Mercenary Pontic Cavalry

Like the Companion Cavalry of old Macedon, elite horsemen from the lands of Parthia and Pontus were recruited from among the nobility and social elite. Gradually, they developed into a permanent and professional force of bodyguards, and following both the Hellenic and Persian traditions, were armed with lances and armoured in the traditional fashion. Their mounts, however, were more heavily armoured in the eastern style. This gave their charges extra weight and meant that they were not only a counter to other cavalry forces, but could also be sent into the flanks of densely-packed infantry. The eastern influence also meant that Pontic nobles were quite at home with bows, as they had spent much of their early lives learning to hunt from horseback - a skill that could easily be adapted to bring down human targets.

Unit Name Mercenary Pontic Cavalry

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Pontic_Cavalry

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Pontic_Cavalry

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 900

Recruitment Cost 900

Upkeep Cost 675

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 17

├ Base Defence 17

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 60

├ Armour bronze

├ Armour Defence 60

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 45

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount 3c_Eas_Eastern_Noble_Horse_Spear

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health 35

Base Morale 60

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Encourage
  This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

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

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	3c_province_pool_pontus	Bithynia et Pontus	Amaseia Nicomedia Sinope Trapezos	0	0.75	1	1