Gunslinger

Gunslinger
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder unit Musket Infantry Outlaw
Civilization	United States
Age	Commerce Age
Special ability	Quickdraw
Training
Trained at	Saloon
Coin	85
Training time	40 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resists	30% vs. Melee
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	16
Population	3
XP train bounty	17
XP bounty	17
Melee attack
Damage	12
Multipliers	x3.0 vs. Cavalry x2.25 vs. Light infantry
Range	1.5
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	15
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	15
Siege attack
Damage	24
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	A dangerous outlaw with a pistol.	”
—In-game description

The Gunslinger is an outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that replaces the Pistolero for the United States. Unlike the Pistolero, the Gunslinger is available on all maps.

Special ability

Quickdraw (automatically activated when attacking): The Gunslinger fires three shots in a quick succession by fanning his revolver's hammer.

Further statistics

As Gunslingers are unique to the United States, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry, heavy infantry
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Wild West (+20%) Peacemakers (+30%)
Attack	Socket Bayonet (+20% melee attack) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack) Wild West (+20%) Peacemakers (+30%)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Wild West (-50%) Quechuan Diet (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Refreshing Beverages (Quickdraw cooldown -30%)

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Gunslingers cost 4 population.

The African Royals

• With update 50830, Gunslingers cost 3 population.

History

“

On a dusty street, two steely eyed men grimly face one another. A moment of dread anticipation as a tumbleweed rolls past.. and then, two hands slap leather and pistols bark death. When the smoke passes, only one man still stands. The mythos of the American Old West would not be nearly so compelling without its archetypal protagonist: the gunslinger (or pistolero). Their names have become the stuff of legend: Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and his gun fight at the OK Corral. But the reality of a gunfight is never quite as dramatic as depicted. The epic mano-a-mano showdown in the street is more a fixture of Hollywood than history. Most fights resembled drunken brawls, often involving fists and blades rather than bullets. And while some of the most famous gunslingers did meet their makers through showdown or ambush, many others simply passed away after living out their days recounting tall tales of improbable glory.

”