Scythian Axe Cavalry

This article is about the unit in Chronicles: Battle for Greece. For the similary-named unit in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, see Scythian Scout.

Scythian Axe Cavalry
Unit information
Introduced in	Chronicles: Battle for Greece
Type	Cavalry unit
Internal name	Elite Persian Cavalry
Training
Trained at	Fort
Food	70
Gold	85
Training time	30 seconds
Build limit	12
Statistics
Hit points	130
Melee attack	10
Reload time	1.9
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	3
Armor class	Cavalry
Speed	1.5
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 Scythian Axe 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 first act when playing as the Achaemenids. It is the equivalent of the Greek Noble Cavalry in the second and third acts, although its statistics are slightly different.

Ability

• Charge attack: It has a +3 charged attack which it recharges over 30 seconds.

Campaign appearances

Battle for Greece

• Prologue: Gates of the Gods: Scythian Axe Cavalry are available as a bodyguard unit to Artaphernes and will follow him and Datis on their campaigns if chosen (being available in Greeks Bearing Gifts, The Ionian Revolt, A City Ablaze, Chasing Smoke, Death to Traitors and Earth and Water).
• The Hot Gates: Persian land forces at Thermopylae employ Scythian Axe Cavalry.
• Wrath of the Regent: The Persian Commander positioned at the Acropolis of Byzantium is a Scythian Axe Cavalry.
• Speeches and Spears: The Mercenary Axe Cavalry fielded by Torone are renamed Scythian Axe Cavalry. They are trained by Torone at the Stables.

Further statistics

As Scythian Axe Cavalry are only available to the Achaemenids 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)
Movement speed	Husbandry (+10%)
Creation speed	Conscription (+33%)

Aura enhancements
Armor	Spearman (0/+1, requires Sparabaras)
Creation speed	Military Town Center (+50%)

Trivia

• Despite being described as a "powerful unique cavalry", it does not have the unique unit armor class.

Gallery

Many views of the Scythian Axe Cavalry