Medium Spear Cavalry
The backbone of the cavalry army; medium armour allows these horsemen to travel rapidly and freely from one end of the battle to the other.Liby-Phoenicians are the closest Carthaginian society came to an indigenous population, and their numbers were limited following the catastrophic defeat of the Sacred Band in battle against Syracuse in 340BC. Afterwards, Carthage was unwilling to risk many of its own citizens again in a single struggle. This reluctance led to the greater use of mercenaries during the Punic Wars against Rome. However, some Carthaginians were in the field at Cannae, the greatest single Roman defeat of the period. Their trusted commander, Muttines, later betrayed the Sicilian stronghold of Acragas to the Romans following the Carthaginian senate's change of heart towards Hannibal towards the end of the Second Punic War. They withdrew support, fearing his ambitions more than they feared the Romans.
Unit Name Medium Spear Cavalry |
Main Unit Key Ita_Etruscan_Medium_Spear_Cavalry |
Land Unit Key Ita_Etruscan_Medium_Spear_Cavalry |
Naval Unit Key roman_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Melee Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 700 |
Recruitment Cost 700 |
Upkeep Cost 75 |
Melee Attack 29 |
29 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_spear |
├ Melee Damage Base 19 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 10 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 15 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 16 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 36 |
73 |
├ Base Defence 38 |
├ Shield small_bronze |
└ Shield Defence 35 |
57 |
├ Armour mail |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
115 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_horse_spear_shield_h |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_heavy |
└ Mount Health 50 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Medium Spear Cavalry- Cavalry Testudo
The unit raises their shields and turns towards the aggressor.
Protection against missiles
Can't move - Rapid Advance
Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
Speed, acceleration, charge speed
Exertion: fatigue
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
- Good attack
- Average defence
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Average morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Hannibal at the Gates |