Greek Units

This section describes the Greek military units, including siege and naval units. The following charts show where to improve each unit, and how the unit improves after research. Note that all military units can be improved at the facility, such as "Barracks", where they were produced. Units are first improved to Medium, then to Heavy, then to champion.

Katskopos
All Greek civilizations recieve a free Kataskopos, a cavarly scount unit that should be used to quickly survey the map, looking for settlements, resources, and enemy positions. The kataskopos is fast and has excellent line of sight, but will lose in battle against nearly any opponent. You aren't able to train an additional Kataskopos. Should you lose this cavarly scount, no other will appear for the duration of the game. You will have the option to produce Pegasus units at the Greek Temple to continue your scounting efforts.

Hippocampus
Worship Posidon, and after constructing a Temple and a Dock, you receive this free naval scout. The Hippocampus-known for pulling Posidon's chariot- is half fish and half horse, with the tail of a serpant or dolphin. Although the Hippocampus can't attack enemy units, it can be used to scout enemy naval positions, strengths, and fishing operations. If the Hippocampus is killed, another is spawned at your Dock after a short time.

Pegasus
All three Major Gods of Greece can produce the winged horse Pegasus as early as the Archaic Age. Pegasus is an inexpensive flying scout, produced at the Temple, thatcan be attacked only by ranged units. Although the Greeks have a capable land scout in Kataskopos, and worshippers of Posidon have a free Naval scout, there are many scenarios when you might need a Pegasus to explore over water and to check out places inaccessible except by air. Worship Hermes to acquire the Winged Messenger improvement to reduce the cost of the Pegasus unit to zero. The improvement also trains the mythological unit faster, and improves it's line of sight.

Upgrade	Improves
Hermes' Winged Messenger	Cost (only requires favor), Training Rate, Line of Sight

Hoplite
The Greek Hoplite is most effective against cavarly units, such as Greek Hippikon, Egyptian Camelry, or Norse Raiding Cavarly. Steer clear of counter-infantry units or archers, though you can improve your odds against these units through improvements, including Athena's Sarissa and Aegis Shield. Follow Zeus to reveive instant Hoplite improvements-Zeus' Hoplites are faster and feature bonus damage against buildings. For an infantry unit, Hoplites are pretty slow without Zeus' benefit.

Upgrade	Improves
Military Academy	Attack, Hit Points, Training Rate, Line of Sight
Armory	Attack, Armour
Zeus	Swiftness, Damage vs. Buildings
Ares' Phobos' Spear of Panic	Attack
Athena's Sarissa	Hack Armour
Athena's Aegis Shield	Pierce Armour

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