“ 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 could be trained at a Trading Post built on a Maya settlement. It was replaced with update 54545 by the Maya Holcan Javelineer , a Musketeer -type unit.
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 [ ]
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 , Shock 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%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+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
17 Mayan Allies
Ships 17 Maya Holcan Spearmen and upgrades them to Champion (if not already); costs 1,000 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 , Lakota , and Spanish .
The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch , Haudenosaunee and Lakota.
The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese , Haudenosaunee, Japanese , Ottomans and Lakota.
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 [ ]
French [ ]
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 [ ]
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
Lakota [ ]
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.
With update 54545 , the Maya Holcan Spearman was replaced by the Maya Holcan Javelineer .
In-game dialogue [ ]
Main article: Maya (minor native)#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