Jaeger

The Jaeger is a fast moving light Infantry mercenary unit in Age of Empires III.

Overview
The Jaeger is effective against Heavy Infantry and is essentially a stronger version of the Skirmisher.

The Jaeger is one of the units that featured in the very first stages of the first act in the campaign of The WarChiefs expansion.

The Jaeger is best used to counter Heavy Infantry; they benefit from the Counter-Infantry tech from the Arsenal making them very strong against any Heavy Infantry. They are countered by Hand Cavalry and Artillery so these units should be guarded well.

The Hessian Jaeger can be obtained from the Home City in the Fortress Age onwards, or built from a Saloon depending on the game and map. The Jaeger shipment that some civilizations get in the Fortress Age is a good way of repelling large numbers of heavy infantry units. Due to their low cost and low pop space a civilization should replace them form their normal skirmisher as they have higher stats. However, the French and Dutch have stronger skirmishers, so when dealing with an army of cavalry, jaegers should be used to support while other units fight the cavalry.

Trivia

The word 'Jaeger' means hunter in German. When tasking a villager to hunt while playing as Germany, they will say Jaeger/jaegerin.

Shipments
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Germans

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History
Britain used Hessian Jaeger mercenaries during the American War of Independence. Hessian Jaegers appear in Act 2 of the Age of Empires III Campaign, as members of John Black's Mercenaries.