Tlaloc Canoe

The Tlaloc Canoe is a naval unit exclusive to the Aztecs in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs.

Overview
Tlaloc Canoe is very effective against other boats and undefended buildings, but like all ships, it is vulnerable to artillery and defensive buildings. It has good range, speed, and damage, but like all canoes, is most potent if built in numbers. The Tlaloc Canoe is the strongest native boat in the game, being able to defeat a Galleon in one-on-one combat. The Frigate can defeat them by a very narrow margin, but Tlaloc canoes are much cheaper than frigates.

Upgrades
Both are Home City Shipments:
 * Offshore Support
 * Improved Warships

Home City Shipments

 * 2 Tlaloc Canoes
 * 3 Tlaloc Canoes

History
"Canoes were widely used by the Aztecs to transport goods throughout Tenochtitlan's many water causeways and canals. (As the Aztecs had neither horses, oxen, nor the wheel, this mode of transport was critical to their economy.) Warriors also used dugout canoes when traveling to remote parts of their empire."

In other languages

 * Spanish: Canoa Tlaloc
 * German: Tlaloc-Kanu

Trivia

 * "Tlaloc" is the name of the Aztec god of rain and water