Pirate (Age of Empires III)

The Pirate or Buccaneer (which is what many cards or buttons call any pirate) is an infantry unit trained at the Saloon or Galleon in Age of Empires III. They are strong against Light Infantry (once it gets within range) and exceptionally strong against hand cavalry due to their high melee resistance. In a one on one fight they will always beat average hand cavalry (with no upgrades) in the Colonial Age. All in all the pirate is at they are best in the Colonial Age, and only situational in fortress and beyond.

With the Dance Hall card a pirate takes up the same population as two Hussars (4 Population) though it cannot kill two Hussars. While this may seem ineffective it's relatively low cost compared to those two Hussars ( versus and ) balances out it's population use. Essentially two Hussars are worth four Pirates in terms of pricing, and four Pirates can beat any of the possible hand cavalry shipments in the Colonial Age.

Lizzie's Buccaneers
These units can only be trained from Lizzie's Flagship during The Fountain of Youth and Spanish Treasure Fleet battles in Act I: Blood, if her ship is destroyed they can no longer be trained. They are slightly more expensive and lack the heavy melee resistance of their skirmish counterparts, yet they have more hitpoints, speed, and use fewer population as a trade off.

During the Spanish Treasure Fleet a lot of them can be trained very quickly due to the captured Spanish Galleons production of gold. They are an adequate replacement for the Inca that are freed in the beginning as they have better hitpoints. They are essentially fodder units used to keep the Spanish and Boneguard units from attacking more valuable targets such as the Scottish Highlanders, Falconets and Mortars.

Pirate (Treasure Guardian)
The Pirate is a treasure guardian. They have an unusually high hitpoints.

Trivia

 * Even though the history section of the game and its icon shows the pirate with a pistol,he uses a sword in-game instead

In-game dialogue language (Berber)

 * Atik
 * Akrivmen
 * Bousdalla
 * Ajuoh
 * Ajuviri
 * A machawer
 * As dam (attack)
 * Asili (attack)