Baktria Melee Cavalry

Eukratides' Horses

Following the tradition of elite Hellenic shock cavalry, these horsemen employed heavy armour and fearsome xyston or kontos-like lances. These were considerably longer than normal cavalry spears and balanced by a butt-spike. Using such weapons required Ptolemaic cavalry to forgo shields and steer their mounts with their legs in the same fashion as Saka and Sarmatian archers, and later cataphracts. Unlike their eastern counterparts, Ptolemaic cavalry did not armour their horses in scale until around the 1st century BC. They were heavily armoured themselves, initially wearing bronze cuirasses and helmets but later scale or chainmail armour. Recruited almost exclusively from the richest Greek colonists in Egypt, their numbers were never great but they provided a vital shock element alongside lighter Egyptian and mercenary cavalry.

Unit Name Eukratides' Horses

Main Unit Key Bac_Eukratides_Horses

Land Unit Key Bac_Eukratides_Horses

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1030

Recruitment Cost 1030

Upkeep Cost 100

Melee Attack 36

Weapon Damage 38

├ Melee Weapon rome_kopis

├ Melee Damage Base 32

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 6

Charge Bonus 45

Melee Defence 79

├ Base Defence 44

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 87

├ Armour mail

├ Armour Defence 57

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 140

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 60

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount cataphract_half_horse

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy

└ Mount Health 60

Base Morale 65

Abilities

• Trample
  Charges are more effective for an extended time.
  Charge bonus
  Exertion: fatigue
• Flying Wedge
  The unit moves into a flying wedge-shaped attack formation.
  Charge bonus, melee attack
  Acceleration, melee defence
• Use the Whip
  Improved attack and fatigue resistance for a short time.
  Melee attack, weapon damage, fatigue resistance
  Exertion: fatigue

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

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Baktria Baktrian Nobles