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Median Cavalry

These fine cavalrymen are well able to handle themselves in the cut and thrust of melee.

The Median people were once the rulers of an expansive kingdom spanning central Persia to Asia Minor, seizing the opportunity to create a unified Median state after the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 605BC. The Median Kingdom endured until 505BC when the Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered its lands and formed the Achaemenid Empire. Under the Achaemenids, the Median people were considered prestige citizens, with equal status to their Persian kin. They held power as government officials, generals and as 'satraps' or governors. In battle, the Medes were known for the extraordinary agility of their horsemen, which they used against the crumbling Assyrian Empire, outmatching their enemy's skilled cavalry with superior mounted archers.

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Median Cavalry

Unit Name

Median Cavalry

Main Unit Key

Eas_Median_Cav

Land Unit Key

Eas_Median_Cav

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

620

Recruitment Cost

620

Upkeep Cost

120

Melee Attack

40

Weapon Damage

25

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

15

├ Bonus vs Elephants

15

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

34

Melee Defence

35

├ Base Defence

15

├ Shield

cavalry

└ Shield Defence

20

Armour

70

├ Armour

scale

├ Armour Defence

40

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

80

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

40

├ Bonus Hit Points

15

├ Mount

rome_eastern_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity

rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health

25

Base Morale

50

Abilities

Median Cavalry
  • Diamond
    The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
    Charge bonus, melee attack
    Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Resistant to Heat
    This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Median Cavalry
  • Good attack
  • Average defence
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average morale
Requires Buildings
Median Cavalry Lv. 0 Heavy Horse Studs
Heavy Horse Studs
(east_military_stables_heavy_2)
Level 1
Royal Stables
Royal Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_3)
Level 2
Nisean Stables
Nisean Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Median Cavalry x 2 Heavy Horse Studs
Heavy Horse Studs
(east_military_stables_heavy_2)
Level 1
Royal Stables
Royal Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_3)
Level 2
Nisean Stables
Nisean Stables
(east_military_stables_heavy_4)
Level 3