Mantlets (also known as Portable shields) are mobile wooden structures used to protect units from incoming missile fire.
Description[]
Shields are very agile and cheap structures with an arrow slit. Fellow units can shoot through it, but hostile ones cannot. Mantlets can also absorb many shots before they become unusable, so it is very good at protecting troops.
Mantlets are however very vulnerable to melee attacks, as they fall apart in no time when they are sliced into pieces. Their very small size means they can only protect small clusters of units, therefore many of them are needed to effectively protect groups of soldiers.
Mantlets in Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader can be placed on towers and walls, greatly increasing the defense of units standing there. In Stronghold 2, mantlets are erected in the siege camp.
Tactics[]
A very effective way to siege a heavily-defended castle is rushing in multiple mantlets and ranged units into enemy archer range. The enemy will always or most often hit the mantlets so your own troops have time to work. Shields can well protect moat-diggers or units that remove enemy walls and towers.
Shields can be abandoned in the middle of a battle to construct another one. This is useful if you are low on money and cannot afford a high number of engineers, but more importantly it can also be used to save an engineer from a badly damaged shield. Abandoned shields still function as they would, however they lose their mobility when the engineer quits it.
Stronghold Crusader Units | |
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Barracks | Archer • Spearman • Maceman • Crossbowman • Pikeman • Swordsman • Knight |
Mercenary Post | Arabian bowman • Slave • Slinger • Assassin • Horse archer • Arabian swordsman • Fire thrower |
Siege & Cathedral | Engineer • Ladderman • Tunneler • Monk Mantlet • Fire ballista • Catapult • Trebuchet • Battering ram • Siege tower Mangonel • Ballista |
Related Articles | Peasant • Weapons • Horse |
Stronghold 2 Units | |
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Barracks | Armed Peasant • Spearman • Archer • Maceman • Crossbowman • Pikeman • Swordsman • Knight |
Mercenary Post | Pictish Boat Warrior • Outlaw • Hobilar • Assassin • Horse Archer • Axe Thrower • Berserker • Thief |
Monastery | Fighting Monk • Warrior Monk |
Engineer's Guild & Siege Camp |
Engineer • Ladderman • Mantlet • Fire Ballista • Catapult • Burning Cart • Cat Battering Ram • Siege Tower • Trebuchet • Tower Mangonel • Tower Ballista |
Related Articles | Peasant • Weapons • Horse |
Stronghold Legends Units | |
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Barracks | Man-at-arms • Archer • Maceman • Crossbowman • Pikeman • Swordsman • Knight |
Siege Camp | Engineer • Ladderman • Mantlet • Fire ballista • Catapult • Burning Cart Cat • Battering Ram • Siege tower • Trebuchet • Tower Ballista • Tower Mangonel |
Round Table | Merlin • Sir Bedivere • Sir Galahad • Sir Gareth • Sir Gawain • Sir Lancelot • Sir Percival • Green dragon |
Ice tower | White wolf • White witch • Shield maiden • Dwarf • Polar bear • Frost giant • Ice Queen • Ice dragon |
Sorcerer's Tower | Demon • Saxon warrior • Hellhound • Werewolf • Bat • Vampiric creeper • Sorcerer • Black dragon |
Stronghold Crusader 2 Units | |
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Barracks | Conscript • Man-at-arms • Archer • Ranger • Crossbowman • Maceman • Pikeman • Swordsman • Templar knight • Sergeant-at-arms |
Mercenary Post | Slave • Arabian bowman • Horse archer • Oil pot thrower • Arabian swordsman • Assassin • Slave driver • Healer • Whirling Dervish • Sassanid knight |
Siege Camp | War wolf • Mantlet • Catapult • Trebuchet • Burning cart • Fire ballista • Battering ram • War wagon Mangonel • Ballista • Haybale launcher |