Revision as of 01:35, 26 October 2020 by 45.228.111.60(contribs)(Berber is a group of multiple languages. The language that this unit speaks is the Tamazight.)
The Barbary Corsair (often shortened to Corsair) is a mercenary melee heavy infantry in Age of Empires III. With high speed but relatively weak siege attack, the Barbary Corsair can be considered the mercenary version of the Rodelero.
The Barbary Corsair attacks with a large scimitar - a curved sword used across the Arabic world - and uses flaming torches to attack buildings, like most other units. Because Corsairs are melee heavy infantry, they are best at fighting cavalry units and are fairly effective against other heavy infantry units, but, for melee heavy infantry, it is relatively weak against buildings. Corsairs have an exceptional speed for infantry, only surpassed by the Spy and the Coyote Runner.
The Buccaneer Captain is a treasure guardian variant of the Barbary Corsair. With a siege damage of over 100, it is good at destroying buildings. It only appears in Act I: Blood.
In-game dialogue
The Barbary Corsair speaks Tamazight, which he shares with Pirate and Privateer.
Ea
Akrivmen
Bousdalla
Ajuoh
Ajuviri
A machawer
As dam (attack)
Asili (attack)
History
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The Barbary Corsairs were pirates and privateers that raided trade routes and plundered cities on the Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years. If they had a capitol, it was Algiers - a city captured by the Barbary pirates under their leader Kair Ad Din, more commonly known as Barbarossa. The corsairs had defended Algiers from the Spanish, but turned on the ruler and claimed the city for themselves.
The Corsairs sailed sleek Galleys, crewed by slaves who rowed and were meant only for short voyages of no more than six or eight weeks. Janissaries accompanied the crews and boarded enemy ships. The reign of the Barbary Corsairs ended in the first half of the nineteenth century when the growing pressure and assault on the pirate states from Europe and Ottoman forces shut down or took control of the Barbary Coast.
Infantry Breastplate (+10%)
Thin Red Line (+20%, British only)
Corselet (+25%, Spanish only)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Maya Cotton Armor (+20%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Customized Merc Weapons (+30%, John Black's Mercenaries only)
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Yoga (+5%)
Master Lessons (+10%)
Military Drummers (+10%)
Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Town Watch (+2)
Standing Army (-25%)
Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only)
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