Saboteur

Overview

A land-based demolition unit that rushes into a target and detonates at close range.

Availability and investment

Saboteur becomes available in The Age of Kings. Its listed production context is Cheat unit. The listed cost is 70 Wood, 50 Gold and the training time is 30 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.

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: 45
• Melee armor: 1
• Pierce armor: 3
• Line of sight: 6
• Movement speed: 1.35

Field use

Use the listed role, range, movement, and class bonuses to choose a favorable fight; the same unit can be valuable as a screen or specialist even when it is not the army’s main damage source.