| “ | Macedonian unique Cavalry that deals bonus damage to Unique Units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Companion Cavalry is a Classical Age cavalry unit in Chronicles: Alexander the Great available at the Fort to the Macedonians. It can be upgraded to the Elite Companion Cavalry in the Imperial Age.
Further statistics[]
As Companion Cavalry are unique to the Macedonians, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table:
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Unique units, archers |
| Technologies | |
|---|---|
 Hit points
|
 Bloodlines (+20)
|
| Attack |  Forging (+1) Iron Casting (+1) Blast Furnace (+2)
|
| Armor |  Scale Mail Armor (+1/+1) Chain Mail Armor (+1/+1) Plate Mail Armor (+1/+2)
|
| Conversion resistance |  Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (die upon getting converted)
|
 Movement speed
|
 Husbandry (+10%)
|
| Resource cost |  Conscript Recruitment (-15% food) Mercenary Recruitment (+10% food)
|
| Creation speed |  Conscription (+33%) Conscript Recruitment (-33.33%) Mercenary Recruitment (+100%) Kasbah (+25%, with Berber allies only)
|
| Ability |  Sarissophoroi (Gain charged attack of +15% movement speed, +1 attack)
|
| Upgrading | Conscription (+33% faster) Kasbah (+25% faster, with Berber allies only)
|
| Aura enhancements | |
|---|---|
 Regeneration
|
 Fortified Outpost (+30 HP/s, requires  Ends of the World)
|
| Movement speed
|
Fortified Outpost (+20%)
|
| Team bonuses | |
|---|---|
| Attack |  Wei (+2 vs siege)
|
| Conversion resistance |  Teutons (+3 min, +1 max)
|
| Upgrading |  Portuguese (+25% faster)
|
Trivia[]
- The Companion Cavalry wears a Boeotian-Phrygian helmet with laurel and saddle cloth resembling those featured in the painting Battle of Gaza 312 BC by Igor Dzis[1] and its horse wears a breastplate resembling the one seen in the box art of Macedonian Cavalry IV-II BC by Zvezda.[2]
- The unit is represented by the Hetairos in Age of Mythology.
Gallery[]
Views of the Companion Cavalry
A Macedonian cavalryman portrayed on the Alexander Sarcophagus
