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Sarmatian Heavy Cavalry

The best of the best, armed and armoured for maximum impact.

Developed during their early part of the 1st century AD by the eastern empires of the time, the ‘kontos’ lance was at least four metres long. Designed to be used by cavalrymen, it was initially fielded by the cataphracts and clibinarii of Parthia and its successors, the Sassanid Persians. In fact the Parthian cataphracts who annihilated the Roman army at the Battle of Carrhae in 55BC may also have used an early version of the kontos. Literally as long as a bargepole, from where it gets its Greek name, a kontos was generally used two-handed whilst its wielder controlled their horse using both knees to indicate speed and direction. Later on, Rome faced this deadly new cavalry weapon again at the hands of the brutal steppe nomads who raided its borders during the 3rd century AD. As a reaction to having faced lance-armed warriors and come off worse, the Romans soon had their own version, spelled ‘contus’. The contus lance was still in use 1,000 years later by the Roman Empire’s successors - the Byzantines in the east and the Germanic peoples in the west.

Sarmatian Heavy Cavalry

Unit Name

Sarmatian Heavy Cavalry

Main Unit Key

att_alan_sarmatian_shock_tier_4

Land Unit Key

att_alan_sarmatian_shock_tier_4

Naval Unit Key

att_lon_light_tra_hun

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

980

Recruitment Cost

980

Upkeep Cost

570

Melee Attack

20

Melee Damage

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

235

Melee Defence

15

├ Base Defence

5

├ Shield

att_oval

└ Shield Defence

10

Armour

80

├ Armour

att_cataphract

├ Armour Defence

50

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

244

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

90

├ Bonus Hit Points

19

├ Mount

att_alan_sarmatian_shock_tier_4

├ Mount Entity

att_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

135

Morale

45

Abilities

Sarmatian Heavy Cavalry
  • Wedge
    The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
  • Frenzy
    Improves a unit's attack capabilities for an extended period of time.

Attributes

  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • Encourage
    This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Alani Martial Culture Cost 119 Upgrade From Elite Sarmatian Cataphracts
Requires Buildings
Sarmatian Heavy Cavalry Lv. 0 Pastures
Pastures
(att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_2)
Level 1
Livestock Herd
Livestock Herd
(att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_3)
Level 2
Livestock Pens
Livestock Pens
(att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign