Daimyo

Daimyo
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Melee cavalry
Civilization	Japanese
Age	Commerce Age
Abilities	Increases the attack of nearby friendly units Trains infantry and cavalry Receive Home City shipments Regeneration
Special ability	Saburau Zeal
Training
Trained at	Shogunate (Daimyo Masamune; Daimyo Mototada and Daimyo Kiyomasa must be shipped from the Home City first)
Coin	350
Training time	100 seconds
Training limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	650
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	6.5
Line of Sight	12
Population	4
XP train bounty	35
XP bounty	35
Melee attack
Damage	30 20 (Trample mode)
Area of Effect	3 (Trample mode)
Rate of Fire	1.5 2.0 (Trample mode)
Siege attack
Damage	40
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Powerful Japanese lord who can train troops and receive Shipments.	”
—In-game description

The Daimyo is a melee heavy cavalry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Japanese and can be shipped from the Home City, after which they can be retrained at the Shogunate wonder. It is a special unit that boasts several special abilities to bolster the Japanese military might.

There are three different Daimyo in random map games, which only differs in appearance and name; Daimyo Mototada, Daimyo Kiyomasa, and Daimyo Masamune. Mototada and Kiyomasa are shipped from the Home City, while Masamune is given if the player uses the Shogunate wonder to advance into the Fortress Age or higher.

Overview

The Daimyo possesses the Saburau Zeal ability which boosts the attack of all nearby friendly units, although the effect from multiple Daimyos do not stack. They can also serve as a drop off-point for Home City shipments, allowing them to be brought to wherever he is on the map. Finally, the Daimyo can train Japanese infantry and cavalry in the field, giving the Japanese army the advantage of boosting its numbers in the middle of a fight; however, they must stand still while doing so, leaving them vulnerable.

The Daimyo are very important to win a skirmish via conquest. The preferable method is building the Shogunate, where the player can retrain killed Daimyo if they have enough population slots and a prosperous economy. The other way, the hardest, is keeping them out of battle with the help of the advance button commands, ordering him to not attack any unit.

The weakest point of the Damiyo is their ability to train units, because they must stay still while they’re producing the unit. So, if one is not aware of this and leave a Daimyo alone, the Daimyo run the risk of being killed. The Daimyo don’t need to stand still when a Home city shipment arrives, but if the player don’t choose their cards wisely, their shipped crates of resources may drop in enemy territories!

Special ability

Saburau Zeal (passive): The Daimyo increases the attack of friendly units in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.

Upgrades

The Daimyo is automatically upgraded in every Age up starting from the Fortress Age.

+20% hit points and attack

+30% hit points and attack

+50% hit points and attack

Campaign appearances

In Act I: Japan, Daimyo appear as friendly units that can be shipped from the Home City and as enemy units. The Daimyos in the Campaign are different from their Skirmish counterparts. The named Daimyos in the campaign are listed below:

• Daimyo Kato Kiyomasa (friendly)
• Daimyo Date Masamune (friendly)
• Daimyo Hosokawa Tadaoki (friendly)
• Daimyo Otani (enemy)
• Daimyo Ishida (enemy)

Further statistics

As Daimyo are unique to the Japanese, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry
Weak vs.	Cavalry, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Pillage (+25% siege attack) Yoga (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-50%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

As Daimyo are unique to the Japanese, 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 Daimyo

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack 10 Germans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry get +15% attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Daimyo Kiyomasa Ships Daimyo Kiyomasa and allows him to be retrained at the Shogunate 1 Daimyo Mototada Ships Daimyo Mototada and allows him to be retrained at the Shogunate 10 Bakufu Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa gets +10% speed, +20 LOS and train units 100% faster 25 Warring States Samurai, Daimyo, and Shogun Tokugawa gets +15% hit points and attack 25 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

“

The daimyo were the great feudal landowners of Japan. Unlike the kuge, or court nobleman, the daimyo were lords of territory and local citizenry, and as such held great power. By the twelfth century the influence of certain daimyo rivaled even the power of the emperor. The first Kamakura shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo, had been a daimyo, but upon obtaining power in 1192 CE, he established a centralized feudal system. As a result, the shogun’s power quickly weakened during the bloody civil wars occurring between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. By the end of the sixteenth century, one daimyo was quickly growing in power and wealth, rivaling the emperor for power. His name was Tokugawa Ieyasu. Upon becoming shogun in 1603, Tokugawa once again strengthened central power.

”

Gallery

The generic Daimyo portrait in the campaign

An in game Daimyo

Daimyo rear view

Daimyo stats

Daimyo Mototada's icon from the website

The Daimyo's history portrait, featuring Daimyo Masamune

Daimyo Masamune concept art