“ | Cavalry. Good against ranged soldiers and siege engines. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Contarius (plural: Contarii) is a Heroic Age cavalry unit and the only melee cavalry available to the Atlanteans. It is a standard heavy cavalry unit: hard-hitting, relatively fast, but expensive. The Contarius is excellent against ranged soldiers and siege weapons, but weak against infantry and counter-cavalry.
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
- Oranos: +4 Line of Sight.
General technologies[]
- Medium Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, and Champion Cavalry: +1 Line of Sight, +10% attack, and +10%/15%/20% hit points respectively.
- Levy Mainline Soldiers and Conscript Mainline Soldiers: -20% training time.
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, and Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, and Iron Armor: -10% hack vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, and Iron Shields: -10% pierce vulnerability.
Myth technologies[]
- Heart of the Titans (Prometheus): -75% time to transform into a hero.
- Volcanic Forge (Leto): -15% pierce vulnerability.
- Poseidon's Secret (Theia): +10% movement speed, -15% cost, and -15% hero transformation cost.
- Lance of Stone (Theia): +15% attack; attacks slow their target by 30% for 2 seconds.
- Lemurian Descendants (Theia): +9 Line of Sight. (Before Retold)
Relics[]
- Dwarven Horseshoes: +10% movement speed.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tusk of the Iron Boar: +10% hit points.
Strategy[]
The Contarius is a fast unit that can be quickly deployed behind enemy lines to eliminate archers and siege weapons before retreating back inside the base before the enemy has time to respond with infantry. Unfortunately, their high population value of three, costliness and lack of versatility means they can only be deployed in small numbers, as a support unit. They also make for effective raiders due to their high speed and large attack.
Contarius Hero[]
“ | Cavalry, Hero. Good vs. ranged soldiers and myth units. | ” |
—In-game description |
Like all Atlantean human units, a Contarius can be converted into a Hero at any time, provided the player has sufficient resources. It is classified as both a hero and a cavalry unit.
Special ability[]
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
- Oranos: +4 Line of Sight.
General technologies[]
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons and Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor and Iron Armor: -15% hack vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields and Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability.
Myth technologies[]
- Volcanic Forge (Leto): -15% pierce vulnerability.
- Poseidon's Secret (Theia): +10% movement speed and -15% cost.
- Lance of Stone (Theia): +15% attack; attacks slow their target by 30% for 2 seconds.
- Heroic Renewal (Hyperion): Regenerate 1.5 hit points per second and gain +10% hit points.
Relics[]
- Hermes' Winged Sandals: +10% movement speed.
- Dwarven Horseshoes: +10% movement speed.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tusk of the Iron Boar: +10% hit points.
- Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword: Regenerate 10% of damage dealt.
Strategy[]
The Contarius Hero is formidable as it is strong against archers, siege weapons and myth units. In addition, the Lance of Stone technology grants them more attack versus buildings, making them even more viable as raiders.
Changelog[]
The Titans[]
- Originally, Contarii had 120 hit points, and Contarius Heroes had 135. With patch 1.02, they have 130 and 145 hit points, respectively.
- Contariii cost 70 food, 40 gold, and Contarius Heroes cost 125 food, 70 gold, 3 favor. Both have 15% pierce armor.
- Contarii have 10 hack attack, 10 Line of Sight, a 1.25× multiplier vs. archers, Arcus Heroes, and Turma Heroes, and train in 17 seconds.
- Contarius Heroes have 10 hack attack, 12 Line of Sight, a 1.25× multiplier vs. archers, Arcus Heroes, and Turma Heroes, 4.5× vs. myth units, and 5× vs. Animals of Set, and take 4 population.
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.0, Contarii cost 60 food, 40 gold, and Contarius Heroes cost 80 food, 40 gold. Both have 25% pierce armor.
Retold[]
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- The Contarius (Hero) is also classified as cavalry.
- Contarii have 13.5 hack attack, 140 hit points, 40% pierce armor, 14 Line of Sight, a 5× multiplier vs. archers, no multiplier vs. Arcus Heroes or Turma Heroes, and train in 16.5 seconds.
- Contarius Heroes have 15 hack attack, 155 hit points, 40% pierce armor, 16 Line of Sight, a 1.5× multiplier vs. archers, 5× vs. myth units, no multiplier vs. Arcus Heroes, Turma Heroes, or Animals of Set, and cost 105 food, 70 gold, 3 favor and 3 population.
- With update 17.30764, Contarius Hero does 7× damage to myth units.
History[]
“ | Early Atlantean soldiers tamed and rode the wild horses that roamed across their island. These mounted soldiers were very successful in Atlantis' early conquests, but as Atlantis grew, farmland overtook wilderness and grazing became scarce. Cavalry all but disappeared from Atlantean tactics. Only an elite few rode horses into combat. Atlantean generals beaten in battle surrender their precious horses as a sign of defeat. | ” |
—In-game help section for the Contarius |
Trivia[]
- According to their icon, and the icon for Lance of Stone, the Contarius' lance was originally based upon a jousting lance.
- The Contarius gets its name from the Kontos lance, which was famously used by the Seleucid, Parthian, Roman, Persian, and Byzantine cataphracts.