Sassanid Empire Melee Cavalry

Persian Scouts

The Persian war machine differed greatly from that of the west. Gone was the reliance on a backbone of columns and infantry; instead, the eastern empires fielded heavy cataphracts, drawn from the nobility, as their main strength. These powerful shock troops were complimented by horse or camel archers, to harry the enemy and keep them under pressure. On foot, the Persians fielded light spearmen levies supported by an elite division of archers to back the cavalry and rain death upon the enemy. Also, the cataphracts were often aided by the hammer-blow of the terrifying elephant corps, upon which great importance was placed due to its magnificent power.

Unit Name Persian Scouts

Main Unit Key att_est_persian_scouts

Land Unit Key att_est_persian_scouts

Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 400

Recruitment Cost 325

Upkeep Cost 210

Missile Damage 49

├ Missile Weapon att_bow_composite_horse

├ Projectile att_arrow_composite_normal_horse

├ Missile Damage 37

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 20

Accuracy 0

Range 150

Reload 70

Rate of Fire 10

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 21

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_sword

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 35

Melee Defence 30

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield att_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 3

├ Armour att_cloth

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 190

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 75

├ Bonus Hit Points 5

├ Mount att_est_persian_scouts_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_very_light

└ Mount Health 110

Morale 34

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

• Campaign Stealth
  This unit can move around the campaign map without being seen.
• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Guerrilla Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Ignore Terrain
  Speed penalties caused by the terrain are ignored by this unit.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Upgrade
Required Technology Cost 119 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Levy Centre (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_2) Level 1 Militia Encampment (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_3) Level 2 Militia Compound (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_military_minor_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings

x 1

Small City (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_major_1) Level 1 City (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_major_2) Level 2 Large City (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_major_3) Level 3 Royal City (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_major_4) Level 4 Hamlet (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_minor_generic_1) Level 1 Village (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_minor_generic_2) Level 2 Town (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_minor_generic_3) Level 3 Country Town (att_bld_eastern_sassanid_city_minor_generic_4) Level 4

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Abarshahr Abasgia Afrighids Aria Armenia Arran Atropatene Kartli Lazica Makran Parthia Persia Caucasian Rebels Eastern Rebels African Separatists Eastern Separatists Spahan Sassanid Empire Sassanid Separatists
The Last Roman	African Separatists (The Last Roman)