Skip to content
Powder & Crown Proch i Korona
EN
EN
Play the demo
Diktat squad: the Preobrazhensky Guards in green coats and a cuirassier

II. Diktat

Siberian Diktat

Mass, frost and secret howitzers

The Diktat relies on numbers. Its musketeers are 20% cheaper and take 35% less time to train, but they are weaker than ordinary infantry, and the Observation Corps puts 15 recruits into each formation. The mass is backed by the grenadiers’ grenades, the Kalmyks’ bows and Shuvalov’s secret howitzers, which rake a whole line with a fan of canister.

Music
Works by Bortniansky, the “Preobrazhensky March”, Kozłowski’s “Grom pobedy” and a Moscow bells motif
Voices
Russian; the Kalmyks have no words, only war cries

The Diktat’s troops

10 unit types

  • Musketeers in dark green coats with a white flag bearing a blue cross

    Infantry

    Musketeers

    20% cheaper and 35% less time to train, but weaker than ordinary infantry.

    Barracks · 2 command points80 saltpetre

  • Musketeers with chevaux-de-frise in green coats, carrying a flag

    Anti-cavalry

    Musketeers with Chevaux-de-frise

    After standing still for 2 seconds they set up chevaux-de-frise: +300% against cavalry. Every step on the march packs them up again.

    Barracks · 2 command points90 gold

  • Diktat cuirassiers in green on black horses, with a flag

    Cavalry

    Cuirassiers

    Heavy cavalry for infantry flanks and unprotected guns.

    Stables · 2 command points150 gold

  • A Unicorn gun on a red carriage and a gunner in a green coat

    Artillery

    Shuvalov Unicorns

    Area fire on dense ranks and buildings. Helpless up close.

    Foundry · 3 command points160 saltpetre, 80 gold

  • A horse-drawn powder wagon

    Supply

    Powder Wagon

    Hauls Red Saltpetre to your Headquarters on its own. Saltpetre pays for infantry and guns.

    Headquarters · 1 command point150 gold

  • Observation Corps: recruits in green coats with a flag

    Infantry

    Observation Corps

    A cheap mass of recruits: 15 men to a formation, but they shoot worse and more slowly.

    Barracks · 2 command points60 saltpetre

  • Preobrazhensky Guards in green coats, carrying a flag

    Infantry

    Holds formation

    Preobrazhensky Guards

    The oldest Guards regiment and the Diktat’s elite. A cavalry charge into its flank does not break it.

    Barracks · 3 command points140 saltpetre, 140 gold

  • Diktat grenadiers in green coats and mitre caps, carrying a flag

    Infantry

    Grenadiers

    Pelt the enemy with grenades at close range: area damage that hits buildings hard.

    Barracks · 3 command points110 saltpetre, 90 gold

  • A mounted Kalmyk in an ochre robe and a fur cap

    Cavalry

    Kalmyks

    Shoot their bows from the saddle and harass guns and baggage trains. Weak in melee.

    Stables · 2 command points90 gold

  • A secret howitzer on a red carriage and a gunner in a green coat

    Artillery

    Secret Howitzers

    An oval bore spreads canister in a fan across a whole line.

    Foundry · 3 command points180 saltpetre, 120 gold

  • In-game screenshot: white circles of the Siberian Blizzard freeze the Coalition’s red line on an autumn field by a windmill, with the Diktat’s green line beyond and cavalry on both flanks
    Plate II A blizzard on an autumn field: the Coalition’s line stands frozen in the ice, while the Diktat’s line keeps up its fire.

    Superweapon

    charges in 3 min 20 s

    Siberian Blizzard

    Pick a target and, after a brief warning, a snowstorm descends on it. For 12 seconds enemy units in the circle stand frozen in the ice and lose strength. The frost leaves your own soldiers untouched.