Club Warrior

Club Warrior
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Melee infantry
Civilization	Lakota
Age	Commerce Age
Abilities	Build Teepees
Training
Trained at	War Hut
Food	50
Wood	40
Training time	29 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resists	20% vs. Melee
Speed	5
Line of Sight	12
Population	1
XP train bounty	9
XP bounty	9
Melee attack
Damage	11
Multipliers	×4.0 vs. Cavalry ×3.0 vs. Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	30
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Foot warrior armed with a deadly club. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Club Warrior (War Club before the Definitive Edition) is a melee heavy infantry 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

The Club Warrior is effective against cavalry and light infantry. It does melee damage and has a relatively good siege attack. Use the war club as a cavalry counter and a light infantry counter. The Club Warrior acts like a Pikeman to the Lakota with slightly more attack versus other units except cavalry.

It can be combined with Cetan Bowmen to form a cheap combo to take out infantry and cavalry. It can however be defeated by cavalry with a large amount of hit points and splash damage such the Cuirassier, Mahout Lancer, and the Spahi, or cavalry with a bonus against infantry like Lancer, Jat Lancer, etc.

Upgrades

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

Further statistics

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

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
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 Club Warriors 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 War Club

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 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee 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 Lakota Card Description Age HC level Uprising Ships 7 Cetan Bows, 7 War Clubs, and 7 Wakina Rifles 40 6 War Clubs Ships 6 War Clubs 1 9 War Clubs Ships 9 War Clubs 1 7 War Clubs Ships 7 War Clubs 10 Wind Runner Infantry get +10% speed 10 Aggressive Policy Cetan Bows, War Clubs, and Wakina Rifles can build Teepees, War Huts, and Corrals 25 Sans Arc Support Ships 16 War Clubs and 500 wood; costs 1,000 coin 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• The unit is named War Club.
• War Clubs have a melee attack of 10 and a siege attack of 27.

Definitive Edition

• The unit is renamed to Club Warrior.
• Club Warriors now have a melee attack of 11 and a siege attack of 30.
• Club Warriors can now build Teepees.

Trivia

• The weapon used by the Club Warrior is a gunstock war club, an indigenous weapon used by Native Americans. Indigenous tribes of America most likely created the design of the club based upon European firearms.
  • The other units that use these clubs are the Axe Rider, Lakota Axe Rider, and Kanya Horseman.

History

“

The Sioux constructed their war clubs out of a variety of substances: stone, wood, bone, antlers, horn, and sometimes incorporated steel blades. The one consistent feature was an efficacy in combat. One blow from one of these deadly weapons could cripple or kill a grizzly bear, let alone a human opponent.

”

Gallery

An in game Club Warrior

An in game Elite Club Warrior

An in game Champion/Legendary Club Warrior

The Club Warrior from the in game history section in The WarChiefs

In other languages

Spanish: Garrote de Guerra