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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.

Pontic Heavy Cavalry

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

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

41

Melee Defence

67

├ Base Defence

32

├ Shield

cavalry

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

104

├ Armour

bronze

├ Armour Defence

74

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

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
Pontic Heavy Cavalry
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Pontic Heavy Cavalry Lv. 0 Hoplite Barracks
Hoplite Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_3)
Level 2
Pontic Heavy Cavalry Lv. 1 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(greek_military_heavy_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign
Imperator Augustus