Swordsman
- Attack
- 80
- Defence
- 60
- Lane
- Flank
- Citizens
- 1
- Building
- Barracks lv. 8
- Research
- —
The unit's own values. In battle, your Arsenal equipment, your research, your god and your form of government can raise them.
Flank infantry with a short sword, a small round shield and light armour: agile and attack-minded, sturdier than a Peltast and far less durable than a Hoplite. It fights the opposing flank first and cannot get past it while it stands; once it falls, the swordsman reaches for the ranged line and the engines, and only then for the front line, which it hits poorly. Slower than cavalry and a lesser killer of the rear. It never stands in the front line.
The figures come from the game's own content. Balance updates can move some numbers; the rules themselves are as written here.