diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/philip.xml b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/philip.xml
index 09385ff8ec..506560b39a 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/philip.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/philip.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <animation file="biped/inf_phalanx_walk_a.psa" name="Walk" speed="20"/>
         <animation file="infantry/general/dude/dudedeath_sword.psa" name="Death" speed="200"/>
         <animation file="infantry/general/dude/dudedecay_sword.psa" name="Corpse" speed="100"/>
-        <animation event="0.5" file="biped/inf_phalanx_atk_a.psa" name="melee" speed="400"/>
+        <animation event="0.5" file="biped/inf_phalanx_atk_a.psa" name="melee" speed="500"/>
       </animations>
       <mesh>skeletal/m_tunic_a.pmd</mesh>
       <props>