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Miscellaneous Units | Infantry | Archers | Cavalry | Siege Weapons Boats and Ships | Towers

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Cavalry

Scout

Available in: Tool Age Prerequisites: Build Barracks and Stable Cost: 100 food Hit points: 60 Attack: 3 Armor: 0 Range: N/A Speed: Fast Upgrades to: N/A

Civilizations with bonuses for Scouts: Yamato (-25 percent cost)

Scout Tips: A superior unit for scouting the enemy position early on and finding resources scattered around the map. They are also quite good at harassing the enemy villagers, scampering away as the axemen cometh.

Cavalry

Available in: Bronze Age Prerequisites: Build Barracks and Stable Cost: 70 food, 80 gold Hit points: 150 Attack: 8 Armor: 0 Range: N/A Speed: Fast Upgrades to: Heavy Cavalry Special: +5 attack against infantry

Civilizations with bonuses for Cavalry: Yamato (-25 percent cost)

Cavalry Tips: With their 150 hit points and bonus attack ability, cavalry units can go toe-to-toe with most infantry. Their speed allows you to perform flanking maneuvers, as well as get to siege weapons quickly while sustaining little damage. Once in close, siege weapons can no longer target cavalry.

Chariot

Available in: Bronze Age Prerequisites: Build Barracks and Stable (also requires that the wheel has been researched) Cost: 40 food, 60 wood Hit points: 100 Attack: 7 Armor: 0 Range: N/A Speed: Fast Upgrades to: N/A Special: High resistance to conversion and double damage against priests

Civilizations with bonuses for Chariot: Egyptian (+33 percent hit points)

Chariot Tips: These are priest killers and siege weapon killers, since they get right up next to the siege weapon and can't be targeted by it. They are also good for scouting and not bad as general-purpose fighters, since they do not require gold to build. However, chariot archers are still your best bet for attacking priests.

Heavy Cavalry

Available in: Iron Age Prerequisites: Build Barracks and then Stable Cost: 70 food, 80 gold Hit points: 150 Attack: 10 Armor: 1 Range: N/A Speed: Fast Upgrades to: Cataphract Special: +5 attack against infantry and +1 armor against missile weapons and ballista weapons

Civilizations with bonuses for Heavy Cavalry: Yamato (-25 percent cost)

Heavy Cavalry Tips: See cavalry tips.

Cataphract

Available in: Iron Age Prerequisites: Build Barracks and Stable (also requires that metallurgy has been researched) Cost: 70 food, 80 gold Hit points: 180 Attack: 12 Armor: 3 Range: N/A Speed: Fast Upgrades to: N/A Special: +5 attack against infantry and +1 armor against missile weapons and ballista weapons

Civilizations with bonuses for Cataphract: Yamato (-25 percent cost)

Cataphract Tips: See cavalry tips.

War Elephant

Available in: Iron Age Prerequisites: Build Barracks and Stable Cost: 170 food, 40 gold Hit points: 600 Attack: 15 Armor: 0 Range: N/A Speed: Slow Upgrades to: N/A Special: Does trample damage to adjacent units. Attack strength cannot be upgraded

Civilizations with bonuses for War Elephants: Persian (+50 percent faster) and Phoenician (-25 percent cost)

War Elephant Tips: They're great for being the first ones into the breach and drawing the enemy fire. They also effectively serve as a temporary barrier in narrow passages. They are relatively cheap on the gold scale, compared to other cavalry. Slow, slow, slow, though. Don't count on them riding in to save the day.

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