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Noble Blood Cavalry

These spear-armed cavalrymen fight well in close-combat, making them a useful striking force.

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.

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Noble Blood Cavalry

Unit Name

Noble Blood Cavalry

Main Unit Key

Eas_Noble_Blood_Cav

Land Unit Key

Eas_Noble_Blood_Cav

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

750

Recruitment Cost

750

Upkeep Cost

130

Melee Attack

46

Weapon Damage

25

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

15

├ Bonus vs Elephants

15

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

34

Melee Defence

35

├ Base Defence

15

├ Shield

cavalry

└ Shield Defence

20

Armour

70

├ Armour

scale

├ Armour Defence

40

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

90

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

40

├ Bonus Hit Points

15

├ Mount

rome_eastern_horse_spear_shield_h

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

35

Base Morale

55

Abilities

Noble Blood Cavalry
  • Diamond
    The unit moves into a diamond-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 Heat
    This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Noble Blood Cavalry
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Noble Blood Cavalry Lv. 0 Royal Stables
Royal Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_3)
Level 2
Nisean Stables
Nisean Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_4)
Level 3