“ | Foot warrior armed with a deadly club. Good against cavalry. | ” |
—In-game description |
The War Club is a melee heavy infantry in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Sioux and can be trained at the War Hut once the Colonial Age is reached.
Overview
The War Club is effective against cavalry and light infantry. It does melee damage and has a relatively good siege attack. Use the war club as a cavalry counter and a light infantry counter. The War Club acts like a Pikeman to the Sioux with slightly more attack versus other units except cavalry.
It can be combined with Cetan Bows to form a cheap combo to take out infantry and cavalry. It can however be defeated by cavalry with a large amount of Hitpoints and splash damage such the Cuirassier, Mahout Lancer and the Spahi or cavalry with a bonus against infantry like Lancer, Jat Lancer, etc.
Upgrades
Age | Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
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Elite War Clubs | 200 wood 100 coin |
Upgrades War Clubs to Elite (+25% hit points and attack) | |
Champion War Clubs | 400 wood 200 coin |
Upgrades War Clubs to Champion (+25% hit points and attack); requires Elite War Clubs | |
Legendary War Clubs | 1,500 wood 1,500 coin |
Upgrades War Clubs to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack); requires Champion War Clubs |
Further statistics
As the War Club can only be trained by the Sioux, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Cavalry, light infantry, buildings |
Weak vs. | Skirmishers, archers, artillery |
Improvements | |
Hit points | Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) |
Attack | Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%) |
Speed | File:Inca Road-building.png Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%) |
Creation speed | War Drums (-33%) File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%) |
Other | Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) |
Home City Cards
As the War Club is exclusive to the Sioux, only other civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are listed here.
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Trivia
- The weapon used by the War Club unit is a gunstock war club, an indigenous weapon used by Native Americans. Indigenous tribes of America most likely created the design of the club based upon European firearms.
- The other units that use these clubs are the Axe Rider, Lakota Axe Rider, and Kanya Horseman.
History
“ | The Sioux constructed their war clubs out of a variety of substances: stone, wood, bone, antlers, horn, and sometimes incorporated steel blades. The one consistent feature was an efficacy in combat. One blow from one of these deadly weapons could cripple or kill a grizzly bear, let alone a human opponent. | ” |
Gallery
In other languages
Spanish: Garrote de Guerra