Scout Cavalry

Overview

A mobile scout and raider available early in a match.

Availability and investment

Scout Cavalry becomes available in Feudal Age. Its listed production context is Stable. The listed cost is 80 Food 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.

• Upgrade path: Scout Cavalry → Light Cavalry → Hussar
• Upgrade path: Scout Cavalry → Light Cavalry → Raider

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: 5
• Hit points: 45
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 2
• Line of sight: 6
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.55

Field use

Use its mobility to choose the engagement: pressure exposed economy, reinforce quickly, or withdraw from a prepared counter. Avoid trading its movement advantage for a stationary fight unless the target justifies it.

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: Cavalry
• Scout Cavalry deals +6 bonus damage to units in the Monk class

Related unit plan: Scout Cavalry vision-and-pressure loop

Scout Cavalry reveal openings and can turn into light pressure against exposed Villagers or Archers once Feudal Age begins. Their early value is information: a living Scout shows walls, production, and where the opponent gathers Use the starting Scout Cavalry to check the nearest resources and likely wall gaps. Return after an Age advance to see which production buildings appeared, then send a small group toward an undefended resource if a safe route exists. Keep the Scouts mobile so they can leave when a Spearman or Town Center blocks the approach Their attack is weak and a long dive under defensive fire loses both health and vision. Do not confuse scouting with a requirement to fight; withdraw when the opponent has prepared a counter