Spearman

Spearman
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	2
	56
Unlocked at	Bronze Working
Upgrades To	Pikeman
Abilities	Combat bonus vs Mounted units

The Spearman is a Melee unit available in the Ancient Era. It is strong against Mounted units.

Overview

The earliest spears were doubtless straight pieces of wood with crudely-sharpened ends; these would quickly break or become dull with service. The spear didn't become a reliable weapon until some early innovator discovered that he could harden the tip by lightly charring it over a fire. Eventually stone tips were employed, then of course metal. Spears are fairly simple weapons to learn, and they can be produced rapidly and cheaply, so they tend to be the backbone of early civilizations' armies.

Strategy

The Spearman is the first melee unit available after the Warrior. Armed with a spear and a shield, it is slightly more powerful than the Warrior. However, its long weapon also gives him a significant combat bonus against mounted units such as Chariot Archers and Horsemen. Use it as you would other front-line units, but try to position it so as to protect the weaker elements of your army (archers, siege machines) likely to attract mounted attacks. 

Unique Unit Replacements

Icon	Unit	Civilization	Abilities
	Ancient Infantry	Qin (Shi Huang)	Automatically heals 10HP per turn when it starts next to another Ancient Infantry (max 20HP)
	Armoured Elephant	Maurya (Ashoka) (LastSword)	+25% Defence vs. Ranged Attacks 25% chance of preventing pre-Medieval enemy Units from attacking if it begins a turn next to them
	Battering Ram	The Huns (Attila)	+300% Combat Strength vs Cities Starts with the Cover I promotion Can only attack cities
	Canine Warrior	Teotihuacan (Spearthrower Owl)	Starts with Drill II if trained in a city with a wonder present. +100% Combat Strength against cities if you have captured a city previously belonging to them.
	Drumroll Warrior	The Ashanti (Osei Tutu I)	-37% Combat Strength (8 vs 11) Grants two for each one produced Generates +1 Golden Stool Point for each Experience point earned
	Enchophoros	Mycenae (Agamemnon)	Generates additional Great General points when fighting on foreign landmasses. While garrisoned, increases Production in the city by +10%. Starts with the Amphibious promotion.
	Gadrauht	The Goths (Alaric I) (LastSword)	Upon gaining a Level, may choose "Harjis" to permanently raise Combat Strength by 1 and produce another Gadrauht
	Gidjiboryl	Noongar (Yagan)	Pays no movement cost to pillage +1 Movement when beginning its turn on an animal resource
	Hoplite	Greece (Alexander)	18% Combat Strength (13 vs 11)
	Hoplite	Sparta (Leonidas) (MC)	+15% Strength (13 vs 11) +20% combat bonus while defending +15% if adjacent to another melee unit
	Immortal	Persia (Darius I)	Heals at double rate +9% Combat Strength (12 vs 11)
	Kaike	The Ngarrindjeri (Ngurunderi)	+20% Combat Strength when beginning its turn on or adjacent to a Luxury Resource May repair pillaged improvements
	Khopesh	Egypt (Akhenaten)	+25% Combat bonus vs Wounded Units (increases to 50% if within two tiles of an Obelisk) No bonus vs Mounted Units
	Kibitium	Babylon (Hammurabi)	+3 Combat Strength (14 vs. 11). +30 Production cost (86 vs. 56). +15% Combat Strength against Cities. +10% Defense against Ranged Attacks at every two levels.
	Konuks'wu	The Olmec (U Kix Chan)	Earns Science for defeating enemy Units +10% Combat Strength during Venus Cycles
	Lapattu	Akkad (Sargon)	+18% Combat Strength (13 vs 11) Increased improvement speed on the tile it is stationed on
	Lusagglugal	Ur (Shulgi)	+1 Movement In friendly territory, the Lusaglugal receives +15% Combat Strength. For every enemy Unit killed within friendly territory, the Lusaglugal receives +5% Combat Strength in foreign territory (up to +50%).
	Maraval	Pandya (Alli Rani)	Starts with the Amphibious promotion. Has an extra attack before melee when starting its turn adjacent to coast.
	Peleset	The Philistines (Abimelech)	May embark +1 Movement while embarked Starts with the Amphibious promotion Earns  Gold upon attacking a city
	Peones	León (Ferdinand I)	-36% Combat Strength (7 vs 11) -36% Production Cost (36 vs 56) +25% Combat Strength on Flanking attacks for adjacent Mounted units
	Phalanx	Sumer (Gilgamesh)	Unlocked at The Wheel +100% Defense for one turn after it kills an enemy
	Pictish Warrior	The Celts (Boudicca)	Has a Combat Bonus outside friendly territory No movement cost to pillage Generates Faith from kills
	Qiang Spearman	Han (Wu)	When trained, contributes to the cultural border expansion of the city, based on Total Culture Per Turn; the amount is doubled in conquered cities.
	Raider	Suebi (Rechilla)	+20% Combat Strength when starting its turn on a Pillaged tile Heals completely upon pillaging
	Raven	The Cherokee (Attakullakulla)	-50% Production Cost If it starts turn stacked with a Settler, both units gain +2 Movement
	Sabu Nagib	Amalek (Agag)	Double Movement in Desert Starts with the Drill I promotion
	Sacred Band	Thebes (Epaminondas) (DuskJockey)	Generates +50% Great General points from combat when starting adjacent to another Sacred Band.
	Sapper	Assyria (Sammuramat)	Gains XP when fortified adjacent to an Enemy City. May expend a Promotion to strongly damage Enemy Cities. 150% Combat strength against Cities while stacked with a Great Engineer.
	Shtitonostzi	Bulgaria (Simeon I) (DJSHenninger)	+1 Movement +25% Combat Strength vs. Infantry
	Sibyna Spearman	Illyrians (Teuta)	Faster near Coastal tiles. Awarded experience from nearby Barbarian units.
	Sodang	Silla (Seondeok)	Has +2 Sight while within friendly borders. Gains +15% Combat Strength for each enemy unit within 2 tiles (up to +45%).
	Sparabara	The Achaemenids (Cyrus II)	-10 Production Cost (46 vs 56). +20% Combat Strength when adjacent to a friendly Ranged unit.
	Spartiate	Sparta (Leonidas) (LastSword)	Starts with 15 Experience +18% Combat Strength (13 vs 11) +16% Production Cost
	Thorakitai	The Seleucids (Seleucus I Nicator)	Stronger (12 vs. 11) +1 Movement Starts with Drill I promotion
	Viper	Nok (Sarki)	Trained earlier at Mining Weaker but cheaper Ignores hill and jungle terrain cost Trained faster in cities which produce more Culture
	Ya	Shang (Wu Ding)	Can Capture Great People +15% Combat Strength if all of your Cities are following the same Religion
	Yue Axeman	Shang (Daji)	Gains random promotions for each policy tree you have unlocked. Adjacent units may not pillage.
	Zandaru	The Mixtecs (Eight Deer)	Gains a Siege bonus (+25%) when on or adjacent to a Great Person. Generates Great Writer points from kills and city captures.