| “ | Royal Hausa hero with a fealty aura. Explores, fights, builds Palaces, Universities, and Trading Posts. Good against cavalry. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Emir is a ranged cavalry hero in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is unique to the Hausa. It explores uncharted areas of the map and has special abilities to help itself and its settlement. In standard random map games, the Hausa starts with an Emir.
Overview[]
The Emir is the hero for the Hausa. It can explore and claim treasures, or aid in battle. Its fealty aura increases its statistics when allied combatants are nearby. It can build Town Centers, Trading Posts, Universities, and Palaces.
Its Chaos ability tricks Treasure guardians into attacking each other. Unlike its Ethiopian counterpart, this ability cannot be upgraded to Mayhem.
When its hit points reach 0, the Emir collapses and respawns at the Town Center after some time.
Special abilities[]
Chaos: Causes treasure guardians in an Area of Effect of 3 to attack each other for 5 seconds. If the ability targets a single guardian, it will be stunned instead. Groups of weaker guardians (like Baboons) are affected for a shorter duration. 18 range, 90 seconds cooldown.- Fealty Aura (passive): Increases the Emir's hit points by 2% and damage by 1% for every allied military unit in an Area of Effect of 32 around it. Sending the "Kingslayer" Home City Card will have enemy military units contributing to the Aura as well.
- Tsetse Sabotage (requires the "Tsetse Sabotage" Home City Card): The Emir unleashes a swarm of tsetse flies on an enemy military building for 40 seconds, slowing down its work rate by 75%. Cannot be used on buildings already affected by Tsetse Sabotage. If the player has control of several Emirs, the ability will share a cooldown across all of them. 5 range, 160 second cooldown.
Upgrades[]
The Emir is automatically upgraded in the Commerce Age and the Industrial Age.
- +0% hit points and damage, +1.0 speed
- +0% hit points
- +40% hit points
Further statistics[]
As the Emir is unique to the Hausa, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Treasure guardians, heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry |
| Weak vs. | Heavy infantry, light infantry, MercType2 |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Sikh Gurus (+50%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
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| Attack |  Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
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| Resistance |  Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
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| Speed |  Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
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| Line of Sight |  Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
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| Range | Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
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| 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) Bayajidda Epic (ships 1 additional Emir)
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Home City Cards[]
As the Emir is unique to the Hausa, 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 Emir
| Some cards are highlighted with: | |
| Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
| Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Cavalry Attack
| Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead |  |
- "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Emir of Kano
| Delivers 1 additional Emir and 9 Maigadis; costs 1,000 influence |  |
 Emir of Katsina
| Delivers 1 additional Emir and 1 Watch Tower Builder; enables War Camps to be built from the Exploration Age |  |
 Kingslayer
| Emir bonus damage against hero +4.5, gets additional hit points and damage from nearby enemy military units | |
 Tsetse Sabotage
| Emirs get the Tsetse Sabotage ability | |
 Feudal Armies
| Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15% | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
| Unit hit points and damage +5% |  |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
| TEAM Cavalry Attack
| Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead | |
- "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Knights of the Round Table
| Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2% | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Mariachi
| For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10% | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions
| Cavalry and shock infantry hit points +10%, Line of Sight +4 | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Fencing Instructor
| Hero hit points and damage +20% (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack) | |
 TEAM Spanish Inquisition
| Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10 | |
Random names[]
- Soba
- Babari
- Bawa
- Nafata
- Yunfa
- Gwamki dan Kura Gado
- Ali dan Yakubu
- Mayaki
- Bawa dan Gwamki
- Yakubu
- Muhammad Rumfa
- Abdullahi
- Muhammad Kisoki
- Yakufu
- Dauda Abasama
- Abubakr Kado
- Tsagarana Hasana
- Tsaganara Yahaya
- Muhammad Wari
- Karya Giwa
- Gida Agwaragi
- Gwozo dan Tsagarana
- Bawa dan Gima
- Mare Mawa
- Magajin Halidu
- Ummarun Dallaje
- Siddqu
- Dan Kasawa
- Khalifa
- Tsoho dan Khalifa
- Jirro dan Tsoho
- Abdu dan Tsoho
- Isiyaku
- Yusufu
- Muhammad Sani
- Muhammad Altine
- Gado dan Gigama
- Maroki dan Malo
- Tomo
- Karari Ismaila
- Kankarau
- Asawa
- Musa
- Abdullahi dan Fodio
- Gidado dan Laima
- Abd al-Qadir
- Ibrahim Khalilu
- El Kutumbi
- Shekarau
- Muhammadu Alwali
- Suleiman dan Adahama
- Ibrahim Dabo dan Mahmudu
- Jatau Abu Ja
- Bako dan Musa
- Ishaq
- Burema Ashakuka
- Uban Bawa
- Muhamman Gani
- Abu Muhammadu Gani
- Dan Ashakuka
- Muhammad Bello
- Abu Bakr Atiku
- Ahmadu Rufai
- Ali Babba bin Bello
- Ahmadu Atiku
- Modibbo Adama
- Lawalu ben Adama
- Kanta Kotal
Changelog[]
The African Royals[]
- Originally, the Emir had a speed of 6.75 in all Ages, and a ×3.25 multiplier vs. Treasure guardians. With update 13.690, it has a speed of 5.75 in the Exploration Age, and a ×3.0 multiplier vs. Treasure guardians.
- The Emir gets +25% hit points and attack upon reaching the Commerce Age, and +30% hit points upon reaching the Fortress Age.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.18214, the Emir is no longer upgraded upon reaching the Commerce or Fortress Age.
Trivia[]
- Although it attacks using a rifle, the Emir does not have the gunpowder cavalry tag, a tag that all cavalry units that attack using firearms have. The same happens with the Ras.
History[]
| “ | Ethiopian and Hausa kingdoms often tended to be united more through cultural commonalities than through political centralization. The Emir, a Hausa prince, could inherit his position through familial lineage, but also did so by gathering followers and attaining a large amount of influence among the local population, which was necessary to retain even an inherited position regardless. Political maneuvering was just as often linked to opportunism and manipulation of volatile situations as it was to building one's power base. | ” |
Gallery[]
Emir image from the Compendium section
In-game Emir
Female Emir (Queen Amina) portrait
In-game Usman dan Fodio skin for the Emir
In-game Female Emir (Queen Amina)
See also[]
- Ras – fulfills the same role for the Ethiopians
- Explorer – fulfills the same role for European civilizations except the Maltese
- War Chief – fulfills the same role for Native American civilizations
- Monk – fulfills the same role for Asian civilizations
- General – fulfills the same role for Federal American civilizations
- Padre – fulfills the same role for the Mexicans
- Grand Master – fulfills the same role for the Maltese
