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Noble Blood Cavalry Parthia (Imperator Augustus)Parthia (Imperator Augustus) Melee Cavalry

Noble Blood Cavalry

These spear-armed cavalrymen fight well in close-combat, making them a useful striking force.

Like the Companion cavalry of Macedon, these elite horsemen from the lands of Parthia and Pontus were recruited from among the nobility and social elite. Gradually they developed into a permanent and professional bodyguard force. Following both Hellenic and Persian traditions, they were armed with lances and armoured in a similar fashion to their Macedonian counterparts, but their mounts were armoured in eastern style. This gave their charges extra weight and meant that they were not only a counter to other cavalry forces, but could also be sent into the flanks of densely-packed infantry. The eastern influence also meant that the nobles were quite at home using the bow, as they had spent their formative years hunting from horseback.

Noble Blood Cavalry

Unit Name

Noble Blood Cavalry

Main Unit Key

Eas_Noble_Blood_Cav

Land Unit Key

Eas_Noble_Blood_Cav

Naval Unit Key

persian_transport

Soldiers

90

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

640

Recruitment Cost

640

Upkeep Cost

90

Melee Attack

33

Weapon Damage

29

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

19

├ Melee Damage Ap

10

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

10

├ Bonus vs Elephants

12

└ Bonus vs Infantry

10

Charge Bonus

37

Melee Defence

77

├ Base Defence

42

├ Shield

cavalry

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

87

├ Armour

scale

├ Armour Defence

57

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

120

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

55

├ Bonus Hit Points

15

├ Mount

rome_eastern_horse_spear_shield_h

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

50

Base Morale

50

Abilities

Noble Blood Cavalry
  • Diamond
    The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
    Charge bonus, melee attack
    Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Resistant to Heat
    This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Noble Blood Cavalry
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Noble Blood Cavalry Lv. 0 Cavalry Stables
Cavalry Stables
(east_military_stables_light_3)
Level 2
Noble Blood Cavalry Lv. 1 Arabaya Stables
Arabaya Stables
(east_military_stables_light_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Noble Blood Cavalry x 1 Royal Stables
Royal Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_3)
Level 2
Nisean Stables
Nisean Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_4)
Level 3