| “ | Melee cavalry with a ranged special attack. Good against ranged soldiers. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The White Horse Cavalry is a cavalry unit available to the Chinese in Age of Mythology: Retold - Immortal Pillars. It can be trained at the Baolei starting in the Heroic Age.
Special abilities[]
Bow Attack (Charged): Momentarily switches weapons to fire its bow at the enemy. (Autocast disabled by default. Recharge time: 15 seconds)- Searing Point (Passive, requires Scorching Feathers): Projectiles reduce enemy unit armor. (Its charged ranged attack reduces 1% hack / 1% pierce armor on every hit which resets after 5 seconds)
- Last Stand (Passive, requires Last Stand): Gains more armor as it loses hitpoints.
Further statistics[]
Strengths and weaknesses[]
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. |  Ranged soldiers,  Siege weapons
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| Weak vs. |  Hoplite,  Spearman,  Berserk,  Prodromos,  Camel Rider,  Murmillo,  Katapeltes,  Dao Swordsman,  Ge Halberdier
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Upgrades[]
| Age | Upgrade | Upgrades to | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 Medium Cavalry
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White Horse Cavalry | Automatically | +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
|
|
 Heavy Cavalry
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Heavy White Horse Cavalry | 200 wood, 200 gold 15 seconds |
+15% hit points, +15% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
|
 Champion Cavalry
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Champion White Horse Cavalry | 400 wood, 200 gold 40 seconds |
+20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
God bonuses[]
General technologies[]
- Levy Baolei Soldiers, Conscript Baolei Soldiers: -20% training time.
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -10% hack vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -10% pierce vulnerability.
Myth technologies[]
- Reincarnation (Xuannü): One White Horse Cavalry is spawned for every five killed.
- Hooves of the Wind (Goumang): -10% hack vulnerability, +10% movement speed.
- Scorching Feathers (Nüba): Strips 1% hack / 1% pierce armor of enemy per hit for 5 seconds; -5% reload time (ranged attack only)
- Leizu's Silk (Huangdi): +10% hit points and -10% hack vulnerability.
- Last Stand (Gonggong): +0.3% hack armor and +0.3% pierce armor for every for every missing 1% hit points.
Relics[]
- Feather of Bifang: +0.2 attack multiplier vs. buildings.
- Dwarven Horseshoes: +5% movement speed.
- Nine Cauldrons: -5% hack and pierce vulnerabilities.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Tusk of the Iron Boar: +10% hit points.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
Tactics[]
The White Horse Cavalry is a strong and quick light cavalry, comparable to the Norse Raiding Cavalry and Greek Hippeus. Unlike these, it is available only from the Heroic Age, and only from the Fortress-type building, which is slow and expensive to set up. They benefit, however, from higher hit points and pierce armor than the Raiding Cavalry, while having a much higher gold cost. Compared to the Hippeus, the White Horse Cavalry has slightly higher hit points and attack, while also being marginally more expensive. In general, White Horse Cavalry serve their role as anti-ranged soldiers, raiders, and siege- and ranged-hero-snipers very well. Their periodic ranged attack ability is not automatically cast by default, unlike most other charged abilities, and the unit is mostly better off not using it, as it does paltry damage while also causing the unit to stop for a few moments as it rears up and shoots.
Changelog[]
Immortal Pillars[]
- Initially, the White Horse Cavalry has a damage multiplier of 1.5× vs. ranged soldiers. With update 18.21333, it has a damage multiplier of 1.75× vs. ranged soldiers.
In-game dialogue[]
- Select 1 好的 Hǎo de - Ok
- Select 2 准备就绪 / 準備就緒 Zhǔnbèi jiùxù - Ready
- Select 3 请下命令 / 請下命令 Qǐng xià mìnglìng - Please command
- Move 1 遵命 Zūnmìng - Affirmative
- Move 2 出发 / 出發 Chūfā - Embarking
- Attack 1 攻击! / 攻擊! Gōngjī! - Attack!
- Attack 2 前进 / 前進 Qiánjìn! - Advance!
- Attack 3 开战 / 開戰 Kāizhàn! - To battle!
History[]
| “ | The White Horse Cavalry was an elite light cavalry unit in China during the end of the Han dynasty. Known for exclusively riding white horses, it was organized by Gongsun Zan and initially served as his elite bodyguard. Eventually, the force grew from a few hundred soldiers to thousands. They were then deployed in northern China against the nomadic tribes, terrifying the nomads with their discipline and skill. The soldiers were trained in both mounted archery and close combat charges. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- In the Chinese localizations of the game, the Traditional Chinese name is 白馬騎兵; and in the Simplified Chinese version it is 白马义从 (Traditional Chinese: 白馬義從) which is also used in Chinese historical records.
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