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This article is about the unique units in Chronicles. For the armor class, see Armor class: Unique unit. For unique units in other games, see unique unit. |
A unique unit is a unit only available to a single civilization in Chronicles.
Overview[]
Each civilization in the game has one unique unit that can be trained in the Fort from the Classical Age. These can be called Fort unique units.
Fort unique units share a common weakness in the requirement of a Fort to be produced. This means that, especially in the Classical Age, it is much harder to create a group of unique units compared to a group of units not trained in a Fort. Unique units generally have the unique unit armor class.
The Spartan Polemarch behaves very differently from a traditional unique unit:
- It cannot be produced en masse.
- It is available in the Civic Age.
- It is available at the Town Center, whereas regular unique units are available at military buildings.
- It does not have an Elite upgrade - it gets stat buffs for free upon reaching the next Ages.
- It is free.
- It is classified as a hero.
Like other unique units, it has the following similarities:
- It is stated to be a unique unit in the civilization card.
- Its icon appears as purple in the technology tree.
- It has the unique unit armor class.
- It is available to only one civilization.
List of unique units[]
Note: This list is based on the in-game classification, and not the unit's actual availability
Overall, there are three non-hero unique units:
The following list contains all unique units sorted by expansions. It can also be sorted by their civilization, type, and building(s) as need be. In addition, a small speciality/description is provided.
| Civilization | Unique unit | Type | Trained at | Description/Speciality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Achaemenids
|
 / Immortal
|
Light infantry/foot archer | Fort | Can switch between melee and ranged modes |
 Athenians
|
 Strategos
|
Infantry | Fort | Heavily armed, increases attack of nearby units |
 Spartans
|
 Hippeus
|
Heavy infantry | Fort | Archer-resistant, tanky |
 Polemarch
|
Heavy infantry hero | Town Center | Free, limited, aura buff, multiple upgrades |
In context of the above:
- Light units have better speed, but lower hit points, armor, and attack compared to their heavy counterparts.
- Tanky units have more hit points than their counterparts.
- Heavily armed means more melee attack.
- Heavily armored means more melee armor.
- Archer-resistant means more pierce armor.
Trivia[]
- Among the unique units introduced with Battle for Greece, only the Strategos and Hippeus have their civilization crest on their shield.
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