Heavy Knight

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing +15% damage vs Elephants. Missing -10% damage vs Civilians. Missing -10% damage vs Heavy Infantry.

Heavy Knight
Heavy Cavalry
Base cost	70 Metal 60 Wealth
Ramping cost	1 Metal 1 Wealth
Build time	16 seconds (245 frames)
Hit points	135
Line of sight	8 tiles
Movement speed	32 (2.6 tiles/second)
Attack strength	17
Attack range	Melee
Attack speed	30 frames
Armor	5
Population points
Built at	Stable
Prerequisites	Gunpowder Age
Hotkey (Stable)	H
Upgrades from	Knight
Upgrades to	Cuirassier

The Heavy Knight is the standard Heavy Cavalry of the Gunpowder Age, available to upgrade from the Knight and trained at the Stable.

Overview

After Knights become Heavy Knights, they gain +25 hit points, +1 attack strength, +1 movement speed, and +1 line of sight.

Heavy Knights will soundly beat up most units, except for Heavy Infantry, so they can be unstoppable, as long as they are properly supported, because powerful as they are, they will still need some cover fire against Heavy Infantry, support for taking down buildings, and maybe some assistance against evasive Ranged Cavalry, if present.

Unique units

• The French train the Horse Grenadier instead.
• The Greeks train the Stratiotai instead.