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Branded Rider

The last knight of the duchy that signed. He has not been relieved of the post.

Charger · runs down the backline

Stats

Health: 156
Damage: 26per hit
Damage per second: 30.6
Attacks every: 0.85s
Range: Meleereach 38
Move speed: 120
Sight: 230how far it spots a foe
Population: 3of the army cap
Raise: 2,200gold, in battle
Armory: 1,000gold, to unlock

These are the Branded Rider's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Damned Covenant's trait is added on top: +3% speed · −4% range · −7% damage · −13% health. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special powers

Armour. Takes 24% less damage from every blow that does not ignore armour.
Charge. After a run-up, its first blow deals ×1.55 damage.
Dread. Foes within 150 deal 22% less damage.

Strong and weak

Strong: Lines, breaking a flank.

Weak: Snares, pits.

As a cavalry troop, it deals extra damage to Levy (×1.35), Ranged (×1.35) and Support (×1.3) troops.

Levy (×1.3) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Branded Rider comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 2,200 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Branded Rider every 1 minute 37 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 1 minute 6 seconds at level 2 and 42.1 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 1,600 gold to level 2 and 7,250 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

Before it can be raised at all it has to be unlocked in the Armory, for 1,000 gold — gold carried between battles, earned by fighting them.

Other Cavalry troops

Every other cavalry troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Cavalry troops.

Troop	Kingdom	Raise	Health	Damage	Range	Speed
Wolf Rider	Orcs	650	64	11	Melee	152
Horse Archer	Dynasty	750	59	9	150	134
Stag Rider	Elves	750	91	13	Melee	140
Light Cavalry	Dynasty	950	72	12	Melee	142
Outrider	Elves	1,000	79	13	Melee	150
Boar Rider	Orcs	1,400	141	18	Melee	128
Knight	Humans	1,600	154	19	Melee	98
Lancer	Humans	1,600	133	20	Melee	130
Ravager	Orcs	1,600	149	19	Melee	122
Centaur Lancer	Beasts	1,650	149	21	Melee	134
Hound of the Pact	Damned	1,650	125	25	Melee	138
Skiff Rider	Fallen	1,650	130	24	Melee	146
Boiler Rider	Overwound	1,900	153	22	Melee	116
Cataphract	Humans	2,000	197	20	Melee	96
Iron Pagoda	Dynasty	2,150	205	21	Melee	92
Hauler	Fallen	2,250	168	28	Melee	110
Dread Knight	Undead	2,500	180	22	Melee	104

More Damned Covenant troops

The Damned Covenant page has all 26 of them side by side, with the kingdom's powers.