Conquistador

A Conquistador is a Spanish cavalry unit in Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III.

Age of Empires II
The Conquistador (and its upgrade, the Elite Conquistador) are the Spanish unique units in the Age of Empires II: The Conquerors expansion.

Gameplay
Conquistador are ranged heavy cavalry with a high attack strength and good armor. They are frequently included in formations of Knights, making them less vulnerable to ranged units and monks. and are a mounted form of the Hand Cannoneer.

Strategy
They hit harder the closer they get, and are less accurate as their target gets further away. Conquistadors can be used as hit and run units.

Age of Empires III
The Spanish Explorer may be upgraded with a shipment card known as Conquistador and in the campaign there is a Spanish Conquistador. In The Asian Dynasties expansion they are available at Jesuit missions as mounted musketeers.

As a shipment card
See Spanish Home City Cards.

As a unit
See Jesuit Mission, Spanish Explorer and Delgado.