Arsonist

"Mercenary light artillery that throws fire bombs to destroy buildings. Also good against infantry."

—In-game description

The Arsonist is a mercenary ranged heavy infantry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

Overview Edit

Available for certain civilizations from the Home City, Arsonists can sometimes be trained from the Saloon. The Arsonist costs only coin, and has a powerful ranged attack with good area effect. The Arsonist also has a high siege attack making it strong against buildings being able to level bases in short seconds.

Essentially a powerful mercenary version of the Grenadier, the Arsonist is weak against heavy cavalry, artillery, ranged cavalry, and being a mercenary, is weak against all spy units, such as the Spy, Ninja, and the Ninjitsu-Zukai (the Consulate version of the Ninja, available to Japanese players who choose the Japanese Isolationism option).

The Arsonist is similar to the Hoop Thrower, available in the Age of Empires III Act 1 campaign.

Further statistics Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry in groups, buildings
Weak vs.	Cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Arsonist

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Edit Card Description Age HC level Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Japanese, and Ottomans. Chinese Edit Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Germans Edit Card Description Age HC level Improved Mercenaries Mercenaries get +20% hit points and attack +3 Uhlans 10 Indians Edit Card Description Age HC level Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Hire Indian Arsonists Ships 6 Arsonists +1 Villager; costs 1,000 coin 10 Hire Indian Mercenary Army Ships 5 Jat Lancers and 7 Arsonists +1 Villager; costs 2,000 coin 25 Iroquois Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry gets +8 LOS 10 Japanese Edit Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry gets +33% siege attack 40 Russians Edit Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry gets +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Campaign Edit

"Light artillery that throws fire bombs to destroy buildings."

—In-game description

The Arsonist in The Asian Dynasties Act III: India campaign possesses much lower hit points and siege damage than the mercenary equivalent. However, its melee damage is slightly higher and takes up only one population.

In-game dialogue Edit

Main article: Indians (Age of Empires III)#In-game dialogue

• आदेश [Ādeś] (command)
• तैयार [Taiyār] (ready)
• हाँ? [Hān?] (yes?)
• मैं जा रहा हूँ [Main jā rahā hūn] (I am going)
• मैं करूँगा [Main karunga] (I will do it)
• हाँ [Hān] (yes)
• युद्ध करने के लिए [Yuddh karne ke liye] (to do war – To war/To battle)
• हमला [Hamalā] (attack!)
• हाँ! [Hāṃ!] (yes!)

History Edit

"Before exploding into greater conflict, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, consisted of series of smaller bouts of violence manifesting the Indian people’s discontent with the British occupation and the prominent role of the British East India Company in daily life. The most common of these incidents involved arson. Several months before the rebellion ignited and united the country against the foreign occupation, a number of serious fires broke out in the areas surrounding the city of Calcutta. The arson of January 24, 1857 is often considered to be the turning point between scattered uprisings and the formation of a definitive resistance movement."

Gallery Edit

From left to right: Arsonist (campaign version), Arsonist (mercenary version), Repentant Arsonist

The Arsonists history portrait

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Arsonist ranged attack

Campaign version

Mercenary version

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