Cetan Bowman

Cetan Bowman
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Archer
Civilization	Lakota
Age	Commerce Age
Abilities	Build Teepees
Training
Trained at	War Hut
Food	65
Wood	35
Training time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	100
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	22
Population	1
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee attack
Damage	10
Multipliers	x2.0 vs. Heavy infantry, Light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights x0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runners
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	15
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	16
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	10
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Foot archer. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Cetan Bowman (Cetan Bow before the Definitive Edition) is an archer in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Lakota and can be trained at the War Hut once the Commerce Age is reached.

Overview

Similar to the European Crossbowman, the Cetan Bowman is a cost-effective counter to heavy infantry and light cavalry. It has extremely high damage (among the highest damage output of any Commerce Age ranged infantry), but a moderate amount of hitpoints. It also has a long drawback animation and only average range. Combining it with Club Warriors makes for a cheap, well rounded military for early rushes.

Due to the long animation, Cetans are best suited to standing and fighting rather than kiting. When surrounded by Teepees and/or guarded with anti-cavalry units, they make excellent units for defending chokepoints or other strategic points. When in open combat, they will be at a disadvantage to units which can kite or have superior range.

Cetan quickly become outclassed after the Commerce Age, as Wakina Rifles are generally a superior unit.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Elite Cetan Bowmen	200 wood, 100 coin	Upgrades Cetan Bowmen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Cetan Bowmen	400 wood, 200 coin	Upgrades Cetan Bowmen to Champion (+25% hit points and attack); requires Elite Cetan Bowmen
	Legendary Cetan Bowmen	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Cetan Bowmen to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack); requires Champion Cetan Bowmen

Further statistics

As Cetan Bowmen are unique to the Lakota, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	War Drums (-33%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Cetan Bowmen are unique to the Lakota, 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 Cetan Bow

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 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 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Lakota Card Description Age HC level 6 Cetan Bows Ships 6 Cetan Bows 1 8 Cetan Bows Ships 8 Cetan Bows 10 Uprising Ships 7 Cetan Bows, 7 War Clubs, and 7 Wakina Rifles 40 Wind Runner Infantry get +10% speed 10 Aggressive Policy Cetan Bows, War Clubs, and Wakina Rifles can build Teepees, War Huts, and Corrals 25 Oglala Support Ships 14 Cetan Bows and 500 food; costs 1,000 coin 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Archaic Soldier Training Pikeman, Crossbowman, Longbowman, Macehualtin, Aenna, Cetan Bow, and Yumi Archer train time -50%; Old Han Army, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -25% 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• The unit is named Cetan Bow.
• Cetan Bows have 90 hit points.
• Cetan Bows move at a speed of 4.

Definitive Edition

• The unit is renamed to Cetan Bowman.
• Cetan Bowmen now have 100 hit points.
• Cetan Bowmen now move at a speed of 4.5.
• Cetan Bowmen can now build Teepees.

History

“

Before the Sioux adoption of horses, they waged war and hunted on foot, armed with bows powerful enough to penetrate a buffalo’s tough hide. They used both simple and compound bows, made of wood and elk sinew. Their arrowheads were sometimes stone, but often iron. The Sioux bartered extensively with American and Canadian traders for iron points. Some surviving Sioux arrows are actually tipped with iron nails – the Sioux were a practical folk. If it worked, they used it.

”

Gallery

An in-game Cetan Bowman

An in-game Elite Cetan Bowman

An in-game Champion/Legendary Cetan Bowman

The Cetan Bowman from the in-game history section in The WarChiefs