Francisca Thrower
Franks unique infantry, trained at the Castle: hurls axes from short range. The axes deal melee damage, so archer armour does not help; strong against spearmen.
Francisca Thrower
Franks unique infantry, trained at the Castle: hurls axes from short range. The axes deal melee damage, so archer armour does not help; strong against spearmen.
- Age
- Stronghold Age
- Cost
- 55 food35 gold
- Training time
- 21 s
- Health
- 150
- Population
- 1
- Attack
- 9 melee, every 2 s
- Range
- 3
- Bonus damage
- +4 against spear
- Armour
- 0 melee, 0 pierce
- Speed
- 2.1
- Sight
- 8
Britons (not available)
Franks
Chinese (not available)
Mongols (not available)
Strong against
- Battering Ram line, Mangonel line, Rocket Battery line, Springald line, Trebuchet, Bombard, Petard. Riders and swords smash siege engines; bolt throwers and cannon pick them off.
- Buildings (somewhat). Siege engines bring buildings down; infantry does it slowly.
Weak against
Nothing in the counter table stops it outright.
Technologies that change it
- Hardened Edges Blacksmith, Feudal Age
- Scale Hauberks Blacksmith, Feudal Age
- Firebrands Barracks, Stronghold Age
- Foot Drill Barracks, Stronghold Age
- Mail Hauberks Blacksmith, Stronghold Age
- Quenched Steel Blacksmith, Stronghold Age
- Levies Castle, Dominion Age
- Pattern Welding Blacksmith, Dominion Age
- Plate Harness Blacksmith, Dominion Age
- Veteran Francisca Thrower Castle, Dominion Age, Franks only