Briton Chosen Lance Riders
Being able to trample down units like grass, they can make a whole army's flank disappear within seconds!Following the tradition of elite Hellenic shock cavalry, these horsemen employed heavy armour and fearsome xyston or kontos-like lances. These were considerably longer than normal cavalry spears and balanced by a butt-spike. Using such weapons required Ptolemaic cavalry to forgo shields and steer their mounts with their legs in the same fashion as Saka and Sarmatian archers, and later cataphracts. Unlike their eastern counterparts, Ptolemaic cavalry did not armour their horses in scale until around the 1st century BC. They were heavily armoured themselves, initially wearing bronze cuirasses and helmets but later scale or chainmail armour. Recruited almost exclusively from the richest Greek colonists in Egypt, their numbers were never great but they provided a vital shock element alongside lighter Egyptian and mercenary cavalry.
Unit Name Briton Chosen Lance Riders |
Main Unit Key Bri_Chosen_Lance_Riders |
Land Unit Key Bri_Chosen_Lance_Riders |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 1150 |
Recruitment Cost 1150 |
Upkeep Cost 100 |
Melee Attack 34 |
34 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_lance_elite |
├ Melee Damage Base 18 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 16 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 10 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 13 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 65 |
67 |
├ Base Defence 32 |
├ Shield cavalry |
└ Shield Defence 35 |
104 |
├ Armour bronze |
├ Armour Defence 74 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
135 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy |
├ Man Health 60 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_lance_vh |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy_shock |
└ Mount Health 60 |
Base Morale 65 |
Abilities
Briton Chosen Lance Riders- Flying Wedge
The unit moves into a flying wedge-shaped attack formation.
Charge bonus, melee attack
Acceleration, melee defence - Trample
Charges are more effective for an extended time.
Charge bonus
Exertion: fatigue
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
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Very good charge
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak in prolonged melee
- Good morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Imperator Augustus |