Tashunke Prowler

Tashunke Prowler
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Melee cavalry Siege unit
Civilization	Lakota
Age	Fortress Age
Abilities	Increases the hit points and attack of other nearby Tashunke Prowlers Stealth mode
Training
Trained at	Corral
Food	150
Coin	75
Training time	43 seconds
Training limit	14
Statistics
Hit points	220
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	6.75
Line of Sight	28
Population	2
XP train bounty	23
XP bounty	23
Melee attack
Damage	15
Area of Effect	2
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	18
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Stealthy horsemen that grow in strength as they grow in number.	”
—In-game description

The Tashunke Prowler is a melee heavy cavalry in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Lakota and can be trained at the Corral once the Fortress Age is reached. It is a stealthy cavalry unit that become stronger in large groups.

Overview

The Tashunke Prowler is unique in that for every other Tashunke Prowlers in a radius of 20 around them, it gains +5% hit points and +10% attack, which is cumulative with each other. It is also the only cavalry unit that has stealth ability (except the Lakota War Chief with the "Center of Power" Home City Card).

Effective against artillery and light infantry, Tashunke Prowlers deal Area of Effect damage and are effective when massed in later Ages, but are relatively weaker since they lack direct upgrades (for example, Champion) and have a train limit of 14.

Further statistics

As Tashunke Prowlers are unique to the Lakota, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ranged infantry, light infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Horsemanship (+10%) Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Bonepipe Armor (+1.0x multiplier vs. artillery) Pillage (+25% siege attack) Yoga (+5%)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

As Tashunke Prowlers are unique to to the Lakota, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Tashunke Prowler

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners gets +15% attack 10 Germans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry get +15% attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Sioux Card Description Age HC level Cavalry Damage Cavalry get +15% attack 10 Cavalry Hitpoints Cavalry get +15% hit points 10 Cavalry Combat Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack 25 6 Tashunke Prowlers Ships 6 Tashunke Prowlers 1 4 Tashunke Prowlers Ships 4 Tashunke Prowlers 10 7 Tashunke Prowlers Ships 7 Tashunke Prowlers 10 8 Tashunke Prowlers Ships 8 Tashunke Prowlers 25 Marauders Tashunke Prowler train limit +25% 40 Mustangs Cavalry costs -10% 10 Riding School Cavalry train time -40% 10 Dakota Support Ships 5 Tashunke Prowlers and Tashunke Prowlers get +25% hit points; costs 1,000 coin 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• Tashunke Prowlers have 170 hit points, 15 siege damage, 12 Line of Sight, and a build limit of 12.
• The Marauders card increases Tashunke Prowler build limit by 50%.

Definitive Edition

• Tashunke Prowlers have 220 hit points, 22 siege damage, 28 Line of Sight, a build limit of 15, and are now siege troopers (which take 50% less damage from buildings). With update 5208, they have 18 siege damage and a build limit of 14.
• Tashunke Prowlers gain +25% attack and hit points in the Industrial Age and +50% in the Imperial Age. With update 5208, they gain +25% attack and hit points in both ages.
• With update 5208, the Marauders card increases Tashunke Prowler build limit by 30%.

Trivia

• Tashunke is the (incorrect) anglicization of Tȟašúŋke, which translates to "their horse" in the Lakota language. Crazy Horse's name in Lakota is Tȟašúŋke Witkó, which translates as "His Horse is Crazy".
• The unit is similar to the Fenris Wolf Brood in Age of Mythology, wherein a growth in the unit's number increases their attack.

History

“

The primary means for a Plains warrior to gain glory on the battlefield involved acts of courage in battle - such as killing enemies, stealing horses, or taking weapons - which won prestige and enabled an individual to rise above fellow tribesmen as a warrior and leader. For some groups, the highest honor of all was given to those warriors who managed to get close enough to touch an enemy and escape without killing him - a practice known as counting coup ("coup" is a French word meaning "blow"). A warrior could make contact with his hand, a weapon such as a club, spear, or bow, or even a specially crafted coup stick.

”

Gallery

An in-game Tashunke Prowler.