Best MA Calvary Unit

[Xietor]

Do not underestimate the power of the alicorn of the KOA. A magical strike dealing 14 damage.

Magical strike, 3/30 movement(with forest) means they get where they are going in a hurry, both on the map and in battle. High morale, 17 defense, a shield, 3 attacks, 14 hp, 17 prot. And recuperation. While extremely expensive, these are my favorite calvary, the more so for being brutal without the need a a level 1 priest trying to bless them.

To get the full benefit of the 3/30, you need to gift of reason one of them into a commander. Pick the one with the most exp., as he will lead the most troops(no star leads 40). There are 3 mounted heroes, but one has a leadership of 10(: With luck 3, you will likely see 1 or 2 of them.

As Sor mentioned, if you do not mind the blessing, which can be a pain without divine blessing, some of the sacred calvary can be deadly, though the white centaur has 9 protection, and is extremely vulnarable to arrows.

[Graeme Dice]

Remember that the white centaur also has berserk, so with a nature/earth blessing he will go berserk, raise his protection by a fairly large amount, and be very hard to kill.

[Xietor]

I do not like going 9 earth when i play Pangaea though. That is spending a lot of point based around a capital only troop
and priests do not have divine bless.

And with the speed they have, many times they outrun the range of their level 2 priest for the bless. Without the bless, they are 9 protection. After they are at reduced hps, they go berserk and pick up their prot to 13, which is still sub par for a 70 gold calvary unit. Berserk is nice, they do not retreat, but the KOA rarely retreats either. And that added protection of berserk comes at a price to its defense.

[thejeff]

Without earth, the protection bonus from berserk isn't enough. With it they can be brutal.

Not as nice as in Dom2, though.

[Shovah32]

I like e9n9 with pangaea, partly because it makes for a kick-*** gorgon (iirc it has 18 prot and amazing regen when casting a regen spell).

Although its not MA the e9n9 bless is great for LA pangaea(great with black centaurs and dyrad hoplites)

[Baalz]

Hmmm, just started playing around with the Bandar Log tiger rider and he's got some potential. He's pretty expensive (100 gold), but he's not too bad on the resources, has a high defense, 3 good attacks (!) and "double" life like the black spiders. This just screams water bless to me. He's got a 13 attack and some fairly high damage on all three attacks (tiger claws > hooves) so seems like you can get away with just the water bless for some serious carnage and staying power.

[Xietor]

I like the gorgon with 3 air. Mistform, air shield, mirror image > improved regen.

KOA does not have a hoof attack, but a magical 14 damage alicorn attack, coupled with 16 damage lance, plus the charge bonus,and a broad sword.

They can take out a summer lion in 1 round. And they all typically have 3-4 stars exp, which boosts their morale, str., attack, and defense. With recuperation, the core Koa's you recruit in turns 5-15, are still alive and well at mid and end game.

Once you get a pack of 20+, they can decimate enemy armies while taking few if any casualties. And armies that rout rarely make it off the field alive with that 30 ap.

Pangaea's armored calvary, of which i am quite fond of for the 40 gold price, do not have the magical attack. And sometimes struggle to kill ethereal units. The KOA shine against ethereal units.