Steppe 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 Steppe Horse Archers |
Main Unit Key Ste_Horse_Archers |
Land Unit Key Ste_Horse_Archers |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Missile Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 390 |
Recruitment Cost 350 |
Upkeep Cost 70 |
40 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_horse |
├ Projectile arrow_composite_horse |
├ Missile Damage 34 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 6 |
└ Base Reload Time 12 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 125 |
Reload 18 |
Shots Per Minute 6 |
Ammunition 30 |
Melee Attack 12 |
23 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 3 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 10 |
10 |
├ Base Defence 10 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
27 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
95 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light |
├ Man Health 50 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_sword_l |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light_missile |
└ Mount Health 35 |
Base Morale 35 |
Abilities
Steppe Horse Archers- Precision Shot
Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
Missile damage
Exertion: fatigue - Cantabrian Circle
The unit fires whilst riding in a circle.
Harder to hit, reload skill
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
Light 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
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |