Mercenary Sarmatian Cataphracts
Gleaming in their scale armour, cataphracts are a fearsome sight.The Sarmatians, a western group of steppe peoples, occupied the area north of the Black Sea, bordering Dacian and Germanic lands. They roamed this region as they pleased, and had a fierce reputation as cavalrymen almost without equal. They were feared by the Greeks, and often worked as mercenaries or allied themselves to the Dacians. The Sarmatians were always horse archers, but their cavalry gradually adopted heavier and heavier armour as the centuries passed, eventually wearing as much armour as the famed cataphracts of the east. Even the horses wore full suits of scale armour. The riders kept their fearsome bows, even as they became magnificent shock cavalry. With each man carrying a kontos, a long two-handed lance, they could smash through almost any enemy foolish enough to stand against them.
Unit Name Mercenary Sarmatian Cataphracts |
Main Unit Key att_merc_ger_sarmatian_cataphracts |
Land Unit Key att_merc_ger_sarmatian_cataphracts |
Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_tra_ger |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 425 |
Recruitment Cost 300 |
Upkeep Cost 345 |
Melee Attack 22 |
10 |
├ Melee Weapon att_lance_elite |
├ Melee Base Damage 3 |
├ Armour-piercing Damage 7 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Attack Against Cavalry 20 |
├ Attack Against Elephants 0 |
└ Attack Against Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 212 |
27 |
├ Base Defence 2 |
├ Shield att_small |
└ Shield Defence 25 |
37 |
├ Armour att_scale |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 10 |
230 |
├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 90 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
├ Mount att_ger_sarmatian_cataphracts_horse |
├ Mount Entity att_horse_medium |
└ Mount Health 125 |
Morale 34 |
Abilities
Mercenary Sarmatian Cataphracts- Wedge
The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
No Strengths and Weaknesses
Faction Mercenaries Pool
Mercenaries Pool | ||||||
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No. | Pool | Faction | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | att_merc_ger_alani_faction | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |