Joan of Arc (unit)

This article is about the units in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and Age of Empires IV. For other uses, see Joan of Arc (disambiguation).

“	In fifteenth century France, history was determined by the will of a young girl... the only person in history to command the armies of an entire nation at the age of seventeen.	”
—Honored by Guy Josselyne in A Perfect Martyr

Joan of Arc or Jeanne d'Arc is a hero unit in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and a leader featured in the The Hundred Years War campaign in Age of Empires IV.

Age of Empires II

Joan of Arc
Hero information
Introduced in	Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Hero type	Cavalry
See also	Joan the Maid
Statistics
Hit points	200
Regeneration	30 hit points per minute
Melee attack	17
Reload time	2
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	2
Armor class	Cavalry (+2) Hero
Speed	1.45
Line of Sight	6
Ability	Cannot be converted

Joan of Arc is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. She is also available in the Scenario Editor. As a hero, she cannot be converted and can regenerate health (since The Conquerors onward).

Joan has her own dedicated campaign, in which she is always a must-survive unit. In the first scenario (An Unlikely Messiah), she appears in her unmounted form, as Joan the Maid.

Ability

Note: No longer applicable

Joan of Arc could also heal units (for a brief period between the release of The Mountain Royals and update 99311) at 3 hit points per second. She had the "permission" to heal since The Age of Kings, but the engine did not allow military units to heal.

This was accidentally fixed with the removal of the drawback with the introduction of the Warrior Priest. However, as a bug, she visually glitched to her Joan the Maid form while healing, and had no actual healing animation, rather just standing still in her idle animation. With update 99311, this ability was removed.

There is also another error: if the cursor is hover over allied units, it will show the healing icon, despite being impossible. Originally, the unit was given the ability to heal, but never assigned the Monk unit class, only cavalry.

Campaign appearances

Joan of Arc

• The Maid of Orleans: After gaining the Dauphin's favor, Joan leads an army to lift the siege of Orleans.
• The Cleansing of the Loire: Joan of Arc leads her army into the Loire Valley, to reclaim it from the English.
• The Rising: Joan of Arc leads her army north to reclaim Rheims, so that the Dauphin can be crowned as King of France.
• The Siege of Paris: Joan of Arc leads the French forces to besiege Paris, and later to retreat to Compiègne before being captured by the Burgundians.

Grand Dukes

• The Maid Falls: Joan of Arc is garrisoned in Compiègne. Phillip needs to capture her, in order to defeat the French armies.

Victors and Vanquished

• Stephen: Matilda of Boulogne, Stephen's wife, is a renamed Joan of Arc. She helps Stephen reclaim control over England.

Trivia

• She is the first hero unit who has two different character models. She is joined by:
  • El Cid (since The Conquerors)
  • Frederick Barbarossa (since The Forgotten)
  • Le Lai in Rise of the Rajas
  • Ivaylo in The Last Khans
  • Jadwiga in Dawn of the Dukes
  • Babur (since Dynasties of India)
  • Ismail in The Mountain Royals
• The unit model edited from a beta model of the Byzantine Cataphract, replacing its head (originally covered with a helmet) with Joan's. It was later used for the Boyar in Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires.
• Despite being portrayed as a powerful cavalry unit, Joan herself never participated in actual combat and mostly served as a standard bearer and morale booster for the French army. She declared at her trial that she had never killed a person, in combat or otherwise.

Age of Empires IV

Jeanne d'Arc
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires IV
Type	Heavy melee infantry
Statistics
Hit points	450
Melee armor	9
Ranged armor	9
Speed	1.62
Ability	Healing
Melee damage
Attack	31
Rate of Fire	1.50 seconds
Charge damage
Attack	+15
Torch damage
Attack	30
Range	1.25 tiles
Rate of Fire	4.12 seconds

“	The Maid of Orléans. Effective against most units.	”
—Age of Empires IV description

Jeanne d'Arc appears in Age of Empires IV as a heavy melee cavalry, despite being described as a heavy melee infantry. She appears in the The Siege of Orléans and The Battle of Patay scenarios of the The Hundred Years War campaign in Age of Empires IV.

Ability

• Healing (Active): Rallies nearby allies to restore their health over 10 seconds.

History

Joan of Arc (c. 1412 – May 30, 1431, French Jeanne d'Arc) was a French heroine who, at the age of 17, was pivotal in turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War in her nation's favor. Stating that she was acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France.

Gallery

Joan of Arc in the in the Definitive Edition

Joan of Arc in the in the original game

Joan of Arc (right) next to her unmounted variant

The healing cursor error

Contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc by Clément de Fauquembergue, in the protocol of the parliament of Paris, dated 10 May 1429

Near-contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc, painted after 1450, after Joan's recent death in 1431

An official artwork featuring (from left to right) Sikelgaita or Jadwiga, Joan of Arc, two unknown women, and Ximena

Cutscene artworks

Joan hit by an arbalest bolt

Joan wielding the fleur-de-lis standard, welcomed by the freed people of Orleans

Joan plans a battle

Joan arousing the jealousy of the Dauphin's advisors

Joan praised as France's savior

Joan captured by Burgundians

Joan beatified

Videos

JOAN OF ARC vs EVERY HERO EVER - AoE II- DE

JOAN OF ARC vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT - AoE II- Definitive Edition

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