Fire-Lance Rider line
A rider whose lance carries a tube of fire: the first blow of a charge bursts into flame, and it shrugs off the spears that stop other horsemen less than it should. Chinese only.
Fire-Lance RiderVeteran Fire-Lance Rider
Fire-Lance Rider
A rider whose lance carries a tube of fire: the first blow of a charge bursts into flame, and it shrugs off the spears that stop other horsemen less than it should. Chinese only.
- Age
- Stronghold Age
- Cost
- 45 wood45 gold
- Training time
- 30 s
- Health
- 162
- Population
- 2
- Attack
- 12 melee, every 2 s
- Range
- 0.6
- Bonus damage
- +7 against cavalry, +5 against camel
- Armour
- 1 melee, 0 pierce
- Speed
- 2.65
- Sight
- 10
- Charge
- +14 damage after a run of 4, every 12 s
Britons (not available)
Franks (not available)
Chinese
Mongols (not available)
Upgrade from the Fire-Lance Rider at the Stable in the Dominion Age: 750 food400 gold, 50 s
Veteran Fire-Lance Rider
Fire-Lance Rider line, Dominion Age upgrade: a longer burn and a sturdier mount.
- Age
- Dominion Age
- Cost
- 45 wood45 gold
- Training time
- 21 s
- Health
- 212
- Population
- 2
- Attack
- 14 melee, every 2 s
- Range
- 0.6
- Bonus damage
- +20 against cavalry, +16 against camel
- Armour
- 2 melee, 1 pierce
- Speed
- 2.65
- Sight
- 10
- Charge
- +18 damage after a run of 4, every 12 s
- Britons (not available)
- Franks (not available)
- Chinese
- Mongols (not available)
Strong against
- Archer line, Longbowman. Skirmishers and riders run down foot archers.
- Militia line (somewhat). Swordsmen are all-rounders: nothing beats them cheaply in a straight fight, and shooters wear them down only while they keep their distance.
- Skirmisher line. Riders and swords run down skirmishers.
- Battering Ram line, Mangonel line, Rocket Battery line, Springald line, Trebuchet, Bombard, Petard. Riders and swords smash siege engines; bolt throwers and cannon pick them off.
Weak against
- Spearman line, Camel Rider line, Monk (somewhat). Spears and camels stop horsemen.
- Spearman line, Camel Rider line (somewhat). Spears stop fire-lance riders.
Technologies that change it
- Hardened Edges Blacksmith, Feudal Age
- Scale Barding Blacksmith, Feudal Age
- Stud Farms Stable, Feudal Age
- Horse Breeding Stable, Stronghold Age
- Mail Barding Blacksmith, Stronghold Age
- Quenched Steel Blacksmith, Stronghold Age
- Knightly Orders Castle, Dominion Age, Franks only
- Levies Castle, Dominion Age
- Pattern Welding Blacksmith, Dominion Age
- Plate Barding Blacksmith, Dominion Age
Civilization bonuses
- Franks: health +15% from the Feudal AgeScout Rider line, Horse Archer line, Mounted Crossbowman line, Knight line, Camel Rider line, Steppe Spearman line, Fire-Lance Rider line, Steppe Archer