Burgundians Shock Cavalry

Royal Lancers

Developed during their early part of the 1st century AD by the eastern empires of the time, the ‘kontos’ lance was at least four metres long. Designed to be used by cavalrymen, it was initially fielded by the cataphracts and clibinarii of Parthia and its successors, the Sassanid Persians. In fact the Parthian cataphracts who annihilated the Roman army at the Battle of Carrhae in 55BC may also have used an early version of the kontos. Literally as long as a bargepole, from where it gets its Greek name, a kontos was generally used two-handed whilst its wielder controlled their horse using both knees to indicate speed and direction. Later on, Rome faced this deadly new cavalry weapon again at the hands of the brutal steppe nomads who raided its borders during the 3rd century AD. As a reaction to having faced lance-armed warriors and come off worse, the Romans soon had their own version, spelled ‘contus’. The contus lance was still in use 1,000 years later by the Roman Empire’s successors - the Byzantines in the east and the Germanic peoples in the west.

Unit Name Royal Lancers

Main Unit Key att_ger_royal_lancers

Land Unit Key att_ger_royal_lancers

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_tra_ger

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 725

Recruitment Cost 725

Upkeep Cost 365

Melee Attack 35

Melee Damage 12

├ Melee Weapon att_barbed_lance

├ Melee Base Damage 7

├ Armour-piercing Damage 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 10

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 270

Melee Defence 30

├ Base Defence 15

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 48

├ Armour att_scale_mail_heavy

├ Armour Defence 33

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 245

├ Man Entity att_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 90

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount att_ger_royal_lancers_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health 135

Morale 54

Abilities

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

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Scare (everyone)
  This unit frightens all enemy units.
• Immune to Fear
  This unit is immune to the fear effects of scary units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 181 Upgrade From

Garrison Buildings

x 1

Warlord's Hold (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_3) Level 2 Warlord's Castle (att_bld_barbarian_civic_chieftain_5_legendary) Level 4 Chieftain's Hold (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_3_legendary) Level 2 Chieftain's Castle (att_bld_barbarian_civic_minor_chieftain_5_legendary) Level 4 Curing Shack (att_bld_barbarian_farm_curing_1) Level 1 Smoke Shed (att_bld_barbarian_farm_curing_2) Level 2 Salt Warehouse (att_bld_barbarian_farm_curing_3) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Burgundians
The Last Roman	Burgundians (The Last Roman)