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| “ | The leader of your Tribe. Possesses many powerful bonuses and abilities. Explores, fights, builds Town Centers and Trading Posts. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Aztec War Chief is a melee infantry hero in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. In standard random map games, the Aztecs start with an Aztec War Chief. It explores uncharted areas of the map and has some special abilities to help himself and his tribe.
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Overview[]
The Aztec War Chief doubles the experience bounty from kills made by friendly units in a radius of 24 around him. As all War Chiefs do, he can convert human Treasure Guardians, detect stealth units, claim Treasures, and build Town Centers and Trading Posts. Like other explorer-type units, the Aztec War Chief will collapse instead of dying and can be rescued once he recovers enough health, although the War Chief Ceremony at the Community Plaza allows the player to return him there after a while as well as increasing his hit points.
Special abilities[]
Recruit Guardian: Converts a human treasure guardian to the Aztec War Chief's side with the process taking 4 seconds to complete. 90 seconds cooldown.- Cuachic Ascension: The Aztec War Chief performs a sweeping hand attack that does 60 melee damage against treasure guardians in a radius of 2 around him, and improves the War Chief's attack speed by 0.30 for 13 seconds. 60 seconds cooldown.
- Swashbuckler Attack (requires The Chief Tribal Council member): The Aztec War Chief performs a sweeping hand attack that does 60 (180 against treasure guardians, 15 against villagers, 6 against Spies and Ninja) melee damage to the target enemy and all enemies in a radius of 3 around him. 90 seconds cooldown.
Nature Friendship: Converts a treasure guardian to the Aztec War Chief's side with the process taking 4 seconds to complete. 90 seconds cooldown.
Swashbuckler Attack (requires The Chief Tribal Council member): The Aztec War Chief performs a sweeping hand attack that does 60 (180 against treasure guardians, 15 against villagers, 6 against Spies and Ninja) melee damage to the target enemy and all enemies in a radius of 3 around him. 90 seconds cooldown.Upgrades[]
The Aztec War Chief is automatically upgraded in every Age up.
- +50% hit points and attack
- +50% hit points and +100% attack
- +50% attack
- +175% hit points and +100% attack
+50% 
+50% hit points and +100% attack
+50% attack
+175% hit points and +100% attackFurther statistics[]
As the Aztec War Chief is unique to the Aztecs, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Treasure guardians, infantry |
| Weak vs. | Villagers, cavalry, Spies, Ninja |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Sikh Gurus (+50%)
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| Attack |  Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
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| Speed |  Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
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| Other |  Founder (War Chief aura triples XP bounty) Carib Ambush Party (train Carib Ambushers) Loyal Nootka War Chief (train Nootka War Chief)
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Home City Cards[]
As the Aztec War Chief is unique to the Aztecs, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
| Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Aztec War Chief | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Aztecs[]
Dutch[]
Indians[]
Iroquois[]
Spanish[]
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Random names[]
- Tenoch
- Acamapichtli
- Huitzilihitl
- Chimalpopoca
- Itzcoatl
- Moctezuma
- Axayacatl
- Tizoc
- Ahuitzotl
- Cuitlahuac
- Tlacotzin
- Motelchiuh
- Xochiquentzin
- Huanitzin
- Tehuetzquitizin
- Cecetzin
- Nanacacipactzin
Changelog[]
The WarChiefs[]
- Has Nature Friendship which converts all Treasure Guardians, human and non-human.
- The "High Priest of Ixtilton" Home City Card allows the Aztec War Chief to train Janey the Pet Jaguars.
Definitive Edition[]
- Nature Friendship replaced by Recruit Guardian, which converts human Treasure Guardians only.
- Receives Cauchic Ascension.
- All special abilities now goes on cooldown when one is used, which is as long as the activated one.
- The "High Priest of Ixtilton" Home City Card now allows the Aztec War Chief to build Nobles' Huts.
- With update 9476, the Aztec War Chief can train Eagle Scouts.
Trivia[]
- The Aztec War Chief use the same weapon as the Jaguar Prowl Knight, an obsidian sword known by the Aztecs as Macahuitl.
- When idle, it is possible to see that the Aztec War Chief holds a bow, but he only attacks using the Macahuitl.
History[]
| “ | The most densely populated region of the New World in 1492 was Mesoamerica, the region where North and Central America meet. Among the people living there were the Aztecs (also known as Mexica or Tenocha); they built a complex civilization centered around their great city of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). This was one of the largest cities in the world (with an estimated population of 200,000) and arguably more beautiful and cleaner than most contemporary European capitals. In Aztec society, membership in the calpulli established each individual's religious and secular schooling, as well as how they would be trained in warfare. The men of a calpulli served together in battle and on the numerous public works projects. Their soldiers wielded weapons of wood and stone, and they often sought prisoners to be sacrificed in religious ceremonies. | ” |
Gallery[]
The Aztec War Chief in-game
The stats for a nearly fully upgraded Aztec War Chief without Smoking Mirrors
The image from the history section
A fallen Aztec War Chief
Industrial Age Aztec War Chief; lethal versus archers and cannons, respawns in 10 seconds using the Community Plaza
Aztec War Chief in idle. It is possible to notice it holding a bow.
Aztec War Chief image from the Defintive Edition Compendium section
In other languages[]
- French: Chef de Guerre Aztèque
- Spanish: Jefe Guerrero Azteca
