Saxoni (Empire Divided) Shock Cavalry

Germanic Lancers

Developed during their early part of the 1st century AD by the eastern empires of the time, the ‘kontos’ lance was at least four metres long. Designed to be used by cavalrymen, it was initially fielded by the cataphracts and clibinarii of Parthia and its successors, the Sassanid Persians. In fact the Parthian cataphracts who annihilated the Roman army at the Battle of Carrhae in 55BC may also have used an early version of the kontos. Literally as long as a bargepole, from where it gets its Greek name, a kontos was generally used two-handed whilst its wielder controlled their horse using both knees to indicate speed and direction. Later on, Rome faced this deadly new cavalry weapon again at the hands of the brutal steppe nomads who raided its borders during the 3rd century AD. As a reaction to having faced lance-armed warriors and come off worse, the Romans soon had their own version, spelled ‘contus’. The contus lance was still in use 1,000 years later by Rome's successors.

Unit Name Germanic Lancers

Main Unit Key 3c_Ger_Germanic_Lancers

Land Unit Key 3c_Ger_Germanic_Lancers

Naval Unit Key 3c_barbarian_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 370

Recruitment Cost 370

Upkeep Cost 75

Melee Attack 34

Weapon Damage 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

Melee Defence 16

├ Base Defence 16

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 70

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_celtic_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.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Average charge
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak in prolonged melee
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Horse Pens (3c_barb_agriculture_horse_2) Level 1 Stables (3c_barb_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2 Horse Ranch (3c_barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3

Faction Availability

Empire Divided

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