De Bellis Antiquitatis Statistics

Different statistics, useful for quick reference on DBA

The following image contains the probability of winning, either by a straight majority or by doubling the enemy, on a DBA combat roll.

Stats

Red if the probably is less than 40%, Green if greater than 60%. For example, a Knight charges a Spear. Knight has +3 against infantry, and the Spear has +4 against mounted. The Knight will kil on simple win, and the Spear will need to double the Knight. That means the Knight has a 27.8% of killing the Spear, while the Spear has a 11.1% of killing the Knight.

And here’s a table of kills in a standard situation: asssumes all eleements are unsupported except Pikes, which are supported, Bows are being charged and is considered the first turn, and is close combat (the art is not shooting). The terrain is assumed plain.

Kills

You can see what kills what in a simple table, in the same conditions as above, for reference:

Killer Killed by simple Killed by double
El Wwg,Hch,Hd,Bw,Kn,Sp,Sch,Wb,Pk,Art All except Ps
Kn Ps,Hd,Ax,Bw,Bd,Sp,Sch,Wb,Pk,Art All
Hch Art,Sch,Bw All except Ps
Cv Art,Ps,Sch,Bw All
Lch Art,Sch,Bw All except Ps
Sch Hch,Hd,Bw,Kn,Sp,Bd,Sch,Wb,Pk,Art All except Ps
Cm Art,Ps,Sch,Bw All
Lh Hch,El,Bw,Kn,Sp,Sch,Pk,Art All
Lcm Hch,El,Bw,Kn,Sch,Art All
Sp Art,Sch All except Cv, LH, LCm, Ps
Pk Art,Sch All except Cv, LH, LCm, Ps
Bd Art,Sch All except LH, LCm, Ps
Bw Kn,Art,Sch,Hch All
Wb Hd,Bd,Sp,Sch,Pk,Art All except LH, LCm, Ps
Hd Art,Sch All except Cv, LH, LCm, Ps
Ax El,Art,Sch All except LH, LCm
Ps El,Art,Sch All
Art Art,Sch Art,Sch
Wwg Art,Sch All except Cv, LH, LCm, Ps

If you want to generate your own stats, you can generate the excel with the following python script, which you can get in this gist.

Gist

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