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{{Quote|Infantry. Good against cavalry.|In-game description}}
{{Quote|Cavalry. Good against ranged soldiers and siege engines.|In-game description}}
The Hoplite is a Greek infantry unit trained at the [[Military Academy]] from the [[Classical Age]]. Hoplites are the standard infantry for the Greeks and usually form the backbone of their army.


The Contarius (plural: Contarii) is a [[Heroic Age]] cavalry unit and the only melee cavalry available to the [[Atlanteans]]. It is a standard heavy cavalry unit: hard-hitting, relatively fast, but expensive. The Contarius is excellent against ranged soldiers and siege weapons, but weak against infantry and counter-cavalry.
Like other basic infantry units, Hoplites are a soft counter against cavalry and as such supposed to be cost-effective against most cavalry units. Heavier cavalry such as [[War Elephant|War Elephants]] and [[Jarl|Jarls]] require hard counter units to be cost-effectively defeated.
==Strengths and Weaknesses==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ 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]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ 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]]
|}


==Technologies==
==Technologies==
=====General Technologies=====
====General Technologies====


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Offense
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
! !! 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
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Defense
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
! !! 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
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Utility
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
! !! 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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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
! !! 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-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
|}
|}

==Relic Bonuses==
==Bonuses==
====God Bonuses====
====Relic Bonuses====


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
! !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:shared-r-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Armor of Achilles]]|| -5% hack vulnerability
| [[File:shared-r-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Armor of Achilles]]|| -5% hack vulnerability
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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The Contarius is a fast unit that can be quickly deployed behind enemy lines to eliminate archers and siege weapons before retreating back inside the base before the enemy has time to respond with infantry. Unfortunately, their high population value of three, costliness and lack of versatility means they can only be deployed in small numbers, as a support unit. They also make for effective raiders due to their high speed and large attack.
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).


{{InfoboxNeue
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.
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| title = Contarius
| subtitle = Cavalry Hero

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| label13 = Speed
| label14 = Line of Sight
| label15 = Hack Armor
| label16 = Pierce Armor
| label17 = Crush Armor
| label18 = Sacred Hands
| label19 = Scourge of the Skies
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| content13 = 4.2
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| content15 = 40%
| content16 = 15%
| content17 = 99%
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==Contarius Hero==
{{Quote|Cavalry, Hero. Good against ranged soldiers and myth units.|In-game description}}

Like all [[Atlanteans|Atlantean]] human units, a Contarius can be converted into a Hero at any time, provided the player has sufficient resources. It is classified as both a [[Heroes|hero]] and a cavalry unit.

===Technologies===
====General Technologies====
====Myth Technologies====
===Bonuses===
====God Bonuses====
====Relic Bonuses====

===Gameplay===
The Contarius Hero is formidable as it is strong against archers, siege weapons and myth units. In addition, the Lance of Stone technology grants them more attack versus buildings, making them even more viable as raiders.


==History==
==History==
{{Quote|Early Atlantean soldiers tamed and rode the wild horses that roamed across their island. These mounted soldiers were very successful in Atlantis' early conquests, but as Atlantis grew, farmland overtook wilderness and grazing became scarce. Cavalry all but disappeared from Atlantean tactics. Only an elite few rode horses into combat. Atlantean generals beaten in battle surrender their precious horses as a sign of defeat.|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==
* According to their icon, and the icon for [[Lance of Stone]], the Contarius' lance was originally based upon a jousting lance.
* The Hoplite went through a few design changes throughout the development. Originally, they would wear linothorax armor in their Champion upgrade.
* The Contarius gets its name from the Kontos lance, which was famously used by the Seleucid, Parthian, Roman, Persian, and Byzantine cataphracts.
* 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==
==List of Heroes==
==List of Heroes==
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|label5 = [[Ranged Soldier|Ranged Soldiers]]
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Latest revision as of 01:24, 6 November 2024

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Contarius
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Unit Information
Type
Cavalry
Civilization
Atlantean
Age
Heroic Age
Creation
Trained At
Military Barracks
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

"Cavalry. Good against ranged soldiers and siege engines."
In-game description

The Contarius (plural: Contarii) is a Heroic Age cavalry unit and the only melee cavalry available to the Atlanteans. It is a standard heavy cavalry unit: hard-hitting, relatively fast, but expensive. The Contarius is excellent against ranged soldiers and siege weapons, but weak against infantry and counter-cavalry.

Technologies

General Technologies

Name Description
Copper Weapons +10% damage
Bronze Weapons +10% damage
Iron Weapons +10% damage
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
Name Description
Levy Infantry -20% training time
Conscript Infantry -20% training time
Myth Technologies
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

Bonuses

God Bonuses

Relic Bonuses

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

The Contarius is a fast unit that can be quickly deployed behind enemy lines to eliminate archers and siege weapons before retreating back inside the base before the enemy has time to respond with infantry. Unfortunately, their high population value of three, costliness and lack of versatility means they can only be deployed in small numbers, as a support unit. They also make for effective raiders due to their high speed and large attack.

Quick Facts:
Contarius
Atlantean
Contarius
Cavalry Hero
Unit Information
Type
Hero
Civilization
Atlantean
Age
Heroic Age
Creation
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

Contarius Hero

"Cavalry, Hero. Good against ranged soldiers and myth units."
In-game description

Like all Atlantean human units, a Contarius can be converted into a Hero at any time, provided the player has sufficient resources. It is classified as both a hero and a cavalry unit.

Technologies

General Technologies

Myth Technologies

Bonuses

God Bonuses

Relic Bonuses

Gameplay

The Contarius Hero is formidable as it is strong against archers, siege weapons and myth units. In addition, the Lance of Stone technology grants them more attack versus buildings, making them even more viable as raiders.

History

"Early Atlantean soldiers tamed and rode the wild horses that roamed across their island. These mounted soldiers were very successful in Atlantis' early conquests, but as Atlantis grew, farmland overtook wilderness and grazing became scarce. Cavalry all but disappeared from Atlantean tactics. Only an elite few rode horses into combat. Atlantean generals beaten in battle surrender their precious horses as a sign of defeat."
In-game compendium

Gallery

Trivia

  • According to their icon, and the icon for Lance of Stone, the Contarius' lance was originally based upon a jousting lance.
  • The Contarius gets its name from the Kontos lance, which was famously used by the Seleucid, Parthian, Roman, Persian, and Byzantine cataphracts.

Video

List of Heroes



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