Scout cavalry line

Overview

Fast mounted units suited to scouting, raiding, and disrupting ranged formations.

Availability and investment

Scout cavalry line becomes available in Scout Cavalry: Feudal Age · Light Cavalry: Castle Age · Hussar: Imperial Age. Its listed production context is Stable. The listed cost is Scout Cavalry: 80 Food · Light Cavalry: 80 Food · Hussar: 80 Food and the training time is Scout Cavalry: 30 seconds · Light Cavalry: 30 seconds · Hussar: 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.

• Upgrade path: Scout Cavalry → Light Cavalry → Hussar

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: Scout Cavalry: 5 · Light Cavalry: 7 · Hussar: 7
• Hit points: Scout Cavalry: 45 · Light Cavalry: 60 · Hussar: 75
• Melee armor: Scout Cavalry: 0 · Light Cavalry: 0 · Hussar: 0
• Pierce armor: Scout Cavalry: 2 · Light Cavalry: 2 · Hussar: 2
• Line of sight: Scout Cavalry: 6 · Light Cavalry: 8 · Hussar: 10
• Reload time: Scout Cavalry: 2 seconds · Light Cavalry: 2 seconds · Hussar: 1.9 seconds
• Movement speed: Scout Cavalry: 1.55 · Light Cavalry: 1.5 · Hussar: 1.5

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.