Sakan Axeman

Overview

An Achaemenid heavy infantry bodyguard that can accompany Artaphernes and Datis through Battle for Greece. Axemen threaten infantry and buildings but are vulnerable to ranged fire.

Availability and investment

Sakan Axeman becomes available in Chronicles. Its listed production context is Chronicles. The listed cost is 70 Food, 30 Gold and the training time is 7 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: 80
• Melee armor: 1
• Pierce armor: 3
• Line of sight: 3
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.05

Field use

Preserve space between this unit and melee attackers so it can keep firing. Pair it with a screen, focus fire on reachable targets, and avoid letting a faster force surround it.