

These could then have an image painted onto its face (or embossed in bronze). There are abilities that increase damage, encourage melee attacks and generally make enemies suffer. Hoplite shields were either painted or covered in a thin sheet of bronze. Viking is your best option if you want the Hoplite to be able to be a damage dealer in melee.
#MAKE A HOPLITE SHIELD HOW TO#
This tree features a lot of skills that encourage keeping squadmates close and using One For All often. This is a little tutorial to show you how to create a custom shield pattern for Hoplite units. Knight is all about doubling down on the Hoplite's greatest asset: protecting squadmates from enemy attacks.The Hoplite starts with the Guard, Formidable and Riot Control abilities at Squaddie rank, and has 3 specializations in their main ability tree. Spartan units get a different unpainted variety. Hoplites were the most common type of soldier in ancient Greece because they were mostly ordinary people from the city states.

The shield is made of bent plywood, covered with canvas fabric and hand-painted.
#MAKE A HOPLITE SHIELD MOD#
They no longer gain any Mobility at Squaddie, as LWOTC's shield does not reduce Mobility. This mod adds different shield patterns for hoplite units. Reconstruction of a Greek hoplite shield from ancient Sparta. They equip a pistol as their primary weapon and a shield as their secondary, and do not have a pistol slot. As the Hoplite is set up for LWOTC, they have a 4-tier XCOM row as well as the pistol row in addition to their three main ability rows. Bronze rims worked for durability and added 'punch' to the shield. All in all, its been found that the wood could be protection enough as to not to weigh the shield with bronze sheeting. Also youll find several experiments on aspis making, some of them with great results. Stormrider certainly can fit the part, but I wanted to design a class even more focused on shield use and protecting squadmates, so here's the Hoplite! Check out the main class tree here. Encourage him to decorate the front of the shield with images, symbols, or patterns that represent his personality. If you look at reenactors shields youll find plenty of examples. People have been wanting a proper shield class for a while.
