Greek Noble Cavalry

Greek Noble Cavalry
Unit information
Introduced in	Chronicles: Battle for Greece
Type	Cavalry unit
Internal name	Elite Greek Cavalry
Training
Trained at	Fort
Food	70
Gold	85
Training time	30 seconds
Build limit	12
Statistics
Hit points	150
Melee attack	10
Reload time	1.9
Melee armor	3
Pierce armor	4
Armor class	Cavalry
Speed	1.35
Line of Sight	5
Ability	Charges its attack by +3 over 30 seconds

“	Powerful unique cavalry. Strong vs. infantry and archers.	”
—In-game description

The Greek Noble Cavalry is an untrainable cavalry unit in Chronicles: Battle for Greece. It is available in the Scenario Editor and present in the Battle for Greece campaign, where it is one of the bodyguard units that can be chosen in the second and third acts when playing as the Athenians and Spartans respectively. It is the equivalent of the Scythian Axe Cavalry in the first act. It has a charged attack of +3, which needs to be recharged over 30 seconds.

Campaign appearances

Battle for Greece

• The Ionian Revolt: Several Noble Cavalry serve as Aristagoras' bodyguards in his main base of operations.
• Earth and Water: Paros has a Noble Cavalry on its middle island besieged by Artemisia.
• The Battle of Marathon: Noble Cavalry are available as a bodyguard unit to Themistocles and will follow him on his campaign if chosen (being available in Raise the Sails, Divine Salamis, Across the Wine-Dark Sea, Wrath of the Regent and The Fruits of Empire). If chosen, further Noble Cavalry can be trained at mercenary camps across Attica. A Noble Cavalry also leads one of the camps harassing the town of Pallene.
• Within the Long Walls: Aegina's interior is protected by Noble Cavalry. The festival procession in Athens has several Noble Cavalry participating.
• I am Brasidas: Noble Cavalry are available as a bodyguard unit to Brasidas and will follow him on his campaign (being available in Pyres on the Coast and Speeches and Spears). If the Noble Cavalry aren't chosen as bodyguards, they will remain as Methone's guards and protect the Fort.
• Speeches and Spears: Noble Cavalry are employed by the Athenians in Cleon's army and by the Macedonians under Perdiccas.
• To the Wall!: If chosen as Brasidas' bodyguards, Noble Cavalry are renamed as Brasideios and are available as a bodyguard unit to Lysander and will follow him on his campaign if chosen (being available in Blood and Gold and The Fall of Athens).
• Blood and Gold: The Ionian Towns field Noble Cavalry.
• The Fall of Athens: Athens is defended by Noble Cavalry.

Further statistics

As Greek Noble Cavalry are only available to the Athenians and Spartans in the campaign, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table:

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, foot archers, siege weapons, light cavalry
Weak vs.	Spearmen, Priestesses

Technologies
Hit points	Bloodlines (+20)
Attack	Forging (+1) Iron Casting (+1) Blast Furnace (+2)
Armor	Scale Barding Armor (+1/+1) Chain Barding Armor (+1/+1) Plate Barding Armor (+1/+2)
Conversion resistance	Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (die upon getting converted)
Movement speed	Husbandry (+10%)
Creation speed	Conscription (+33%) Military Policy (+15%, Athenians only)
Ability	Military Policy (gain 3 gold per unit killed, Athenians only)

Aura enhancements
Regeneration	Polemarch (+50 HP/min, requires Ephorate, Spartans only)
Attack	Strategos (+1, +2 with Taxiarchs, Athenians only)
Attack speed	Polemarch (+15%, Spartans only)
Movement speed	Polemarch (+15%, requires Morai, Spartans only)

Trivia

• Despite being described as a "powerful unique cavalry", it does not have the unique unit armor class, unlike the Cretan Archer (another bodyguard unit), but similar to the Ekdromos.

Gallery

Many views of the Greek Noble Cavalry

Video

GREEK NOBLE CAVALRY (Athenians) vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT (Total Resources) - AoE2