Mercenary Hoplite

Overview

An untrainable Chronicles infantry fighter whose nearby Hoplite-line units gain melee armor from its phalanx aura. It also builds a powerful charged attack over time.

Availability and investment

Mercenary Hoplite becomes available in Chronicles. Its listed production context is Chronicles. The listed cost is not separately recorded and the training time is not separately recorded. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Hit points: 55
• Melee armor: 2
• Pierce armor: 1
• Range: 0.3
• Line of sight: 4
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 0.9

Field use

Use it to hold space, protect support units, or pressure an opponent that cannot kite it safely. The listed armor and bonus-attack classes determine which opponents it can trade with efficiently.