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This article is about the politician in Age of Empires III. For other uses, see Scout. |
The Scout is a Fortress Age politician in Age of Empires III, available to the Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish. As soon as the player advances to the Fortress Age by choosing him, the following units appear in the Home City shipment point:
Before the Definitive Edition, The Scout is available to the Spanish at a level 10 Home City and the French and Ottomans at a level 60 Home City.
Strategy[]
If the player intends a cavalry strategy with the Russians, Ottomans, or Spanish, The Scout should be the politician of choice when advancing to Fortress Age. The units provided are melee cavalry in all cases; however, for the Russians, The Scout may be a bit more valuable, as they get Cossacks instead of Hussars. The player should have shipments that improve Hussars, Delis or Cossacks in their deck.
All three civilizations can follow up their cavalry strategy for advancing to the Industrial Age by picking The Cavalry Marshal, The Grand Vizier (for the Ottomans), or The War Minister (for the Russians). There are no politicians in the Imperial Age that further improve a cavalry strategy, but all the civilizations that have access to The Scout may instead prefer to revolt, since each one has some Revolution options that improve cavalry in several ways. The Spanish get Chile as an option, which turns all Hussars into Hussars of Death, so if the Spanish are intending to revolt into Chile, the Hussars provided by The Scout will add power to that strategy.
Recommended shipments[]
All civilizations[]
- Cavalry Combat: Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack.
- Advanced Arsenal.
- Riding School (Ottomans and Russians): Cavalry train time -40%.
- Kovat's Legion (ottomans and Russians through the Hungary revolution): Ships 15 Magyar Hussars; Magyar Hussars get +15% hit points and can be trained at Forts.
- Military unit shipments that may be a complement for heavy cavalry or cavalry in general.
Ottomans[]
- Palace Intrigue: Provides the Mosque with Kapikulu Corps technology which ships 5 Sipahis and Heavy cavalry get +10% hand resistance.
Russians[]
- Boyars: Cavalry Archers, Cossacks, and Oprichniks get +10% hit points and attack.
- Reformist Tsar: Provides the Church with Westernization, St. Petersburg Dragoons, Petrine Reforms. Westernization and Petrine reforms upgrades all Russian unique units including Cossacks.
- Bashkir Rebellion: Turns all Cossacks into Bashkir Archers; upgrades Bashkir Archers to Disciplined (if not already); Bashkir Archers can be trained and upgraded to Honored at Trading Posts on Tengri Shrines and Native Embassies; removes Bashkir Archers' training limit, but now they take 1 population.
- Finnhorses (through the Finland revolution): Hussars, Hakkapelits, Cossacks, Dragoons, Oprichniks, and Cavalry Archers get +15% hit points
- Grand Duchy of Finland (Through the Finland revolution): Enables Counter Dragoons (Guard Dragoons with a ×1.2 multiplier against light cavalry) at stables.
Spanish[]
- Hand Cavalry Attack: Hand cavalry get +15% attack.
- Hand Cavalry Hitpoints: Hand cavalry get +15% hit points
- Liberation March (can be obtained from base deck or from the Chile revolution): Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time.
- TEAM Spanish Inquisition: Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight.
- Unction: Missionaries increase the attack of nearby friendly units.
- House of Trastamára: The next Age up is researched 8.5% faster and costs 80 resources less for each shipment that has been sent in the current Age including this one; Resources are proportional to amount required.
- Blandengues (through the Argentina revolution): Hand cavalry cost -20%.
- Junín Hussars (through Peru revolution): Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +5% speed and -30% train time (only get -20% train time if stacked with "Liberation March").
Changelog[]
Age of Empires III[]
- French: Can choose The Scout to advance to the Fortress Age.
- Ottomans: The Scout ships 4 Hussars.
Definitive Edition[]
- French: The Scout removed from the Fortress Age politician options.
- Home City level requirement removed.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.27885, the Ottomans receive Delis instead of Hussars.
