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Skirmisher Cavalry

These warriors are javelin-armed mounted skirmishers who can strike quickly and be gone before the enemy reacts.

Homer, Greece’s greatest poet, praised the Thracians as “a race of horsemen”. The Thracians bred horses for racing and later improved the breed for warfare. Their horses were said to be larger and sturdier than those of the nomadic tribes to the north, and generally considered a match for most large Greek and Persian war horses. As cavalrymen, Thracians favoured speed and mobility above armour, making them well suited for tribal warfare of raids and skirmishing. When fighting as mercenaries and allies they were the perfect swift skirmishers for harassing enemies, often to the point of defeat and death, pelting a foe with javelins as they rode around at high speed.

Skirmisher Cavalry

Unit Name

Skirmisher Cavalry

Main Unit Key

Dac_Skirmisher_Cav

Land Unit Key

Dac_Skirmisher_Cav

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport

Soldiers

90

Category

Cavalry

Class

Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

510

Recruitment Cost

510

Upkeep Cost

70

Missile Damage

30

├ Missile Weapon

rome_wooden_javelin

├ Projectile

javelin_wooden

├ Missile Damage

17

├ Missile Ap Damage

13

└ Base Reload Time

9

Accuracy

5

Range

75

Reload

18

Shots Per Minute

8

Ammunition

18

Melee Attack

13

Weapon Damage

35

├ Melee Weapon

rome_steppe_sword

├ Melee Damage Base

31

├ Melee Damage Ap

4

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

5

Charge Bonus

22

Melee Defence

53

├ Base Defence

18

├ Shield

celtic

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

57

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

27

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

100

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health

50

├ Bonus Hit Points

15

├ Mount

rome_celtic_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health

35

Base Morale

45

Abilities

Skirmisher Cavalry
  • Quick Reload
    Improved reloading for an extended time.
    Shots per minute
    Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

  • Resistant to Fatigue
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Fire Whilst Moving
    This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
  • Parthian Shot
    This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Skirmisher Cavalry
  • Short range
  • Fast rate of fire
  • Fast moving
  • Very good damage and armour penetration
  • Large shield
  • Very weak in melee
  • Poor morale
Requires Buildings
Skirmisher Cavalry Lv. 0 Horse Pens
Horse Pens
(barb_agriculture_horse_2)
Level 1
Skirmisher Cavalry Lv. 1 Stables
Stables
(barb_agriculture_horse_3)
Level 2
Skirmisher Cavalry Lv. 2 Horse Ranch
Horse Ranch
(barb_agriculture_horse_4)
Level 3