Abus Gunner

Abus Gun
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry
Civilization	Ottomans
Age	Colonial Age
Training
Trained at	Artillery Foundry Fort Galleon
Population	2
Food	50
Coin	100
Statistics
Hit points	130
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	22
XP train bounty	15
XP bounty	15
Melee damage
Attack	10
Multipliers	x1.5 vs. Heavy infantry x0.75 vs. Artillery x0.5 vs. Cavalry and Light infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged damage
Attack	40 Siege damage
Multipliers	x1.5 vs. Heavy infantry and Light cavalry x0.75 vs. Artillery x0.5 vs. Cavalry and Light infantry x0.25 vs. Villager
Range	18
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege damage
Attack	15
Range	10
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Ottoman light artillery. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description. Abus Guns are not actually tagged as artillery in-game.

The Abus Gun is a ranged infantry in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Ottomans and can be trained at Artillery Foundry, Fort, and Galleon. Although it resembles a small artillery piece, it is classified as an infantry unit.

Overview

An Abus Gun is an anti-infantry unit with long range. It can easily take care of any infantry or cannons. It is expensive, but can focus fire much more easily than the Falconet and Great Bombard. They have a relatively high attack, especially in the Imperial Age where they deal over 80+ damage per hit before damage multipliers, which is similar to the German War Wagon.

As Ottomans do not have access to Skirmishers, they serve much like a high damage Skirmisher. Although the Falconet/Great Bombard is better at taking out groups of infantry, the Abus Gun is more flexible and can pick off those that survive the cannon barrage, due to the slow firing rate of cannons. While available in the Colonial Age, Abus Guns are punished by Hussars and other cavalry, and risky to mass until later ages where the coin economy is more developed and they can be trained in greater numbers. Abus Guns are best paired up with Janissaries and/or Cavalry Archers to take out any hostile cavalry they encounter, as the Abus Gun's damage is reduced when fighting them. The Abus Gun can easily take care of any infantry or cannons if the enemy uses a cavalry/cannon mix while the Janissaries and Cavalry Archers protect them from enemy cavalry.

It is important to note that the Abus Gun's ranged attack is classified as siege rather than ranged, making them excellent at taking out enemy artillery and ships, which have high ranged resistance. Culverins are still better for taking out ships due to their longer range, but take up twice as much population, which an Ottoman player might find problematic when creating an army.

The Abus Gun shares weaknesses with other artillery. Although it has a melee attack, it is not at all recommended to use it as it has half the DPS of their ranged attack and Abus Guns are as mobile as standard infantry. However, compared to other cannons like the Falconet, this allows them to fend off against hostile enemies that manage to reach them. Other artillery have means of retaliation against an enemy unit that gets close to them. Like their ranged attack, their melee attack also has bonuses against infantry.

Abus Guns share Home City upgrade cards with Grenadiers and other artillery.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Abus Guns	200 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Abus Guns to Veteran (+20% hit points and attack)
	Guard Abus Guns	450 food 600 wood 600 coin	Upgrades Abus Guns to Guard (+30% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Abus Guns
	Imperial Abus Guns	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Abus Guns to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Abus Guns

Further statistics

As Abus Guns are unique to the Ottomans, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, ranged infantry, artillery (when massed), ships
Weak vs.	Cavalry, light infantry
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0x multiplier vs. heavy infantry) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Iroquois Lacrosse (+10%, vanilla Age of Empires III only) Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) File:Inca Road-building.png Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Abus Guns are unique to the Ottomans, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards that are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Abus Gun

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Chinese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Engineering School Abus Gun, Grenadier, Falconet/Organ Gun, Culverin, Mortar, Horse Artillery, Petard, Ram, Mantlet, Light Cannon, Flamethrower, Hand Mortar, Siege Elephant, Flaming Arrow, and Morutaru train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Rocket, Great Bombard, and Flying Crow train time -5%; Black Flag Army and Mongolian Army train time -15% 25 Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Europeans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Artillery Hitpoints Artillery, Abus Guns, and Grenadiers get +15% hit points 10 The TEAM Artillery Hitpoints card is available to Ottomans and Portuguese (at the Fortress Age). French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level File:Indian Home City 2 (Shivaji's Tactics).png TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Iroquois Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Ottomans Card Description Age HC level 5 Abus Guns Ships 5 Abus Guns 1 8 Abus Guns Ships 8 Abus Guns 1 Light Artillery Hitpoints Grenadiers get +25% hit points; Abus Guns get +20% hit points 10 12 Abus Guns Ships 12 Abus Guns 40 Artillery Attack Artillery, Abus Guns, and Grenadiers get +15% attack 25 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

“

Abus guns are a short-barreled artillery piece that fired shot about the size of a fist. Ottoman artillery did not seem to conform to any known standards, and their artillery pieces varied widely, from large siege bombards to small Abus Guns light enough to travel with soldiers on the move, rather than sitting in guarded artillery emplacements. Abus Guns are roughly analagous to Falconets, but are considered howitzers because of the low velocity of their projectiles.

”

Gallery

An in-game Abus Gun

The Abus Gun's history portrait