First, the stats. The guides I used were Isis and Zeus. (Greek opponent)
Cost: 300 food, 18 favor
Population: 5
Hitpoints: 670
Crush Armor: 80%
Hack Armor: 30%
Pierce Armor: 75%
Crush Damage: 12
Hack Damage: 6
Special atttack\ability: Acid Blood, when killed, damages all un its around it.
There. That looks ok so far, but let's see how the test results come up. Note: I used Heavy Hopolites and Toxtotes and used Copper and Bronze upgrades.
Test 1: 1 Scarab vs. 3 Heavy Hopolites
The Hopolites wiped the floor with the Scarab. The Scarab was killed in 30 sec. and only one Hopolite was killed. The other two had 116 out of 143 hitpoints left because of the Acid Blood.
Test 2: 1 Scarab vs. 3 Heavy Toxtotes
The Scarab did better here, although, if you look at the pierce armor, that's not surprising. The Toxtotes were killed in 48 seconds and the Scarab had 451 hitpoints left.
Test 3: 1 Scarab vs. 1 Zeus house
WOW!! The Scarab took it out in 4 hits and 6 seconds. Attacks every 1.5 seconds.
Test 4: I compared the House killing abilities of the Scarab, Heka-Gigantes, and the Benemoth.
Benemoth: Cost: 300 food, 25 favor population 5, Has HP regeneration, 1 per second. Killed house at same time of Scarab.
Heka-Gigantes: Cost: 300 gold, 25 favor, 5 population, killed house about half a second before Scarab.
Test 5: I used two of each against 1 hillfort and two Helopolis against 1 hillfort. The hillfort has 1900 hitpoints.
Scarabs: 12 seconds
Benemoths: 14 seconds
Heka-Gigantes: 11 seconds
Helopolis's: 21 seconds, cost for 1 Helopolis, 300 food, 200 gold, 5 population.
Well, we've seen how they shape up against buildings. It seems clear that the Scarab is superior to the Benemoth, which will become clearer in the next test.
Test 6: 1 Scarab vs. 1 Benemoth
Scarab won in 44 seconds with 95 hp. left, despite the 1 hp. per second regeneration of the Benemoth and the fact their stats are nearly identical. I was surprised, however upon careful examination, I saw the Scarab attacks slightly faster.
The Heka-Gigantes is a slightly better building killer, but how does it fair against hopolites and Toxtotes??
Test 7: 1 Heka-Gigantes vs. 3 Heavy Hopolites
The Hopolites were defeated in 24 seconds, although the Heka-Gigantes took more damage than I expected. 656 of it's 850 Hitpoints were left.
Test 8: 1 Heka-Gigantes vs. 3 Heavy Toxtotes
The Heka-Gigantes won here also in 31 seconds with 639 hitpoints left.
That concludes the end of the tests.
Now I will give some uses for the Scarab.
Vs. Norse: Heh heh! This tears through norse buildings. Their lack of ranged heroes makes the Scarab much better siege than anything else the Egyptians can get. As long as you can keep a good meat shield around it, it'll mow down those Hillforts and longhouses Vs. Egyptians: Not as useful. They have lots of long ranged heroes, so it's alot more vulnerable to attack. Although it is still better than any other sige the Egyptians can get. Vs. Greeks: Here is where it gets dicey. The Greek heroes, especially Bellpheron, Perseus, and Oddesyous, will tear the Scarab up.(Watch out for Bellpheron's leap attack Vs. Atlanteans. It's really a mixed bag. If they use hero Arcuses, you are in trouble. They have incredible range and will eat it up quickly. Be sure to keep slingers around it and maybe some Chariot Archers. That nearly concludes my guide to the Scarab. Finally, I will talk a little bit about Sekhmet's God Power (which slightly pertains to the high pop cost of the Scarab). Sekmhet's GP: Citadel: This God Power is often misused by those who don't think about it carefuly. Although it would look like an awesome idea to use it on a forward base, if it's destroyed, it's gone permenantly, along with the ten extra population points you get from it. Take my advice and use it on your original TC! The ten extra pop points you get will give u room for two Scarabs. Bellpheron(Greek hero) Thanks for reading P.S. Please tell me how to put a picture of the unit here.
That concludes my guide. Please don't put a bunch of flames in here. If you didn't like my guide, then please kindly suggest how I can make it better. If you liked my guide, then please vote on one of the following things I should make a guide for.
Perseus(Greek Hero)
Psteuchos(MU)
Sphinx(MU)
Mummy(MU)
Anubite(MU)
Son of Orisis(Egyptian Hero)
Fire Giant(MU)