Nootka War Chief

“Elite Nootka warrior.”

—In-game description

The Nootka War Chief is a heavy infantry native warrior that can be trained by heroes once Loyal Nootka War Chief is researched.

Overview Edit

The Nootka War Chief is a powerful unit that can quickly be retrained, as it has a low train time. It is excellent at destroying buildings, especially Outposts, Castles, Blockhouses, War Huts, Noble's Huts, and even Town Centers due to its high ranged resistance and hit points. Flesh and blood opponents will likely target other nearby units, however it can be used to soak up the damage of those structures when facing AI enemies that do not employ smart targeting.

With all available improvements, the Nootka War Chief can quickly destroy large groups of enemies if left unchecked, and if it perishes it can be re-trained at the Explorer/War Chief/Monk's location very quickly when used with infantry train time reduction cards and improvements.

• The Nootka War Chief is especially deadly when used by a Spanish player with Unction effect along with their hand infantry cards. The total damage of the unit will then jump to 83 or higher damage in melee and deal strong damage against buildings.
• The Nootka War Chief can also become quite powerful when recruited by a Japanese player due to Shogunate bonuses, the Onin War card, Daimyo bonuses, etc.
• The Nootka War Chief also become a powerful building destroyer when recruited by a Sioux with a full Fire Pit and doing a Fire Dance; their siege damage will increased by 199%.

Upgrades Edit

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Nootka Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Nootka Clubmen and War Chief to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Nootka	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Nootka Clubmen and War Chief to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Nootka 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

As the Nootka War Chief is only available on the California, Northwest Territory, and Yukon maps, only native improvements from native tribes on those maps (including the Nootka themselves) are listed here.

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Corselet (+25%, Spanish only) Cree Tanning (+5%)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed, Spanish only)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Nootka War Chief

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Edit Card Description Age Home City level Native Warriors Native warriors cost -25% 10 Native Warrior Combat Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack 25 Blood Brothers Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 The Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. 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 Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Iroquois, Japanese, Ottomans, and Sioux. Asians Edit Card Description Age Home City 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 Home City level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Edit Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 French Edit 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 Edit Card Description Age Home City 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 Age Home City level Infantry Attack Infantry gets +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry gets +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry gets +8 LOS 10 Japanese Edit Card Description Age Home City level Onin War Infantry gets +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Edit Card Description Age Home City level Ransack Infantry gets +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; Skull Knights spawn 25% faster; banner army train time -12% 25 Sioux Edit Card Description Age Home City level Wind Runner Infantry gets +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Edit Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry gets +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Trivia Edit

• The Nootka War Chief is one of several anti-cavalry units in the Age of Empires series to use a club, the others being the Mapuche Ironwood Clubman, the Nootka Clubman, and the Yamabushi from Age of Empires III, as well as the Katapeltes from Age of Mythology.

History Edit

“The Nootka lived in northwestern North America. Their common name is probable misinterpretation on the part of Captain Cook, who promoted the word meaning "come around" as the name for the Nootka people. The Nootka wore clothing of cedar bark that shed the rains of their Pacific Northwest home and also furs for the winter cold. They hunted whales and other sea creatures with two-headed harpoons that were designed to drive home even if one head was deflected or broken. In war they wielded heavy clubs and maces, some decorated with the striking surface protruding like a thick stone tongue from the mouth of a frightfully stylized man.”