What is the best armored horse?

[OpenPalm]

Hello, just wondering what everyone thought.  I want it to be armored because I'm going to be going into melee with it. 

[Kenji]

Definitely this,

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[CrazyCracka420]

I'd go for the fastest/most maneuverable.  Typically any time you ride through infantry you can be stopped by a pointy polearm, if that happens your armor/hp on horse isn't going to be doing you a lot of good.

Personally for 5 riding skill, I think the destrier is the best horse.  If you want to go up to 6 riding, then courser, and the best horse is the arabian horse (that's just my opinion as an 8th gen cavalry lancer).  As cavalry the point is not to have your horse get hit, and the best horse (again, IMO) is the horse with the best speed and maneuver. 

If I had to choose an armored horse, it'd be the warhorse.

[Smoothrich]

regular/large War Horse or Cataphract imo.  Basically close enough to the destrier that you have decent speed and maneuver without being prohibitively expensive.  Gives you a lot of protection from ranged but all the heavy horses are equally vulnerable to melee hits in the legs, so the added speed/agility lets you avoid those leg swipes easier.

[Vingnir the Wanderer]

I agree with the above 2 posts, the first in general, and the second if you've already rode the non-armored and have come to the conclusion you want something heavier.


 Plain ol rouncey is nice too, because it wont hit your pocketbook much, and is nicely balanced as such, that if you know the other horses strengths and weaknesses, you can get away from them, and is fast enough to dodge projectiles and get away from thier users quickly...

[Casimir]

Warhorse is the shit, get the benefit of a noticeable armour rating without the downsides of terrible speed  manoeuvre

[KaMiKaZe_JoE]

Champ courser.

Don't fucking "go into melee" if you're cavalry--you don't fucking do that. You grab a lance, and the fastest horse in the game, and you stab half the enemy team in the back while galloping at faster than light speed.

[robert_namo]

Warhorse is a destrier with armor, plated charger is rouncy with more armor, you decide.

[TurmoilTom]

Back when I was cav I was a fan of the Large Warhorse.

[Gurnisson]

Large Warhorse, hands down

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Large Warhorse
hit points: 130
body armor: 43
difficulty: 5
speed: 40
maneuver: 41
charge: 36

Cataphract Horse
hit points: 120
body armor: 47
difficulty: 5
speed: 38
maneuver: 40
charge: 38

Almost 10 k cheaper (while still being better )

[LordBerenger]

Definitely this,

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I kinda agree with Kenji. It's my favorite horse next to Courser. It's really fun with bump dmg and it's so huge.


However, all these horses are a waste of gold. They got 0 Leg Armor. A 1 PS 13 Ath Pitchfork char can easily kill your horse in 4-6 hits with his pitchfork. Trust me i tried. It's ridiculous with 0 leg armor but it is what it is.

Tincan armor is easy to pierce through which is ridiculous. The thing with Plated Charger and Tincan armor is the ''fear'' effect it instills among low level newbies. But that's it.

The ''best'' horse is probably Destrier. Champion one. You got a nice sum of HP and little armor to make weak weapons bounce off and it's a balanced horse with good man and speed.


But personally Plated Charger is the sexiest and most awesome.

[OpenPalm]

Wait... so the 70 armor does not count for legs?  Even though the legs are covered?  What gives?