Imperial Camel Rider

The Imperial Camel, is the unique unit of the Indians in Age of Empires II: The Forgotten. It is an upgrade for the Heavy Camel only available to Indians.

Overview
Imperial Camels are one of the most versatile and powerful cavalry units in the game due to their variety of uses in the battlefield, and given the number of advantages they have compared to ordinary cavalry. Besides having an attack bonus against other cavalry units, they have decent attack, high hit points, fast speed, average armor (their original armor is 0/0 but the Indians' civilization bonus gives them 0+1/0+1 armor from the very beginning) and are cheaper than Knights. Due to the Indian team bonus they also have +6 attack against buildings, which makes them a fairly good substitute for siege weaponry. They can easily kill Paladins in one on one combat and can also defeat War Elephants in small groups.

As the Indians lack any unit from the Knight line, Camels are a vital part of their armies for a fast, yet fairly resilient unit. They can be used as a shield for weaker units, while still being able to slaughter archers and cavalry. They are not as effective against Cataphracts, which are partially immune to the bonus damage from Camels.

The Imperial Camel is a well-rounded unit, and is able to handle almost any unit, but while they can defeat even Halberdiers one on one, it is not cost effective enough to send them against a group of any kind of pole armed infantry because they can deal heavy damage even without defeating the camel force.

Trivia

 * They use the same icon as a Heavy Camel.