The Shaolin Temple is a native Asian religious settlement featured in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.
Unit[]
Rattan Shield: Fast Chinese warrior armed with a shield and a sword. Heavily armored and good against archers, skirmishers, and artillery.
Technologies[]
| Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Clenched Fist
|
200 wood 200 coin |
Ranged infantry get +25% hand attack; Caroleans and hand skirmishers (except Urumi Swordsmen) get +10% hand attack instead |
 Wood Clearing
|
200 food 200 coin |
Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster | |
 Dim Mak
|
300 wood 300 coin |
Rattan Shields get +50% attack |
Strategy[]
The Wood Clearing technology improves villagers' wood collection by 20%. This improvement is especially useful for the Indians, since their villagers cost wood. The Clenched Fist technology gives all ranged infantry 25% more hand damage, with the exeption of Skirmishers and Caroleans, that only increase their hand attack by 10%. This technology makes Musketeers more deadly against heavy cavalry units and shock infantry.
The Rattan Shield, although they have little damage, their superior speed and resistance to ranged attacks make them useful for eliminating light infantry and artillery. Dim Mak increases the attack power of Rattan Shields by 50%.
The Shaolin help in the tactics of boom and turtle, with their improved wood-cutting, reinforcing the hand attack of ranged infantry, highlighting musketeers and similar units, and have a support unit that is a threat to heavy infantry and buildings.
History[]
| “ | This Holy Site is identical to a Native Trade Site. Allying with Natives allows a player to train special Native units, usually warriors, and also grants access to a group of improvements to that tribe. Native units do not cost any population spaces, but can only be built in limited numbers. One of the most famous Buddhist monasteries is the Shaolin Monastery, located in the Henan province of China, founded in 495 CE. The edifice is associated specifically with Chan Buddhism and the martial art of Kung Fu. Monastery legend states that the Indian monk Bodhidharma visited the temple in 527 CE. During his time meditating on the mountain overlooking the monastery, Bodhidharma taught himself a form of martial arts to defend against wild animals and bandits. He stayed at the temple for nine years, and before his departure he taught his disciples the skills he had learned, creating the martial arts legend that surrounds the Shaolin monks to this day. | ” |
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