Samurai (Age of Empires III)

The Samurai is a unique unit to the Japanese civilization in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be trained at the Barracks or shipped from the Home City. They have a splash attack that can harm multiple enemy units in one sweep of their sword. Unlike most infantry recruited at the Barracks, they take two population units. Samurai costs 100 Food and Gold. Samuri are increadibly deadly against cavalry and buildings, levelling large groups of cavalry, or high hitpoint buildings in mere seconds, and are good against heavy infantry if they aren't spread apart too much, and they can get into melee with them. Samurai should stay away from Ranged Infantry and Artillery, which are quite deadly to them. They are very similar to the German Doppelsoldner, although they are slightly less useful against cavalry, and slightly stronger against all other units and buildings.

Single-player Campaign
In the single player campaign, the player can use the Samurai in the first act, playing as the Japanese. The Home City shipment cards are limited and there are only a few that the player will be able to send, nevertheless, the Samurai is a very powerful unit. For the campaign, the Samurai will get the job done, easily, if the player can afford them. For the most part, the campaign can be completed through hunting and gathering and creating mass light infantry and cavalry.

Skirmish and Multiplayer
For the Japanese in Skirmish and Multiplayer, this is easily these are best game-playing options when it comes to the meat of one’s military with some room for cavalry to counter artillery. There are more cards in this part of the game compared to the campaign, allowing the Samurai to be even more powerful. In addition, the Japanese have very economic friendly cards which allow them to generate more than enough resources. This is especially helpful because with the 75 Villager cap, the Japanese need the improved rates. This cap also allows for players to set aside 125 population for military purposes, 25 more than the standard amount.