Roxolani Secessionists Shock Cavalry

Steppe Noble Lancers

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 Steppe Noble Lancers

Main Unit Key Ste_Noble_Lancers

Land Unit Key Ste_Noble_Lancers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 750

Recruitment Cost 750

Upkeep Cost 130

Melee Attack 46

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 76

Melee Defence 21

├ Base Defence 21

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 40

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 95

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 45

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount rome_scythian_horse_lance_vh

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_heavy_shock

└ Mount Health 35

Base Morale 60

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

• Very good charge
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak in prolonged melee
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Bronze Forge (barb_artisan_bronze_3) Level 2 Bronze Furnace (barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Bronze Forge (barb_artisan_bronze_3) Level 2 Bronze Furnace (barb_artisan_bronze_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Dahae Khorasmii Massagetae Massagetaean Nobles Massagetaean Secessionists Thyssagetae Aorsoi Roxolani Roxolani Nobles Roxolani Secessionists Siraces Budini Catiaroi Nomadic Rebels Royal Scythia Royal Scythian Nobles Royal Scythian Secessionists
Imperator Augustus	Dahae (Imperator Augustus) Alani (Imperator Augustus) Aorsoi (Imperator Augustus) Iastae (Imperator Augustus) Iazyges (Imperator Augustus) Roxolani (Imperator Augustus) Siraces (Imperator Augustus) Nomadic Rebels (Imperator Augustus)