Noble Steppe Cataphracts
Perhaps less skilled than the eastern cataphract, but certainly more ferocious.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. The Sarmatians were always horse archers by inclination, but their cavalry gradually adopted heavier and heavier armour as the centuries passed, eventually wearing heavy suits of scales, like the famed cataphracts of the east - even their horses wore full suits of scale armour. Despite this shift towards lances and shock cavalry tactics, Sarmatian riders still used their fearsome compound bows. 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 Noble Steppe Cataphracts |
Main Unit Key 3c_Ala_Noble_Steppe_Cataphracts |
Land Unit Key 3c_Ala_Noble_Steppe_Cataphracts |
Naval Unit Key 3c_barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 1200 |
Recruitment Cost 1200 |
Upkeep Cost 240 |
Melee Attack 46 |
27 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_lance_elite |
├ Melee Damage Base 15 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 12 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 10 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 10 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 80 |
21 |
├ Base Defence 21 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
90 |
├ Armour cataphract |
├ Armour Defence 90 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
130 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy |
├ Man Health 45 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 30 |
├ Mount cataphract_horse |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_super_heavy |
└ Mount Health 55 |
Base Morale 70 |
Abilities
Noble Steppe Cataphracts- Trample
Charges are more effective for an extended time.
Charge bonus
Exertion: fatigue
Attributes
- Encourage
This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies. - Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. - Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Very good charge
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak in prolonged melee
- Good morale
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