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{{Quote|Infantry. Only good against other infantry.|In-game description}}
{{Quote|Mercenaries train quickly, but are expensive and last but a short time.|In-game description}}

Hypaspists are anti-infantry infantry units available to the Greeks from the Heroic Age.
The Mercenary Cavalry is a powerful cavalry unit in Age of Mythology available to the Egyptians. They are trained very quickly at the Town Center, though they lose hit points over time, lasting for 40 seconds or lower when they take damage. They cannot be healed.


==Strengths and Weaknesses==
==Strengths and Weaknesses==
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|+ Strong vs.
|+ Strong vs.
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-h-hippeus.png|35px]]   [[Hippeus]]  •   [[File:grk-h-prodromos.png|35px]]   [[Prodromos]]  •   [[File:egp-r-spearman.webp|35px]]   [[Spearman]]  •   [[File:jarl-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Jarl]]  •   [[File:egp-r-war-elephant.webp|35px]] [[War Elephant]]  •   [[File:berserk.webp|35px]]   [[Berserk]]  •   [[File:egp-r-camel-rider.webp|35px]]   [[Camel Rider]]  •   [[File:huskarl.webp|35px]]   [[Huskarl]]  •   [[File:hersir.webp|35px]]   [[Hersir]]  •   [[File:raiding-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Raiding Cavalry]]
| [[File:grk-h-hippeus.webp|35px]]   [[Hippeus]]  •   [[File:grk-h-prodromos.webp|35px]]   [[Prodromos]]  •   [[File:egp-r-spearman.webp|35px]]   [[Spearman]]  •   [[File:jarl-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Jarl]]  •   [[File:egp-r-war-elephant.webp|35px]] [[War Elephant]]  •   [[File:berserk.webp|35px]]   [[Berserk]]  •   [[File:egp-r-camel-rider.webp|35px]]   [[Camel Rider]]  •   [[File:huskarl.webp|35px]]   [[Huskarl]]  •   [[File:hersir.webp|35px]]   [[Hersir]]  •   [[File:raiding-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Raiding Cavalry]]
|}
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|+ Weak vs.
|+ Weak vs.
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-h-toxotes.png|35px]]   [[Toxotes]]  •   [[File:grk-h-hypaspist.png|35px]]   [[Hypaspist]]  •   [[File:atl-r-cheiroballista.webp|35px]]   [[Cheiroballista]]  •   [[File:egp-r-chariot-archer.webp|35px]]   [[Chariot Archer]]  •   [[File:throwing-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Throwing Axeman]]  •   [[File:egp-r-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Axeman]]
| [[File:grk-h-toxotes.webp|35px]]   [[Toxotes]]  •   [[File:grk-h-hypaspist.webp|35px]]   [[Hypaspist]]  •   [[File:atl-r-cheiroballista.webp|35px]]   [[Cheiroballista]]  •   [[File:egp-r-chariot-archer.webp|35px]]   [[Chariot Archer]]  •   [[File:throwing-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Throwing Axeman]]  •   [[File:egp-r-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Axeman]]
|}
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! Image !! Name !! Description
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-weapons.png|40px]] || [[Copper Weapons]] || +10% damage
| [[File:shared-t-copper-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Weapons]] || +10% damage
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-weapons.png|40px]] || [[Bronze Weapons]] || +10% damage
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Weapons]] || +10% damage
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-weapons.png|40px]] || [[Iron Weapons]] || +10% damage
| [[File:shared-t-iron-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Weapons]] || +10% damage
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! Image !! Name !! Description
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-armor.png|40px]] || [[Copper Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
| [[File:shared-t-copper-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-armor.png|40px]] || [[Bronze Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-armor.png|40px]] || [[Iron Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
| [[File:shared-t-iron-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-shields.png|40px]] || [[Copper Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
| [[File:shared-t-copper-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-shields.png|40px]] || [[Bronze Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-shields.png|40px]] || [[Iron Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
| [[File:shared-t-iron-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|}
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! Image !! Name !! Description
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-levy-infantry.png|40px]] || [[Levy Infantry]] || -20% training time
| [[File:grk-t-levy-infantry.webp|40px]] || [[Levy Infantry]] || -20% training time
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-conscript-infantry.png|40px]] || [[Conscript Infantry]] || -20% training time
| [[File:grk-t-conscript-infantry.webp|40px]] || [[Conscript Infantry]] || -20% training time
|}
|}


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! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-phobos-spear-of-panic.png|40px]] || [[Phobos' Spear of Panic]] || [[Ares]] || +1 divine damage
| [[File:grk-t-phobos-spear-of-panic.webp|40px]] || [[Phobos' Spear of Panic]] || [[Ares]] || +1 divine damage
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-sarissa.png|40px]] || [[Sarissa]] || [[Athena]] || +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
| [[File:grk-t-sarissa.webp|40px]] || [[Sarissa]] || [[Athena]] || +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-aegis-shield.png|40px]] || [[Aegis Shield]] || Athena || -15% pierce vulnerability
| [[File:grk-t-aegis-shield.webp|40px]] || [[Aegis Shield]] || Athena || -15% pierce vulnerability
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-oracle.png|40px]] || [[Oracle]] || [[Apollo]] || +4 Line of Sight
| [[File:grk-t-oracle.webp|40px]] || [[Oracle]] || [[Apollo]] || +4 Line of Sight
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-dionysia.png|40px]] || [[Dionysia]] || [[Dionysus]] || +5% hit points
| [[File:grk-t-dionysia.webp|40px]] || [[Dionysia]] || [[Dionysus]] || +5% hit points
|}
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! Age !! Upgrade !! Cost !! Effect
! Age !! Upgrade !! Cost !! Effect
|-
|-
| [[File:infobox-age2.png|40px]] [[Classical Age]] || [[File:shared-t-medium-infantry.png|40px]] Medium Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.png|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-gold.png|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-time.png|30px]] 20 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 [[Line of Sight]]
| [[File:infobox-age2.webp|40px]] [[Classical Age]] || [[File:shared-t-medium-infantry.webp|40px]] Medium Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 20 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 [[Line of Sight]]
|-
|-
| [[File:infobox-age3.png|40px]] [[Heroic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-heavy-infantry.png|40px]] Heavy Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.png|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-gold.png|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-time.png|30px]] 30 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
| [[File:infobox-age3.webp|40px]] [[Heroic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-heavy-infantry.webp|40px]] Heavy Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 30 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
|-
|-
| [[File:infobox-age4.png|40px]] [[Mythic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-champion-infantry.png|40px]] Champion Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.png|30px]] 500, [[File:infobox-gold.png|30px]] 400, [[File:infobox-time.png|30px]] 40 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry
| [[File:infobox-age4.webp|40px]] [[Mythic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-champion-infantry.webp|40px]] Champion Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 500, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 400, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 40 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry
|}
|}
==Relic Bonuses==
==Relic Bonuses==
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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Mercenary Cavalry are typically used as a quick response defense force due to their limited lifespan. They can take on most units, and as they have high hack armor, they are not even vulnerable to infantry. However, hard cavalry counters such as the Prodromos will still defeat them. Mercenary Cavalry can defend a town well if the player's forces are elsewhere or have been defeated. Their near-instant training time allows them to be massed quickly. However they are quite expensive; it is worth considering keeping an emergency reserve of gold as an Egyptian player so they can be used at any time.
Hoplites are best used to counter cavalry units. However, in a skirmish, most cavalry units will simply be able to run away from them. Hoplites are quite versatile as they can defeat most other infantry units. However, like all infantry they are vulnerable to counter-infantry and ranged soldiers (except for Turmae).


The Medjay improvement gives Mercenary Cavalry a 70-second lifespan, allowing them to be used offensively. They are faster than foot Mercenaries, making them better at attacking. Enemy units will be quickly knocked off by these units, and after they die, players can finish off the survivors with their regular forces.
Hoplites are well armored, and, of the four standard infantry units, they have the most hit points - far more than the [[Spearman]] and [[Berserk]]. However, they are also the most expensive, slowest, and have the longest training time. This makes rushing with them more difficult, except for Zeus players, whose Hoplites move faster and do extra damage to buildings.


==History==
==History==
{{Quote|As an Egyptian you may employ Mercenary Cavalry at any of your Town Centers after reaching the Heroic Age. Mercenary Cavalry train very quickly, cost only gold and are good at countering Ranged soldiers. They are primarily used for town defense because their services can only be bought for a short time, rarely long enough to make the trek into an enemy town.|In-game compendium}}
{{Quote|The predominate Greek soldier of antiquity was the Hoplite, named after the great round shield he carried into battle. Hoplites wore helmets, leg armor, and chest armor, and carried a great long spear. They fought in dense columns with the spear points from several ranks projecting out from the formation. They thus presented a formidable block bristling with spears held above the shoulder. In battle they would close with the enemy as a pushing wall of shields, stabbing with their spears over the shields. Men behind would push those in front and stab over them. This fighting was face-to-face and terrifying, requiring high skill and discipline. Battles were usually short but deadly. Before the rise of the Hoplite, most army fighting had been more long-range archery and posturing. The Greeks made war personal and intense, and Hoplites dominated ancient battlefields for centuries.|In-game compendium}}

==Gallery==
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* The Hoplite went through a few design changes throughout the development. Originally, they would wear linothorax armor in their Champion upgrade.
* Hoplites were also to use square shields, inspired by the Mycenaeans tower shields, some months before release. However, Ensemble Studios decided to revert back to them using Hoplon-type shields, most likely because they were more distinctive.
==Video==
==Video==
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Latest revision as of 01:23, 6 November 2024

Quick Facts:
Mercenary Cavalry
Egyptian
Mercenary Cavalry
Cavalry
Unit Information
Type
Cavalry
Civilization
Egyptian
Age
Heroic Age
Creation
Trained At
Military Academy
Food
50
Gold
40
Population
4
Training Time
12 seconds
Statistics
Hit Points
115
Speed
4.2
Line of Sight
16
Hack Armor
40%
Pierce Armor
15%
Crush Armor
99%
Melee Attack
Hack
7.5
Multiplier
Cavalry: 1.25x
Rate of Fire
1
Attack Range
0.75

"Mercenaries train quickly, but are expensive and last but a short time."
In-game description

The Mercenary Cavalry is a powerful cavalry unit in Age of Mythology available to the Egyptians. They are trained very quickly at the Town Center, though they lose hit points over time, lasting for 40 seconds or lower when they take damage. They cannot be healed.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong vs.
  Hippeus  •     Prodromos  •     Spearman  •     Jarl  •   War Elephant  •     Berserk  •     Camel Rider  •     Huskarl  •     Hersir  •     Raiding Cavalry
Weak vs.
  Toxotes  •     Hypaspist  •     Cheiroballista  •     Chariot Archer  •     Throwing Axeman  •     Axeman

Technologies

General Technologies
Offense
Image Name Description
Copper Weapons +10% damage
Bronze Weapons +10% damage
Iron Weapons +10% damage
Defense
Image Name Description
Copper Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Bronze Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Iron Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Copper Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Bronze Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Iron Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Utility
Image Name Description
Levy Infantry -20% training time
Conscript Infantry -20% training time
Myth Technologies
Image Name God Description
Phobos' Spear of Panic Ares +1 divine damage
Sarissa Athena +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
Aegis Shield Athena -15% pierce vulnerability
Oracle Apollo +4 Line of Sight
Dionysia Dionysus +5% hit points

Upgrades

Age Upgrade Cost Effect
Classical Age Medium Infantry 150, 150, 20 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 Line of Sight
Heroic Age Heavy Infantry 300, 300, 30 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
Mythic Age Champion Infantry 500, 400, 40 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry

Relic Bonuses

Image Name Description
Armor of Achilles -5% hack vulnerability
Canopic Jar of Imsety +25% training speed
Gaia's Book of Knowledge +3.0 attack multiplier vs. Titans
Pelt of Argus +6 Line of Sight
Thundercloud Shawl -5% pierce vulnerability
Gungnir, Odin's Spear +5% attack

Gameplay

Mercenary Cavalry are typically used as a quick response defense force due to their limited lifespan. They can take on most units, and as they have high hack armor, they are not even vulnerable to infantry. However, hard cavalry counters such as the Prodromos will still defeat them. Mercenary Cavalry can defend a town well if the player's forces are elsewhere or have been defeated. Their near-instant training time allows them to be massed quickly. However they are quite expensive; it is worth considering keeping an emergency reserve of gold as an Egyptian player so they can be used at any time.

The Medjay improvement gives Mercenary Cavalry a 70-second lifespan, allowing them to be used offensively. They are faster than foot Mercenaries, making them better at attacking. Enemy units will be quickly knocked off by these units, and after they die, players can finish off the survivors with their regular forces.

History

"As an Egyptian you may employ Mercenary Cavalry at any of your Town Centers after reaching the Heroic Age. Mercenary Cavalry train very quickly, cost only gold and are good at countering Ranged soldiers. They are primarily used for town defense because their services can only be bought for a short time, rarely long enough to make the trek into an enemy town."
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