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 15 Damage 20-25 Health 100 Speed 9 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 2 AI Value 2100
Special abilities:
• Jousting bonus
Portraits

Cavaliers and Champions are level 6 creatures of Castle. They are recruited from Training Grounds.

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

Special ability

The horse-mounted cavalier and champion deal extra impact damage when charging into battle. This jousting bonus is +5% per hex traveled before attacking target creature. For example, moving five hexes before the attack will increase their damage by 25%.

Pikemen and Halberdiers are immune to this jousting bonus, which means they only suffer the base damage from cavalier and champion.

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.

See also

• List of creatures
• List of creatures (HotA)