Maya Holcan Spearman

Maya Holcan Spearman
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Siege unit* Melee infantry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Maya settlement Native Embassy
Food	75
Wood	25
Training time	30 seconds
Training limit	17 per Maya settlement
Statistics
Hit points	185
Resists	10% vs. Melee
Speed	5.0
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee attack
Damage	10
Multipliers	×3.0 vs. Cavalry ×2.25 vs. Light infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	24
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Maya barbed spearmen. Good against cavalry or buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Maya Holcan Spearman is a heavy infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Maya settlement.

Overview

The Maya Holcan Spearman is similar to a Pikeman, but has more hit points and a greater siege attack; However, it is one of the slowest anti-building attacks of any infantry unit. Under some conditions, units with lower siege damage but the normal 3.0 attack speed will inflict more damage over time than the Holcan Spearman; Their siege rate of fire is standardized to 3 in the Definitive Edition.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Maya Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Maya Holcan Spearmen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Maya	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Maya Holcan Spearmen to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Maya 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.	Cavalry, light infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Corselet (+25%, Spanish and Knights of St. John only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only) High Crusade (-5% hit points, Knights of St. John only) Corselet (-15% speed, Spanish and Knights of St. John only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Maya Holcan Spearman

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 9 Mayan Allies Ships 9 Maya Holcan Spearmen; costs 500 coin 1 24 Mayan Allies Ships 24 Maya Holcan Spearmen and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin 10 30 Mayan Allies Ships 30 Maya Holcan Spearmen 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 5 Maya Holcan Spearmen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Maya settlement. The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Haudenosaunee. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee and Sioux. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Haudenosaunee, Japanese, Ottomans and Sioux. The 9 Mayan Allies, 24 Mayan Allies and 30 Mayan Allies cards are available to Aztecs and Spanish. 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 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 Sioux 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 Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Maya Holcan Spearmen have 8 hand attack, 45 siege attack, 180 hit points, a siege rate of fire of 4.0, a build limit of 15, train in 20 seconds, and are siege troopers.

Definitive Edition

• Maya Holcan Spearmen have 10 hand attack, 24 siege attack, 185 hit points, a siege rate of fire of 3.0, a build limit of 17, train in 30 seconds, and are no longer siege troopers.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Maya#In-game_dialogue

History

“

The word "Holcan" means "warrior." Maya warriors formed a separate class in their society. In battle they would often capture rather than kill enemy soldiers to provide slaves or human sacrifices. The Holcan used many different weapons including spears, slingshots, clubs, knives, and even bombs made of hornet's nests. In times of need Maya used a form of conscription to force farmers or others to become soldiers.

”

Gallery

The Maya Holcan Spearman in-game

Maya Holcan Spearman Concept Art.

Another Maya Holcan Spearman concept art