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This article is about the unit in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. For the technology in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean, see Teutonic Knights.

Teutonic unique infantry unit. Slow and powerful.
Age of Empires II description

The Teutonic Knight is the unique unit of the Teutons in Age of Empires II. It is a slow, heavily armored infantry unit with a powerful attack.

Teutonic Knights can be upgraded to Elite Teutonic Knights in the Imperial Age.

Tactics[]

Teutonic knight anim

The Teutonic Knight is the most powerful infantry unit in the game. Fully upgraded, they have 100 HP, 21 attack, 13 melee armor, and 6 pierce armor. They can defeat fully upgraded Paladins more effectively than fully upgraded Halberdiers, but the latter are still much more cost-effective against cavalry.

Teutonic Knights are tough enough to beat almost every unranged unit in a one-on-one fight, but even with their high melee armor, high hit points, and powerful attack, they prove to be vulnerable to units such as the War Elephant, Battle Elephant, and the Cataphract, as well as double-teaming from infantry who have bonuses against them, such as Samurai or Jaguar Warriors, both of which can defeat the Teutonic Knight in mass battles. The Leitis deserves a separate mention here since its attack ignores melee armor, which essentially puts the Teutonic Knight helpless and prone against them. The Obuch is also a major threat to them, as every Obuch's attack removes armor, so Obuchs can easily reduce the Teutonic Knights' major advantage and leave them prone to the attacks of other units. The Urumi Swordsman, with the charge attack, and the attack that can ignore armor with Wootz Steel which affects all Dravidian melee units, is another trouble to Teutonic Knights.

Their biggest disadvantage, however, is their slow speed. They are slower than every other non-Monk/siege unit in the game. This puts them at a disadvantage against ranged units, as all of them can hit-and-run them. Their slow speed also makes them unable to force engagements, except against units that can kill them before they can get within range (except for rams/Armored Elephants, which are easily countered by most melee units). This makes them a poor offensive unit for basing army compositions around, especially when combined with their lack of raiding potential. They are also some of the most expensive infantry units in the game.

The best partner for the Teutonic Knight are siege weapons. With their increased melee armor due to Ironclad, they can support Teutonic Knights against almost any kind of threat. Scorpions and Mangonels tackle archers and Bombard Cannons work well against siege. Unfortunately, they compete with the less expensive Halberdier for this role. The biggest threat to this combination are siege weapons on the other side, especially other Bombard Cannons and long-ranged Onagers, because they hit the entire army very hard and can also hit approaching Teutonic Knights before being reached due to their slow speed.

Comparison in the Castle Age with similar units[]

Longswordsman aoe2DE Long Swordsman Twohanded aoe2DE Two-Handed Swordsman TeutonicKnightIcon-DE Teutonic Knight Aoe2-icon--obuch Obuch
Cost 45 food, 20 gold 45 food, 20 gold 85 food, 30 gold 55 food, 20 gold
Hit points 60 60 80 80
Speed 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9
Armor 2/2 3/2 7/2 2/2
Train Time 21 seconds 21 seconds 12 seconds 12 seconds
Line of Sight 6 7 5 5
Melee attack 9 12 14 8
Attack bonus +6 vs Eagle Warrior
+3 vs Standard building
+8 vs Eagle Warrior
+4 vs Standard building
+4 vs Eagle Warriors
+4 vs Standard building
+2 vs Eagle Warrior
+4 vs Standard building
Attack speed 2 2 2 2
Upgrade Cost and Time 300 food, 100 gold
75 seconds
750 food, 350 gold
100 seconds
950 food, 500 gold
50 seconds
800 food, 600 gold
45 seconds
Other Resists conversion Resists conversion Resists conversion Reduces armor by 1/1 with every attack

Comparison in the Imperial Age with similar units[]

Champion aoe2DE Champion TeutonicKnightIcon-DE Elite Teutonic Knight Aoe2-icon--obuch Elite Obuch
Cost 45 food, 20 gold 85 food, 30 gold 55 food, 20 gold
Hit points 70 100 95
Speed 0.9 0.8 0.9
Armor 3/2 10/2 2/2
Train Time 21 seconds 12 seconds 12 seconds
Line of Sight 5 5 3
Melee attack 13 17 10
Attack bonus +8 vs Eagle Warrior
+4 vs Standard building
+4 vs Eagle Warriors
+4 vs Standard building
+3 vs Eagle Warrior
+6 vs Standard building
Attack speed 2 2 2
Other Resists conversion Resists conversion Reduces armor by 1/1 with every attack

Further statistics[]

As Teutonic Knights are unique to the Teutons, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Skirmishers, melee units, buildings
Weak vs. Archers, Scorpions, Mangonels, Monks, Cataphracts, Leiciai, Obuchs, Jaguar Warriors, Samurai, War Elephants, Dravidian heavy infantry with Wootz Steel
Upgrades
Attack Forging aoe2de Forging (+1)
IronCastingDE Iron Casting (+1)
BlastFurnaceDE Blast Furnace (+2)
ArsonDE Arson (+2 attack against standard buildings)
Armor ScaleMailArmorDE Scale Mail Armor (+1/+1)
ChainMailArmorDE Chain Mail Armor (+1/+1)
PlateMailArmorDE Plate Mail Armor (+1/+2)
Speed SquiresDE Squires (+10%)
Conversion defense Devotion icon AoE2DE Devotion (+1 min, +1 max)
FaithDE Faith (+4 min, +4 max)
HeresyDE Heresy (die upon getting converted)
Creation speed ConscriptionDE Conscription (+33%)
UniqueTechCastle-DE Kasbah (+25%, with a Berber ally only)
Regeneration UniqueTechCastle-DE Stronghold (30 HP/min when within 18 tiles square of a team Celts Castle)
Upgrades EliteUniqueUnitDE Elite Teutonic Knight

Team bonuses[]

Changelog[]

AoE2-DLCicon-1 The Conquerors[]

  • Teutonic Knights training time decreased (19 → 12 seconds).
  • Heresy introduced.

AoE2-DLCicon-2 The Forgotten[]

  • Non-Elite Teutonic Knights hit points increased (70 → 80).

AoE2-DLCicon-3 The African Kingdoms[]

  • Arson introduced.
  • With patch 4.8, Teutonic Knights move speed increased (0.65 → 0.7).

AoEIIDE icon Definitive Edition[]

Dawn of the Dukes icon Dawn of the Dukes[]

  • With update 56005:
    • Non-Elite Teutonic Knights' attack (12 → 14) and melee armor (5 → 7) increased.
    • The Elite Teutonic Knight upgrade cost decreased (1,200 food, 600 gold → 950 food, 500 gold).

AoE2Icon-DynastiesIndia Dynasties of India[]

Heroes[]

There is one hero in the game with the appearance of a Teutonic Knight:

History[]

At the height of the Christian Crusades into the Holy Land, German crusaders formed an order of warrior monks called the Teutonic Knights. This order gave up crusading in the Eastern Mediterranean and turned its attention to Eastern Europe. Through conquest they brought Christianity to the Baltic region and forests of what became Prussia. They built castles from which they could control the surrounding countryside. The Teutonic Knights were committed warriors who carved out an empire that lasted into the twentieth century.
Age of Empires II manual

Trivia[]

  • The Teutonic Knights are based on the real life knights of the Teutonic Order.
  • The Teutonic Knight appears to be wearing a mail hauberk (under a surcoat and a cloak). Chain mail was very good at deflecting blows from bladed weapons, like the curved swords used by Middle Eastern soldiers, but could be pierced by arrows, stabbing weapons, and eventually firearms when these became available.
  • Historically, Teutonic knights almost always fought on horseback. The in-game Teutonic Knight fights on foot, both because of gameplay considerations and because it would otherwise heavily resemble the Paladin.
    • They have a horseback version in the Scenario Editor unit Crusader Knight, which has less speed and hit points than a Paladin, but high attack and armor (though less melee armor than a Teutonic Knight).
  • With 100 hit points, the Elite Teutonic Knight is the strongest infantry unit in the game and is tied with the Mayan Elite Eagle Warrior with El Dorado and the Armenian Champion with Fereters as the foot soldier with the third highest hit points in the game.
  • With 13 melee armor, the Elite Teutonic Knight has the highest melee armor of all units in the game.
  • With 21 attack, the Elite Teutonic Knight has the second highest attack of all infantry units, only behind the Elite Shotel Warrior.
  • With 85 food, 30 gold, the Teutonic Knight has the highest effective cost of all trainable infantry units (if the Huskarl's civilization discount bonus is factored in).
  • The Teutonic Knight can be compared to the Hoplite line from Age of Empires; Both move slowly, have high amount of hit points, very high attack and melee armor, and even a fair amount of pierce armor, but only the Macedonian one has resistance against conversion and higher pierce armor due to their civilization bonuses.
  • Despite having appealing stats, the Teutonic Knight is one of the least used unique units, due to the slow speed, which makes it vulnerable against ranged units (especially since Teutons do not have particularly good Skirmishers).
  • Since update 56005, the "put on your capes" cheat code turns all the player's infantry units into Elite Teutonic Knights.

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ReligiousMonk aoe2DE Monk
InfantryMilitiaDE Militia · Manatarms aoe2DE Man-at-Arms · Longswordsman aoe2DE Long Swordsman · Twohanded aoe2DE Two-Handed Swordsman · Champion aoe2DE Champion
Spearman aoe2DE Spearman · Aoe2-infantry-2-pikeman Pikeman · Halberdier aoe2DE Halberdier
Eaglescout aoe2DE Eagle Scout · Eaglewarrior aoe2DE Eagle Warrior · EliteEaglewarrior aoe2DE Elite Eagle Warrior
ArcherArcher aoe2DE Archer · Crossbowman aoe2DE Crossbowman · Arbalester aoe2DE Arbalester
Skirmisher aoe2DE Skirmisher · Elite skirmisher aoe2DE Elite Skirmisher
Hand cannoneer aoe2DE Hand Cannoneer
Cavalryarcher aoe2DE Cavalry Archer · Heavycavalryarcher aoe2de Heavy Cavalry Archer
Aoe2de DOI elephant archer icon Elephant Archer · ElephantArcherIcon-DE Elite Elephant Archer
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Camelrider aoe2DE Camel Rider · Aoe2 heavycamelriderDE Heavy Camel Rider
Battle elephant aoe2DE Battle Elephant · Elite battle elephant aoe2DE Elite Battle Elephant
Steppelancericon Steppe Lancer · Elitesteppelancericon Elite Steppe Lancer
Xolotlicon Xolotl Warrior
AoE2DE Armored Elephant icon Armored Elephant · AoE2DE Siege Elephant icon Siege Elephant
SiegeBattering ram aoe2DE Battering Ram · Capped ram aoe2DE Capped Ram · Siege ram aoe2DE Siege Ram
Mangonel aoe2DE Mangonel · Onager aoe2DE Onager · Siege onager aoe2DE Siege Onager
Scorpion aoe2DE Scorpion · Heavyscorpion aoe2DE Heavy Scorpion
Bombard cannon aoe2DE Bombard Cannon
Trebuchet aoe2DE Trebuchet
Petard aoe2DE Petard
Siegetower aoe2DE Siege Tower
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Fire galley aoe2DE Fire Galley · Fireship aoe2DE Fire Ship · Fastfireship aoe2DE Fast Fire Ship
Demoraft aoe2DE Demolition Raft · Demoship aoe2DE Demolition Ship · Heavydemoship aoe2de Heavy Demolition Ship
Cannon galleon aoe2DE Cannon Galleon · Elite cannon galleon aoe2de Elite Cannon Galleon
AoE2 Dromon Dromon
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