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* ''VideoGame/BattleOfPolytopia'': Riders and Knights can use their high speed to attack first, but this advantage is negated when facing a Defender or Swordsman, who can easily survive the attack and punish the attacking cavalry thanks to their high defense and counterattack damage. Even a humble Warrior is able to defend against a Knight as long as it is at full health and has a terrain defense bonus.
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* ''VideoGame/BattleOfPolytopia'': ''VideoGame/TheBattleOfPolytopia'': Riders and Knights can use their high speed to attack first, but this advantage is negated when facing a Defender or Swordsman, who can easily survive the attack and punish the attacking cavalry thanks to their high defense and counterattack damage. Even a humble Warrior is able to defend against a Knight as long as it is at full health and has a terrain defense bonus.
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%%* The ''[[http://www.maxgames.com/guides/age-of-war-2.html Age Of War]]'' flash games had this.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Subverted example. Robert's prediction about battling the Dothraki comes true in season 7 when Daenerys invades Westeros. The Tarly-Lannister forces meet the Dothraki on open field, and suffer great loses against them. Their first instinct is to form a long phalanx, which does nothing against the horse-riding Dothraki and Daenerys on the back of Drogon. They do kill several of the Dothraki warriors, but their formation is easily destroyed once Drogon sets them on fire. The Dothraki also manage to break the phalanx on their own with their sheer numbers.
* Subverted on ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Orcs defeat the Southlanders, but once the Numenorian army appears riding horses, the horde of Orcs is immediately defeated.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Subverted example. Robert's prediction about battling the Dothraki comes true in season 7 when Daenerys invades Westeros. The Tarly-Lannister forces meet the Dothraki on open field, and suffer great loses against them. Their first instinct is to form a long phalanx, which does nothing against the horse-riding Dothraki and Daenerys on the back of Drogon. They do kill several of the Dothraki warriors, but their formation is easily destroyed once Drogon sets them on fire. The Dothraki also manage to break the phalanx on their own with their sheer numbers.
* Subverted on ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Orcs defeat the Southlanders, but once the Numenorian army appears riding horses, the horde of Orcs is immediately defeated.
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In some games, there are [[MountedCombat horseback units]]. Given their speed, it can be a hassle or worse to deal with them, especially if they are heavily armored. Thankfully, there are weapons to deal with them, both rider and steed. Not one for the horse lovers.
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In some games, there are [[MountedCombat horseback units]].units]] and {{Mounted Mook}}s. Given their speed, it can be a hassle or worse to deal with them, especially if they are heavily armored. Thankfully, there are weapons to deal with them, both rider and steed. Not one for the horse lovers.
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In some games, there are [[MountedMook horseback units]]. Given their speed, it can be a hassle or worse to deal with them, especially if they are heavily armored. Thankfully, there are weapons to deal with them, both rider and steed. Not one for the horse lovers.
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In some games, there are [[MountedMook [[MountedCombat horseback units]]. Given their speed, it can be a hassle or worse to deal with them, especially if they are heavily armored. Thankfully, there are weapons to deal with them, both rider and steed. Not one for the horse lovers.
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In some games, there are [[MountedCombat horseback units]]. Given their speed, it can be a hassle or worse to deal with them, especially if they are heavily armored. Thankfully, there are weapons to deal with them, both rider and steed. Not one for the horse lovers.
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In some games, there are [[MountedCombat [[MountedMook horseback units]]. Given their speed, it can be a hassle or worse to deal with them, especially if they are heavily armored. Thankfully, there are weapons to deal with them, both rider and steed. Not one for the horse lovers.
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Contrast InvulnerableHorses, although scenes involving such units may still pretty up their tactics by having them exclusively target the riders instead of the horses.
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Contrast InvulnerableHorses, although scenes involving such units may still pretty up their tactics by having them exclusively target the riders instead of the horses. See AThicketOfSpears for one way this was commonly accomplished in historical armies.
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* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SarumanOfManyDevices'', when the orcish commander sees the Rohirrim approaching slowly and cautiously, and takes the opportunity to reform his troops into a dense pike wall. Normally this would be a perfectly good tactic that would massacre the horses, but [[DidntSeeThatComing what he doesn't know]] is that the Rohirrim are working with Isengard, which has made great strides in using gunpowder. His big block of close-packed soldiers makes a perfect target for their rifles and cannons, which tear his formation to bits, and ''then'' the cavalry move in to mop up the shattered remnants.
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* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SarumanOfManyDevices'', when the orcish commander sees the Rohirrim medium cavalry approaching slowly and cautiously, and takes the opportunity to reform his troops into a dense pike wall. Normally this would be a perfectly good tactic that would massacre the horses, but [[DidntSeeThatComing what he doesn't know]] is that the Rohirrim are working with Isengard, which has made great strides in using gunpowder.gunpowder-based weapons. His big block of close-packed soldiers makes a perfect target for their rifles and cannons, which tear his formation to bits, and ''then'' the cavalry move in to mop up the shattered remnants.
