| “ | An anti-infantry army of rifle infantry and heavy cavalry. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Imperial Army is a Chinese banner army in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be trained at War Academy and Fuchuan, or automatically spawned for free by the Summer Palace Wonder, once the Fortress Age is reached. It consists of two Iron Flails and three Arquebusiers.
Strategy[]
Iron Flails are a good all around heavy cavalry unit that do decent damage, have fairly high hit points, and do area damage. They are weak against heavy infantry and light cavalry. Arquebusiers are powerful against heavy infantry and light cavalry, making the double pronged combination powerful, although vulnerable to armies with large amounts of heavy cavalry. The Imperial Banner Army is useful against opponent who build a lot of light infantry, cannons, Heavy infantry, or light cavalry.
Training the Imperial Army gives 74 XP instead of the expected 75. However, killing all members of the army gives the enemy 75 XP, unlike what the description says.
Alliance with the Russians allows training the Imperial Army at the Blockhouse and Fort.
Changelog[]
The Asian Dynasties[]
- The Imperial Army trains in 33 seconds.
Definitive Edition[]
- The Imperial Army trains in 29 seconds.
| Banner armies | |
|---|---|
 War Academy |  Old Han Army ·  Standard Army ·  Ming Army ·  Territorial Army ·  Forbidden Army ·  Imperial Army |
 Castle |  Black Flag Army ·  Mongolian Army |