Hatamoto Samurai (Age of Mythology)

This article is about the untrainable unit in Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear. For the trainable unit, see Samurai (Age of Mythology). For the unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, see Ronin (Age of Empires III)#Hatamoto Samurai.

Hatamoto Samurai
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear
Unit type	Infantry Human soldier
Creation
Created through	Harumoto ability
Population	0
Statistics
Hit points	190
Speed	4.2
Line of Sight	16
Hack armor	45%
Pierce armor	15%
Crush armor	99%
Ability	Iaijutsu [charged]
Collision radius	0.49
Weight class	6
Melee attack
Divine	16
Multipliers	Infantry: 1.5×
Reload time	1.2

“	Expensive but durable infantry summoned by Takemikazuchi. Good against whatever it can reach.	”
—In-game description

The Hatamoto Samurai is an untrainable melee infantry unit in Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear that is present in the Yasuko's Tale campaign and available in the Scenario Editor. It differs from the regular Samurai as it deals divine damage. In the campaign, they are spawned by Harumoto's ability.

Special ability

• Iaijutsu (Charged): Periodically deals immense damage. (​36  divine damage with 1.5× vs. infantry. Recharge time: 30 seconds)
• Passively generate XP for Bushidō both in and out of combat. (Not shown in the user interface)

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Amaterasu: 4× passive Bushidō XP generation (2 XP/s). +0.5 hit points per second regeneration, twice the rate in combat.
• Susanoo: -25% ability recharge time.

General technologies

• Medium Dojo Soldiers: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 Line of Sight
• Heavy Dojo Soldiers: +15% hit points, +15% damage, +1 Line of Sight
• Champion Dojo Soldiers: +20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight
• Elite Dojo Soldiers: +15% hit points, +15% damage, +1 Line of Sight
• Levy Dojo Soldiers, Conscript Dojo Soldiers: -20% training time.
• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% damage.
• Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -10% hack vulnerability.
• Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -10% pierce vulnerability.

Myth technologies

• Katagi (Ame-no-Uzume): +10% hit points, generate 75 Bushidō XP when killed.
• Hannya Mask (Raijin): +15% hit points, regenerate from 10% of damage dealt to units.
• Divine Prefecture (Ōkuninushi): -37.5% training time.
• Sumo Training (Takemikazuchi): +20% hit points, +0.5× damage multiplier vs. buildings.
• Ten-Fist Sword (Takemikazuchi): +10% damage; summon a Masterless Sword when killed, dealing one final strike.

Trivia

• Its internal cost is defined as 105 food, 75 gold.
• While it benefits from Dojo upgrades, it does not change its appearance or name.

Gallery

Views of the Hatamoto Samurai