Musketeer

From Age of Empires

Musketeer
Age	Colonial Age
Building	Barracks
Type	Musketeer
Wood	0
Food	75
Coin	25
Hit Points	150
Population Cost	1
Attack	23
Range	12
Resistance	-20% hand attack
Speed	Medium

A Musketeer is a standard infantry unit used by the civilizations of the Colonial Ages. The Musketeers are featured in the game Age of Empires III.

[edit] Game Info

The Musketeer is an infantry unit which is armed with a smooth bore musket to fight Infantry and a bayonet to fight Cavalry in close quarters. The Musketeers are relatively inaccurate with a slow rate of fire. These units are fairly weak against Artillery and light Infantry, but when in large numbers they can easily kill Cavalry and some light Infantry. This type of Infantry fall prey to Cassadors,Skirmishers, and other light Infantry.

Several civilizations do not have Musketeers, such as the Ottomans, Germans, and Dutch. Instead, the Ottomans have the similar Janissary unit. The Dutch receive their version of a Musketeer, called a Stadhouder, only from the Stadhouder technology received from the Church when the Religious Freedom Card is sent. The Germans do not have a similar unit. Instead, the Germans use the slow but powerful Doppelsoldner. The Japanese and Indians have the Ashigaru Musketeer and the Sepoy instead. Both are stronger and more expensive.

The British and Portuguese Musketeers can be upgraded to Royal Guard, making them more powerful than other civilizations Musketeers.

Unit Evolution: Musketeer
Musketeer --> Veteran Musketeer --> Guard Musketeer --> Imperial Musketeer --> Redcoat Musketeer (British) --> Imperial Redcoat (British) --> Guerreiro Musketeer (Portuguese) --> Imperial Guerreiro (Portuguese)

[edit] Attack and Bonuses

Unit Attacks, Range and Bonuses
Resistance	Hand attack 20%
Ranged Attack	23
Attack Range	12
Ranged Bonuses	None
Siege Attack	20
Siege Range	6
Siege Bonuses	None
Hand Attack	13
Hand Bonuses	3x vs. Cavalry