Haudenosaunee War Chief

Haudenosaunee War Chief
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Hero Infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder trooper Sees stealth
Civilization(s)	Haudenosaunee
Training
Cost	200 Coin
Train time	20 seconds
Train limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resistance	10% Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Claims Treasures Builds Town Centers and Trading Posts Trains Native Scouts
Special ability	See Special abilities
Kill XP	100
Ranged attack
Damage	12 Ranged
Range	16
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Guardian 0.25x vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	15 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	6 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	Same as ranged attack
Notes
The Haudenosaunee War Chief will collapse instead of dying when his hit points reaches 0 and can be revived by having a friendly unit or building around him once he regenerates at least 100 hit points or with War Chief Ceremony at the Community Plaza

“	The leader of your Tribe. Possesses many powerful bonuses and abilities. Explores, fights, builds Town Centers and Trading Posts.	”
—In-game description

The Haudenosaunee War Chief (Iroquois War Chief before the Definitive Edition) is a ranged infantry hero in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. He explores uncharted areas of the map and has some special abilities to help himself and his tribe. In standard random map games, the Haudenosaunee start with a Haudenosaunee War Chief.

Overview

The Haudenosaunee War Chief increases the hit points of friendly units in a radius of 24 around him by 10%; in the Definitive Edition, the "High Chief" Home City Card also makes his aura increases the hit points of friendly buildings by 10%. As all War Chiefs do, he can convert human Treasure guardians, detect stealth units, claim Treasures and build Town Centers and Trading Posts. Like other explorer-type units, the Haudenosaunee War Chief will collapse instead of dying and can be rescued once he recovers enough health, although the War Chief Ceremony at the Community Plaza allows the player to return him there after a while as well as increasing his hit points.

Special abilities

• Definitive Edition
• Original

• Eagle Eye: Powerfull area effect shot (deals 60 ranged damage at a range of 16 in a radius of 2 with a ×0.25 multiplier against MercType2). 70 seconds cooldown; shared across the Recruit Guardian and Sharpshooter Attack special abilities.
• Recruit Guardian: Recruits a human treasure guardian (with the process taking 4 seconds to complete). 90 seconds cooldown; shared across the Eagle Eye and Sharpshooter Attack special abilities.
• Sharpshooter Attack: Kills treasure guardians in one shot (deals 750 ranged damage at a range of 16). 60 seconds cooldown; shared across the Eagle Eye and Recruit Guardian special abilities.
• Heal (requires Secret Society): The Haudenosaunee War Chief restores 400 hit points to friendly units in a radius of 10 centered on the target location. 120 seconds cooldown.
• Health Regeneration (passive): Regenerates 0.25% hit points per second after 3.5 seconds idle.
• War Chief Support (passive): The Haudenosaunee War Chief increases the hit points of nearby friendly units (and buildings with the "High Chief" Home City Card*) by 10%.

• Nature Friendship: Converts a Treasure guardian to the Iroquois War Chief's side with the process taking 4 seconds to complete. 90 seconds cooldown.
• Eagle Eye: The Iroquois War Chief fires a shot that does 60 (15 against treasure guardians, Spies, and Ninja) ranged damage to the target enemy and other enemies in a radius of 3 around the target. 50 seconds cooldown.
• Heal (requires Secret Society): The Iroquois War Chief restores 400 hit points to friendly units in a radius of 10 centered on the target location. 120 seconds cooldown.

Upgrades

The Haudenosaunee War Chief is automatically upgraded in every Age up.

• +50% hit points and damage
• +100% hit points and +150% damage
• +100% hit points and +200% damage
• +200% hit points and +300% damage

Further statistics

As the Haudenosaunee War Chief is unique to the Haudenosaunee, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardians, infantry
Weak vs.	Villagers, cavalry, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Sikh Gurus (+50%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Smokeless Powder (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand damage)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Other	Secret Society (gives the Heal ability) 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)

Home City Cards

As the Haudenosaunee War Chief is unique to the Haudenosaunee, 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 Haudenosaunee War Chief

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry damage +10%; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry damage +15% instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry speed +5%

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
High Chief	The Haudenosaunee War Chief hit points and damage +50%, and his aura now grants +10% hit points to buildings
Town Destroyer	The Haudenosaunee War Chief siege attack damage +1,000%
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8
Conservative Tactics	Infantry hit points and damage +10%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Maltese

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%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder trooper hit points +15%

Spanish

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

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack	Gunpowder trooper and archers get +15% attack		10

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Iroquois

Card	Description	Age	HC level
High Chief	The Iroquois War Chief gets +50% hit points and attack, and can train Tame Wolves		1
Town Destroyer	The Haudenosaunee War Chief gets +1400% siege attack		1
Infantry Attack	Infantry get +15% attack		10
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10
Infantry Combat	Infantry get +15% hit points and attack		25
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 Line of Sight		1

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder trooper get +15% hit points		10

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Explorer Combat	Heroes get +20% hit points and attack (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack)		1
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Random names

• Raven
• Black Coat
• Scar
• Adder
• Little Priest
• Tree
• Two Fires
• Sharp Knife
• Stone
• Red Mask
• Wind Feather
• Swimmers
• Red Wing
• Shell
• Owl
• Muskrat
• Grey Wolf
• Silent One
• Drummer
• Night Rain
• Healer
• Smoke
• Whippoorwill
• Charger

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• The unit is named Iroquois War Chief.
• The Iroquois War Chief aura increases unit hit points by 15%.
• Has the Nature Friendship ability which converts all treasure guardians, human and non-human.
• The Eagle Eye ability has an Area of Effect of 3, ×0.25 multiplier (does 15 ranged damage) against Treasure guardians and has a cooldown of 50 seconds.
• The "High Chief" Home City Card allows the Iroquois War Chief to train Buck the Tame Wolves.

Definitive Edition

• The unit is renamed to Haudenosaunee War Chief.
• The Haudenosaunee War Chief aura now increases unit hit points by 10%.
• The Nature Friendship ability replaced by Recruit Guardian, which converts human Treasure guardians only.
• The Eagle Eye ability now has a ×1.0 multiplier (does 60 ranged damage) against Treasure guardians and has a cooldown of 70 seconds.
• Receives Sharpshooter Attack.
• All special abilities now goes on cooldown when one is used, which is as long as the activated one.
• The "High Chief" Home City Card now makes the Haudenosaunee War Chief aura increases building hit points by 10%.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 15.59076, the Eagle Eye ability has an Area of Effect of 2.

History

“

War chiefs, typically young men in their prime, were responsible for leading warriors into battle. Even though they led their tribe's war efforts, they had to answer to a council of tribal leaders who attended to the daily affairs of the tribe. Mohawk chief Thayendenaga, also known as Joseph Brant, fought alongside the British during the American Revolution. Along with his army of Native Americans, he fought in the battle of Oriskany in August 1779. He served as a captain in the British Army until the end of the war, at which point he turned his attentions to diplomacy and working to achieve the best living conditions for his people in the period after the American victory.

”

Gallery

The Haudenosaunee War Chief in-game

The in-game Haudenosaunee War Chief in the Definitive Edition

Thayendanegea portrait

In-game Ká:nien skin for the Haudenosaunee War Chief

In-game Thayendanegea skin for the Haudenosaunee War Chief

In-game Female Haudenosaunee War Chief (Nonahkee)

The Haudenosaunee War Chief image from the Compendium section

See also

• Aztec War Chief
• Inca War Chief
• Lakota War Chief