Auxiliary Sarmatian Lancers
Enemy guts spilled by a lance are a good thing for any Roman commander.The Sarmatians were a western group of steppe peoples, and 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 Auxiliary Sarmatian Lancers |
Main Unit Key Aux_Sar_Lancers |
Land Unit Key Aux_Sar_Lancers |
Naval Unit Key roman_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 400 |
Recruitment Cost 400 |
Upkeep Cost 70 |
Melee Attack 24 |
31 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_lance |
├ Melee Damage Base 16 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 15 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 10 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 12 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 46 |
19 |
├ Base Defence 19 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
27 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
105 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_lance_m |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_shock |
└ Mount Health 40 |
Base Morale 35 |
Abilities
Auxiliary Sarmatian Lancers- Trample
Charges are more effective for an extended time.
Charge bonus
Exertion: fatigue
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Average charge
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak in prolonged melee
- Poor morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Imperator Augustus |