“ | Indian hand cavalry that rides a camel. Good against archers, skirmishers, and artillery. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Sowar is a melee heavy cavalry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Indians and can be trained at Caravanserai and Galleon, as well as the Agra Fort wonder once it is upgraded to Delhi Gate. It brandishes a thin spear from atop a camel.
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Overview[edit | edit source]
Sowar is especially good against light infantry (like archers and Skirmishers). Its speed is the Sowar’s greatest asset, it has a very high speed even when compared to other cavalry units, which enables it to both reinforce a battle and retreat from unfavorable engagements swiftly.
The Sowar does not perform well against heavy infantry and other cavalry due to the fact that it has a lower base damage than most cavalry units.
Although the Sowar starts out as a mediocre cavalry unit, it excels at killing light infantry once Home City cards are sent to upgrade them. One of the cards increases their attack bonus versus light infantry, and the others increase its base attack by a massive 45%. It does about 72.5 damage to light infantry with all of these upgrades, making the Sowar potentially among the most cost-effective cavalry unit for countering light infantry in the Commerce Age. It is also very fast, making it easier to retreat or to catch other units.
Upgrades[edit | edit source]
Age | Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
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200 wood, 100 coin |
Upgrades Sowars to Disciplined (+20% hit points and attack) | |
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600 wood, 600 coin |
Upgrades Sowars to Honored (+30% hit points and attack); requires Disciplined Sowar | |
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1,500 wood, 1,500 coin |
Upgrades Sowars to Exalted (+50% hit points and attack); requires Honored Sowar |
Mansabdar Sowar[edit | edit source]
“ | Inspires all nearby Sowars. Indian hand cavalry that rides a camel. Good against archers, skirmishers, and artillery. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Mansabdar Sowar is a stronger version of the Sowar that can be trained from the Charminar Gate wonder or shipped from the Home City as part of Sowar Regiment. As a Mansabdar unit, the Mansabdar Sowar has twice the hit points of a Sowar and Imperial Service that increases the hit points and attack of nearby Sowars, but are two times more expensive.
Special ability[edit | edit source]
Imperial Service (passive): The Mansabdar Sowar increases the hit points and attack of Sowars in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.
Further statistics[edit | edit source]
As (Mansabdar) Sowars are unique to the Indians, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
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Strong vs. | Ranged infantry, artillery |
Weak vs. | Heavy infantry, cavalry |
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Home City Cards[edit | edit source]
As (Mansabdar) Sowars are unique to the Indians, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
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Changelog[edit | edit source]
The Asian Dynasties[edit | edit source]
- Sowars and Mansabdar Sowars have a x1.5 multiplier against infantry and a 0.67 multiplier against heavy infantry.
- The Desert Terror Home City Card gives -0.17 multiplier against heavy infantry.
Definitive Edition[edit | edit source]
- Sowars and Mansabdar Sowars have a x2.0 multiplier against infantry and a 0.5 multiplier against heavy infantry.
- The Desert Terror Home City Card gives -0.1 multiplier against heavy infantry and +0.5 verus all infantr,y making the Sowar's damage 2.5x versus all infantry and 2.5(.4) = 1x versus heavy infantry.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The Sowar is the only camel unit in the entire Age of Empires series that doesn´t deal bonus damage to any mounted units.
- The Sowar's unit portrait resembles the Honored/Exalted Sowar model.
History[edit | edit source]
“ | In Persian, the word “sowar” literally means “the one who rides.” During the British East India Company’s occupation of the Indian subcontinent, “sowar” was used in reference to native cavalry units in the Company’s employ. These mounted soldiers were considered the equivalent of sepoy infantry soldiers, and they were often utilized as escorts and guards. | ” |