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 at the Colonial Age and 20 at the Fortress 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.
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.
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An in-game Warrior Priest
The Warrior Priest from the in game history section
Fencing School. Reduces Infantry train time by -40%.
Mission Fervor (+35%, Europeans only)
Infantry Breastplate (+10%)
Thin Red Line (+20%, British only)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Maya Cotton Armor (+20%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Yoga (+5%)
Master Lessons (+10%)
Military Drummers (+10%)
Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Town Watch (+2)
