Militia

Overview

The first trainable infantry fighter; militia form the base of a versatile upgrade line.

Availability and investment

Militia becomes available in Dark Age. Its listed production context is Barracks. The listed cost is 50 Food, 20 Gold and the training time is 21 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

• Upgrade path: Militia → Man-at-Arms → Long Swordsman → Two-Handed Swordsman → Champion

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.

• Melee attack: 4
• Hit points: 40
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 1
• Line of sight: 4 in Dark Age; 6 from Feudal Age
• 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.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Infantry

Related unit plan: Militia Dark Age disruption plan

A small Militia group is primarily an early disruption tool: it can idle exposed workers, reveal defensive choices, and delay walls even when it does not secure a Villager kill Train only the group your economy can support, then send it with the Scout toward an exposed resource or walling route. Use the pressure to learn the opponent’s opening and create a brief window for your own economy to develop; withdraw once Town Center fire or walls remove the opportunity The Militia line is weak under Town Center fire and cannot win a long early fight. Do not keep reinforcing a failed raid or sacrifice the Age-up and Villager economy for low-value combat