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Heavy Infantry is a broad tag from the class system of Age of Empires III, being a subtype of infantry. They are usually good against cavalry and Shock Infantry, with a melee or low to medium range attack. In the game files, they are referred to as AbstractHeavyInfantry
. They are vulnerable to artillery, foot archers, and Rifle Infantry.
There are four major tags related to Heavy Infantry:
- Musket Infantry (
AbstractMusketeer
in the game files) - Hand Infantry (
AbstratHandInfantry
in the game files, except Urumis, which do not have the Heavy Infantry tag) - Grenade Trooper (
AbstractGrenadier
in the game files, except Mounted Granaderos that are cavalry units) - Siege unit (
AbstractSiegeTroopers
in the game files, a tag not unique to infantry units)
History[]
- The Pistolero, Puma Spearman, Jaguar Prowl Knight, Skull Knight, Tomahawk, Fusilier and War Club were introduced in The WarChiefs.
- The Dacoit, Ninja, Arsonist, Samurai. Ashigaru Musketeer, Yamabushi, Shaolin Master, Qiang Pikeman, Changdao Swordsman, Sepoy and Rajput were introduced in The Asian Dynasties.
- The Plumed Spearman, Bolas Warrior, Maceman, Carolean, Nizam Fusilier, Javanese Spearman and Regular were introduced in the Definitive Edition.
Unit tags in Age of Empires III | |
Infantry | Heavy Infantry (Hand Infantry) (Musket Infantry) · Light Infantry (Foot Archer) (Rifle Infantry) |
---|---|
Cavalry and Shock Infantry | Heavy Cavalry (Hand Cavalry) (Ranged Heavy Cavalry) · Light Cavalry · Shock Infantry (Hand Shock Infantry) (Ranged Shock Infantry) |
Other | Siege unit · Artillery · Mercenary · Building · Ship · Hero · Pet |
Support tags | Gunpowder unit · Gunpowder cavalry · Grenade Trooper · Archer · Outlaw · Native warrior |