Gloria Victis Cavalry (Mounted — Lance & Horse Archer) Build — Passives, Stats & Playstyle

Stat spreads are community consensus / endgame targets (assume the +20 Attribute Point cards), and some figures are pre-relaunch values that the V1.5.0 build retains — confirm exact numbers in the live in-game builder. The combat framework was unchanged at the June 2026 relaunch (changelog audited). See the combat math and sources.

Role: Mobile DPS, flanking, chasing, scouting. Rule: build for foot combat too — your horse WILL die.

Weapons

Melee: Lance (couch charge, 1.0 pierce) + 2H for the dismount
Horse Archer: Bow + light shield + melee backup

Attributes

Melee: STR 225 / CON 175 / DEX 80 · Horse-archer: DEX 275 / CON 175 / STR 100

Mount attributes (Conditioning/Vitality/Dynamics/Agility) are separate from character stats.

Lance scales on STR; horse-bow on DEX. Spec the horse for hit-and-run (Conditioning/Dynamics/Agility); skip Vitality unless you want a tanky horse.

Passives & skill order (Footman tree unless noted)

Cavalry tree: Bound → Hardened → Cavalryman 10 (no slowdown on melee) / Calm + Rapid Fire (archer) → Battle Horse / Sweet Spot

Top-tier (your one Tier-7 capstone): Momentum (melee red-bar mounted) or Steady Hand (mounted archery + 200% arrows)

Armor

Medium (mobility + survivability when dismounted); the horse is the real HP buffer.

Playstyle

Charge isolated targets with the lance, flank/chase reinforcements, kite forever as a horse archer; dismount-fight when the horse dies.

Strengths

unmatched mobility
pick your fights
lance deletes isolated targets
horse archers kite forever

Weaknesses

horse is a huge target — dies to spears/anti-cav/Breaker
useless in tight quarters & sieges
pierce resisted by heavy
braced spears wreck you

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