| “ | Ye who are warriors of God, hear my dying wish! After I expire, you will flay the skin from my corpse and use it to build the drums to whose beat this army will march henceforth. | ” |
| —Outro of Warrior of God | ||
Jan Zizka (Czech: Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha) (c. 1360 – 11 October 1424) is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes. He is armed with a war mace and has a unique appearance. He can reduce the armor of enemy units that he attacks (like the Obuch). As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health. He also has his own dedicated campaign.
Campaign appearances[]
He appears in the first four scenarios of the campaign: The One-Eyed Wanderer, Courage and Coin, The Iron Lords, and The Golden City. Starting from the fifth scenario, he loses his other eye, making it no longer possible for him to fight. Thus, he only appears in dialogue in the last two scenarios.
History[]
Nicknamed "One-eyed Žižka", having lost one eye in battle, Jan Žižka led Hussite forces against three crusades and never lost a single battle despite being completely blind in his last stages of life.
The effectiveness of his field artillery against the royal cavalry in this battle made it a successful element of Hussite armies. Žižka's tactics were unorthodox and innovative. In addition to training and equipping his army according to their abilities, he used armored wagons fitted with small cannons and muskets. He had to quickly train peasants to repeatedly face highly trained and armored opponents who usually outnumbered his own troops.
Trivia[]
- His mace is part of his campaign's icon.
- Jan Zizka has a Line of Sight of 4 (while most heroes have higher values), probably due to the fact that he has only one eye.
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