Tarkan
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| Tarkan | |
|---|---|
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| Age | Castle Age |
| Trained at | Castle |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Cost | 0 Wood, 60 Food, 60 Gold, 0 Stone |
| HP | 90, 150 (Elite) |
| Attack | 7, 11 (Elite) |
| Range | 1 |
| Armor | 1 |
| Pierce Armor | 2 |
| Speed | Fast |
| Upgraded To | Elite Tarkan |
| Cost to Upgrade | 1000 Food 500 Gold |
The Tarkan and its upgraded version the Elite Tarkan is the unique unit of the Huns in the Conquerors Expansion in Age of Empires II.
Overview
In combat, Tarkans are best categorized as medium cavalry, something of a middle-ground between Light Cavalry and Knights, considering their hitpoints, armour and attack. But the Tarkan's real speciality is destroying buildings, rather than melee combat. As such Tarkans are effective against most ranged units, light cavalry, and buildings. They are very effective raiders due to this. In groups they can raze buildings quickly and as cavalry they can escape before an enemy can send in a counter-attack. They have decent pierce armor so can take down defensive structures effectively as well. In combat they are effective against archers due to their classification as cavalry. They are quite durable for raiders and can survive pitched battles.
Tarkans are classified as medium cavalry and therefore come up short versus infantry, heavy cavalry and camelry. Another subtle disadvantage they have is their long winding attack animation. As an example, while a Tarkan should be able to defeat a Cataphract on paper (having an advantage of 20 HP, one less armour point negated by one attack point more), they are actually beaten by Catapharacts by a narrow margin.
