- For other uses, see Pikeman.
Scottish Pikemen are national mercenary infantry of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Polish Commonwealth.
Tactics[]
They are slightly more armored and have higher skill values than Swedish Pikemen.
Mostly fielded by the Swedes, Scottish Mercenaries as a whole are somewhat redundant on their side but much more useful when occasionaly fielded by the Poles, offering a good melee soldier, a good pikeman, and a strong musketman - compared to standard Polish troops, they hit harder in melee and generally have more hitpoints, although at the expense of some skill values.
Stats and Equipment[]
Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see Troop stats.
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Trivia[]
- Scotland became heavily embroiled in the Thirty Years' War in continental Europe for mainly religious reasons, sending soldiers to Germany, Denmark-Norway, and Sweden in an effort to aid its fellow Protestant nations - some Scottish soldiers, believing in the Catholic counter-reformation rather than Protestantism, also (independently) traveled to Catholic countries, which may explain why the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth sometimes fields Scottish troops in-game.
| Troops of the Swedes | ||
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| Village Recruits |  Town Militiaman
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| Garrison Militia | Swedish Militia Pikeman (veteran)
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 Militia Musketeer (veteran)
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| Regular Infantry | Town Militiaman Swedish Pikeman (veteran) Musketeer (veteran)
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| Guard Infantry | Swordsman (veteran) Lifeguard (veteran)
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| Regular Cavalry |  Swedish Dragoon (veteran)
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| Heavy Cavalry | Cuirassier (veteran) Cuirassier Spearman (veteran)
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| Personal Guard Cavalry | Swedish Reiter (veteran)
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| Camp Mercenaries (between Siegevold and Weissenstein) |
European Mercenary Infantryman (recruit) • (experienced) • (veteran) • (elite) European Mercenary Rifleman (recruit) • (experienced) • (veteran) • (elite) European Mercenary Cavalryman (recruit) • (experienced) • (veteran) • (elite)
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| Regional Mercenaries (Koenigsberg • Riga) |
Finnish Harquebusier (veteran)
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| Regional Mercenaries (Narva • Allenstein Castle) |
German Pikeman (veteran) Reiter (veteran)
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| National Mercenaries | Scottish Swordsman (veteran) Scottish Pikeman (veteran) Scottish Musketeer (veteran)
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