How to be a good Cav?

[RichBaby]

Can somebody tell me please? By good I mean can kill Tommy and Oberyn all the time, as opposed to picking up easy kills (though which I think is the true job for cav).

[Armpit_Sweat]

Couch a Heavy Lance or use Jarids.

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[Tears of Destiny]

Being aware of your own limits for starters.

Try and kill the ones who are unaware, and avoid getting into massive groups of enemies who will mob and slow you down. If there is a particularly troublesome opponent, do not be one of the many stupid cav players out there and keep circling him to try and kill him, and instead just run off (Speed is an advantage, so always use it) and go kill some other player.

Playing a slow ring-around-the-rosie of a single opponent when there are a few dozen remaining enemies is a sin too many cav commit.

If there are a half dozen team mates mobbing a single guy, do not be a prick and run into them to try and add one more kill to your count. Learn how to play smart and do a well timed cav bump to the enemy for your team mates to exploit while he is getting up from the ground, and learn to not run over your own team mates.

Being greedy as an infantry hurts team mates, being greedy as a cav kills them.

A great example would be BlueGreen who is one of the best armored cav players I have seen on any server. Never allows himself to be stuck, never slows down, always moves to new places, and knows when to switch weapons or avoid people with pikes.

[RichBaby]

Being aware of your own limits for starters.

Try and kill the ones who are unaware, and avoid getting into massive groups of enemies who will mob and slow you down. If there is a particularly troublesome opponent, do not be one of the many stupid cav players out there and keep circling him to try and kill him, and instead just run off (Speed is an advantage, so always use it) and go kill some other player.

Playing a slow ring-around-the-rosie of a single opponent when there are a few dozen remaining enemies is a sin too many cav commit.

If there are a half dozen team mates mobbing a single guy, do not be a prick and run into them to try and add one more kill to your count. Learn how to play smart and do a well timed cav bump to the enemy for your team mates to exploit while he is getting up from the ground, and learn to not run over your own team mates.

Being greedy as an infantry hurts team mates, being greedy as a cav kills them.

A great example would be BlueGreen who is one of the best armored cav players I have seen on any server. Never allows himself to be stuck, never slows down, always moves to new places, and knows when to switch weapons or avoid people with pikes.

Thanks for this Tears! Found really helpful. I am now playing on EU1, you? I know Bluegreen well, he is a nice guy.

[Phazey]

Can somebody tell me please? By good I mean can kill Tommy and Oberyn all the time, as opposed to picking up easy kills

Sound like you want to be a cav that's good against other cav? A heavy lance and polearm skill is really nice against other cav. Practice on the duel server with some other cav friend to get the timing and subtleties right.

Use a maneuverable horse like the sarranid or steppe horse. Consider going throwing + horse archery, it's a great cav-vs-cav build. Go for maximum riding skill always.

A nice trick i use a lot is to body-block their horse with yours, forcing them to stop. Combined with a maneuverable horse and high riding skill, you should be able to get behind them and slash or stab them once or twice before they can escape you. Risky move though, if they are on to you they'll just aim for your horse instead of you.

Edit: one more important tip for cav versus cav: always try to move in front of other cav. Never cut in behind, always cut along their front. Server latency and mechanics seem to favor the guy that swings or stabs really early and aims slightly ahead of where they are displayed on your screen. 

[Tears of Destiny]

Thanks for this Tears! Found really helpful. I am now playing on EU1, you? I know Bluegreen well, he is a nice guy.

I usually alternate between NA and EU servers. Right now I am actually not at my computer, and just running some code and fixing a few things.

I will remember to keep an eye out for you out of curiosity, best of luck, I hope you enjoy being a cav!

Oh, and great advice from Phazey.

[RichBaby]

Couch a Heavy Lance or use Jarids.

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[Oberyn]

Meh, you've killed me enough times to know by now .

[Zisa]

If you can find a native server that is not a ghost town, get on it, go Rhodok or Nord vs Khergit or Swads, take a light lance and prepare to be the lone cav vs a horde.

[Fluffy_Muffin]

I consider you  a pretty decent cav

[Furax]

Its ALL about the timing of your lancing and placement of horse. Keep your horses head safe whilst not sacrificing range of your own lance to get the other guys horse, it does not take long to become proficient at it. Also run away from all HA's like its the devil himself coming to eat your eyeballs.

[Zisa]

Rich is pretty good.
Just want to stress .. avoid bumping friendlies like the plague. Melees tend to get antsy and may swing before seeing the flag over a horseman's head after the tenth 'friendly' bump.

[Christo]

Stop going Road Rage on your teammates. It's not funny.
Especially when you kill them/knock them down so they die from an enemy.

[Miralay]

Knowing your role on battlefield is the key for being for a good cav player..

[Daergar]

Just some random tips.

As stated, aim and thrust your lance earlier than you think you should (practice is a must). Veer your horse away as you strike, or right after, with the goal of avoiding his lance while planting yours in the face. Sounds simple, is rather simple, works like a charm.

Which is why you often see two good cav players doing circles, meeting at the apex and trying to land a hit while both veer away.

When striking infantry, make sure you land the hit with the lance almost fully extended, to gain the maximum of the speed bonus. If they do a downward block or raised shield, simply run over them. Try the next pass with your 1her out, sometimes people still block and then you can bump and slice them instead of simply running them down.