The Gascenya is a unique Ethiopian heavy infantry unit armed with a throwing javelin. It is available starting in the Commerce Age and is effective at range but especially strong against cavalry in a melee.
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Overview[]
Gascenya are the bread and butter of most Ethiopian armies. They are a ranged unit, like the European Musketeer, but cost wood like the European Pikeman or the LakotaClub Warrior. Gascenya are the only Ethiopian War Camp unit that costs food and wood instead of food and coin.
In the Commerce Age, Gascenya have great synergy with PortugueseOrder Besteiros, a Palace unit that can be trained at the War Camp if the player chooses the Portuguese as their Alliance age-up option and researches Portuguese Crusaders, a 700 influence technology that sends 10 Order Besteiros and lets the player train more at their War Camps for 40 food, 40 wood, which automatically upgrade with each age. In the Commerce Age, they act as inexpensive Skirmishers to supplement the Gascenya, until they are inevitably replaced by longer-ranged Neftenya in the Fortress Age.
Alternatively, the player can build a Watch Tower and a few extra Huts to supplement their Gascenya with Desert Archers until the Neftenya is available in the Fortress Age.
There are two Home City Cards that specifically benefit the Gascenya: "Gascenya Damage" and "Gascenya Hitpoints". Both of these cards are available in the Commerce Age. They boost damage and hit points by 15%, respectively. In the late-game, Gascenya will struggle to compete with British Musketeers or JapaneseAshigaru Musketeers, who can receive more upgrade cards than the Gascenya.
Delivers 5 Gascenya and 5 Shotel Warriors; Elite Infantry cost and research time -100%; Champion Infantry cost and research time -50%; Legendary Infantry cost and research time -20%; costs 1,000 influence
12 Gascenya
Delivers 12 Gascenya
Ignatian Spirituality
Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Originally, Gascenyas cost 65 food, 30 wood, had 12 hand damage, a ×4.0 hand attack multiplier against cavalry, a ×2.4 hand attack multiplier against shock infantry, a ranged attack range of 14 and a siege damage of 28. With update 43871, Gascenyas cost 70 food, 30 wood, have 15 hand damage, a ×3.0 hand attack multiplier against cavalry, a ×2.25 hand attack multiplier against shock infantry, a ranged attack range of 12 and a siege damage of 22.
Originally, Gascenyas were tagged as hand infantry. With update 47581, Gascenyas are no longer tagged as hand infantry.
Gascenyas have a Rate of Fire of 2.0 against targets at a range of 6.
With update 13.27885, Gascenyas have a Rate of Fire of 2.65 against targets at a range of 6.
Trivia[]
Although is not noted in the UI, its attack increases when it is closer to the target.
The Gascenya is tagged as musket infantry, but it does not wield a musket.
History[]
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While Ethiopian armies gradually began to incorporate firearms after they came into contact with European powers and the Ottoman Empire, the vast majority of troops were armed with basic weapons such as spears and shields. Despite their technological disadvantage, these soldiers were numerous, hardy, and formidable on the battlefield.
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Gascenya Hitpoints
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12 Gascenya
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