Zaporozhian cossacks

Description
"Zaporozhian cossacks is part of the Ukranian Cossacks, who created in the XV - XVI centuries. a number of spontaneous military organizations and fortified settlements beyond the rapids of the Dniéper river and challenged the authority of neighboring states. subsequently they formed a separate military and state organization, which got the name of Zaporozhtsi, it comes from the location of their fortress, the Sich, in Zaporozhia" Zaporozhian cossacks description in encyclopedia

The Zaporozhian cossacks is a great line infantry in many ways, they are scattered so they are less vulnerable to artillery (but can be a bit harder to deploy them where you want at the start of a battle), mortarmen, etc, their health may not be as high as that of the black corps or imperial guard, but its decent, they have a huge accuracy, the highest of all line infantry troops in game (grenadiers dosnt count, a separate article will be made for those), they have a huge melee, good ranged damage, a good evasion, and their perks are great, one of them gives them double damage in melee the first time they attack, and the other is Cossack tactics, that gives them 5 extra damage (both melee and ranged) for every squad that also has this perk, and last but not least, they cost only 20 deployment points, making them probably the best line infantry in game, still, they dont come without a few drawbacks, they have only 3 bullets, a somewhat low defense and have 1 less soldier than most line infantry regiments, but still, they are a great line infantry

Perks

 * Attack! they will deal double damage in their first hit in melee (for a total of 160 damage)
 * Cossack tactics: gives them 5 extra ranged and melee damage for every squad that has this perk

Pros

 * 1) decent health
 * 2) very high melee (gets close to that of some cavalry)
 * 3) extremely high accuracy
 * 4) good evasion
 * 5) high ranged damage
 * 6) 20 deployment points only
 * 7) scattered formationZcossackswarbanner.png soldiers]]
 * 8) if many of this troops or serdyuks are spammed, the second perk makes it possible to get the melee damage to arround 110 (one-hit-kill EVERY line infantrymen, even the ones with best health, remember grenadiers arent included), and the ranged damage to 80 (extremely high for a line infantry) with only 6 regiments

Cons

 * 1) this units are hard to find
 * 2) 1 less men than most line infantry
 * 3) 3 bullets only
 * 4) 1 less meter of range than that of most line infantry (not much difference)