Huron Mantlet

Huron Mantlet
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Siege unit Ranged infantry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Huron settlement Native Embassy
Food	100
Wood	60
Coin	0
Training time	30 seconds
Training limit	10 per Huron settlement
Statistics
Hit points	250
Resists	40% vs. Ranged
Speed	3.5
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	16
XP bounty	16
Melee attack
Damage	10
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	25
Range	10
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	45
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Huron short-ranged siege unit.	”
—In-game description

The Huron Mantlet is a native siege unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Huron settlement which replaces the Iroquois in the expansion, thus the Huron Mantlet acts as a replacement to the Haudenosaunee Mantlet.

Overview

The Huron Mantlet has no bonuses versus enemy units, but possesses good siege attack and outstanding durability versus enemy ranged units. Its usefulness is diminished against melee cavalry and heavy infantry. Huge numbers of Mantlets can be trained by researching Huron Sun Ceremony and possession of more than one Trading Post site.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Huron Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Huron Mantlets to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Huron	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Huron Mantlets to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Huron Warrior Societies
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)

The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ranged infantry, light cavalry, buildings
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light infantry, heavy cavalry, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20% speed, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Other	Huron Sun Ceremony (+200% train limit) Huron Trade Dominance (ships 1 Huron Mantlet for every 2 minutes of the game time, up to 30 minutes)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Huron Mantlet

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times All Card Description Age HC level Native Treaties Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors 1 Native Warriors Native warriors cost -25% 10 Native Warrior Combat Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Native Warrior Societies Native warrior train limit +30% 25 Blood Brothers Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 6 Huron Allies Ships 6 Huron Mantlets; costs 500 coin 10 18 Huron Allies Ships 18 Huron Mantlets and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin 25 20 Huron Allies Ships 20 Huron Mantlets and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 2,000 coin 40 The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. The Native Treaties card ships 3 Huron Mantlets if the player had built a Trading Post on a Huron settlement. The Native Warrior Combat, 6 Huron Allies, 18 Huron Allies, and 20 Huron Allies cards are available to French and Haudenosaunee. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Portuguese, Russians, Lakota, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee, and Lakota. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Haudenosaunee, Japanese, Ottomans, and Lakota. Asians Card Description Age HC level Native Alliance Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 1 Native Warrior Hitpoints Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 10 Native Warrior Attack Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25% 10 The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese. The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese. The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians. Chinese Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 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 Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 Wilderness Warfare Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points 25 TEAM Improved Native Warriors Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack 1 Indians Card Description Age HC level Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level 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 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Lakota Card Description Age HC level Wind Runner Infantry get +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• Huron Mantlets cost 50 wood, 100 coin and give 15 XP when trained or killed.

Definitive Edition

• Huron Mantlets cost 100 food, 60 wood and give 16 XP when trained or killed.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Huron#In-game_dialogue

History

“

The Huron, also known as the Wyandot, probably numbered between 30,000 and 45,000 in the early 1500s. Even though they generally had good relations with neighboring tribes, their rivalry with the Iroquois did erupt into sporadic warfare. They lived in well-fortified villages with populations over 1,000 and lived in large, communal longhouses up to 200 feet long. Like other Native peoples, the Huron needed siege weapons when they battled rival villages. One technique they developed was the mantlet, similar in function to those used in Roman and medieval armies. Two warriors would carry the mantlet (essentially a moveable wooden wall) to protect themselves from enemy arrow or musket fire until they reached their enemy’s town walls, where the mantlet was used as a ladder to scale the walls and breach the town.

”

Gallery

The Huron Mantlet as it appears in-game

The Huron Mantlet's history portrait