Scythian Armored Horse Archers
Scythian Armored Horse Archers may ably engage in melee after their arrow fire is spent.The Scythian Armored Horse Archers were uncharacteristic from other steppe people in that they readily adopted and wore Hellenistic, Thracian, and other foreign armor and arms, including Pontic helmets. Scythians were Iranian-speaking, pastoralist-practicing equestrian tribes who inhabited large areas in the central Eurasian steppes between the 7th century BC and 4th century AD. Their territories during the Iron Age were known to classical Greek sources as "Scythia". Their historical appearance coincided with the rise of equestrian semi-nomadism from the Carpathian Mountains of Europe to Mongolia in the Far East during the 1st millennium BC. The "classical Scythians" known to ancient Greek historians were located in the northern Black Sea and fore-Caucasus region. However, other Scythian groups encountered in Near Eastern and Achaemenid sources existed in Central Asia. Moreover, the term "Scythian" is also used by modern scholars in an archaeological context, i.e. any region perceived to display attributes of the "Scytho-Siberian" culture.
Unit Name Scythian Armored Horse Archers |
Main Unit Key Ste_Scy_Armored_Horse_Archers |
Land Unit Key Ste_Scy_Armored_Horse_Archers |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Missile Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 800 |
Recruitment Cost 800 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
40 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_horse |
├ Projectile arrow_composite_horse |
├ Missile Damage 34 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 6 |
└ Base Reload Time 12 |
Accuracy 20 |
Range 125 |
Reload 18 |
Shots Per Minute 6 |
Ammunition 30 |
Melee Attack 28 |
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 24 |
42 |
├ Base Defence 42 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
57 |
├ Armour mail |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
115 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 20 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_sword_m |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_missile |
└ Mount Health 40 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Scythian Armored Horse Archers- 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
Transport- 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 | |
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Lv. 0 |
Stables
(barb_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2
Coin Mint
(barb_artisan_coin_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Horse Ranch
(barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3
Coin Hoard
(barb_artisan_coin_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |