| Gastraphetes | |||||||||
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| Greek Ranged Unit | |||||||||
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| Age Available |  Golden Age | ||||||||
| Damage | 15 | ||||||||
| Attack Range | 23 | ||||||||
| Hit Points | 150 | ||||||||
| Speed | 5 (5.5) | ||||||||
| Sight Range | 23 | ||||||||
| Train Time | 13.3s | ||||||||
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| Armor vs. infantry | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Bonus vs. infantry | 3.0 | ||||||||
The Gastraphetes is a Greek Ranged Unit in Age of Empires Online.
PvP Values which are different are put in brackets ().
Overview[]
- Armed with an ancient early crossbow, the Gastraphete's long range and high damage allows it to wipe out Infantry from afar.
Equipment Slots[]
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| Belly Bow | Arrows | Cloth Armor | Soldiers' Gear |
In-game Gastraphetes without gear
Upgrades[]
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| Marksmanship | Barbed Arrows | Scale | Shield Rim |
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| Improved Fletching | Broadhead Arrows | Chain | Shield Truss | Agoge Discipline |
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| Bodkin Arrows | Laminar Armor | Shield Boss | Composite Bow | Greek Fire | Gastraphetes Champion |
History[]
A modern reconstruction of the Greek gastraphetes
Diagram of the Greek gastraphetes
The gastraphetes (gas-tre-phet-ees, Ancient Greek: γαστραφέτης, Greek: Γαστραφετης) was the name of a weapon. It roughly translates to English as "belly-releaser". The weapon was a precursor to the crossbow as it used a special slider mechanism to pull the string. The gastraphetes was loaded by placing one end against the ground and pushing against the other end with the soldier's belly, giving it the nickname "Belly Bow".[1]
Tips[]
- The Greek Fire research can allow them to deal fair damage against siege and buildings.
Sources[]
- ↑ Wikipedia - "Gastraphetes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes