The Shock Rider is a heavy hand cavalry unit. It is available in the Commerce Age at the Trading Post to anyone who has allied with the House of Jagiellon by building a Trading Post on one of their palaces. Shock Riders utilize a lance and can use a charged attack that regenerates over time. While they have low base hit points, their dual ranged and melee armor makes them versatile. Shock Riders can also ascend up to three levels of promotions by killing enemy units, each level raising their hit points and attack speed.
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Overview[]
The Shock Rider functions as a lesser version of the Hussar. They are available starting in the Commerce Age, have high speed and damage, but lack bonuses. Shock Riders are effective against light infantry like the Skirmisher and small groups of artillery, but they can be taken down by heavy infantry and light ranged cavalry units.
Compared with Hussars, Shock Riders have fewer hit points and less attack, slightly less Line of Sight and cost wood instead of coin, but they have higher speed and a reduced food cost. Additionally, Shock Riders have both hand and ranged resistances, which makes them slightly more durable against units like the Pikeman or Musketeer in melee combat.
Although the Shock Rider carries a lance, it is not classified as a lance cavalry. Therefore, it will not increases its bonus damage against infantry if the "Caballeros" Home City Card is sent.
Promotion[]
Shock Riders benefit from the Valor Promotion, which increases their hit points and Rate of Fire for each defeated enemy military unit. These statistiscs can be improved by researching technologies that benefit cavalry hit points or Rate of Fire, such as Cavalry Cuirass or Wind Horses.
Promotion
Bronze Rank
Silver Rank
Gold Rank
Valor Promotion
+15% hit points -10% Rate of Fire
+30% hit points -20% Rate of Fire
+45% hit points -30% Rate of Fire
Special abilities[]
Lance Charge (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Shock Rider charges at the enemy with his lance, which deals 37.5 hand damage (1.5x against infantry, 1.34x against heavy cavalry, 1.2x against hand shock infantry, and 0.67x against heavy infantry), has a range of 2 and an Area of Effect of 3.
Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier, Oprichnik, and Hakkapelit train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead
"Cavalry Damage" is available to the British, Lakota, and Swedes.
"Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
"Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
"Native Treaties" is available to Africans (in the Industrial Age), Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 1 Shock Rider if the player had built a Trading Post or Tambo (for the Inca) on a House of Jagiellon palace.
"Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
"Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
"Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
"TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
"Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish, and also British upon revolting to Canada or Haiti.
"Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
"Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and the Indians.
Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Sevites
Maroon, native warrior, and villager hit points regeneratation rate 0.25%; Yoruba Eso Riders lose 0.35% hit points per second instead, Militiamen lose 1.9% hit points per second, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation
Delivers 6 Citizens; enables Citizens to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; enables Fishing Boats to be trained at Docks; native warrior train limit +20%, speed +5%
Junín Hussars
Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry train time -30%, speed +5% (train time -20% and no speed bonus if stacked with Liberation March)
Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%
"Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead
Temporarily reveals all enemies and treasures; Axe Rider can now loot treasures for double the resources or XP; hand cavalry bonus damage against treasure guardian +2.0
Transforms all Dragoons into Chinacos; hand cavalry speed +5%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi
For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Chimayó Genizarios
Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warrior train time -10%; "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Colegio de San Nicolas
Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant
Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%
Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warrior train time -10%; "Seminole Scouts", "Apache Scouts", "Navajo Scouts", "1st Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters", and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Indiana Mobilization
Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies
Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%
The Shock Rider receives its name from shock tactics. These consisted of cavalry units, generally armed with lances, galloping at full speed against enemy formations.
The Shock Rider is based on Eastern European hussars. Historically, hussars originated as mercenary units from the Balkan region of Europe, and they were adopted by most of the European armies as light cavalry units based on the Hungarian hussars.
Magyar Huszars and the Corvinian Army are mentioned in the Shock Rider's History section. The Corvinian Army was formed initially by soldiers from the Balkan region, mainly Serbians, along with Czechs, Germans, Poles and, from 1480, Hungarians.
Lithuania and Poland made use of these light cavalry units in the early 16th century, until their adoption in 1570, when they were transformed into heavy shock cavalry units, also known as Winged Hussars.
The unit carries an asymmetrical shield, a specific form of targe of Hungarian-style similar to the one used by the Magyar Huszar. While asymmetrical shields were characteristic for the Hungarian light cavalry, the design became popular across much of eastern Europe during the 16th century. It is the same type of shield used by the Azap and the Deli.
History[]
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The House of Jagiellon ruled Poland and much of the surrounding territories during the 14th-16th centuries. During the 15th century, Central and Eastern European states began to make use of Balkan cavalry auxiliaries in larger quantities following the example of the Hungarian monarch Matthias Corvinus (15th century), whose Huszars were of such repute that they directly influenced the predecessors of the Winged Hussars in Poland. Generally wielding lances and shields, these cavalry were famed for their intrepid bravery, versatility, and efficiency on the battlefield, whether they were used in opening shock charges or in clever tactical maneuvers.
Bronze Rank
Silver Rank
Gold Rank
Valor Promotion
Lance Charge (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Shock Rider charges at the enemy with his lance, which deals 37.5 hand damage (1.5x against infantry, 1.34x against heavy cavalry, 1.2x against hand shock infantry, and 0.67x against heavy infantry), has a range of 2 and an Area of Effect of 3.
Veteran Jagiellonians
Royal Guard Jagiellonians
Legendary Native Warriors
Exalted Natives
Cavalry Damage
Cavalry Hitpoints
Cavalry Combat
Native Treaties
Native Alliance
Native Warriors
Native Warrior Combat
TEAM Native Weapon Trade
Blood Brothers
Liberation March
Riding School
Feudal Armies
Loyal Warriors
Native Warrior Hitpoints
Native Warrior Attack
Western Reforms
Acupuncture
Ignatian Spirituality
Blandengues
Sevites
Louverture Liberation
Junín Hussars
Wanderlust
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack
Wilderness Warfare
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat
Cult of the Supreme Being
TEAM Cavalry Attack
Spanish Riding School
Native Warrior Conscription
Wampum
Sahelian Kingdoms
Road Building
Couriers
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Schiavoni Swords
TEAM Sengoku
Bakufu
Morning Star
TEAM Mustangs
Black Arrow
Winter Counts
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
Plan of Casa Mata
TEAM Mariachi
Chimayó Genizarios
Colegio de San Nicolas
National Servant
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions
Hand Cavalry Attack
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints
5 Jagiellon Allies
Indiana Mobilization
Seminole Ponies
