Warrior Priest (Age of Empires III)

Warrior Priest
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Melee infantry
Civilization	Aztecs
Age	Colonial Age
Training
Trained at	Fire Pit (Holy Dance)
Population	1
Coin	200
Training limit	10
Statistics
Hit points	360
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	4
Line of Sight	12
Ability	Heals injured units (10 hit points per second, range 12) Dance at the Fire Pit; counts as two units
XP bounty	20
Melee damage
Attack	5/15/30/45/60
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	Heals injured units and are also effective in combat. Warrior Priests are extremely effective when dancing at the Fire Pit.	”
—In-game description

The Warrior Priest is a special unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Aztecs and can be obtained through Holy Dance or shipped from the Home City. In standard random map games, the Aztecs start with a Warrior Priest alongside the Aztec War Chief. It functions similarly to the Medicine Man but holds a stronger attack and can dance as two Villagers at the Fire Pit.

Overview

Warrior Priests heal close-by units at a rate of 10 hit points per second. They can also be assigned to dance around the Fire Pit where they count as two Villagers each. The player is given one Warrior Priest at the start of the game, and it is possible to create up to ten Warrior Priests in the Fire Pit by dancing the Holy Dance. The Warrior Priest also has a melee attack which initially deals 5 damage but increases to 15 in the Colonial Age, 30 in the Fortress Age, 45 in the Industrial Age, and 60 in the Imperial Age.

Warrior Priests are considered infantry and are affected by improvements and Home City Cards that reduce infantry training time.

Strategies

• Assign the spawn reunion point to the Fire Pit to make the Warrior Priest dance automatically (this strategy doesn't work in The Asian Dynasties, probably due to a bug).
• In the Discovery Age, use the free Warrior Priest to increase XP generation until the Colonial Age.
• Is recommended to spawn them as quickly as possible in the Colonial Age.
• Two or Three Aztec Home City Cards are very important to spawn them quickly, shown from most important to least:
  • Fencing School. Reduces Infantry train time by -40%.
  • 3 Warrior Priests. Ships 3 Warrior Priests.
  • TEAM 2 Warrior Priests. Ships 2 Warrior Priests to the player and their teammates. Very useful if the player's allies are also Native Americans, as the new Warrior Priests can be used at the Fire Pit.
• It is not necessary for Aztecs to use the Warrior Priest to heal units, as they have Healing Dance, which is more efficient, healing all inactive military units.
• Warrior Priest spawn time is longer in The Warchiefs than in The Asian Dynasties.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Mission Fervor (+35%, Europeans only) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
Speed	Mission Fervor (+15%, Europeans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) File:Inca Road-building.png Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only)

Home City Cards

As the Warrior Priest can only be spawned and shipped by the Aztecs, only other civilizations' cards that affects them are listed here.

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Warrior Priest

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Aztecs Card Description Age Home City level TEAM 2 Warrior Priests Ships 2 Warrior Priests 10 3 Warrior Priests Ships 3 Warrior Priests 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 Chinese Card Description Age Home City level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Dutch Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Indians Card Description Age Home City level Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Iroquois Card Description Age Home City level Infantry Attack Infantry gets +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry gets +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry gets +8 LOS 10 Russians Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Cheap Priests Priests, Imams, and Missionaries cost -50% and train time -75%; Medicine Man and Warrior Priest spawn time -15% 10 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry gets +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

“

The most densely populated region of the New World in 1492 was Mesoamerica, the region where North and Central America meet. Among the people living there were the Aztecs (also known as Mexica or Tenocha); they built a complex civilization centered around their great city of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). This was one of the largest cities in the world (with an estimated population of 200,000) and arguably more beautiful and cleaner than most contemporary European capitals. In Aztec society, membership in the calpulli established each individual's religious and secular schooling, as well as how they would be trained in warfare. The men of a calpulli served together in battle and on the numerous public works projects. Their soldiers wielded weapons of wood and stone, and they often sought prisoners to be sacrificed in religious ceremonies. The male children of the upper classes attended a special school called a calmecac. It was there they learned the secrets of the Aztec priesthood and how to perform religious ceremonies and responsibilities - in essence, grooming them for leadership, since in Aztec society government and religion were virtually indistinguishable.

”

Gallery

An in-game Warrior Priest

The Warrior Priest from the in game history section