Huns Shock Cavalry

Steppe Lancers

Developed from the cavalry skills of their ancestors, steppe lancers were a type of heavy cavalry. They wore scale armour to protect themselves and their mounts, and used a long lance known as a kontos, which enabled them to deliver devastating charges in a fashion comparable to the deadly cataphract cavalry from the east. Their scale armour was made from horn, or later metal, and allowed its wearers to easily run down their western counterparts. However, lancers 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 prior to a devastating, thunderous charge.

Unit Name Steppe Lancers

Main Unit Key att_nom_steppe_lancers

Land Unit Key att_nom_steppe_lancers

Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 375

Recruitment Cost 300

Upkeep Cost 140

Melee Attack 21

Melee Damage 10

├ Melee Weapon att_lance

├ Melee Base Damage 3

├ Armour-piercing Damage 7

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 10

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 201

Melee Defence 2

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield att_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour att_leather

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 200

├ Man Entity att_infantry_light

├ Man Health 75

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount att_nom_steppe_lancers_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_light

└ Mount Health 110

Morale 34

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• 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

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Required Technology Cost 125 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Lancers' Training Ground (att_bld_nomad_warriors_cavalry_3) Level 2 Lancers' Encampment (att_bld_nomad_warriors_cavalry_4) Level 3

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