Uhlan

Uhlan
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Melee cavalry
Civilization	Germans John Black's Mercenaries (Act II: Ice)
Age	Colonial Age
Training
Trained at	Stable Fort Galleon
Population	2
Food	50
Coin	100
Statistics
Hit points	190
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	6.75
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	15
XP bounty	15
Melee damage
Attack	37 25 (Trample mode)
Area of Effect	3 (Trample mode)
Rate of Fire	1.5 2.0 (Trample mode)
Siege damage
Attack	20
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Light cavalry that sacrifices hitpoints for attack.	”
—In-game description, despite the fact that they're actually a Heavy cavalry unit

The Uhlan is a melee heavy cavalry in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Germans, which replaces the Hussar, and can be trained at the Stable, Fort, and Galleon. It has higher attack but lower hit points than Hussars.

Uhlans are also available to John Black's Mercenaries in the Act II: Ice campaign, replacing Hussars.

Overview

Whereas the Hussar has hit points and the Cossack (a unique Russian unit) has cost-effectiveness on their side, the Uhlan has a much higher attack than all other hand cavalry (excluding mercenaries).

From Colonial Age, Uhlans are received from the Home City with every shipment, including unit upgrades. The only exception to this are any Discovery Age, TEAM, Uhlan and mercenary shipments; the latter two have additional units that other civilizations (e.g. German Hire Black Riders card ships nine Black Riders than other civilizations' seven). However, the Germans require 10% more experience points to reach the next shipment to balance this.

Uses and counters

Uhlans are like Hackapells; cavalry with low hitpoints but deal massive damage in return. Uhlans should avoid fighting heavy infantry and ranged cavalry, which have bonus damage against them (including Musketeers, who deal bonus damage against them in melee), as they will be easily destroyed in battle if they attack them without any support.

The high damage of the Uhlan, in addition to being a cavalry unit, allows players to use both their speed and damage to flank enemy artillery, which easily destroys the player's infantry and has very high resistance to ranged attacks. Artillery will have reduced damage against cavalry, but the low hitpoints of the Uhlan makes them unable to withstand 2-3 shots from an Imperial Field Gun. The high damage is also useful for raiding, as it takes a fully upgraded Imperial Czapka 2-3 hits to take down an unupgraded settler, although they should not attempt to do this if defensive measures have been put in place by the opponent.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Uhlans	200 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Uhlans to Veteran (+20% hit points and attack)
	Czapka Uhlans	1,000 wood 1,000 coin	Upgrades Uhlans to Czapka Uhlans (+40% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Uhlans
	Imperial Czapka	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Czapka Uhlans to Imperial Czapka (+50% hit points and attack); requires Czapka Uhlans

Civilization differences

• John Black's Mercenaries have the Guard (+30% hit points and attack, and costs 600 wood and 600 coin) upgrade for Uhlans instead of the Royal Guard upgrade, and cannot upgrade them to the Imperial level.
• The Chinese can get Uhlans by allying with the Germans at the Consulate (requires a level 40 Home City) which provides the German Brigade that includes 19 Uhlans (named Czapaka^[sic] Uhlan). These Uhlans start with +10% hit points and attack than their regular counterpart, and are automatically upgraded in every Age starting in the Fortress Age (see here for the exact values).

Further statistics

As Uhlans are unique to Germans and John Black's Mercenaries, 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	Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Pillage (+25% siege attack) Yoga (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-50%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Uhlans are unique to Germans and John Black's Mercenaries, 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 Uhlan

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 get +15% attack 10 Germans Due to their civilization bonus, the Germans receive free Uhlans with non-TEAM and non-INFINITE cards (except Discovery Age ones) based on the Age which they are available (2 in the Colonial Age, 3 in the Fortress Age, 4 in the Industrial Age). Uhlan and mercenary shipments, as well as Polish Winged Hussars, ship more units than usual instead. Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry get +15% attack 10 Cavalry Hitpoints Uhlans and War Wagons get +15% hit points +2 Uhlans 10 Cavalry Combat Uhlans and War Wagons get +15% attack and hit points +3 Uhlans 10 5 Uhlans Ships 5 Uhlans 1 8 Uhlans Ships 8 Uhlans 1 11 Uhlans Ships 11 Uhlans 10 9 Uhlans Ships 9 Uhlans 10 13 Uhlans Ships 13 Uhlans 25 Lipizzaner Cavalry Uhlans get +15% hit points and attack +4 Uhlans 25 Riding School Cavalry train time -40% +2 Uhlans 10 Spanish Riding School Cavalry get +10% speed +4 Uhlans 25 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Trivia

• Royal Guard and Consulate Uhlans are named after the high, four-pointed cap used by Polish Uhlans.

History

“

Uhlans grew out of Polish light cavalry used by the Prussians and from the Tartars that settled in Lithuania after their defeat by Tamerlane. These Tartars were - like their forefathers - an elite mounted cavalry. In the nineteenth century, Prussian cavalry from Poland were called uhlans, and before long light cavalry in general were referred to as uhlans. Uhlans wore a distinctive four-cornered hat, the czapka, which was tall and sometimes decorated with plumes, and a jacket called an ulanka. They were armed with lances, sabers and, later, pistols.

”

Gallery

An in-game Uhlan

The in-game statistics of an Uhlan

The in-game statistics of a Veteran Uhlan

The in-game statistics of a Czapka Uhlan

The in-game statistics of an Imperial Czapka

The Uhlan's history portrait.