Healer (Age of Empires III)

Healer
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Civilization	Haudenosaunee Lakota
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Community Plaza (Holy Ceremony)
Population	0
Coin	200
Training time	See Holy Ceremony
Training limit	10
Statistics
Hit points	360
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	4
Line of Sight	12
Ability	Heals injured units (10 hit points per second, range 12)
XP bounty	15
Melee damage
Attack	5
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	Heals injured units.	”
—In-game description

The Healer (Medicine Man before the Definitive Edition) is a special unit in Age of Empires III that can be spawned by Haudenosaunee and Lakota through the Holy Ceremony at the Community Plaza. It functions identically to the Priest but has a train limit of 10.

The Aztecs and Incas have Warrior Priests and Priestesses, respectively, instead of Healers.

Home City Cards

As the Healer is unique to Haudenosaunee and Lakota, 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 Medicine Man

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Indians Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age Home City level Tuscarora Support Ships 9 Kanya Horsemen and 2 Medicine Men; costs 1,000 coin 10 Lakota Card Description Age Home City level Burnt Thigh Support Ships 7 Rifle Riders and 2 Medicine Men; costs 1,000 coin 10 Russians Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Cheap Priests Priests, Imams, and Missionaries cost -50% and train time -75%; Medicine Man and Warrior Priest spawn time -15% 10 Spanish Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Native

Healer (Native)
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Maya settlement (until The Asian Dynasties) Native Embassy
Food	200
Training limit	4
Statistics
Hit points	360
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	4
Line of Sight	12
Ability	Heals injured units (10 hit points per second, range 12)
XP bounty	20
Melee damage
Attack	5
Rate of Fire	1.5

The native version of the Medicine Man can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Maya settlement, until The Asian Dynasties. Since The Asian Dynasties, due to a bug, the option to train Native Medicine Men from Trading Posts built in a Maya settlement is missing, being possible to train them only from Native Embassies. They can also be rescued from treasures.

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The unit is named Medicine Man.
• Native Medicine Men have 200 hit points.

The WarChiefs

• Sioux/Iroquois Medicine Men cost 200 coin (for score calculation purposes), give 20 XP when killed, and cost 1 population.
• The Sioux Medicine Man uses the same portrait and textures in the Holy Dance button as the Iroquois Medicine Man.

Definitive Edition

• The unit is renamed to Healer.
• Lakota/Haudenosaunee Healers cost 150 coin (for score calculation purposes), give 15 XP when killed, and cost 0 population.
• Native Healers have 360 hit points.
• With update 3552, the Lakota Healer uses his own portrait and textures in the Healers Ceremony button.

Trivia

• There is an unused portrait and textures for the Sioux Holy Dance button for the Sioux Medicine Man in The WarChiefs. This was corrected in the Definitive Edition, where the Lakota Healer uses its own portrait and specific textures for the Healers Ceremony button (since update 3552).

History

Age of Empires III

“

Both "Medicine Man" and "Shaman" refer to Native American healers and spiritual leaders. "Medicine Man" can be misleading, as not all were male and many of their responsibilities had little to do with physical healing. These Shaman were responsible for both the physical and the spiritual health of the people in their tribe.

”

Gallery

Unused Sioux Healer portrait in The WarChiefs

Two Healers

Native Healer stats

Haudenosaunee/Lakota Healer stats

The Healer's healing animation.

Native Healer portrait in the Age of Empires III beta

An in-game Lakota Healer

See also

• Warrior Priest – Aztec counterpart
• Priestess – Inca counterpart