| “ | Expensive cavalry with high health and melee armor. Effective against melee units. Protects the Khan when nearby by redirecting damage to themselves and can heal the Khan while out of combat. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Torguud is a heavy melee cavalry unit in Age of Empires IV: Dynasties of the East unique to the Golden Horde. It can be created from the Golden Tent starting in the Feudal Age. Its statistics automatically improve with each Age.
Ability[]
Khan Guard (Passive) - While Batu Khan is within four tiles of a Torguud, any damage taken by him is redirected to the Torguud. A floating icon will be displayed above the Torguud that is taking damage for the Khan. The first Torguud that is within range will be initially selected, after which this Torguud will continue taking damage until it either dies or moves out of the four-tile range. At this point, the ability switches to the Torguud nearest to the Khan. The Torguud will also passively heal Batu Khan at the rate of 2.5 hit points every five seconds.- Battle Veteran (Passive, requires Sarai Lancers): The Torguud heals itself for four hit points for every attack performed. This includes torch attacks vs buildings.
Tactics[]
While the primary purpose of Torguuds is to protect the Khan, they are durable heavy cavalry units similar to Keshiks. They have lower damage, but more hit points, and more armor once upgraded. This allows them to function extremely well as front-line 'meat-shields' to absorb damage, while a ranged unit with higher damage per second (DPS), such as the Kipchak Archer, deals damage from behind.
Like almost all Golden Horde units, Torguuds can only be trained in batches. The base cost is 150 food, 200 stone for two units, which can be improved with a variety of upgrades. With all relevant upgrades, Torguuds can be recruited at a cost of 150 food, 80 stone for a batch of three.
Unit comparison[]
 Torguud
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 Keshik
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 Lancer
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| Cost | 75 food, 100 stone | 120 food, 80 gold | 140 food, 100 gold |
| Training time | 60 seconds (Feudal) 45 seconds (Castle) 35 seconds (Imperial) |
30 seconds | 35 seconds |
| Hit points | 220 (Feudal) 260 (Castle) 300 (Imperial) |
145 (Regular) 175 (Veteran) 210 (Elite) |
190 (Early) 230 (Regular) 270 (Elite) |
| Melee attack | 10 (Feudal) 12 (Castle) 17 (Imperial) |
15 (Regular) 19 (Veteran) 23 (Elite) |
19 (Early) 24 (Regular) 29 (Elite) |
| Rate of Fire | 1.375 seconds | 1.375 seconds | 1.5 seconds |
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Biology (+25%) Padded Armor (+20) Khan and Torguuds (+30)
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 Regeneration
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 Sarai Lancers (+4 HP per attack)
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| Attack |  Bloomery (+1) Decarbonization (+1) Damascus Steel (+1)
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| Armor |  Fitted Leatherwork (+1 melee) Insulated Helm (+1 melee) Master Smiths (+1 melee) Iron Undermesh (+1 ranged) Wedge Rivets (+1 ranged) Angled Surfaces (+1 ranged) Padded Armor (+2 melee and +2 ranged) Muscovy Yasak (+2 ranged)
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 Attack speed
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Sarai Lancers (+10%)
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| Resource cost | Khan and Torguuds (-20%) Stone Armies (-20% stone)
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| Creation speed | Stone Armies (+20%)
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| Other |  Stables Reinforcements (+1 unit batch production)
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| Ability and aura enhancements | |
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| Hit points
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 Defensive Aura Edict (+10%)
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| Attack |  Khan Warcry (+10%/+20%/+30% depending on charge level)
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| Armor |  Kharash Aura (+1 melee/ranged)
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| Damage resistance |  Glorious Charge (-15% for 30 seconds)
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 Movement speed
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Glorious Charge (+50% for 30 seconds)
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| Creation speed |  Production Speed Edict (+20%)
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Dialogue lines[]
The Torguud uses the same dialogue lines as the Keshik.
- Main article: Keshik (Age of Empires IV)/Dialogue lines
Changelog[]
- In the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Ages, Torguud had 240/280/320 hit points, dealt 10/14/19 damage, and trained in 60/40/20 seconds. With patch 15.2.7380, they have 220/260/300 hit points, deal 10/12/17 damage, and train in 60/45/35 seconds.
Trivia[]
- The Torguud were the royal guard of Toghrul, a Mongol khan allied with Genghis Khan. They fulfilled a role similar to the Keshiks, which is the basis for their in-game ability to protect Batu Khan.
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