Maya Holcan Spearman

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

The Maya Holcan Spearman is a heavy infantry native warrior featured in Age of Empires III. It is trained at Trading Posts built on Mayan settlements.

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.

Upgrades

Age	Improvement	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 (+25% hit points and attack); requires Maya Warrior Societies
	Legendary Native Warriors/Exalted Natives	1500 wood 1500 coin	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%) File:Inca Road-building.png Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British 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 Home City 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 Template:Icon Infantry train time -40% 10 File:Spanish Home City 5 (9 Mayan Allies).png 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 File:Spanish Home City 5 (30 Mayan Allies).png 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 Iroquois, Ottomans and Sioux. The 9 Mayan Allies, 24 Mayan Allies and 30 Mayan Allies cards are available to Aztecs and Spanish. Dutch Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Template:Icon Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age Home City 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 Home City level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Iroquois Card Description Age Home City level Infantry Attack Template:Icon Infantry gets +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Template:Icon Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Template:Icon Infantry gets +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Template:Icon Infantry gets +8 LOS 10 Russians Card Description Age Home City level Ransack Template:Icon Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Template:Icon Infantry train time -25%; Skull Knights spawn 25% faster; banner army train time -12% 25 Sioux Card Description Age Home City level Wind Runner Template:Icon Infantry gets +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry gets +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

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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.

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Gallery

The Maya Holcan Spearman in-game