Royal Heirs is a reworked technology in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - update 81058 that is unique to the Ethiopians and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it reduces incoming damage from mounted units for Shotel Warriors and Camel Riders by 3.
Mounted units refer to any melee or ranged unit featuring one of these animals: Horses, Camels, or Elephants. The Missionary is also a mounted unit, but Royal Heirs adds no resistance to their conversion attempts.
Strategy[]
Royal Heirs boosts the combat effectiveness of their camels and Shotel Warriors, which can either be seen as 3 extra melee armor or 3 extra pierce armor, depending what mounted unit their camels and Shotel Warriors face. This helps compensate for the lack of Bloodlines for their camels and boosts the Ethiopians' already strong anti-cavalry capacity, since they also have free Pikeman upgrade. Combined with their high mobility, Shotel Warriors and their camels can give easy chase to enemy Cavalry Archers.
In the Imperial Age, their Heavy Camel Riders become far less effective, because they not only lack Bloodlines, but also Plate Barding Armor, making their Heavy Camel Riders more vulnerable to foot archers, and will not perform significantly better than generic Heavy Camel Riders. Their Elite Shotel Warriors also gives them a fighting edge in trash war scenarios, as Elite Shotel Warriors not only can clean up enemy Halberdiers and Elite Skirmishers, but also can win cost-effectively against Hussars, which helps compensate for their lackluster Hussars.
It can also reduce even the armor-ignoring attack of the Leitis and Dravidians' cavalry with Wootz Steel.
Changelog[]
Dynasties of India[]
- Reworked with update 81058.
Team bonuses[]
- Portuguese: Researching Royal Heirs is 25% faster.
History[]
The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was a dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire formed in the thirteenth century. Its members claim lineal descent from the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Tradition asserts that the queen gave birth to Menelik I after her biblically described visit to Solomon in Jerusalem. In 1270, the Zagwe dynasty was overthrown by Yekuno Amlak, who claimed descent from Solomon and founded the Solomonic era of Ethiopia. The dynasty lasted until 1974.
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First iteration[]
Royal Heirs is a technology in Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms that is unique to the Ethiopians and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it makes Shotel Warriors train 100% faster. With update 81058, its effect was imbibed in the Elite Shotel Warrior upgrade, and the technology was reworked.
