Corsair Captain

Corsair Captain
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Hero Infantry Hand infantry Outlaw*
Civilization(s)	Barbary States
Age	Revolution
Required Home City Card	"Corsair Captain"
Statistics
Hit points	780
Resistance	40% Hand
Speed	6.0
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Claims treasures Gathers resources from crates Regeneration
Special ability	See Special abilities
Kill XP	40
Siege attack
Damage	29 Siege
Range	8
Rate of Fire	1.5
Hand attack
Damage	16 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Guardian 2.0x vs. Villager 2.0x vs. Cavalry 1.5x vs. Shock infantry
Notes
The Corsair Captain 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 paying a ransom of 100 coin at the Town Center, in which case the Corsair Captain will appear there with full hit points

“	A mighty captain armed with a sabre to swashbuckle among his fellow Barbary pirates.	”
—In-game information

The Corsair Captain is a revolutionary hero in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the Barbary States and can be aquired through the "Corsair Captain" Home City Card. He has various special abilities to help itself and the Barbary States.

Overview

Special abilities

• Crescent Swing: The Corsair Captain performs a sweeping hand attack that does 60 damage (180 against Treasure guardians, 15 against villagers, 6 against MercType2) to the target enemy and other enemies in a radius of 2 around the Captain. 90 seconds cooldown.
• Lightning Kilij: The Corsair Captain performs a lightning-fast blow that deals 500 damage (50 against MercType2) to the target enemy. 90 seconds cooldown.

Further statistics

As the Corsair Captain is unique to the Barbary States, only technologies that their base European civilizations have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardians, villagers, cavalry, shock infantry
Weak vs.	Ranged infantry, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Sikh Gurus (+50%) Folk Heroes (+20%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Folk Heroes (+20%) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Other	Carib Ambush Party (can train Carib Ambushers) Loyal Nootka War Chief (can train Nootka War Chief) Tupi Animal Lore (can train Buttercup the Pet Cougars)

Home City Cards

As the Corsair Captain is unique to the Barbary States, only their base European civilizations' cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables (for the base civilization, non-TEAM cards will only be applied if they are sent before revolting):

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Corsair Captain

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Outlaw Combat	Outlaw and mercenary hit points and damage +15%
Corsair Captain	Delivers 1 Corsair Captain; Corsair Marksmen, Corsair Captain, Barbary Warriors, and Explorers are able to gather crates; grants greater resource rewards from treasure and coin from destroyed ships and buildings instead of kill XP

• "Outlaw Combat" and "Corsair Captain" are available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Machiavellianism	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer speed +25%, now picks up treasures nearly instantly
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +15%
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
Bailiff	Delivers 1 Lamb of the Creator; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Grand Master now boosts nearby units' build rate by 50%
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Agha	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer speed +1.0

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Navigator	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Explorer's Spyglass ability Area of Effect +6

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fencing Instructor	Hero hit points and damage +20% (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack)
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, the Corsair Captain is tagged as outlaw.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.58326, the Corsair Captain is no longer tagged as ranged infantry.

In-game dialogue

The Corsair Captain reuses Sahin The Falcon's dialogue files.

Trivia

• The Corsair Captain reuses the icon and model of Oruc Reis.

Gallery

In-game Corsair Captain