Royal Scythia Missile Cavalry

Royal Horse Archers

Far from being simple, ignorant barbarians, the various steppe tribes had a great cultural wealth. Living in an area stretching from the Caspian Sea to the northern shores of the Black Sea; the Greeks called them 'Scythians' and the Persians 'Saka', while a western group became known as the Sarmatians. Wearing trousers marked them as barbarians as far as the Greeks were concerned, before their tall, pointed caps and swarthy appearances were even considered. Looks apart, they were, however, exceptional horsemen, highly-skilled with composite-recurve bows and deadly hand-to-hand fighters. Grave goods suggest that Scythian women were as warlike as their men, and probably fought alongside them in battle. This may well be the origin of the Greek myths of Amazon warrior women.

Unit Name Royal Horse Archers

Main Unit Key Ste_Royal_Horse_Archers

Land Unit Key Ste_Royal_Horse_Archers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 870

Recruitment Cost 870

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 40

├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_horse

├ Projectile arrow_composite_horse

├ Missile Damage 34

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 125

Reload 33

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 36

Weapon Damage 35

├ Melee Weapon rome_steppe_sword

├ Melee Damage Base 31

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 23

Melee Defence 36

├ Base Defence 36

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 77

├ Armour scale_elite

├ Armour Defence 77

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 135

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 55

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_sword_vh

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy_missile

└ Mount Health 60

Base Morale 70

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
  Missile damage
  Exertion: fatigue
• Cantabrian Circle
  The unit fires whilst riding in a circle.
  Harder to hit, reload skill

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
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Horse Ranch (barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Budini Catiaroi Nomadic Rebels Royal Scythia Royal Scythian Nobles
Imperator Augustus	Nomadic Rebels (Imperator Augustus)