Roxolani Royal Lancers
These heavy Roxolani cavalry are an elite lancer cavalry force, especially adept with the kontos lance.Developed from the cavalry skills of their ancestors, the steppe lancers of the Scythian, or Saka, tribes and the Sarmatians were a type of heavy cavalry comparable to their Hellenic counterparts. They wore scale armor to protect themselves and their mounts, and used a long lance known as a kontos. This enabled them to deliver devastating charges in a fashion comparable to the Alexandrian Companion cavalry. Particularly, the Roxolani were well-versed in the use of the kontos lance. The scale armor was made from horn, or later metal, and allowed the wearers to run down their western counterparts. They were still vulnerable to dense pike or spear-armed formations. Archery provided a solution: sustained volleys from skirmishing foot and horse archers were used to thin and spread out the enemy. At the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, the tightly-packed Roman infantry were forced to spread out by Parthian archers, which enabled their cataphracts to charge and break an overconfident Roman force four times their number.
Unit Name Roxolani Royal Lancers |
Main Unit Key Ste_Roxolani_Royal_Lancers |
Land Unit Key Ste_Roxolani_Royal_Lancers |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 800 |
Recruitment Cost 800 |
Upkeep Cost 100 |
Melee Attack 28 |
34 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_lance_elite |
├ Melee Damage Base 18 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 16 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 10 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 13 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 73 |
34 |
├ Base Defence 34 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
57 |
├ Armour scale |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
125 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_lance_vh |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy_shock |
└ Mount Health 60 |
Base Morale 60 |
Abilities
Roxolani Royal Lancers- Flying Wedge
The unit moves into a flying wedge-shaped attack formation.
Charge bonus, melee attack
Acceleration, melee defence
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. - Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Very good charge
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak in prolonged melee
- Good morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Stables
(barb_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2
Coin Mint
(barb_artisan_coin_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Horse Ranch
(barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3
Coin Hoard
(barb_artisan_coin_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |