The Cavalry is an Industrial Era light cavalry unit in Civilization VI. It upgrades from the Horseman (or its replacements, except for the Hetairoi) or the Malón Raider and requires Horses.
In the Gathering Storm expansion, the Cavalry primarily upgrades from the Courser (or its replacements, except for the Black Army) or the Malón Raider and requires 20 Horses to train.
- Attributes:
- Ignores enemy zone of control.
Strategy[]
With 5 Movement, the Cavalry is the fastest land unit of the Industrial Era, and in fact of several later eras. While once the strongest unit of their era, they have been surpassed in later updates by the Line Infantry and, in Gathering Storm, by the Cuirassier, a slower but more powerful heavy cavalry unit.
Cavalry are most useful for their ability to out-position the enemy and for flanking and pillaging. Siege units and ranged units suffer horribly from Cavalry attacks. The Cavalry is a master pillager, especially with the Depredation Promotion; the Cuirassier and the Line Infantry, however, are better at taking cities.
Civilopedia entry[]
Technically, any unit that fought from horseback (or these days motorized or even helicopter transport) – archers, knights, lancers, dragoons, hussars, uhlans, cossacks, cuirassiers, etc. – is considered “cavalry.” But when the common sort think of the term, they envision sabre- and rifle-armed bravadoes mounted on magnificent steeds … the most mobile and noble (a misperception left over from the Age of Chivalry) of the traditional military branches. By the time of the Seven Years and Napoleonic wars, the standard cavalry were increasingly armed with pistols, sabres and small rifles, and thus able to fight either dismounted or from horseback. Speedy and maneuverable, they served as reconnaissance and raiding units, battlefield stalwarts, and pursuers of the defeated. Able to ride down the enemy under suitable conditions or gallantly run away when not, cavalry served in every military campaign through WW2, when horse-borne cavalry had its last hurrah.
See also[]
- Cavalry in other games