Arsonist

The Arsonist is an Indian Mercenary unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

Overview
Arsonist is available for certain civilizations from the Home City, and sometimes from the Saloon. The Arsonist costs only Coin, and has a powerful ranged attack with good area effect. The Arsonist also has a high siege attack making it strong against buildings being able to level bases in short seconds. The Arsonist is a powerful Mercenary version of the Grenadier. The Arsonist is weak against Heavy Cavalry, Artillery, Ranged Cavalry, and being a Mercenary, is weak against all Spy units, such as the Spy, Ninja, and Ninjitsu-Zukai.

The Arsonist is similar to the Hoop Thrower, available in the campaign scenarios.

Other versions
This arsonist can be found in Campaign versions. The hitpoints of this version are much lower than the mercenary version, and the siege damage also. However, the melee damage is slightly higher than the mercenary version, but more or less the same.