Pike Block

A well-trained unit equipped with pikes can form a pike block.

A pike block can be used to defend a unit upon three of its flanks; only the rear of the unit is treated normally.

This formation allows the unit to move up to half of its normal movement allowance while benefiting from the advantage of a unit with pikes set to meet a charge (x 2 AD versus a charging unit). If a pike block is engaged in melee combat, pikemen in the second and third rows of a formation, as well as those in the front row, can attack the enemy.