Aztec War Chief

This article is about the War Chief. For the untrainable unit, see Aztec Chief.

Aztec War Chief
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Hero Infantry Melee infantry
Civilization	Aztecs
Abilities	Claim Treasures Build Town Centers and Trading Posts (as well as Nobles' Huts with the "High Priest of Ixtlilton" Home City Card) Doubles XP kill bounty from nearby friendly units Train Janey the Pet Jaguars (with the "High Priest of Ixtlilton" card)* Train Eagle Scouts* Reveal stealth enemies Regeneration
Special ability	See Special abilities
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.50
Line of Sight	18
XP bounty	100
Melee attack
Damage	6
Multipliers	x3.0 vs. Treasure Guardian x0.25 vs. Villager
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	15
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Notes
The Aztec War Chief will collapse instead of dying when his hit points reaches 0 and can be revived by having a friendly unit or building around him once he regenerates at least 100 hit points or with War Chief Ceremony at the Community Plaza

“	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.

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

• Definitive Edition
• Original

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

Further 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%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Other	Founder (War Chief aura triples XP bounty) Carib Ambush Party (train Carib Ambushers) Loyal Nootka War Chief (train Nootka War Chief)

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Aztecs Card Description Age HC level High Priest of Ixtlilton The Aztec War Chief gets +50% hit points and attack, and can train Janey the Pet Jaguars 1 Smoking Mirror The Aztec War Chief gets +35% speed and +2 melee attack AOE 10 Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level 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 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Explorer Combat Heroes get +20% hit points and attack 1 TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

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.

The African Royals

• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 50830, the Aztec War Chief portrait has been updated.

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

See also

• Haudenosaunee War Chief
• Inca War Chief
• Lakota War Chief