Pontic Heavy Cavalry
Heavy cavalry, very good for flanking and rear attacks.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.
Unit Name Pontic Heavy Cavalry |
Main Unit Key Eas_Pontic_Heavy_Cav |
Land Unit Key Eas_Pontic_Heavy_Cav |
Naval Unit Key persian_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Melee Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 820 |
Recruitment Cost 820 |
Upkeep Cost 100 |
Melee Attack 30 |
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 41 |
67 |
├ Base Defence 32 |
├ Shield cavalry |
└ Shield Defence 35 |
104 |
├ Armour bronze |
├ Armour Defence 74 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
140 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy |
├ Man Health 60 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 20 |
├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_spear_shield_vh |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy |
└ Mount Health 60 |
Base Morale 65 |
Abilities
Pontic Heavy Cavalry- Diamond
The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
Charge bonus, melee attack
Acceleration, melee defence - Rapid Advance
Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
Speed, acceleration, charge speed
Exertion: fatigue
Attributes
- Disciplined
This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often. - 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
- Very good attack
- Average defence
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Good morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Hoplite Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Royal Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |