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Wiki launch content: written from the game's code, data and story bible (Tools/wiki/content)

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{{Infobox unit
| name = Swordsman
| image = Icon_Unit_Swordsman.png
| role = Infantry
| damage_type = Melee
| hp = 140
| attack = 14
| defense = 6
| range = 150
| siege_attack = 0
| cooldown = 1.7
| train_time = 24
| food = 60
| gold = 20
| wood =
| stone =
| leather =
| fibre =
| population = 1
| trained_at = [[Infantry Training Grounds]]
| ranged = No
| can_siege = No
| status = In the game
}}

The '''Swordsman''' is a melee infantry unit trained at the [[Infantry Training Grounds]]. It has more hit points, attack and armour than the [[Spearman]], and a shorter reach.

== Combat ==
* '''Damage per hit:''' 14, before the target's armour. The target subtracts its armour from each hit, and every hit deals at least 1 (see [[Damage types]]).
* '''Attack cooldown:''' 1.7 seconds between attacks (about 8.2 damage per second before armour).
* '''Range:''' 1.5 m. Range is measured to the edge of the target, not its centre, so a unit standing against a large building is in range of it.
* '''Melee:''' a strike needs a clear line to its target. A wall segment or gate standing on the straight line between this unit and its target stops the strike, and the unit tries to approach again instead of striking through it.
* '''Against buildings:''' 25% of its damage. Only siege units (other than the Ballista) deal full damage to buildings.
* '''Auto-engage radius:''' 9 m. On the Aggressive [[Stances|stance]], a unit looks for enemies on its own out to 9 m or its own range, whichever is larger.
* '''Sight:''' at least 15 m. Every unit sees at least its range plus 2 m, so it is never firing at something its side cannot see.
* '''Bonuses:''' as an infantry unit, its attack is raised by the owner's Combat Offense [[Disciplines|Discipline]] and by the '''melee''' damage bonus (infantry and cavalry share it) of the owner's [[Callings|Calling]].
* '''Damage type:''' Melee. In the current build the damage type is a label shown on the unit panel; it does not change the damage dealt (see [[Damage types]]).

== Training ==
* '''Trained at:''' [[Infantry Training Grounds]].
* '''Cost:''' 60 food, 20 gold. The cost is paid when the unit is queued. Cancelling a queued or in-progress unit refunds the full cost.
* '''Train time:''' 24 seconds. Training-speed bonuses from the owner's [[Callings|Calling]] and [[Disciplines]] shorten it; no unit trains in under 0.5 seconds.
* '''Population:''' 1. Training is refused when living units plus everything already queued in all of the player's buildings, plus this unit, would pass the population cap.
* A building holds at most 5 units in its training queue.

== Notes ==
* The Swordsman's body is also the rider of the [[Knight]], and the donor row from which the [[Captain]] and [[Warden]] rows were first copied.

== See also ==
* [[Units]]
* [[Damage types]]
* [[Infantry Training Grounds]]
* [[Spearman]]


[[Category:Units]]
[[Category:Infantry units]]

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