Changdao Swordsman
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| Changdao Swordsman | |
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| First Appearance | The Asian Dynasties |
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| Heavy Infantry | |
| Cost | 95 Food |
| Age Available | Fortress Age |
| Building | War Academy |
| Base Hit Points | 144 |
| Pop. Use | 1 |
| Speed | 5.0 |
| LOS | 12 |
| Resists | 20% vs. Melee |
| Melee Damage | 15 |
| Melee Multipliers | x2.25 vs. Cavalry x1.5 vs. Light Infantry |
| Siege Damage | 21 |
| Siege Range | 6 |
| R.O.F. | 1.5 / 3.0 (Siege) |
The Changdao Swordsman is a Chinese unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.
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Overview
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The Changdao is an Infantry unit similar to the Halbedier with a moderately high melee attack, and a decent modifier against Cavalry, and a reasonable siege attack. The Changdao is an excellent counter to Melee Cavalry, and Pikeman units, as well as being fairly competent against buildings. It will quickly fall in battle against light infantry and artillery, unless in range, and are not a very good counter to light cavalry, despite their multiplier, due to speed and range issues.
HistoryEdit
'Changdao' was a type of anti-cavalry sword used in China during the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes called Miao dao (a similar but more recent weapon), the blade very much resembles a Japanese ōdachi. This weapon was adopted by General Qi Jiguang, who acquired a Kage-ryū (Aizu) manual from Japanese wokou, studied and modified it for his troops and used against enemies on the Mongol border circa 1560. It replaced the zhǎn mǎ dāo as a "horse slaying" weapon; if the Japanese blades were derivatives of the zhǎnmǎdāo, the changdao would effectively be a third-generation replacement of the original sword. At the time of General Qi it had a specified length of 1.95 meters, similar to the Japanese ōdachi. Its handle was long, apparently slightly more than one-third of its total length, and its curve shallower than that of Japanese swords. Commanding up to 100,000 troops on the Mongol border, General Qi found this weapon so effective that up to forty percent of his commandos had it as a weapon; it stayed in service throughout the late Ming dynasty.
TriviaEdit
- "Chang Dao" is literally translated as "Long Sword" in Chinese.
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