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Ptolemikoi Hetairoi

(Ptolemaic Companions)

A keen lance, under command of keen hand and eye, can do terrible work.

Following the tradition of elite Hellenic shock cavalry, these horsemen employed heavy armour and fearsome xyston or kontos-like lances. These were considerably longer than normal cavalry spears and balanced by a butt-spike. Using such weapons required Ptolemaic cavalry to forgo shields and steer their mounts with their legs in the same fashion as Saka and Sarmatian archers, and later cataphracts. Unlike their eastern counterparts, Ptolemaic cavalry did not armour their horses in scale until around the 1st century BC. They were heavily armoured themselves, initially wearing bronze cuirasses and helmets but later scale or chainmail armour. Recruited almost exclusively from the richest Greek colonists in Egypt, their numbers were never great but they provided a vital shock element alongside lighter Egyptian and mercenary cavalry.

Ptolemikoi Hetairoi

Unit Name

Ptolemikoi Hetairoi

Main Unit Key

Gre_Ptolemaic_Cav

Land Unit Key

Gre_Ptolemaic_Cav

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

100

Category

Cavalry

Class

Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

2337

Recruitment Cost

2337

Upkeep Cost

467

Melee Attack

40

Weapon Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

lance4

├ Weapon Damage

9

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

2

Charge Bonus

39

Melee Defence

48

├ Base Defence

32

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

16

Armour

22

├ Armour

carm11

├ Armour Defence

22

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

heavy_heavy

├ Man Health

20

├ Bonus Hit Points

0

├ Mount

greek_elite_horse_lance

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_super_heavy

└ Mount Health

0

Base Morale

60

Abilities

Ptolemikoi Hetairoi
  • Stamina (poor)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
  • Flying Wedge
    The unit assumes a wedge formation that increases charge speed and bonus

Attributes

  • Fire Whilst Moving
    This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
  • 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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Ptolemikoi Hetairoi
  • Very good charge
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Weak in prolonged melee
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Ptolemikoi Hetairoi Lv. 0 Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_1)
Level 0
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_2)
Level 1
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3)
Level 2
Fortified Alexandria
Fortified Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3_fort)
Level 2
Commercial Alexandria
Commercial Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_3_trade)
Level 2
Alexandria
Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4)
Level 3
Fortified Alexandria
Fortified Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4_fort)
Level 3
Commercial Alexandria
Commercial Alexandria
(dei_main_city_ALEXANDRIA_4_trade)
Level 3
Hoplite Barracks
Hoplite Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_3)
Level 2
Ptolemikoi Hetairoi Lv. 1 Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(rom_HELLENIC_military_main_heavy_4)
Level 3