Pikeman and Halberdier

Castle creatures
Level 1
Pikeman
Halberdier
Level 2
Archer
Marksman
Level 3
Griffin
Royal Griffin
Level 4
Swordsman
Crusader
Level 5
Monk
Zealot
Level 6
Cavalier
Champion
Level 7
Angel
Archangel
Towns

Statistics
Pikeman
Cost per troop  60
	Attack 4 Defense 5 Damage 1–3 Health 10 Speed 4 Movement Ground Size 1 Growth 14 AI Value 80
Special abilities:
• Immune to jousting
Halberdier
Cost per troop  75
	Attack 6 Defense 5 Damage 2–3 Health 10 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 1 Growth 14 AI Value 115
Special abilities:
• Immune to jousting
Portraits

Pikemen and Halberdiers are the level 1 creatures of Castle. They can be recruited from the Guardhouse.

"Pikemen and halberdiers are among the strongest basic foot soldiers available to any army. While somewhat slow, they have respectable combat ratings." ^{RoE manual}

Special ability

Although not mentioned in the game or manual, both Pikemen and Halberdiers are immune to Cavaliers' and Champions' jousting ability. This means they suffer damage from Cavaliers or Champions normally, but do not receive the additional damage from jousting bonus (thus, the distance of Cavaliers and Champions attack doesn't matter).

In Horn of the Abyss, the ability is present in the unit's description.  

Horn of the Abyss

• In Horn of the Abyss Pikemen and Halberdiers got a new appearance:
• File:Pikeman portrait.gif  File:Pikeman portrait (HotA).gif    File:Creature Pikeman (HotA).gif
• File:Halberdier portrait.gif  File:Halberdier portrait (HotA).gif    File:Creature Halberdier (HotA).gif

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The halberdier is considered to be the 2nd best level 1 creature in raw stats, surpassed only by the Centaur Captain.

See also:

• List of creatures