Elite Army Tactics

Elite Army Tactics
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires IV
Civilization	All civilizations
Age	Imperial Age
Research
Researched at	University/Madrasa Istanbul Observatory Hisar Academy
Food	500
Gold	1000
Research time	90 seconds
Effect
Melee infantry +15% damage, +15% hit points
Notes
Replaced by Oda Tactics for the Japanese, which is functionally similar

“	Training elite infantry leads to improved prowess in battle. Melee infantry gain +15% damage and +15% health	”
—Age of Empires IV description

Elite Army Tactics is a technology in Age of Empires IV that can be researched at the University/Madrasa in the Imperial Age.

It increases the base and bonus damage of all melee infantry units by +15% and grants them +15% hit points.

Civilization bonuses

• Abbasid Dynasty: Research speeds are +15%/+20% faster while Golden Age tiers 2/3 are active. If Preservation of Knowledge has been researched, this technology costs -20%.
• Ayyubids: Research speeds are 25% faster while Golden Age tier 2 is active
• Byzantines: Research speeds are 30% faster per water level at buildings within the influence of a Cistern with the Dialecticus ability active.
• Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy: The technology researches 150% faster when the University is supervised by an Imperial Official. For Zhu Xi's Legacy, this can be improved to 300% faster after researching Regional Inspection.
• Delhi Sultanate: The technology is free, but takes 15.3x as long to research (1,380 seconds instead of 90 seconds).
• House of Lancaster: This technology is 15% cheaper if King's College has been constructed.
• Japanese: The technology is called Oda Tactics. In addition to melee attack, it also increases torch damage by 20% (+4 for most melee infantry units).
• Malians: Technologies take less time to research based on how much gold has been obtained through trade.
• Mongols: The technology is available in the Blacksmith. Can research the improved technology for another 1,500 stone to grant infantry +5% additional hit points and damage (+20% total).

Changelog

• Originally, Elite Army Tactics increased hit points and damage by 10%. With update 8324, it increased both by 20%. With update 12.0.1974, the hit points bonus was removed and replaced with +4 melee armor (+6 melee armor for Mongols' improved version). With patch 12.2.3327, it increases hit points and damage by 15% (+20% Mongols' improved version) and no longer increases melee armor.
• Originally, the base research time for the Delhi Sultanate was 5x default (450 seconds). With update 8324, this was increased to 15x default (1350 seconds). With Season Two Update 17718, it takes 12x as long (900 seconds). With update 12.0.1974, it was increased to 1,320 seconds (14.67x). With patch 12.2.3327, it was increased to 1,380 seconds (~15.33x).
• Originally, Elite Army Tactics cost 300 food, 700 gold and the Mongol improved version cost 1,000 stone. With update 12.0.1974, it cost 500 food, 1,000 gold and the Mongol improved version cost 1,500 stone. With patch 12.1.2454, it cost 400 food, 800 gold and the Mongol improved version cost 1,200 stone. With patch 12.2.3327, it reverted to 500 food, 1,000 gold and +1,500 stone for the Mongol improved version.

Campaign version

Because campaigns do not get rebalanced with each update, Elite Army Tactics maintains the same stats in the The Sultans Ascend campaign that it had upon its release. Therefore:

• It costs 300 food, 700 gold
• It increases melee infantry hit points and damage by +20%.

Elite Army Tactics is not available in the original four campaigns, but a similarly named technology, Elite Spear Tactics, can be researched at the Blacksmith.