Favorite cavalry unit

[SwebozGaztiz]

hello how are you people, well by reading the title of the post you can imagine what is this about haha, which is your fave cavalry unit, mines are the iberii lanceari, ambakaro epones and thraikioi hippeis these are for me the most usefull and strong units im not just talking about numbers im talking from what ive seen in the battlefield!!well i also include the sacred band cavalry those guys are really nice, so its going to be nice to see the opinion of other players...

[abou]

I would tell you, but it hasn't been revealed yet.

After that unit it is probably the Hetairoi or Thraikioi Prodromoi, but some of those steppe factions have some pretty awesome units.

[MiniMe]

I avoid using rare uber units, so I vote for Prodromoi (successor medium cavalry), my favorite pursuit&stab_in_the_back cavalry:

1. awesome stats for 3d level cavalry;
2. great stamina;
3. fantastic speed;
4. weird hats;
5. really wide AOR (even Tarentum is included).

As for Hetairoi or Kataphraktoi: two units of Prodromoi smash them on consecutive charge, all you have to do is strike first =)

[Kralizec]

Agreed, Prodromoi are awesome.
The Illyrioi Hippeis aren't very durable, but have a good enough charge and for cavalry they're pretty cheap.
Leuce Epos (and Curepos) I use zealously whereever I can find them.

I'm a sucker for light cavalry

[LorDBulA]

I love Illyrioi Hippeis. Light cavalry with very good paunch.
And ofcourse Thessalian cavalry is great ( Hippeis Thessalikoi ).
Hippeis Tarantinoi are very interesting cavalry but I didnt used them often enough to decide if they are really that great.

[The Errant]

My personal favorite is the Sabaean Medium Cavalry. They are fast, have good stamina, good charge and a secondary melee weapon with a 0.225 lethality. They eat AI Hetairoi for breakfast. Plus they have a cloth covering their face so they look like bandits.
And while some factions have better armored heavy cavalry, they first have to catch up with them. And all that armor is so tiring...

[Seyduna]

Simply Grinpanvar. They are immune to arrows and have a devastating charge. High armor value makes them holy-shielded, hard to kill so they can raise their experience faster than any other units.
I like Prodromoi too due to their speed and flexibility.

[mAIOR]

Well, I prefer Hippeis Tarantinoi as medium cavalry. For heavy cav, I lika the Parthian Catraphact archers. THey can skirmish around and deplete a lot of units and hav a devastating charge. Also, they're impervious to arrows :)


Cheers...

[cunctator]

The Ala Imperatoria, rather well suited for close combat and skirmishing, but unfortunately it becomes only available after the imperial reforms so few people will ever see them in a campaign.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Thessalians, they're cheaper than Companions to train and maintain but their stats are almost the same. Beyond that Thrakian Prodromoi are great for covering your flanks while the real heavies smash the enemy against your phalanx.

The Ala Imperatoria are another fantastic unit but to be honest I'm a heavy cav general.

[pansoiatr]

I dont know if they could really qualify for a separate unit but somatofilakes strategou are insispensable and they replenish themselves automatically

[Orb]

CATAPHRACTS!!!!1111!

The Armenian flavour.