

Auxiliary Armoured Horse Archers
Scythians who pull a bow for Rome are worthy warriors.The Sarmatians were a western group of steppe peoples, and occupied the area north of the Black Sea, bordering Dacian and Germanic lands. They roamed this region as they pleased, and had a fierce reputation as cavalrymen almost without equal. They were feared by the Greeks, and often worked as mercenaries or allied themselves to the Dacians. The Sarmatians were always horse archers, but their cavalry gradually adopted heavier and heavier armour as the centuries passed, eventually wearing as much armour as the famed cataphracts of the east. Even the horses wore full suits of scale armour. The riders kept their fearsome bows even as they became magnificent shock cavalry. With each man carrying a kontos, a long two-handed lance, they could smash through almost any enemy foolish enough to stand against them.
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Unit Name Auxiliary Armoured Horse Archers |
Main Unit Key Aux_Scy_Armour_horse_Archers |
Land Unit Key Aux_Scy_Armour_horse_Archers |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Missile Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 580 |
Recruitment Cost 620 |
Upkeep Cost 120 |
Missile Damage 40 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_horse |
├ Projectile arrow_composite_horse |
├ Missile Damage 36 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 4 |
└ Base Reload Time 12 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 125 |
Reload 23 |
Shots Per Minute 6 |
Ammunition 15 |
Melee Attack 37 |
Weapon Damage 34 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_steppe_sword |
├ Melee Damage Base 30 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 15 |
Melee Defence 15 |
├ Base Defence 15 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
Armour 35 |
├ Armour spolas |
├ Armour Defence 35 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
Health 75 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 40 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_sword_m |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium_missile |
└ Mount Health 20 |
Base Morale 45 |
Abilities
Auxiliary Armoured Horse Archers- Cantabrian Circle
The unit fires whilst riding in a circle.
Harder to hit, reload skill - Precision Shot
Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
Missile damage
Exertion: fatigue
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
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
Recuitment Requirement | |
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Unit Resouces | Auxilia_Scythian |
Requires Buildings | |
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Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 ![]()
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Imperator Augustus |