Italian Rebels (Age of Charlemagne) Shock Cavalry

Lombard Lancers

Put simply, a lancer is a cavalryman who excels at heavy impact charges. Although up to that point lancers were usually heavily armoured, during the early Middle Ages they straddled the line between light cavalry and their more heavier counterparts. Knights, a more elite class of western horsemen, were also known to use lances. The romantic image of the knight is that of them jousting one another for sport, entertainment and honour. When charging, the lance was generally tucked (or 'couched') under one arm to improve stability, bracing the entire weight against the rider as he crashed into the enemy. The follow-through power of the lance into a battle line was invariably devastating.

Unit Name Lombard Lancers

Main Unit Key cha_lom_lancers

Land Unit Key cha_lom_lancers

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

Upkeep Cost 135

Melee Attack 35

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon cha_lance

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 105

Melee Defence 2

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield cha_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cha_cloth_helmet

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 150

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_light

├ Man Health 100

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount cha_ger_horse_lance_shield_l

├ Mount Entity cha_horse_light

└ Mount Health 50

Morale 34

Abilities

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

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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Barracks (cha_bld_barracks_2) Level 1 Royal Barracks (cha_bld_barracks_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Age of Charlemagne	Duchy of Benevento (Age of Charlemagne) Kingdom of the Lombards (Age of Charlemagne) Italian Rebels (Age of Charlemagne) Italian Separatists (Age of Charlemagne) Lombard Separatists (Age of Charlemagne) Duchy of Spoleto (Age of Charlemagne)