Sakae Horse Archers
These horse archers can pepper an enemy before moving in for close-combat.Far from being simple, ignorant barbarians, the various steppe tribes had a great cultural wealth. Living in an area stretching from the Caspian Sea to the northern shores of the Black Sea; the Greeks called them 'Scythians' and the Persians 'Saka', while a western group became known as the Sarmatians. Wearing trousers marked them as barbarians as far as the Greeks were concerned, before their tall, pointed caps and swarthy appearances were even considered. Looks apart, they were, however, exceptional horsemen, highly-skilled with composite-recurve bows and deadly hand-to-hand fighters. Grave goods suggest that Scythian women were as warlike as their men, and probably fought alongside them in battle. This may well be the origin of the Greek myths of Amazon warrior women.
Unit Name Sakae Horse Archers |
Main Unit Key Pel_Sakae_Horse_Archers |
Land Unit Key Pel_Sakae_Horse_Archers |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Missile Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 360 |
Recruitment Cost 360 |
Upkeep Cost 80 |
40 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_horse |
├ Projectile arrow_composite_horse |
├ Missile Damage 36 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 4 |
└ Base Reload Time 12 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 125 |
Reload 18 |
Shots Per Minute 6 |
Ammunition 15 |
Melee Attack 9 |
24 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 4 |
13 |
├ Base Defence 13 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
10 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
70 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light |
├ Man Health 40 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_sword_l |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light_missile |
└ Mount Health 20 |
Base Morale 30 |
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. - Fire Whilst Moving
This unit can fire when mounted and moving. - Parthian Shot
This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself. - Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Long range
- Average rate of fire
- Fast moving
- Good damage but low armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Infantry Tents
(east_military_infantry_2) Level 1
Infantry Quarters
(east_military_infantry_3) Level 2
Royal Barracks
(east_military_infantry_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Wrath of Sparta |