Crabats are outlaws that perform the role of improved Dragoons. They have more hit points, ranged resistance, slightly higher melee attack, and deal almost twice the ranged attack of Dragoons, but their range is lower, and they lack ranged attack multipliers against cavalry and Shock Infantry. Instead, Crabats have higher melee multipliers against these units, but in exchange, they lack multipliers against artillery in melee and ranged combat.
As an outlaw, it has a reduced coin cost, but takes more population spaces. Due to their increased ranged attack, Crabats prove to be useful against almost all units. However, players tend to prefer standard ranged cavalry which use less population spaces.
Crabats benefit from the Valor Promotion, which increases their hit points and attack speed for each enemy military unit they defeat, up to a maximum of three units. They get +15% hit points and -10% Rate of Fire for the first defeated enemy unit; +30% hit points and -20% Rate of Fire for the second one; +45% hit points and -30% Rate of Fire for the third defeated enemy unit.
Originally, Crabats had a melee damage of 24, a ×2.5 melee attack multiplier against Hand cavalry and no multipliers against Shock infantry. With update 13.10442, they have a melee damage of 12, a ×4.5 melee attack multiplier against Hand cavalry and a ×3.1 melee attack multiplier against Shock infantry.
In-game dialogue[]
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The Crabat speaks Croatian, a Slavic language which is a standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language, related to the Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin languages. This is also spoken by the Bosniak, Mounted Infantry, Pandour, Schiavone and Shock Rider.
History[]
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During the European-Ottoman wars of the 16th century, light skirmishing cavalry from the Balkans began to cultivate a formidable reputation. By the 17th century, a particular variant of these, known as the Crabats (derived from the Slavic Croats), saw widespread action in conflicts across all of Europe, most prominently during the Thirty Years' War. Their combined use of sabres and pistols made them versatile combatants who could inflict serious damage in short and efficient intervals. Initially deployed by the Habsburg monarchy, Crabats would also form the basis of King Louis XIV of France's Royal Cravates. Crabats are particularly famous for their iconic knotted neck ties, from which the popular fashion item the cravat originates.
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