Royal Scythia Melee Cavalry

Scythian Royal Horse

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 Scythian Royal Horse

Main Unit Key Ste_Scythian_Royal_Horse

Land Unit Key Ste_Scythian_Royal_Horse

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 990

Recruitment Cost 990

Upkeep Cost 100

Melee Attack 40

Weapon Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_cav_elite

├ Melee Damage Base 21

├ Melee Damage Ap 11

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 14

└ Bonus vs Infantry 10

Charge Bonus 44

Melee Defence 79

├ Base Defence 59

├ Shield hoplite_cav

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 122

├ Armour scale_elite

├ Armour Defence 77

└ Shield Armour 45

Health 140

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 60

├ Bonus Hit Points 20

├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_spear_shield_vh

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy

└ Mount Health 60

Base Morale 65

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Expert Charge Defence
  This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.
• Encourage
  This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Bronze Furnace (barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3

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