Peasant Levy

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"Let us say that their resentment of authority is second only to their idleness."

—Richard Herley, The Earth Goddess (Pt I, cap 1)

In game[edit | edit source]

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Peasant Levy — Vital statistics

Saka unique light melee unit. Very fast training, and very powerful, as a mercenary, owing to the use of iron tools to substitute bronze. Very powerful especially if pitted against armoured infantry and buildings.

  • Strong versus unarmed units, siege weapons and missile units with low accuracy or rate of fire
  • Weak versus military units, especially heavy cavalry.
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed


31px Military
1.3s
(20t)
90 0 12 2.3s
(35t)
17
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
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1
  • City
  • Large City
None Melee
  • Fast and cheap to create.
  • Strong versus most units, especially infantry.
  • Deals negligible damage against vehicles and structures.
  • Not hindered by terrain

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Overall strategy[edit | edit source]

Although weak, Peasant Levies have the highest rates of training, making them useful, albeit only in certain scenarios. They are not prized fighters, but while they are difficult to muster, they can be used to swell your ranks. Should forces be needed in a jiffy, you can do no wrong in calling them up to swell their ranks, even if only to give the enemy pause. Nevertheless, however, Peasant Levy are still only rabble at heart, and meant to operate in a defensive role - heavy cavalry will easily rip them apart, as will arrows fired by horse archers! Even so, mobs of Peasant Levymen, if directed at enemy settlements, can function as a disrupting force, putting your opponent on the back foot whilst ensuring your economy can outstrip that of your opponents'.

Notes[edit | edit source]

This unit was originally referenced under unitrules.x as "Wildman". In the original version of Age of Empires by Hong it was available to:

Design[edit | edit source]

Peasant Levy are armed primarily with clubs and knives.

  • Aegean: "Naked".
  • Asian: Same clothes but with different heads.
  • Semitic, Egyptian: mostly loincloths. Some coloured, others fringed. Close-cropped hair.
    • Semitic units switch over to tunics and fillets in [3].
  • European: Should be dressed Tollense-style, either with simple tunic or with trousers. Unbound hair.