Armenia Melee Cavalry

Azat Knights

Armenia has been ruled by many: the Persians, Macedonians, and Seleucids all played a part in forging the land and its people. The land-owning nobility, the Azat, were descended, so they claimed, from the Armenian gods, and like the nobles of many lands they fought as cavalry. They produced elite, heavily-armed and armoured cavalry that served as superb bodyguards. Historically, they carried lances, along with longswords, maces or axes, making them deadly in close-quarters combat. In 368AD, at the siege of Artogerassa by the Sassanids under Shapur II, they protected Pharantzem, King Arsaces II's wife. The Azat can be considered as forerunners of the chivalric knights of the Medieval era, obsessed with personal honour, loyalty, and their status.

Unit Name Azat Knights

Main Unit Key Eas_Azat_Knights

Land Unit Key Eas_Azat_Knights

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 1300

Recruitment Cost 1200

Upkeep Cost 200

Melee Attack 51

Weapon Damage 29

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 24

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 40

Melee Defence 55

├ Base Defence 35

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 70

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 105

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 45

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount rome_eastern_horse_spear_shield_vh

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy

└ Mount Health 40

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• Diamond
  The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
  Charge bonus, melee attack
  Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

• 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. 0	Royal Stables (east_military_stables_heavy_3) Level 2 Nisean Stables (east_military_stables_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Armenia Armenian Nobles Armenian Secessionists Seleucid Seleucid Nobles Seleucid Secessionists
Imperator Augustus	Armenia (Imperator Augustus) Armenian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Armenian Secessionists (Imperator Augustus)