Mercenary Steppe Lancers
Best employed as shock troops, steppe lancers are fearsome at the charge.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 Mercenary Steppe Lancers |
Main Unit Key att_merc_nom_steppe_lancers |
Land Unit Key att_merc_nom_steppe_lancers |
Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 275 |
Recruitment Cost 210 |
Upkeep Cost 170 |
Melee Attack 21 |
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 |
2 |
├ Base Defence 2 |
├ Shield att_none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
10 |
├ Armour att_leather |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
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 32 |
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.
Strengths & Weaknesses
No Strengths and Weaknesses
Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | att_merc_nom_province_major | Germano-Sarmatia |
Duna Oium Palteskja |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | att_merc_nom_province_major | Hyperborea |
Kariskos Moramar Silys |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | att_merc_nom_province_major | Sarmatia Asiatica |
Anacopia Samandar Tanais |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | att_merc_nom_province_major | Sarmatia Europaea |
Chersonessus Gelonus Olbia |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | att_merc_nom_province_major | Scythia |
Bolghar Raha Sarai |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | att_merc_nom_province_major | Transcarpathia |
Arheimar Belz Leopolis |
1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Caucasia |
Gabala Kotais Mtskheta |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
8 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Dacia |
Apulum Petrodava Romula |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
9 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Dalmatia |
Domavia Salona Siscia |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
10 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Dardania |
Scupi Serdica Viminacium |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
11 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Gothiscandza |
Ascaucalis Gothiscandza Rugion |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
12 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Hercynia |
Budorgis Casurgis Nitrahwa |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
13 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Pannonia |
Savaria Sirmium Sopianae |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
14 | att_merc_nom_province_minor | Transcaspia |
Dahistan Kath Siahkuh |
0 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 |
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