Swedish Reiter (veteran)

Swedish Reiter (veteran)
Troop Information
Culture	Kingdom of Sweden
Wages	46 thalers
Acquired from...	Swedish Reiter (upgrade)
Upgrades to...	N/A
Upgrade Cost	160 thalers
Ransom Value	140 thalers

The Swedish Reiter is a heavy cavalry unit and the most powerful unit in the Kingdom of Sweden. They can be bought from a Commander of a Swedish alignment in fortifications or can be acquired as a prisoner from enemy armies.

Tactics

The Swedish Reiters don strong Reiter Armor and Helmets, Gauntlets, and wear Good Jackboots. This gives them a strong defense against melee blows and even firearms, requiring strong melee weapons (such as Flanged Maces or Good Czekans), powerful guns, or skilled headshots to dispatch easily.

Wielding Good Pistols, Swedish Reiters can fire both accurately and frighteningly quickly, and with their Good Broadswords, they can kill most adversaries at both a distance and in melee combat.

All of these amazing qualities, though, come at an amazing cost, at weekly wages of 46 thalers. This makes them affordable either in small numbers or for the richest of armies.

However, they meet their match with the heavy cavalry of other nations, such as Polish Winged Hussars and the Noble Guards of the Muscovites, the latter of which mostly wield melee weapons useful against armor. They can even be defeated by elite gunpowder troops of their counterparts, such as Cossack Serduks, should they encounter them in a line and ready to fire.

The veteran carries a more-than-impressive Armet and has slightly better proficiencies. Strangely, half of the reiter abilities in the veteran are actually worse than the standard Swedish Reiter.

Stats and equipment

Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see troop stats.

Swedish Reiter (veteran) - Default Stats and Equipment

Attributes Stat Points Level 25 Strength 14 Agility 8 Intelligence 0 Charisma 0 Health 59 Armor Head Armet, Reiter Helmet Body Reiter Half-Armor Hand Reiter Gauntlets Foot Good Jackboots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh 5 Power Strike 4 Grenade Throwing 0 Power Draw 0 Weapon Master 7 Shield 0 Athletics 0 Riding 4 Shooting from Horseback 7 Looting 0 Trainer 0 Tracking 0 Tactics 0 Path-finding 0 Spotting 0 Inventory Management 0 Wound Treatment 0 Surgery 0 First Aid 0 Engineer 0 Persuasion 0 Prisoner Management 0 Leadership 0 Trade 0 Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 195 Two Handed Weapons 175 Polearms 185 Archery 0 Firearms 160 Throwing 0 Weapons Melee Good Broadsword Ranged Good Pistol, Bullets Shield ? Mount Hunter

Gallery

Wikipedia has an article on this subject at: Reiter