The Hakkapelit is a replacement of the Dragoon for Swedes. It has a slightly shorter attack range, but it fights reasonably well against heavy cavalry and hand shock infantry due to the Area of Effect of its ranged damage.
Compared to Dragoons, Hakkapelits have a relatively strong hand attack, which can be used to charge against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry. Due to negative multipliers, Hakkapelits' hand attack is weak against infantry and villagers.
Hakkapelits are trainable from the Fortress Age, and are more effective when combined with Hussars with all upgrade cards sent, where one unit can be a damage dealer and the other unit can soak damage from enemy units. Their range can be upgraded by researching Ranged Cavalry Caracole and also by sending the "Snaplock" card.
While the Hakkapelit is light ranged cavalry, it does not benefit from the "TEAM House of Aviz" Home City Card, which reduces the train time of Commerce Age light ranged cavalry and enables Fortress Age light ranged cavalry to be trained in the Commerce Age. However, the Swedes have the "March of the Hakkapelits" card, which allows them to be trained in the Commerce Age.
Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier, Oprichnik, and Hakkapelit train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead
8 Hakkapelits
Delivers 8 Hakkapelits
Armfelt's Autonomy
Blockhouse build limit +4; enables Imperial upgrades for Caroleans, Hakkapelits, and Rekruts (as well as Counter Dragoons and Counter Jaegers, after sending "Grand Duchy of Finland" Home City Card) for -50% cost; costs 500 coin
Finnhorses
Hussar, Hakkapelit, Cossack, Oprichnik, Cavalry Archer, and Counter Dragoon hit points +20%
"8 Hakkapelits", "Armfelt's Autonomy", and "Finnhorses" are available to the Russians and Swedes upon revolting to Finland.
"Finnhorses" is disabled if the Swedes "Finnhorses" card is sent.
Delivers 12 Carbine Cavalry; fully replaces Dragoons/Ruyters/Hakkapelits with Carbine Cavalry at Stables, Forts, Galleons/Fluyts, and on the map; grants Guard Carbine Cavalry; enables Veteran Carbine Cavalry (if revolting from the Dutch)
"Lee's Continental Light Dragoons" is available upon revolting to the United States.
Originally, Hakkapelits had 230 hit points. With update 9476, they have 240 hit points.
Originally, Hakkapelits had 10% ranged resistance. With update 13088, they have 20% ranged resistance.
Originally, Hakkapelit's in-game description was "Heavy Hand cavalry from Finland with a powerful short-ranged attack." With a later update, Hakkapelit's in-game description is "Fast heavy hand cavalry from Finland with a powerful short ranged attack." and the in-game history section has been updated.
Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.9057, Hakkapelits have a ×1.0 ranged multiplier against pet and hand shock infantry, and a ×0.5 ranged multiplier against Pikeman.
With update 13.27885, Hakkapelits were reworked into a light ranged cavalry (and thus no longer tagged as heavy cavalry and ranged heavy cavalry) and now cost 100 food, 100 coin, have a speed of 7.25, give 20 XP when trained or killed, 30 hand damage, a ×1.5 melee multiplier against artillery and cavalry, ×1.2 against hand shock infantry, 26 ranged damage, a ×2.5 ranged multiplier against heavy cavalry, ×2.0 against artillery and shock infantry, ×0.6 against villagers, and the ×0.5 ranged multiplier against Pikeman was removed.
With update 13.38085, Hakkapelits have 210 hit points, 22 hand damage, their hand damage multiplier now applies to heavy cavalry instead of all cavalry, and a hand damage multiplier of ×0.6 against infantry and villagers was added.
With update 13.58326, Hakkapelits inflict ranged damage multiplier only against hand shock infantry instead of all shock infantry, negative damage multipliers of ×0.7 against infantry and villagers are now used in all melee and ranged attacks, have 14 siege damage, and the in-game description is "Light ranged cavalry from Finland with a powerful hand damage as well as a short-ranged attack inflicting area damage."
With update 14.43676, Hakkepelits cost 90 food, 100 coin, and negative damage multipliers of ×0.7 against infantry and villagers was changed to ×0.75.
With patch 15.59076, Hakkepelits have base 205 hit points, and are no longer classified as hand cavalry.
Hakkapeliitta is a 19th-century Finnish modification of a contemporary name given by foreigners in the Holy Roman Empire and variously spelled as Hackapelit, Hackapelite, Hackapell, Haccapelit, or Haccapelite. These terms were based on a Finnish battle cry hakkaa päälle commonly translated as "Cut them down!"
The Hakkapeliitta were well-trained Finnish light cavalrymen who excelled in sudden and savage attacks, raiding and reconnaissance in the service of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden during the Thirty Years' War. The hakkapeliitta-style cavalry was first used during the Polish-Swedish Wars of the late 16th century. The greatest advantage of the fast and lightly armored Hakkapeliitta cavalry was its charge. They typically had a sword, a helmet, and leather armor or a breastplate of steel. They would attack at a full gallop, fire the first pistol at twenty paces and the second at five paces, and then draw the sword. The horse itself was used like another weapon, as it was used to trample enemy infantry.
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—In-game history section
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The Hakkapelits, or Hakkapeliitta, were an elite cavalry that served Gustavus Adolphus, a Swedish king who ruled during the Thirty Years' War. They were largely recruited from the Finnish regions of the Swedish Empire and take their name from their battle cry of "Hakkaa päälle!", which roughly translates to "Cut them down!" but in spirit means, "Charge on!" Crying this, they were apparently so fearsome that their enemies thought that they were protected by witchcraft. Hakkapelits were very lightly armored, using their speed in the charge to quickly enter the thick of a fight, where they fought with swords and, later, small firearms. These qualities made them excellent shock troops that could break the enemy line with their charge, throwing the enemy into disarray and even potentially causing a full rout.
Drabants
Imperial Drabants
Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar Kilns (+5%)
Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%)
Smokeless Powder (+10%)
Yoga (+5%)
Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Town Watch (+3)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Comanche Mustangs (+5%)
Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%)
Mass Cavalry (-35%)
Quechuan Diet (-15%)
Immigrants (-10%)
Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 5 Hakkapelits if The Cavalry Marshal was chosen for the Swedes)
Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Riding School
8 Hakkapelits
Armfelt's Autonomy
Finnhorses
TEAM Cavalry Attack
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
TEAM Sengoku
TEAM Mustangs
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
TEAM Mariachi
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions
Cavalry Combat
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
8 Hakkapelits
5 Hakkapelits
4 Hakkapelits
Snaplock
March of the Hakkapelits
Trample Tactics
Cavalry Damage
Lee's Continental Light Dragoons
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