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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.

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Myth technologies[]

Relics[]

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[]

  • AoMR ability Sacred Hands icon Sacred Hands (Passive): Can pick up Relics and deposit them at a Temple.

Further statistics[]

God bonuses[]

General technologies[]

Myth technologies[]

Relics[]

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[]

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  • 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.

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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.

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AoMR type hero icon Heroes PhysicianIcon Hippocrates
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Poseidon : AoMR Theseus icon Theseus · AoMR Atalanta icon Atalanta · AoMR Hippolyta icon Hippolyta · AoMR Polyphemus icon Polyphemus
Hades : AoMR Ajax SPC icon Ajax · AoMR Achilles icon Achilles · AoMR Chiron icon Chiron · AoMR Perseus icon Perseus
Aphrodite : AoMR The Argo icon The Argo
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AoMR Egyptians icon Egyptians
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AoMR type infantry icon Infantry AoMR Spearman icon Spearman · AoMR Axeman icon Axeman · AoMR Mercenary icon Mercenary · Khopesh Swordsman Icon Khopesh Swordsman
AoMR type archer icon Ranged soldiers AoMR Slinger icon Slinger · AoMR Chariot Archer icon Chariot Archer
AoMR type cavalry icon Cavalry AoMR Camel Rider icon Camel Rider · AoMR War Elephant icon War Elephant · AoMR Mercenary Cavalry icon Mercenary Cavalry
AoMR type siege weapon icon Siege weapons AoMR Catapult icon Catapult · AoMR Siege Tower icon Siege Tower
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AoMR type archer icon Ranged soldiers Bogsveigir icon Bogsveigir
AoMR type cavalry icon Cavalry AoMR Raiding Cavalry icon Raiding Cavalry · AoMR Jarl icon Jarl
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AoMR type infantry icon Infantry AoMR Murmillo icon Murmillo · AoMR Katapeltes icon Katapeltes · AoMR Destroyer icon Destroyer · AoMR Fanatic icon Fanatic
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