Cavalier and Champion

Castle creatures
Level 1
Pikeman
Halberdier
Level 2
Archer
Marksman
Level 3
Griffin
Royal Griffin
Level 4
Swordsman
Crusader
Level 5
Monk
Zealot
Level 6
Cavalier
Champion
Level 7
Angel
Archangel
Towns

Statistics
Cavalier
Cost per troop  1000
	Attack 15 Defense 15 Damage 15–25 Health 100 Speed 7 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 2 AI Value 1946
Special abilities:
• Jousting bonus
Champion
Cost per troop  1200
	Attack 16 Defense 16 Damage 20–25 Health 100 Speed 9 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 2 AI Value 2100
Special abilities:
• Jousting bonus
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Cavaliers and Champions are level 6 creatures of Castle. They are recruited from Training Grounds.

"The horse-mounted cavalier and champion deal extra impact damage (+5% per hex traveled to creature attacked) when charging into battle." ^{RoE manual}

Cavaliers are upgraded to Champions for free when the hero visits Stables found on the Adventure Map.

Special ability

Moving before the attack will increase their damage by 5% for each hex. This ability has no cap, meaning the higher their Speed and traveled distance before attacking is, the higher their attack damage becomes. Obviously they don't benefit from this ability when counterattacking, and their optimal attack conditions require them to move the longest distance possible.

Pikemen and Halberdiers are immune to this jousting bonus, which means they only suffer the base damage from Cavaliers and Champions. When fighting them, it makes no difference whether your Champions move 9 hexes before attacking or none at all.

Heroes with a specialty

• Tyris the Knight has cavaliers as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any cavaliers or champions for each level attained after 6th level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

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See also:

• List of creatures

• Comparison of Level 6 Creatures