Crossbowman (Age of Empires III)


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Crossbowman is a ranged unit available to most European civilizations featured in Age of Empires III.

Overview
Crossbowmen are a light infantry unit that uses a crossbow in battle. They are counter infantry units that are useful for attacking heavy infantry such as Musketeers, but are easily defeated by melee cavalry and artillery. They are similar in many ways to Skirmishers. Although the Crossbowmen might be out-ranged by their Skirmisher counterparts, they are cheaper and are trainable earlier in the game. The exceptions to this rule reside in the Dutch, who can train Skirmishers in the Colonial Age and the French through the use of TEAM Early Skirmishers (allowing them and allies to train skirmishers in the Colonial Age). Also the Portuguese can get guard level Crossbowmen with the unique church card, Besteiros.

Civilizations

 * The British have unique Longbowmen instead of Crossbowmen.
 * Dutch, Ottomans and Russians do not have any kind of archaic ranged units.

Upgrades
Crossbowman benefit from technologies found at the Arsenal and can be upgraded to the Veteran level after the Colonial Age. Crossbowman cannot be upgraded beyond the Veteran level.

Veteran Crossbowman
Veteran Crossbowman is an upgrade to the ordinary crossbowman and is available for and  at the Barracks once Fortress Age is reached. Veteran Crossbowman have higher attack and hit points but the overall function and the multipliers as well as the resists remains the same.
 * Hit Points: 120
 * Ranged Attack: 21
 * Hand Attack: 8
 * Siege Attack: 9

History
A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance.

Historically, crossbows played a significant role in the warfare of East Asia, Europe and the Mediterranean. Today, they are used primarily for shooting sports, hunting, and when shooting in silence is an important consideration.

Shipments
This is a list of shipments that benefit Crossbowmen in any way.

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