Fusilier

Fusilier
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry Musket infantry* Mercenary
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians) Saloon (Americans) Palace (Africans) Lombard (Italians)
Population	2
Coin	300
Train time	50 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	300
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	5.0
Line of Sight	16
XP train bounty	30
XP kill bounty	30
Hand attack
Damage	35 Hand
Bonus damage	×2.0 vs. Cavalry ×1.5 vs. Shock infantry ×1.0 vs. Light ranged cavalry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	70 Ranged
Bonus damage	×1.5 vs. Cavalry ×1.3 vs. Shock infantry ×1.0 vs. Light ranged cavalry
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	60 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Powerful ranged infantry mercenary.	”
—In-game description

The Fusilier is a French ranged heavy infantry and mercenary unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs.

Reflecting its name's origins, the Fusilier has been changed from Swedish to French in the Definitive Edition.

Overview

The Fusilier is effective against most infantry and quite deadly against cavalry. It has high hit points, a high base ranged attack, and it also has damage multipliers at range against cavalry and shock infantry, similar to Caroleans. The Fusilier is a strong all-round unit. It can even overcome its weakness against light infantry with strong base stats, thus only being especially weak to artillery.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Paper Cartridge (+15%) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Socket Bayonet (+20% hand attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Blue Nile Ties (-15%; Ethiopians only) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Philhellenism (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Blue Nile Ties (-15%; Ethiopians only) Philhellenism (-10%) Yemeni Relations (exchanges cost for 50% coin, 50% influence)
Other	Multinationalism (ships 8 random European mercenaries) Walloon Guards (ships 14 Fusiliers; Fusiliers can be hired at Tavern and get the Regeneration ability; Spanish only)
Penalties	Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only) Second Guarantee (+30% train time; Mexicans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Fusilier

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Villager for the Indians)
Outlaw Combat	Outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and attack (also upgrades Filibusters to Veteran for Baja California; costs 750 coin for Baja California, Hungary, and Revolutionary Mexicans)

• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Fencing School" is available to the Europeans (except the French, Maltese, Ottomans, and Spanish) and Indians.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available to the Mexicans upon revolting to Baja California and Europeans upon revolting to the Barbary States, Hungary, and Mexico.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

British

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and grenade troopers get +15% hit points		10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40
Acupuncture	All units' train time -20%		10

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead		10
Hire Fusilier Corps	Ships 10 Fusiliers; costs 2,000 coin		40
Dutch States Army	Mercenary train time -15% and shipments arrive time -20%, and get +7% speed (except Napoleon Guns and Li'l Bombards); enables training of Highlanders at Barracks, Royal Horsemen at Stables, and both at Tavern; Pikeman, Halberdier, Skirmisher, Hussar, and Ruyter cost +10%		N/A

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry get +5% speed
Temenyas	Gunpowder infantry get +5% attack; Neftenya available in the Commerce Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Hire French Fusiliers	Ships 8 Fusiliers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin		N/A
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed		N/A

• "Hire French Fusiliers" is available to the Dutch, French, and Spanish.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +10% attack; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% attack instead		10
Royal Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%; +3 Royal Musketeers		N/A

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Improved Mercenaries	Mercenaries get +15% hit points and attack; +3 Uhlans		10

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Scout Infantry	Ships 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight		10
Conservative Tactics	Infantry get +10% hit points and attack		10

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack; mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
TEAM Inca Bridges	Infantry and civilian units get +5% speed; +1 Chasqui

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; Rajputs get +20% hand attack instead; +1 Hindu Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25
Zamindars	Infantry train time -20%; receives 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Villager with every Home City shipment; +2 Sepoys		1

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry and cavalry get +15% hand attack

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack		40
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%; Banner army train time -10%		10

Lakota

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed		10

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 340% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Tuxtepec	[Plan] Turns all Salteadores into Soldados; musket infantry get +1 Line of Sight and range; costs 500 food, 500 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Bustamante	The General can build Field Hospitals for free; musket infantry get +10% hit points; Field Hospitals can train Soldados
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster
Hire French Fusiliers	Ships 8 Fusiliers; costs 1,500 coin
Vidaurri Separatists	Ships 5 Fusiliers and 2 Napoleon Guns; costs 1,000 coin
Bastimento	Infantry train time -25%; Revolutionary train time -50%; Villager train time -20%
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry get +10% speed and -10% train time

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Bustamante" is available upon selecting the San Luis Potosí Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Hire French Fusiliers" is available upon revolting to Baja California.
• "Vidaurri Separatists" and "Bastimento" are available upon revolting to Rio Grande.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Matrakci School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -30%; Janissary, Azap, Nizam Fusilier, Abus Gunner, and Humbaraci train time -40% instead

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points		10

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack		25
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry get +20% attack, musket infantry get +10% attack instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds		N/A
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bernadotte	Heavy infantry get +15% hit points
German Mercenary Contracts	Mercenaries get +20% hit points and attack; Jaegers and Landsknechts can be trained at Barracks and Galleons; Black Riders can be trained at Stables and Galleons

United States

Card	Description	Age
United States Army	The General, Minutemen, and heavy infantry get +15% hit points and attack
Poker	Ships 13 random mercenaries; up to 3 random mercenaries available at Saloon; costs 3,500 coin
Indiana Mobilization	Ships 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Hamilton's Own	Ships 4 Napoleon Guns and 2 Li'l Bombards; mercenaries get +25% hit points and attack; costs 2,500 coin

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Hamilton's Own" is available upon selecting the New York Federal State.

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• Fusiliers have a ×1.5 multiplier against light ranged cavalry, both melee and ranged, no ranged multiplier against cavalry and a ×1.5 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.
• The Fusilier uses his dialogue files.
• Fusiliers have 5.5 speed.

Definitive Edition

• Fusiliers no longer have multipliers against light cavalry, have a ×1.5 ranged multiplier against cavalry and a ×1.3 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.
• The Fusilier uses the French Grenadier's dialogue files.
• With update 23511, Fusiliers are tagged as musket infantry.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.27885, Fusiliers have 5.0 speed.
• With update 14.43676, Fusiliers shipped by Walloon Guards received new models.

In-game dialogue

The Fusilier speaks Swedish in The WarChiefs and French in the Definitive Edition, using the French Grenadier's dialogue files. The old Swedish sound sets are reused by the Swedish Crossbowman.

The WarChiefs

• Select 1 Ja - Yes
• Select 2 Redo - Ready
• Select 3 Order? - Orders?
• Move 1 Ja - Yes
• Move 2 Ska ske - Will be done
• Move 3 Uppfattat - Roger
• Attack 1 Anfall! - Attack!
• Attack 2 Till strid! - To battle!
• Attack 3 Ja! - Yes!

Definitive Edition

Main article: French dialogue lines#Grenadier

History

“

The first flintlocks appeared in the early 1600s, and quickly spread across Europe. The flintlock applied mechanical principles to strike flint to steel, using the resulting spark to ignite black powder and send a bullet (or ball) on its way. Extremely reliable under almost all conditions (including rainy weather), the flintlock musket remained the primary weapon for infantry for nearly 200 years, up to and including the U.S. Civil War.

”

Trivia

• The Fusilier has a unique set of melee animations, not shared with any other unit in the game. It fights using a rapier, with a special set of techniques that include low thrusting and quick slashes.
• Originally, the Fusilier was intended to be a unique Musketeer for the Swedish civilization before their implementation in the original game was scrapped.

Gallery

An in-game Fusilier

Fusiliers in melee, with their rapiers drawn out

One of the Fusilier unit's special melee animations: a low thrust with the rapier.

The Fusilier's history portrait

An in-game Fusilier in the Definitive Edition

In-game Fusilier after researching the Walloon Guards technology since update 14.43676