Pikeman (Age of Empires III)

A Pikeman is a basic foot soldier armed with a long pike in Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III.

Age of Empires III
Pikeman in Age of Empires III can be recruited in the Barracks. They are archaic infantry and are very useful at defending or attacking cavalry. The Pikeman's speed is not fast and because of this the unit may have difficulty chasing down cavalry. They can be countered by light infantry and artillery. Archaic units seldom, if not at all, can be upgraded beyond Veteran level

Pikemen are available for Spanish, Portuguese and Germans

Spanish pikemen becomes Tercio when upgraded into their Guard-level

Portugues has 2 home city cards for sending Pikemen which both send 10 and 24. Germans lack shipments of Pikemen themselves but does share attack and hitpoint shipment improvements with Doppelsoldners. Spanish has 5 cards which send 8, 10, 20, 12, 24 and Spanish Square which sends 10 pikemen along with 8 Rodeleros. There is another card, Tercio Tactics, which transforms all Pikemen into Rodeleros.