Khopesh Swordsman

Khopesh Swordsman
Unit information
Unit type	Infantry
Introduced in	Extended Edition
Civilization	Egyptians
Age	Classical Age
Trained at	Barracks
Training time	8 seconds
Cost
Food	30
Gold	30
Population	2
Statistics
Hit points	75
Speed	5.8 feet/second
Line of Sight	16 feet
Attack
Hack	6
Pierce	-
Crush	-
Armor
Hack	20%
Pierce	15%
Crush	99%

The Khopesh Swordsman is an Egyptian Counter-Villager Infantry unit in Age of Mythology: Extended Edition. It was added in the v1.16 patch and the Tale of the Dragon expansion.

Attack bonuses

• Villagers & Trade Units: ×1.5

Bonuses & Improvements

Specific

• Medium Khopesh Swordsmen, Heavy Khopesh Swordsmen, and Champion Khopesh Swordsmen increase attack by 10% and LOS by 1, and increase hit points by 10%, 15% and 20% respectively.

General

• Levy Barracks and Conscript Barracks decrease training time by 20%.
• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons and Iron Weapons increase attack by 10%.
• Copper Mail, Bronze Mail and Iron Mail decrease hack vulnerability by 10%.
• Copper Shields, Bronze Shields and Iron Shields decrease pierce vulnerability by 10%.

Strategy

Some may consider the Khopesh Swordsman as being the first "true" trash unit in Age of Mythology due to its status as a weak infantry, that is only useful versus Villagers. If one does use them in combat, it is suggested that they be supplemented with Spearmen and/or Axemen.

Changelog

Tale of the Dragon

• The Khopesh Swordsman's icon was introduced with patch 2.0.
• Khopesh Swordsmen have 65 HP, 5 hack attack and their bonus damage is limited to Villagers.

Patch 2.7

• Khopesh Swordsmen have 75 HP, 6 hack attack and deal bonus damage against Villagers and Trade Units.

History

“	With up to 24 inches in length, Khopesh is an ancient sword-like weapon with a curved end that comes from ancient Egypt. It is believed to have evolved from battle axes but despite its fierce appearance, the weapon's inside edge at the tip was blunted, thereby enabling the weapon to be used also as a hook or a club. Khopesh may also have served as a ceremonial weapon, in which case none of its edges would be sharpened.	”
—In-game history section

Trivia

• Despite the name, the Khopesh Swordsman actually uses a Shortsword.
  • The Khopesh's attack animation is not properly animated that, they attack with a punch holding the sword rather than a proper thrust, this is most likely an error with the attachpoint not facing the correct way.

Gallery

Khopesh Swordsman up-close.

Two Khopesh Swordsmen.

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