Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Cavalry

Numidian Cavalry

Numidian tribesmen were raised with horses from an early age, riding bareback without a bridle and controlling their horses by tapping the beasts between the ears with a stick. Numidian cavalry were supremely agile, skirmishing with assured expertise before swinging around to escape as rapidly as they had arrived. Wearing only a thin tunic, they carried javelins and small wicker shields. At Cannae, the highpoint of Carthaginian military success, Hannibal’s right wing consisted of 3,500 Numidian cavalrymen. The Numidians attacked the Romans' allied cavalry and chased them from the field before returning to smash into the rear of the Roman lines. Considered the elite of the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, the Numidians' defection before the Battle of Zama arguably led to Scipio’s victory over Hannibal in the final stages of the conflict.

Unit Name Numidian Cavalry

Main Unit Key Afr_Numidian_Cav

Land Unit Key Afr_Numidian_Cav

Naval Unit Key egyptian_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 500

Recruitment Cost 500

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 30

├ Missile Weapon rome_wooden_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_wooden

├ Missile Damage 17

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 75

Reload 28

Shots Per Minute 9

Ammunition 18

Melee Attack 16

Weapon Damage 36

├ Melee Weapon rome_eastern_sword

├ Melee Damage Base 32

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 19

Melee Defence 40

├ Base Defence 11

├ Shield pelta_cavalry

└ Shield Defence 29

Armour 49

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 22

Health 95

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 50

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_eastern_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 35

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Diamond
  The unit moves into a diamond-shaped attack formation.
  Charge bonus, melee attack
  Acceleration, melee defence
• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

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 Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Large shield
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Light Horse Studs (east_military_stables_light_2) Level 1 Cavalry Stables (east_military_stables_light_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Arabaya Stables (east_military_stables_light_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings

x 1

Animal Breeder (east_military_stables_1) Level 0 Exotic Animal Studs (east_military_stables_animal_2) Level 1 Animal Trader (east_military_stables_animal_3) Level 2 Heavy Horse Studs (east_military_stables_heavy_2) Level 1 Royal Stables (east_military_stables_heavy_3) Level 2 Nisean Stables (east_military_stables_heavy_4) Level 3 Light Horse Studs (east_military_stables_light_2) Level 1 Cavalry Stables (east_military_stables_light_3) Level 2 Arabaya Stables (east_military_stables_light_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Gaetuli Masaesyli
Hannibal at the Gates	Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates)