MTW Szekely
| Szekely | |
|---|---|
| Unit Type: | Missile Cavalry |
| Combat Stats | |
| Charge: | 4 |
| Attack: | 3 |
| Defence: | 1 |
| Armour: | 3 |
| Shield: | Cavalry |
| Speed: | 9, 24, 26 |
| Morale: | 4 |
| Notes: | Impetuous |
| Dismounts to: | Slav Warriors |
| Unit Costs | |
| Recruitment: | 375 |
| Upkeep: | 50 |
| Unit Restrictions | |
| Factions: | Hungarians |
| Provinces: | Hungary, Moldavia, Volhynia |
| Buildings Needed: | Horse Breeder |
| Unit Card: | 
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Unit Description
Szekely are available to the Hungarians from Hungary, Moldavia, and Volhynia. Their speed can be used to harass infantry and cavalry alike, but they are Impetuous and must be watched to keep them out of trouble. Use Szekely to lure individual enemy units away from the main body of their army. Once their arrows are expended, Szekely can be used like light cavalry, chasing down routing units and archers and performing attacks on the flanks and rear of engaged enemy units. They carry the standard cavalry shield which protects them in melee and from missile weapons.
In siege battles, Szekely may be dismounted for Slav Warriors.
Missile Statistics
| Missile Statistics - Weapon Type: Mounted Bow | ||||||||||||||
| Ammo | Range(meters) | Accuracy | Lethality | Power | Armour Modifier | Reload Time | ||||||||
| 28 | 100 | 0.55 | 0.68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
The bow Szekely use does not have any armour piercing bonus, so firing on heavily armoured units will have minimal effect. They also fire on an arc, which means the shot takes a while to reach the target and can miss fast moving units altogether. Missile cavalry should never get involved in duels with infantry missiles. Mounted archers are less accurate, have fewer arrows per volley, and present a bigger target so they will take more casualties. Overall archer effectiveness will suffer in rainy weather.
