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Crossbowman
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First Appearance	Age of Empires III
Light Infantry
Cost	40 Food 40 Wood
Age Available	Colonial Age
Base Hit Points	100
Pop. Use	1
Speed	4.0
LOS	20
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Melee Damage	7
Melee Multipliers	x2.0 vs. Light Cavalry x2.0 vs. Eagle Runner Knight x0.75 vs. Cavalry x0.75 vs. Coyote Runner x1.25 vs. Heavy Infantry
Range Damage	18
Range Multipliers	same as melee
Range	16
Siege Damage	8
Siege Range	6
R.O.F.	1.5 (Melee) / 3.0 (Siege, Ranged)
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Crossbowman is a ranged unit avilabe to almost every European civilization featured in Age of Empires III.

OverviewEdit

Crossbowmen are a light infantry unit that uses a crossbow in battle. They are counter infantry units that are useful for attacking heavy infantry such as Musketeers, but are easily defeated by Melee Cavalry and Artillery. They are similar in many ways to Skirmishers. Although the Crossbowmen might be out-ranged by their skirmisher counterparts, they are cheaper and are trainable earlier in the game. The exceptions to this rule reside in the Dutch, who can train Skirmishers in the Colonial Age and the French use of TEAM Early Skirmishers (allowing them and allies to train skirmishers in the Colonial Age). Also, the Portuguese can get a guard level of the crossbowmen with a unique church card, naming them Besteiros.

UpgradesEdit

Crossbowman benefit from technologies found at the Arsenal and can be upgraded to the Veteran level after the Colonial Age. Crossbowman cannot be upgraded beyond the Veteran level.

Veteran CrossbowmanEdit

Veteran Crossbowman is an upgrade to the ordinary crossbowman and is available for 200 Wood and 200 Coin at the Barracks once Fortress Age is reached. Veteran Crossbowman have higher attack and hit points but the overall function and the multipliers as well as the resists remains the same.

Hit Points: 120

Ranged Attack: 21

Hand Attack: 8

Siege Attack: 9

Note: Spanish players have the option of being able to almost instantly train (2.7 seconds) Crossbowmen and Pikemen in the Colonial Age, due to the TEAM Archaic Soldier Training and Fencing School cards, and can train instantly if it is also used with the Standing Army improvement.

HistoryEdit

A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance.

Historically, crossbows played a significant role in the warfare of East Asia, Europe and the Mediterranean. Today, they are used primarily for shooting sports, hunting, and when shooting in silence is an important consideration.

Shipments Edit

This is a list of shipments that benefit Crossbowmen in any way.

GalleryEdit

An in game Crossbowman.

Here are the in game stats of an ordinary Crossbowman.

Here are the in game stats of a fully upgraded Veteran Crossbowman.

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