Teutonic Knightedit

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Name	Teutonic Knight
Age	Castle Age
Building	Castle
Type	Infantry
Wood	Food	Gold	Stone
0	85	40	0
HP	70
Attack	12
Range	0
Armour	5
Pierce Armour	2
Speed	Very Slow
Upgraded From	N/A
Upgraded To	Elite Teutonic Knight
Cost to Upgrade	1200F, 600G

The Teutonic Knight is a unique Infantry Unit for the Teutons and is featured in Age of Empires II.

[edit] Game Info

The Teutonic Knight is the most powerful infantry unit in the game. When upgraded to Elite Teutonic Knight during the Imperial Age, they boast 100 hit points and 17 attack power without any upgrades. With all the upgrades from the Blacksmith, Elite Teutonic Knights boast 100 HP, 21 Attack, 14 Armour and 6 Pierce Armour. They can defeat fully upgraded Paladins more easily than fully upgraded Pikemen.

Teutonic Knights are tough enough to beat every melee unit in the game, with the exception of the Persians' War Elephant and Byzantine's Cataphract. However, they are extremely slow, due to the large amount of armor they wear, and so are at a disadvantage to ranged units and artillery. They are also vulnerable to double-teaming from infantry who attack quickly, such as Japanese Samurai or Celtic Woad Raiders. However, this can easily be compensated for by increasing the number of Teutonic Knights traveling together.

Teutonic Knights boast an attack bonus vs. buildings and the Militia class of soldiers. Due to their slow speed, on maps with plenty of waterways it may be effective to transport them to some areas using transport ships. Additionally, their slow speed will make them vulnerable to area-of-effect attacks, so it is usually wisest to place them in staggered formation to compensate when battling siege weapons. If the enemy has assembled a large force of Teutonics, the best strategy is to use infantry to delay them while massed archers attack from behind the infantry. if that is not possible, assemble a force of horse archers as large as possible, and use hit-and-run. shoot a volley, then withdraw the archers. That is efficient against small pockets of Teutonics but is less useful against a large group.

[edit] Real Info

Teutonic Knights existed in historic Prussia during the time of the Crusades. They were divided into several groups, the most notable being the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller.

They were usually very well-trained in hand-to-hand combat, but they also were more than proficient cavalry. As their game counterpart suggests, they wore a lot of armor, which stemmed from the nature of combat in Europe at the time (usually battles consisted of merely an all-out charge). However, they found themselves at a distinct disadvantage when it came to fighting in the Middle-East. Light cavalry and cavalry archers who used skirmishing tactics could generally attack with great effect.

Rumors of the Knights Templar abounded by the end of the Crusade, some being that they found and kept secret great treasures, or that they had recovered the Shroud of Turin, and other such stories. A Teutonic Knight makes an appearance in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".