Duchy of Benevento (Age of Charlemagne) Missile Cavalry

Raider Cavalry

Although mounted troops are terrifying and effective as shock cavalry, charging down enemy lines and wreaking havoc, they also performed another, equally important function on the battlefields of the early Middle Ages. Lightly armoured and carrying spears or bows, a unit of fast riding, nimble horses were excellent raiding and skirmishing forces. Acting as a screen force for their main host, mounted skirmishers could flank and outmanoeuvre the enemy, peppering them with arrow or javelin fire before falling back out of range, sowing chaos and disorder amongst their ranks. More nimble melee cavalry struck the weak points in formations, delivering devastating attacks against lightly-armed and armoured missile troops, then retreating before the enemy could effectively counter-attack.

Unit Name Raider Cavalry

Main Unit Key cha_lom_raider_cav

Land Unit Key cha_lom_raider_cav

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 400

Recruitment Cost 400

Upkeep Cost 120

Missile Damage 70

├ Missile Weapon cha_jav

├ Projectile cha_jav_normal

├ Missile Damage 60

├ Missile Ap Damage 10

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 25

Range 80

Reload 15

Rate of Fire 5

Ammunition 5

Melee Attack 40

Melee Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cha_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage 7

├ Armour-piercing Damage 2

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 35

Melee Defence 32

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield cha_round_small

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 6

├ Armour cha_cloth

├ Armour Defence 6

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 150

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 100

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount cha_rom_horse_sword_shield_vl

├ Mount Entity cha_horse_very_light

└ Mount Health 50

Morale 34

Abilities

No Ability

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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

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Required Technology Cost 120 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Muster Hall (cha_bld_barracks_1) Level 0 Barracks (cha_bld_barracks_2) Level 1 Royal Barracks (cha_bld_barracks_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Age of Charlemagne	Duchy of Benevento (Age of Charlemagne) Kingdom of the Lombards (Age of Charlemagne) Italian Rebels (Age of Charlemagne) Italian Separatists (Age of Charlemagne) Lombard Separatists (Age of Charlemagne) Duchy of Spoleto (Age of Charlemagne)