Mercenary Sarmatian Lancers
Some warriors are born and die in the saddle. In between, they are mercenaries.Developed from the cavalry skills of their ancestors, the steppe lancers of the Scythian, or Saka, tribes and the Sarmatians were a type of heavy cavalry comparable to their Hellenic counterparts. They wore scale armour to protect themselves and their mounts, and used a long lance known as a kontos. This enabled them to deliver devastating charges in a fashion comparable to the Alexandrian Companion cavalry. The scale armour was made from horn, or later metal, and allowed the wearers to run down their western counterparts. They were still vulnerable to dense pike or spear-armed formations. Archery provided a solution: sustained volleys from skirmishing foot and horse archers were used to thin and spread out the enemy. At the Battle of Carrhae in 53BC, the tightly-packed Roman infantry were forced to spread out by Parthian archers, which enabled their cataphracts to charge and break an overconfident Roman force four times their number.
Unit Name Mercenary Sarmatian Lancers |
Main Unit Key Mer_Sar_Lancers |
Land Unit Key Mer_Sar_Lancers |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Shock Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 340 |
Recruitment Cost 260 |
Upkeep Cost 190 |
Melee Attack 34 |
25 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_lance |
├ Melee Damage Base 14 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 11 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 10 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 10 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 51 |
16 |
├ Base Defence 16 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
10 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
70 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 40 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_lance_m |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_shock |
└ Mount Health 20 |
Base Morale 35 |
Abilities
No Ability
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Light Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Average charge
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak in prolonged melee
- Poor morale
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | rom_province_pool_sarmatia | Lugii |
Arsenium Carrodunum Grinev Oblin |
1 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 |
2 | rom_province_pool_pontocaspia | Sarmatia |
Melgunov Olbia Solokha |
1 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 |
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
3 | rom_province_pool_sarmatia | Sarmatia |
Mons Regius Galic Tur |
1 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 |
4 | rom_province_pool_pontocaspia | Ponto-Caspia |
Solokha Samandar Olbia Siracena |
1 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 |
Faction Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Faction | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
5 | rom_province_pool_sarmatia | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 | |
6 | rom_faction_pool_sarmatian | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 |
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