| “ | Light scout ship with weak melee attack. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Lembos (plural Lemboi) is an Archaic Age military ship in Chronicles available at the Port. It can be upgraded to the War Lembos, Heavy Lembos, and Elite Lembos in the Civic, Classical, and Imperial Ages respectively. Constructing the first Port also spawns one Lembos.
It is similar to the Fire Galley line in Age of Empires II.
Availability[]
 
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 Athenians
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 Achaemenids Spartans
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Tactics[]
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While the Lembos has a small attack, it is best used as a scout unit.
Further statistics[]
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
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| Strong vs. |  Galley,  Catapult Ship
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| Weak vs. |  Monoreme,  Incendiary Raft
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| Armor |  Hypozomata (0/+1)
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| Conversion resistance |  Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (die upon getting converted)
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 Movement speed
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 Drums (+15%)
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| Resource cost |  Shipwright (-20% wood)
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| Creation speed | Shipwright (+54%) Naval Policy (+15%, Athenians only) Peloponnesian League (+50%, Spartans only)
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| Aura enhancements | |
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 Regeneration
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 Polemarch (+20 HP/min, requires Ephorate, Spartans only)
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| Attack |  Strategos (+1, Athenians only)
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| Armor |  Spearman (0/+1, requires Sparabaras, Achaemenids only)
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 Attack speed
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 Leviathan (+18%) Polemarch (+15%, Spartans only) Defensive Town Center (+15%, Achaemenids only)
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| Movement speed
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Polemarch (+15%, requires Morai, Spartans only)
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| Creation speed |  Military Town Center (+50%, Achaemenids only)
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| Upgrading | Military Town Center (+50% speed, Achaemenids only)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
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| Creation speed | Achaemenids (+15%)
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| Upgrading | Achaemenids (+15% faster)
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| Team bonuses | |
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| Upgrading | Athenians (+50% faster) Portuguese (+25% faster)
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Trivia[]
- The Lembos and Levy are the only military units trainable in the Archaic Age.
- The Lembos is the only warship available in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition which does not cost gold, making it a trash unit.
- The Lembos specifically has an attack bonus against Galley and Catapult Ship lines in Chronicles, which does not translate to attack bonuses against their Age of Empires II counterparts.
- Despite being described by the game as a scout unit, it is not actually considered one and cannot Auto Scout.
- Lembos refers to small fast ships which were used for a wide variety of civilian and military purposes since the classical period.
- In the game, the Lembos line is armed with Greek fire. However, this is anachronistic for Chronicles, as it was developed by the Byzantines in the 7th century AD.
Gallery[]
Lemboi
War Lemboi
Heavy Lemboi
Elite Lemboi
The Lembos line
