotalArmourDefence SkillShield
Primary432329
Secondary----
SoldiersMass
501.15
MoraleDisciplineTraining
20DisciplinedUntrained
Hit PointsExtra HP
16
FormationsDepthCharge Dist.
SpacingSide / Back
CloseLoose
Square, Schiltrom630
1.2 / 1.42.4 / 2.8
RecruitmentUpkeepWeapon UpgradeArmour UpgradeCustom Battle
1884690160716
Turns TakenAI Priority Offset
2-3
Attack ± in ScrubAttack ± in SandAttack ± in ForestAttack ± in SnowHeat Modifier
0-20-21
Unit Type (ID)Dictionary StringUnit ClassUnit Category
flying warband angon spearflying_warband_angon_spearSpearmenInfantry
Short description
The flying warband lives up to its name as it wraps around the flanks of the enemy and tears apart any cavalry daring to stand in its way.
Description
These men acted as a dedicated flanking force called a flying company by Vegetius, which used its mobility as its chief weapon against an enemy (Vegetius, De Re Militari, 3.19.2). Vegetius refers to a unit that had clearly evolved out of the earlier freemen hundreds. Whether these men belonged to a warband is not stated clearly, but a warband would have needed its own swift-footed infantry either way since the later warbands successfully grew to the size of small armies.