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This article is about the unit in Chronicles. For other uses, see Scout Cavalry. |
| “ | Fast cavalry for scouting and raiding. Resistant to conversion. | ” |
| —Chronicles description | ||
The Scout Cavalry is a Civic Age light cavalry scout unit in Chronicles that can be trained at the Stable. It can be upgraded to the Light Cavalry and Raider in the Classical and Imperial Ages respectively. It is the equivalent of the Scout Cavalry line from Age of Empires II.
In a standard game, the player starts off with a Scout Cavalry. It has a weaker attack and is slower in the Archaic Age, but receives stat buffs instantly upon reaching the Civic Age. The starting Scout Cavalry starts in the Stand Ground unit stance.
The Scout Cavalry also cannot attack timid huntables like Deer. They also have the Auto Scout ability.
Availability[]
 
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•  Athenians•  Macedonians•  Spartans
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•  Achaemenids•  Puru•  Thracians
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Tactics[]
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Further statistics[]
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
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| Strong vs. | Skirmishers, Villagers, siege weapons, Bowmen in low numbers, Priestesses |
| Weak vs. | Infantry, cavalry |
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 Hit points
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 Bloodlines (+20)
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| Attack |  Forging (+1) Iron Casting (+1) Blast Furnace (+2) Sagaris (+2 unblockable attack vs. units, Achaemenids only)
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| Armor |  Scale Barding Armor (+1/+1) Chain Barding Armor (+1/+1) Plate Barding Armor (+1/+2) Scale Mail Armor (+1/+1, Macedonians only) Chain Mail Armor (+1/+1, Macedonians only) Plate Mail Armor (+1/+2, Macedonians only)
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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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 Husbandry (+10%)
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| Creation speed |  Conscription (+33%)
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| Ability |  Odomantian Raiders (Generate 3/5 gold per military/civilian unit killed, Thracians only)
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| Upgrading | Conscription (+33% faster)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
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 Regeneration
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Puru (25 HP/min when 10+ tiles away from enemies)
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| Damage resistance | Macedonians (-8% (+15% instead of +25%) when on lower elevation)
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| Upgrading | Achaemenids (+50%)
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| Policies and doctrines | |
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| Resource cost |  Conscript Recruitment (-15%, Macedonians only) Mercenary Recruitment (+10%, Macedonians only)
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| Creation speed | Conscript Recruitment (-33.33%, Macedonians only) Mercenary Recruitment (+100%, Macedonians only)
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| Ability |  Military Policy (gain 5 gold per unit killed, Athenians only)
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| Aura enhancements | |
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| Regeneration
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 Military Town Center (+20 HP/min, Achaemenids only) Fortified Outpost (+30 HP/min, requires  Ends of the World, Macedonians only) Polemarch (+30 HP/min, requires  Ephorate, Spartans only)
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| Attack |  Strategos (+1, +2 with Taxiarchs, Athenians only)
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 Attack speed
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 Defensive Town Center (+17.65%, Achaemenids only) Polemarch (+17.65%, Spartans only)
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| Movement speed
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Military Town Center (+15%, Achaemenids only) Fortified Outpost (+20%, Macedonians and allies only) Polemarch (+15%, requires  Morai, Spartans only)
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| Team bonuses | |
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| Attack |  Hindustanis (+2 against standard buildings) Poles (+1 against archers)
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| Conversion resistance |  Teutons (+3 min, +1 max)
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| Line of Sight |  Mongols (+2)
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| Creation speed |  Huns (+20%)
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| Upgrading | Huns (+20% faster) Portuguese (+25% faster)
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Trivia[]
- The Scout Cavalry reuses the spatha sword from the Huskarl and wears a Roman tunic and a gladius scabbard. Additionally, the Light Cavalry wears a Montefortino helmet, lorica hamata epomydes shoulder pads and a shield. The Raider reuses the helmet from the Huskarl and additionaly wears vambraces, greaves, and a small scaled horse barding. Overall, the units appear to be based on Roman Republican equites cavalry units.
Gallery[]
Views of the Scout Cavalry
Views of the Light Cavalry
Views of the Raider
Video[]
RAIDER vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT (Total Resources) - Chronicles- Battle for Greece (AoE2)
