Nomadic Rebels (Empire Divided) Shock Cavalry

Steppe Nobles

The Sarmatians were a western group of steppe peoples, and 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. They were feared by the Greeks, and often worked as mercenaries or allied themselves to the Dacians. The Sarmatians were always horse archers, but their cavalry gradually adopted heavier and heavier armour as the centuries passed, eventually wearing as much armour as the famed cataphracts of the east. Even the horses wore full suits of scale armour. The riders kept their fearsome bows even as they became magnificent shock cavalry. 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 Steppe Nobles

Main Unit Key 3c_Ste_Steppe_Nobles_commander

Land Unit Key 3c_Ste_Steppe_Nobles

Naval Unit Key 3c_barbarian_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 780

Recruitment Cost 780

Upkeep Cost 155

Melee Attack 46

Weapon Damage 25

├ Melee Weapon rome_lance

├ Melee Damage Base 14

├ Melee Damage Ap 11

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 10

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 76

Melee Defence 21

├ Base Defence 21

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 40

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 85

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 45

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount 3c_Ala_Winged_Horse_Lance

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• Draco
  Reduces the effectiveness against mounted units of any nearby enemies for an extended time.
  Bonus vs cavalry, bonus vs elephants, bracing

Attributes

• 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

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good charge
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak in prolonged melee
• Good morale

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Dahae (Empire Divided) Iastae (Empire Divided) Kwarezm (Empire Divided) Nomadic Rebels (Empire Divided) Roxolani (Empire Divided)