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Pikemen

Finally, a strong anvil for your mighty Empire hammers!

Pikemen are a 550-cost unit of State Troops armed with long pikes. They have Charge Defense Against All and very high melee defense for state troops (45!), but in return have a very poor charge bonus and Spearman-tier attack, making them best used as defensive anvils to hold the enemy in place instead of attacking forces. Like most of your favorite anvil units they synergize very well with Handgunners, cavalry, and other hammers. They have good anti-large too, making them quite useful against monsters and cavalry as always (though you should keep your Halberdiers around to deal with the biggest baddies, since pikes are like spears in terms of AP).

This unit comes with a custom icon and is enabled for all Empire factions (including multiplayer, if you have a faction unlocker). Note that it is NOT present in the Southern Realms or Kislev rosters; this is to ensure compatibility with mods like Cataph's Southern Realms and others that introduce unique pikemen into their rosters. It is confirmed to have proper colors for various Empire provinces, and should theoretically work with Empire reskin mods given that it uses the halberdier model with a pike.

I should note that this is my first mod for TW: Warhammer, and so I'd appreciate it if any bugs encountered were reported. Credit goes to Sebidee for his fantastic unit creation template and guide to unit creation, which helped enormously in creating this.