War Chariot (Chronicles)

This article is about the unit in Chronicles: Battle for Greece. For the unit in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon, see War Chariot (Age of Mythology).

War Chariot
Unit information
Introduced in	Chronicles: Battle for Greece
Type	Cavalry unit
Civilization	Achaemenids
Age	Classical Age
Training
Trained at	Stable
Wood	65
Gold	65
Training time	24 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	100 (Regular) 140 (Elite)
Melee attack	8 (Regular) 10 (Elite)
Attack bonus	+5, +8 (Elite) vs Infantry
Blast radius	0.5 [40% damage]
Reload time	1.8
Melee armor	1 (Regular) 2 (Elite)
Pierce armor	0 (Regular) 1 (Elite)
Armor class	Cavalry Unique unit
Speed	1.35
Upgrades to
Upgrades to	: Elite War Chariot
Upgrade cost	600 food, 500 wood
Upgrade time	50 seconds

“	Anti-infantry cavalry unit with trample damage.	”
—In-game description

The War Chariot is a Classical Age cavalry unit in Chronicles: Battle for Greece available at the Stable. It can be upgraded to the Elite War Chariot in the Imperial Age.

Although it is not explicitly designated as a regional unit, it is only available to the Achaemenids.

Further statistics

As War Chariots are unique to the Achaemenids, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table:

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, massed units
Weak vs.	Bowmen
Conditional matchups	Spearman

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%)
Upgrading	Conscription (+33% faster)
Other	Scythed Chariots (+0.3 blast radius, Achaemenids)

Civilization bonuses
Upgrading	Achaemenids (reduced by 35 seconds)

Aura and ability enhancements
Armor	Spearman (0/+1, requires Sparabaras, Achaemenids)
Attack speed	Town Center (+15%, requires Defensive Town Center, Achaemenids)
Creation speed	Town Center (+50%, requires Military Town Center, Achaemenids)
Upgrading	Town Center (+50% faster, requires Military Town Center, Achaemenids)

Team bonuses
Conversion resistance	Teutons (+3 min, +1 max)
Creation speed	Huns (+20%)
Upgrading	Huns (+20% faster) Portuguese (+25% faster)

Heroes

The following heroes in the game have the appearance of an Elite War Chariot:

• Darius

Trivia

• Due to a bug, the Spartans can research the Elite War Chariot upgrade despite not having access to the unit line.
• For unknown reasons, the Elite War Chariot upgrade is not researched in Post-Imperial Age starts.
• War Chariots are effectively unique to the Achaemenids, but are still marked in blue in the technology tree, like non-unique units, and appear crossed out in the technology trees of the other civilizations.
  • Another discrepancy is that they have the unique unit armor class, despite the technology tree stating otherwise. This could indicate they were originally considered for a unique unit, before being turned generic or regional.
• In the best-case scenario, the Achaemenids can research the Elite upgrade in just 16.7 seconds.
• The Classical Age War Chariot is based on Achaemenid Persian chariots due to the lack of a metal helmet on the charioteer, lack of horse barding, and the presence of a spara shield.
• The Elite War Chariot is based on Seleucid chariots due to the Thracian-Attic helmet worn by the charioteer, horse barding, and Hellenistic thureos shield.

Gallery

Views of the War Chariot

Views of the Elite War Chariot

Some War Chariots

The charge of the Persian scythed chariots at the Battle of Gaugamela, by Andre Castaigne (1898-1899)

Videos

ELITE WAR CHARIOT vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT (Total Resources) - Chronicles- Battle for Greece (AoE2)