3.9 New missile units

Irish dartmen
Charge 3 Attack 2 Defence -3 Armour 1 Speed 6, 12, 13 Morale 0 Cost 150 Support cost 2

Availability: Viking campaign.

Irish dartmen are short-range missile troops. They have a small shield.  Not that great but since the Irish have no archers this is your replacement. Try to use them on pinned units to compensate for the short range. Each man has seven darts and the darts are not armour piercing.

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Pictish crossbows
Charge 1 Attack -1 Defence 1 Armour 3 Speed 6, 10, 11 Morale 0 Cost 200 Support cost 3

Availability: Viking campaign.

Pictish crossbowmen are identical to the medieval crossbow men in weapon, the melee stats still suck and that doesn’t matter because you shouldn’t be using them in a melee.  

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Sherwood foresters
Charge 4 Attack 6 Defence 5 Armour 2 Speed 6, 12, 13 Morale 12 Cost ??? Support cost ???

This unit use longbows so they are armour piercing. They use a sword in close combat. This unit only has 12 men so they can get outnumbered very quickly, al the same they can be very dangerous in a melee due to their high attack stats. They can hide anywhere.  Try using them as a cross between hashishin and Welsh bandits.

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Welsh bandits
Charge 4 Attack 4 Defence 1 Armour 2 Speed 6, 12, 13 Morale 6 Cost 525 Support cost 9

Availability: Viking campaign.

Welsh bandits are incredible. They are the only unit apart from the English longbow men to use a longbow. They are fast on their feet and good in a fight, unlike their later counterparts they do not use axes with an armour piercing attack. Welsh bandits have swords. Use this unit to shoot armoured targets as you waste the arrows on unarmoured targets. Welsh bandits can hide anywhere on the battlefield, even if there are no trees. This makes them excellent for setting traps and leading surprise attacks.

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