Parathubara

"How could he live with innocent blood on his hands?"
"He wants me back. If he can't have me, he'll kill before he gets killed."
"It's barbaric."
"[...] To him, everyone is either a friend or a foe."

—Christian Jacq, The Temple of a Million Years

In game

Parathubara — Vital statistics
Parathubara	Saka unique light axe infantry. 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	Upgrade of	Upgrades to
31px Military	8s (120t)	145	8	19	2.2s (33t)	17
Cost			Created from	Armour	Weapon range	Specialty
Base	Ramp	Pop
: 10 : 10	: 3 : 2	1		3	Melee	Fast and cheap to create. Attack bonus versus buildings, siege weapons Armour-piercing Not hindered by terrain

Overall strategy

Axemen in Warbirth can be used in lieu of Swordsmen when the need arises, but are specialised in attacking buildings and large units. The power of their weapon means that it is usually foolhardy to attack them en masse, especially with heavy units, so axe infantry, while cheap, can be amassed in sufficient numbers as a means of deterring enemy chariotry and armoured units. Your only problem will be that they are fairly weak and susceptible to missile weapons, so keeping some skirmishers or Chariot Archers of your own would not be a bad idea. Note, however, that axemen take a longer time to hit their targets as opposed to normal spearmen, so it is best to use them offensively - use them to lead the way, then fill in the openings with spearmen to take advantage from the flanks.

Unit summary

See also

• Axemen
• Anatolian Axemen
• Scythian Bowmen

Scythian Warrior. Not very effective with an axe, but not that expensive either.

See also

• Militia
• Pedites
• Machairaphoroi
• Kludda

Notes

This unit is present in Age of Chariots and Age of Empires as a mercenary unit, the Scythian Warriors.

Formerly Hong's Scythia Warrior. Was in Slot 0 but moved over to Slot 1 as heavy infantry. Uses Elite Atlatl skin but needs a change. How?