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The Heavy Cavalry is the fast unit of the Early Middle Ages. It is trained in the Heavy Cavalry Stable.

Compared to the Mounted Warrior of the previous age, the Heavy Cavalry improves by 3 attack and 5 defense points as well as increased bonuses against ranged units.

Usage[]

Like previous fast units, the Heavy Cavalry should be used to take out ranged and artillery units and should avoid combat with light units due to their combat bonuses against fast units and heavy units, due to their tanky defense, limiting their effectiveness against them.

Against Same Age Units[]

Light UnitMercenary[]

Like previous ages, the Mercenary's bonuses against fast units make the Heavy Cavalry weak against the Mercenary, and the Heavy Cavalry is unable to deal significant damage to the Mercenary whilst they will receive more damage back.

Ranged UnitMounted Archer[]

Although the Mounted Archer now has equal movement speed with the Heavy Cavalry, but with added range as well, and also being able to strike them on the first turn, the under-average attack and defense of Mounted Archers in EMA and the bonuses Heavy Cavalry have against ranged units makes the Heavy Cavalry very strong against the Mounted Archer, and they are the best counter to the Mounted Archer.

Heavy UnitArmored Infantry[]

Similar to previous ages, the Armored Infantry's high defense usually means that the Heavy Cavalry is unable to deal much damage to the Armored Infantry, whilst the Armored Infantry can often kill the Heavy Cavalry in two hits, making the fight less favorable for the Heavy Cavalry.

Artillery UnitCatapult[]

The Heavy Cavalry is very strong against the Catapult, as the Heavy Cavalry has very fast movement and much greater attack and defense, especially as the Catapult can only deal little damage against them whilst the Heavy Cavalry can easily take out Catapults in two hit.


History and Trivia[]

When the stirrup was invented, it made cavalry much more important, because with stirrups, cavalry was much harder to knock down and thus had much more durability.

In Forge of Empires, when the Heavy Cavalry dies, the Cavalryman's spear will hit the Horse's head as they fall backwards, whilst the Cavalryman will disappear

Gallery[]

Heavy Cavalry death

The death of a Heavy Cavalry.

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Heavy Cavalry in battle

Other Military Units[]

Military Units
All Ages Heavy Unit Color GuardLight Unit Military DrummerLight Unit RogueFast Unit/Heavy Unit Champion
Bronze Age Light Unit SpearfighterLight Unit ClubmanHeavy Unit WarriorFast Unit Horseman
Ranged Unit SlingerArtillery Unit Stone Thrower
Iron Age Light Unit SoldierHeavy Unit LegionnaireFast Unit Mounted Warrior
Ranged Unit ArcherArtillery Unit Ballista
Early Middle Ages Light Unit MercenaryHeavy Unit Armored InfantryHeavy Unit BarbarianFast Unit Heavy Cavalry
Ranged Unit Mounted ArcherRanged Unit Barbarian SlingerArtillery Unit Catapult
High Middle Ages Light Unit BerserkerHeavy Unit Heavy InfantryFast Unit Knight
Ranged Unit CrossbowmanArtillery Unit Trebuchet
Late Middle Ages Light Unit Great Sword WarriorHeavy Unit Imperial GuardFast Unit Heavy Knight
Ranged Unit Longbow ArcherArtillery Unit Cannon
Colonial Age Light Unit RangerHeavy Unit GrenadierFast Unit Dragoon
Ranged Unit MusketeerArtillery Unit Field Gun
Industrial Age Light Unit Jaeger InfantryLight Unit Brave WarriorHeavy Unit HowitzerFast Unit Lancer
Ranged Unit RiflemanRanged Unit Mounted BraveArtillery Unit Breech Loader
Progressive Era Light Unit ConscriptHeavy Unit TankFast Unit Armored Car
Ranged Unit SniperArtillery Unit Rapid Fire Cannon
Modern Era Light Unit Bazooka TeamHeavy Unit Battle TankFast Unit Mechanized Infantry
Ranged Unit ParatrooperArtillery Unit Mechanized Artillery
Postmodern Era Light Unit CommandoHeavy Unit Universal TankFast Unit IFV
Ranged Unit MG TeamArtillery Unit Rocket Artillery
Contemporary Era Light Unit Strike TeamHeavy Unit Assault TankFast Unit Attack Helicopter
Ranged Unit Anti-Aircraft VehicleArtillery Unit Missile Artillery
Tomorrow Era Light Unit Ultra APHeavy Unit Stealth TankFast Unit Combat Drone
Ranged Unit Anti-Materiel SniperArtillery Unit Microwave Blaster
Future Era Light Unit Exoskeleton SoldierHeavy Unit Hover TankFast Unit Drone Swarm
Ranged Unit Satellite SpotterArtillery Unit Rail Gun
Arctic Future Light Unit Dragon DroneHeavy Unit Battle FortressHeavy Unit Behemoth
Fast Unit Recon RaiderRanged Unit Surrogate SoldierArtillery Unit Plasma Artillery
Oceanic Future Light Unit MantaLight Unit ScimitarHeavy Unit C.R.A.B. MechHeavy Unit Octopod
Fast Unit Hydroelectric EelFast Unit GlidersRanged Unit Sub CruiserRanged Unit Nautilus
Artillery Unit TurturretArtillery Unit Medusa
Virtual Future Light Unit Augmented SamuraiRanged Unit NinjaArtillery Unit Rocket TroopHeavy Unit Ronin BotFast Unit Warrior Monk
Space Age Mars Light Unit Space MarineRanged Unit Tesla WalkerArtillery Unit SniperbotHeavy Unit Steel WardenFast Unit Sentinel
Space Age Asteroid Belt Light Unit Drill RangerRanged Unit Nail StormArtillery Unit B.E.L.T.Heavy Unit ShredderFast Unit Hover Hammer
Space Age Venus Light Unit Observer DroneRanged Unit Ghost BlasterArtillery Unit Power DragonHeavy Unit Steel FistFast Unit Energy Cannon

Legend: Light Units= Light Unit Class Ranged Units= Ranged Unit Class Artillery Units= Artillery Unit Class Heavy Units= Heavy Unit Class Fast Units= Fast Unit Class

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