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Light Horsemen, the game's illustration

Light Cavalry men-at-arms

Light Horsemen

Damage
22
Toughness
15
Pursuit
30
Screen
30
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Light Horsemen are light cavalry men-at-arms in Crusader Kings III: damage 22, toughness 15, pursuit 30, screen 30, 100 soldiers per sub-regiment. A sub-regiment costs 85 gold to buy, 1.05 gold a month raised and 0.35 at rest. They counter Archers and Handgunner. Any ruler can recruit them. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/men_at_arms_types/00_maa_types.txt.

Quick answers (4)
What are the stats of Light Horsemen in CK3?
Damage 22, toughness 15, pursuit 30, screen 30, 100 soldiers per sub-regiment (patch 1.20.0.3).
What do Light Horsemen counter?
Archers and Handgunner.
What counters Light Horsemen?
Light Cavalry is countered by Archer Cavalry, Camel Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, Heavy Infantry, Peasant Militia, Spearmen and Skirmishers (patch 1.20.0.3).
How do you get Light Horsemen?
Any ruler can recruit them.

Light and swift, these horsemen are excellent at flanking, and devastating when pursuing routing enemies.

Counters

Countering cuts the countered regiment's damage by up to 90%: full effect at 2 effective countering sub-regiments per countered one (NCombat defines).

Light Horsemen counters

Countered by (Light Cavalry)

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Terrain and winter

In Plains+15 damage
In Drylands+15 damage
In Hills-5 damage
In Mountains-10 damage, -20 pursuit
In Desert Mountains-15 damage, -20 pursuit
In Wetlands-15 damage, -10 toughness, -30 pursuit, -30 screen
In Harsh Winter-5 damage, -2 toughness

How to get it

  • Available to every culture (no unlock in the files)

Government condition in the trigger: not government_is_in_steppe

The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)
NOT = {
	government_has_flag = government_is_in_steppe
}

Upgrades

Bonuses in the files that raise this regiment or every Light Cavalry regiment.

tradition · Hit-and-Run Tacticians

tradition · Horse Breeders

tradition · Konni Raids

tradition · Horse Lords

tradition · Saharan Nomads

tradition · Pragmatic Creed

tradition · Indomitable Azatani

tradition · Iron Cavalry

building · Jousting Grounds (top level: Royal Tournament Arenas)

building · Cattle Pastures (top level: Cattle Ranches)

building · Desert Agriculture (top level: Large Plantations)

building · Watchtowers (top level: Domed Towers)

building · Horse Herds (top level: Rules of Equine Warfare)

building · Hillside Grazing Lands (top level: Large Horse Ranches)

building · Camelry (top level: Advanced Breeders)

building · Stables (top level: Stud Farms)

Source: game/common/men_at_arms_types/00_maa_types.txt, game/common/script_values/00_men_at_arms_values.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.