Mantlet

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. For the native unit, see Haudenosaunee Mantlet.

Mantlet
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Siege trooper Ranged infantry
Civilization(s)	Haudenosaunee
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Siege Workshop
Cost	80 Wood 80 Coin 2 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	400
Resistance	50% Ranged
Speed	3.5
Line of Sight	12
Train XP	16
Kill XP	16
Ranged attack
Damage	25 Ranged
Range	10
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	50 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	Tough Haudenosaunee support unit used to shield your army from enemy fire.	”
—In-game description

The Mantlet is a ranged infantry siege unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Haudenosaunee and can be trained at the Siege Workshop.

Overview

The Mantlet has high hit points, very high ranged damage resistance, moderate attack, and powerful siege. However, it is slow and short ranged.

Mantlets can help compensate for the relatively low siege that most of the Haudenosaunee units have, taking down walls and fortifications, and allowing other units to continue to fight against enemy units. Mantlets are classified as infantry, making them only especially vulnerable to artillery (which their high hit points somewhat compensate for), cavalry (especially lancer-type, due to its poor range and hand damage), and Abus Gunners. Grenadiers and Flamethrowers also can pose a threat, though to a lesser extent. Many of these unit types can be made less dangerous by sending Beaver Wars, which increases resistance against Siege and Ranged damage, with the notable exception of melee cavalry. With the "Siege Discipline" shipment, their population cost is dropped to only 1, which makes mass production of this unit very easy.

A general use for Mantlets is as a screen for long ranged units. Their incredible hit points and armor lets them tank an immense amount of enemy ranged fire, protecting Forest Prowlers and even Musket Riders, which allows them to do much more damage without taking fire. The disadvantage of this is it drastically reduces the speed and mobility of the army, so it should be used situationally, such as in chokepoints, where mobility is largely irrelevant.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Champion Mantlets	400 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Mantlets to Champion (+25% hit points and damage)
Imperial Age	Legendary Mantlets	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Mantlets to Legendary (+50% hit points and damage); requires Champion Mantlets

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand damage) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Siege Drill (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 4 Mantlets if The Warrior was chosen for the Haudenosaunee to reach the Fortress Age) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

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

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry damage +10%; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry damage +15% instead
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
TEAM Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -15%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -5% instead

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry speed +5%
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8
Conservative Tactics	Infantry hit points and damage +10%
4 Mantlets	Delivers 4 Mantlets
5 Mantlets	Delivers 5 Mantlets
10 Mantlets	Delivers 10 Mantlets
7 Mantlets	Delivers 7 Mantlets
TEAM 3 Mantlets	Delivers 3 Mantlets
Haudenosaunee Siege Party	Delivers 6 Rams and 4 Mantlets
Beaver Wars	Ram ranged resistance +15%, siege resistance +30%; Mantlet ranged and siege resistance +15%; grants Champion Rams and Champion Mantlets
Siege Hitpoints	Ram, Mantlet, and Light Cannon hit points +15%
Siege Damage	Ram, Mantlet, and Light Cannon damage +15%
Siege Combat	Ram, Mantlet, and Light Cannon hit points and damage +15%
Siege Construction	Ram, Mantlet, and Light Cannon population cost -1, train time -30%
Wampum	Unit train bounty +35%, train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead; building build bounty +35%
Mohawk Support	Delivers 6 Rams and 5 Mantlets; costs 1,000 coin
National Unity	Cayuga Support, Onondaga Support, Seneca Support, Tuscarora Support, Oneida Support, and Mohawk Support shipment cost -25%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +15%
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry siege attack damage +33%
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry speed +10%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry train time -10%, speed +10%

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry siege attack damage +50%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry damage +20%, musket infantry damage +10% instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40
TEAM Engineering School	Abus Gun, Grenadier, Culverin, Falconet, Mortar, Organ Gun, Mantlet, Ram, Light Cannon, Petard, Horse Artillery, Siege Elephant, Morutaru, Flaming Arrow, Hand Mortar, and Flamethrower train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, and Flying Crow train time -5%		25

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Iroquois

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 damage		25
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 Line of Sight		10
4 Mantlets	Ships 4 Mantlets		1
5 Mantlets	Ships 5 Mantlets		10
10 Mantlets	Ships 10 Mantlets		10
7 Mantlets	Ships 7 Mantlets		40
Iroquois Siege Party	Ships 4 Mantlets and 6 Rams		25
Siege Hitpoints	Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons get +15% hit points		10
Siege Damage	Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons get +15% attack		10
Siege Combat	Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons get +15% hit points and damage		25
Conservative Tactics	Aennas, Tomahawks, and Mantlets get +10% hit points and damage		25
Siege Discipline	Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons take -1 population		40
Engineering School	Abus Gun, Grenadier, Culverin, Falconet, Mortar, Organ Gun, Mantlet, Ram, Light Cannon, Petard, Horse Artillery, Siege Elephant, Morutaru, Flaming Arrow, Hand Mortar, and Flamethrower train time -40%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, and Flying Crow train time -10%		25
Mohawk Support	Ships 5 Mantlets and 6 Rams; costs 1,000 coin		10
National Unity	Cayuga Support, Onondaga Support, Seneca Support, Tuscarora Support, Oneida Support, and Mohawk Support shipments cost -25%		40

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Dueling School	Infantry (except Skull Knights), Old Han Army, and Territorial Army train time -25%; Black Flag Army, Standard Army, Ming Army, and Imperial Army train time -12%		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• Mantlets cost 75 wood, 125 coin, and give 20 XP when trained or killed.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.18214, Mantlets cost 80 wood, 80 coin, and give 16 XP when trained or killed.

History

“

Because the Iroquois often fortified their towns, they needed siege weapons when they went to war with rival towns. 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. Canoes could also be used as shields and ladders, although canoes used for assaulting a fortress were not always the best paddling vessels after the fighting was over.

”

Gallery

An in-game (Elite) Mantlet

An in-game Champion/Legendary Mantlet

An in-game (Elite) Mantlet in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Champion/Legendary Mantlet in the Definitive Edition

Mantlet image from the Compendium section