Mercenary Sarmatian Horse Archers

The skill required to fire a bow from a moving horse is phenomenal. Ancient cavalry archers had to keep control of their mounts with their knees whilst using both arms to fire their bows, which took a great deal of practice and physical strength. Often lightly armoured, horse archers were the ideal skirmish troops, as they could quickly reach key areas of the battlefield to harass the enemy, but without getting so close that they were forced into melee. Nomadic tribes, such as the Sarmatians, were renowned for their skilled riders and used horse archers to great effect. The combination of skill and the deadly composite bow, which could puncture straight through armour, made their horsemen the dread of all those they encountered.

Unit Name Mercenary Sarmatian Horse Archers

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Sarmatian_Horse_Archers

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Sarmatian_Horse_Archers

Naval Unit Key 3c_barbarian_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 270

Recruitment Cost 270

Upkeep Cost 200

Missile Damage 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 13

Melee Attack 9

Weapon Damage 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

Melee Defence 13

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 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

• 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

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_steppe	Bosporus	Panticapaeum Phanagoria Tanais	1	0.15	1	2
2	3c_province_pool_steppe	Chorasmia	Akhur Aktau	1	0.15	1	2
3	3c_province_pool_steppe	Sarmatia	Melgunov Olbia Solokha	1	0.15	1	2
4	3c_province_pool_steppe	Scythia	Gelonus Samandar Sarai Siracena	1	0.15	1	2
5	3c_province_pool_steppe	Transoxania	Bukhara Maracanda	1	0.15	1	2