Heavy Cavalry (Age of Empires)

This article is about the unit Age of Empires. For other uses of the term, see Heavy cavalry (disambiguation).

The Heavy Cavalry is a powerful cavalry unit in Age of Empires that can be trained at the Stable once the Iron Age is reached. As the upgrade of the Cavalry, it is much stronger in attack and bulk. Heavy Cavalry can be upgraded to Cataphracts once Metallurgy is researched.

Unit availability
Available	Unavailable
Assyrians Carthaginians Choson Greeks Macedonians Palmyrans Persians Shang Yamato	Babylonians Egyptians Hittites Minoans Phoenicians Romans Sumerians

Strategy Edit

Heavy Cavalry deal a +5 damage bonus against all melee infantry units except for Academy units. Thus, it can eliminate foot soldiers and Catapults very quickly, but are rather ineffective against Centurions, War Elephants, Ballistae, and Helepolises.

Further statistics Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry
Weak vs.	Centurions, War Elephants
Upgrades
Hit points	Nobility (+15%)
Attack	Toolworking (+2) Metalworking (+2) Metallurgy (+3)
Armor	Leather Armor Cavalry (+2/+0) Scale Armor Cavalry (+2/+0) Chain Mail Cavalry (+2/+0)
Upgrades	Cataphract

Civilization bonuses Edit

Macedonians: Heavy Cavalry have +2 Line of Sight and are four times more resistant to conversion.
Yamato: Heavy Cavalry are 25% cheaper.

Changelog Edit

Age of Empires Edit

Heavy Cavalry have 1 pierce armor.

Definitive Edition Edit

With CU9, Heavy Cavalry now have 2 pierce armor.

History Edit

"Heavy cavalry was distinguished from other cavalry by equipment and battlefield role. It was considered heavy because the warriors and horses usually wore some metal armor, including breastplates, helmets, and greaves. The horses were also oversized to more easily carry an armored man and to intimidate foes. While most cavalry acted as skirmishers and scouts on the battlefield, heavy cavalry was a shock weapon, held back for the proper moment to charge into enemy formations and ride them down. Heavy cavalry was rare in antiquity because the saddle and stirrup had not yet been invented. It took an exceptional rider to ride into a shock battle and use a lance effectively. The most famous heavy cavalry of the time was the Companion cavalry of Alexander the Great. These men were horsemen from birth on the plains of Thessaly and Macedon. Part of their devastating success in battle against the Persians may have been due to the novelty of their wedge-shaped charges, unprecedented at that time."

Age of Empires
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Infantry	Clubman · Axeman · Short Swordsman · Broad Swordsman · Long Swordsmen · Legion · Hoplite · Phalanx · Centurion
Archers	Bowman · Improved Bowman · Composite Bowman · Chariot Archer · Elephant Archer · Horse Archer · Heavy Horse Archer
Cavalry	Scout · Cavalry · Heavy Cavalry · Cataphract · Chariot · War Elephant
Siege	Stone Thrower · Catapult · Heavy Catapult · Ballista · Helepolis
Navy	Scout Ship · War Galley · Trireme · Catapult Trireme · Juggernaught
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