"Gleaming in their scale armour, cataphracts are a fearsome sight."
The Sarmatians, a western group of steppe peoples, 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.
Strength and Weaknesses[]
Excellent Charge Bonus
High Health
Poor Missile Block Chance
Base Stats[]
Sarmatian Cataphracts
Unit
Number of Men:
80
Morale:
36
Bonus HP:
15
Melee Attack:
22
Melee Defense:
2
Charge Bonus:
200
Reload:
0
Ammunition:
0
Heavy Infantry
Human
Hit Points:
90
Mass:
150
Medium Horse
Mount
Hit Points:
125
Mass:
440
Walk Speed:
18
Run Speed:
80
Charge Speed:
110
Charge Distance:
75
Weapons and Gear[]
Elite Lance
Melee Weapon
Damage:
3
Armour Penetration Damage:
7
Bonus vs Infantry:
0
Bonus vs Cavalry:
20
Bonus vs Elephants:
0
Building damage:
0.033
Small Round Shield
Shield
Melee Defence:
30
Armour:
5
Missile Block Chance:
20
Scale Armour
Armour
Armour:
27
Abilities[]
Wedge
Target:
Self
Initial Recharge:
0
Active Time:
N/A
Recharge Time:
N/A
The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
Assemble (5s)
Form Wedge:
+10 Melee Attack
+50% Charge Speed
+15% Charge Bonus
-100% Missile Block Chance
-25% Speed
Attributes[]
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Wedge
Hide (forest)