Hoplite (Age of Empires)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires. For the unit in Age of Mythology, see Hoplite (Age of Mythology).

Hoplite
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Infantry
Civilization	All except Persians
Age	Bronze Age
Training
Trained at	Academy
Food	60
Gold	40
Training time	36 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	120
Attack	17 melee
Rate of Fire	1.5
Melee armor	5
Pierce armor	0
Speed	0.9
Line of Sight	4
Unit evolution
Upgrades to	Phalanx
Upgrade cost	300 food, 100 gold
Upgrade time	90 seconds

The Hoplite is an infantry unit in Age of Empires that can be trained at the Academy. It is the weakest of the elite infantry units that are trained at the Academy in the Bronze Age. However, they are great at countering cavalry.

Hoplites are elite infantry units with a high amount of damage. They can easily bring units down, but are relatively slow and vulnerable to archer fire and conversion. Hence, they are best used in hand-to-hand combat. The Hoplite can be upgraded to the more powerful Phalanx, and finally to the Centurion, the most powerful elite infantry unit. The Greeks have the fastest Hoplites.

Hoplites are available to all civilizations except for the Persians.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, Infantry, Buildings
Weak vs.	Archers, Priests, Siege Weapons
Upgrades
Attack	Toolworking (+2)  Metalworking (+2)  Metallurgy (+3)
Armor	Leather Armor Infantry (+2/+0)  Scale Armor Infantry (+2/+0)  Chain Mail Infantry (+2/+0)  Bronze Shield (+0/+1)  Iron Shield (+0/+1)  Tower Shield (+0/+1)
Speed	Aristocracy (+25%)
Upgrades	Hoplites can be upgraded to Phalanxes.

Civilization bonuses

• Carthaginians: Hoplites have 25% more HP.
• Greeks: Hoplites move 30% faster and are 20% cheaper.
• Macedonians: Hoplites have +1 pierce armor in the Bronze Age and +2 pierce armor in the Iron Age, have +2 Line of Sight, and are four times more resistant to conversion.

History

“	Greek infantry soldiers of the Classical Age were called hoplites, from the name of their large shields, called hoplons.  For battle they wore a cuirass (breastplate), helmet, and greaves.  They were armed with a long spear or pike and sword.  Hoplite armies fought each other hand-to-hand in the dense phalanx formation that faced the enemy with a bristling wall of spear points staggered at chest level.  Fighting at close range in such a formation required acommitment to training and discipline that became a way of life.  Hoplites were the best infantry units in the world for many centuries until being supplanted by the more flexible and functional Roman legionnaires.	”
—Age of Empires manual

Gallery

A group of Hoplites

An Hoplite in the Definitive Edition

Video

HOPLITE vs EVERY UNIT - Age of Empires- Definitive Edition