Cassadores have less health compared to the Skirmisher, but more than the Strelet. This weakness is compensated with a higher speed and 45% ranged resistance (the highest out of any ranged infantry).
Although unlocked in the Fortress Age, a Portuguese player allied with a French player who has sent the "TEAM Early Skirmisher" Home City Card can train Cassadores in the Commerce Age. Like Skirmishers, Cassadores are at their base level and automatically upgrade into Veteran status upon reaching the Fortress Age.
Upgrades[]
The Cassador starts at the Veteran level, but without the increased hit points and attack.
If they are made available in the Commerce Age with the "TEAM Early Skirmishers" card, Cassadores will be automatically upgraded to Veteran once the player reaches the Fortress Age.
The game files list the Cassador as Cacadore. This may be because the correct spelling in Portuguese is Caçador, which is pronounced like Cassador.
The Caçador is the Portuguese Word for "Hunter", and is historically comparable to the German Jaeger, as the latter is also German for "Hunter" with both fulfiling the role of light ranged infantry.
History[]
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The Cassador (also Cazador) was a Portuguese light infantry during the Napoleonic era. The name comes from the Portuguese word for hunter. They formed batallions consisting of five companies, four companies of Cassadores and one company of elite tiradores.
Cassadores in the nineteenth century wore brown uniforms and were armed with muskets or rifles. They carried brown backpacks and gray blankets. They wore stovepipe shako hats with prominent green plumes on the front.