Nippon
Light armour-piercing gunpowder infantry · T2 · core firearm troops
Matchlock Ashigaru
铁炮足轻
Ashigaru who form ranks behind long matchlocks, their volleys heavy enough to punch through plate.
Background
Common foot soldiers in lacquered iron jingasa and plain loaned armour, they lack the hereditary sword and bow craft of their samurai lords and the heavy harness that goes with it, yet their sheer numbers and ordered ranks form the backbone of any great army. Under the drill and commands of their ashigaru captains they press across the open field in step, making up in close-packed files what each man lacks alone. No lofty samurai oath of a martyr's death stirs in an ashigaru's heart; his courage rests only on his trust in the man beside him. So long as the ranks hold and the jingasa stand shoulder to shoulder, the gathered nerve of common folk lends them a fighting will of startling stubbornness.
Unit type
- Class
- Infantry · missile
- Equipment
- Matchlock (direct fire) and a sidearm short sword (melee)
- Armour and shield
- Light armour 30 (jingasa and loaned armour); no shield
- Training
- Trained
Recruitment
- Recruited from
- Watch Post (tier 1 of the Samurai Hall chain) and every building after it / Row II of the flagship's Warrior's Manor chain, Watch Quarters
- Unlocked by
- Building the Watch Post is enough
- Recruitment time
- 1 turn
- Unit cap
- None
Stats
- Melee attack
- 13
- Given basic blade drill
- Melee defence
- 14
- 17 with Jingasa Brotherhood
- Weapon strength (base / AP)
- 19／3
- Sidearm short sword, 22 in total
- Charge bonus
- 3
- Missile strength (base / AP)
- 4／17
- Mostly armour-piercing lead shot, 21 in total
- Range
- 140
- Ammunition
- 22
- Reload time
- 13 seconds
- About 11.7 seconds with Jingasa Brotherhood
- Armour
- 30
- Jingasa and loaned armour
- Leadership
- 40
- 50 with Jingasa Brotherhood
- Speed
- 33
- Health per model
- 60
- 5400 across 90 men
- Unit size
- 90
Unit traits
Armour-Piercing
The lead shot deals mostly armour-piercing damage (17)
Abilities
Jingasa BrotherhoodThis mod
The people of Nippon put their faith in their comrades. Once the losses mount too high, that faith turns against them.
Active while health is above 50%: leadership +10, melee defence +3 and reload speed +10%; lost once health falls to 50% or below
Unit attributes
Hide (forest)Vanilla
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.