Taksashila Melee Cavalry

Prasadhara Asvanika

Like the Companion cavalry of Macedon, these 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 bodyguard force. Following both Hellenic and Persian traditions, they were armed with lances and armoured in a similar fashion to their Macedonian counterparts, but their mounts were armoured in 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 the nobles were quite at home using the bow, as they had spent their formative years hunting from horseback.

Unit Name Prasadhara Asvanika

Main Unit Key ind_heavy_lancers

Land Unit Key ind_heavy_lancers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 2074

Recruitment Cost 2074

Upkeep Cost 415

Melee Attack 37

Weapon Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cspear4

├ Weapon Damage 9

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 2

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 2

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 31

Melee Defence 51

├ Base Defence 25

├ Shield cshield2

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 18

├ Armour carm9

├ Armour Defence 18

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity heavy_medium

├ Man Health 20

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount rome_hellenic_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 0

Base Morale 65

Abilities

• 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.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Royal Stables (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Nisean Stables (rom_EASTERN_stables_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Taksashila Mauryan Empire