Maya Holcan Spearman

"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 Edit

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.

Upgrades Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

Card	Description	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 Iroquois.

The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish.

The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Iroquois, and Sioux.

The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Iroquois, Japanese, Ottomans, and Sioux.

The 9 Mayan Allies, 24 Mayan Allies and 30 Mayan Allies cards are available to Aztecs and Spanish.

Asians Edit

Card	Description	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 Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40
Acupuncture	Unit train time -20%		10

Dutch Edit

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

French Edit

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 Edit

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

Iroquois Edit

Card	Description	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 Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack		40
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Russians Edit

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 Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wind Runner	Infantry get +10% speed		10
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%		10

Spanish Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Melee infantry get +15% attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

History Edit

"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."

Age of Empires III
Native warriors in Age of Empires III
Aztecs	Aztec Eagle Warrior · Aztec Jaguar Warrior
Carib	Carib Blowgunner
Cherokee	Cherokee Rifleman
Comanche	Comanche Horse Archer
Cree	Cree Tracker
Inca	Incan Huaminca · Incan Bolas Warrior
Iroquois	Iroquois Tomahawk · Iroquois Mantlet
Lakota	Lakota Axe Rider · Lakota Dog Soldier
Maya	Maya Holcan Spearman
Nootka	Nootka Clubman · Nootka War Chief
Seminole	Seminole Sharktooth Bowman
Tupi	Tupi Blackwood Archer
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Apache	Apache Cavalry
Cheyenne^L	Cheyenne Rider
Huron^I	Huron Mantlet
Klamath	Klamath Rifleman
Mapuche	Mapuche Ironwood Clubman
Navajo	Navajo Rifleman
Zapotec^A	Zapotec Lightning Warrior
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