Huns Shock Cavalry

Steppe Cataphracts

The Sarmatians, a western group of steppe peoples, occupied the area north of the Black Sea, bordering Dacian and Germanic lands. They roamed this region as they pleased, and had a fierce reputation as cavalrymen almost without equal. They were feared by the Greeks, and often worked as mercenaries or allied themselves to the Dacians. The Sarmatians were always horse archers, but their cavalry gradually adopted heavier and heavier armour as the centuries passed, eventually wearing as much armour as the famed cataphracts of the east. Even the horses wore full suits of scale armour. The riders kept their fearsome bows, even as they became magnificent shock cavalry. With each man carrying a kontos, a long two-handed lance, they could smash through almost any enemy foolish enough to stand against them.

Unit Name Steppe Cataphracts

Main Unit Key att_nom_steppe_cataphracts

Land Unit Key att_nom_steppe_cataphracts

Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 500

Recruitment Cost 500

Upkeep Cost 220

Melee Attack 24

Melee Damage 10

├ Melee Weapon att_lance_elite

├ Melee Base Damage 3

├ Armour-piercing Damage 7

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 204

Melee Defence 5

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield att_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 25

├ Armour att_leather_very_heavy

├ Armour Defence 25

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 232

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

├ Bonus Hit Points 17

├ Mount att_nom_steppe_cataphracts_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 125

Morale 34

Abilities

• Wedge
  The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 125 Upgrade From

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Budinians Iazyges Magyars Hunnic Rebels Sarmatian Rebels White Hun Rebels Roxolanians Sabirs Sarmatian Separatists Huns Hunnic Separatists White Hun Separatists White Huns