Melee unit (Civ4)

A melee unit is a unit class in Civilization IV and its expansions.

Melee units are specialized in close combat, as opposed to ranged weapons such as bows and guns. All of them have 1 Move, with the exception of the Zulus' Impi. Being land units, they benefit from Barracks.

List of melee units

The following melee units appear in Civilization IV and its expansions:

Name	Civilization	Techs	Resources	Strength	Traits
Warrior				2	+25% City Defense
Quechua	Incan				+25% City Defense +100% vs. Archery Units
Spearman		Hunting	Copper or Iron	4	+100% vs. Mounted Units
Holkan	Mayan	Hunting Bronze Working			+100% vs. Mounted Units Immune to First Strikes
Impi	Zulu	Hunting	Copper or Iron		+100% vs. Mounted Units Starts with Mobility Has 2 Moves
Phalanx (Vanilla Civ4 and Warlords only)	Greek			5	+100% vs. Mounted Units +25% Hills Defense
Axeman		Bronze Working	Copper or Iron	5	+50% vs. Melee Units
Dog Soldier	Native American			4	+100% vs. Melee Units
Vulture	Sumerian		Copper or Iron	6	+25% vs. Melee Units
Phalanx (Beyond the Sword only)	Greek			5	+25% vs. Melee Units +100% defense vs. Chariot
Swordsman		Iron Working	Iron	6	+10% City Attack
Gallic Warrior	Celtic		Copper or Iron		+10% City Attack Starts with Guerrilla I Can take Guerrilla promotions
Jaguar	Aztec			5	+10% City Attack Starts with Woodsman I -5 Production cost (compared to Swordsman)
Praetorian	Roman		Copper or Iron	8	+5 Production cost (compared to Swordsman)
Pikeman		Engineering		6	+100% vs. Mounted Units
Landsknecht	Holy Roman				+100% vs. Mounted Units +100% vs. Melee Units
Maceman		Civil Service Machinery		8	+50% vs. Melee Units
Berserker	Viking				+50% vs. Melee Units +10% City Attack Starts with Amphibious
Samurai	Japanese		Iron		+50% vs. Melee Units 2 First Strikes Starts with Drill I Can take Drill promotions

See also

• Melee unit in other games