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This article is about the scout unit of Malians. For the unit in other games of the series, see Scout.

Fast cavalry effective at raiding, exploring the world, hunting wildlife, and herding Sheep.
Age of Empires IV description for Warrior Scout and Veteran Warrior Scout

The Warrior Scout is a light melee cavalry unit in Age of Empires IV unique to the Malians, effective in exploring the world, hunting wildlife, and herding Sheep. Every player starts with one Warrior Scout, simply named Scout. It is a variation of the Scout available to other civilizations.

Ability[]

  • AoE4 Herd Herd: Any Sheep following the Scout can be dropped off at any building on which the Scout is right-clicked or on which this ability is used.

Tactics[]

Combat[]

The basic Scout is very weak in combat and not very effective as a harass unit. It can win a 1 versus 1 against a Villager, but not against two Villagers. Even versus only one Villager, it needs 47 seconds to win. The Warrior Scout upgrade is big step up, providing +6 attack, +50% healing rate, +14.3% attack rate, and +7.7% movement speed. This makes a Scout rush dangerous for opponents, since harmless-looking Scouts can be upgraded to powerful Warrior Scouts. Compared to the regular Horseman rush, the Warrior Scout rush needs an upgrade, but the units themselves are cheaper and faster to create.

The Warrior Scout line can be created at both Town Centers and Stables, but can only be upgraded at Stables, which means that there is a significant delay between reaching the Feudal Age and researching Warrior Scout upgrade.

Counters[]

The Warrior Scout is countered by all units which counter Horsemen. Therefore, it is hard-countered by Spearmen and Camel Riders. It is also situationally countered by ranged units, and beaten by heavy melee units, but it can avoid combat due to its mobility.

Herding[]

Neutral Sheep automatically follow any Scouts that come within a 6-tile range. When they follow a Scout, the movement speed of Sheep increases from 0.625 tiles/second to 1.625 to match that of the Scout. Sheep that are already owned by the player can be tasked to follow any Scout or passed from one Scout to another. This enables one Scout to continue exploring the map while one returns to the Town Center with all the Sheep.

Hunting[]

When attacking wild animals, the Warrior Scout uses a ranged attack with a bow. This attack does 3 damage per shot, so it takes 2 shots to kill a Deer (5 hit points), and 10 shots to kill a Wolf (30 hit points). Even after upgrading into the Warrior Scout, the unit still attacks Boars with its much weaker bow attack, and cannot be forced to use its melee attack, even in melee range. Therefore, it is not very effective vs Boar, which have 4 ranged armor and take only 1 damage, and cannot be hit-and-run effectively due to their fast speed and limited chase range. One advantage to the Warrior Scout is that it synergizes well with the Professional Scouts upgrade. Typically, this strategy involves creating multiple Scouts to pick up dDeer across the map, but with most civilizations, players are then left with several weak Scouts that can't really do anything else. With Warrior Scouts, after picking up Deer, they can continue being used effectively in combat.

Line of Sight[]

The Warrior Scout has an exceptional Line of Sight compared to other units and it can see into stealth forests, allowing it to both detect and set up ambushes. Additionally, it it is the only unit which can detect units such as the Musofadi Warrior in stealth mode, or the Shinobi in its disguised mode.

Unit comparison[]

Unlike other Scouts, the Malian Scout can be upgraded in later ages into a Warrior Scout. Hence, the Scout line of the Malians replaces the regular Scout line, and the Warrior upgrade and above replace the Horseman line. The unit is created 66.7% faster than the regular Scout line and 46.7% faster than the Horseman line. It also costs more than other Scouts, but less than Horsemen.

However, the Warrior Scout only fulfills the Horseman's role in raiding and melee combat. Since they have 0 ranged armor and no attack bonus vs ranged units (until Veteran), Warrior Scouts cannot be used to counter ranged units effectively. Though not terrible, they are not great either. For that purpose, the Malians have access to the Javelin Thrower at the Archery Range.

Unit comparisons[]

AoE4 Scout Scout AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout AoE4 Horseman Horseman
Cost 70 food 90 food 100 food, 20 wood
Training time 25 sec 15 sec 22.5 sec
Building AoE4 TownCenter Town Center
AoE4 Stable Stable
AoE4 TownCenter Town Center
AoE4 Stable Stable
AoE4 Stable Stable
HP 110 110 110
110 125
130 155
155 180
Ranged armor 0 0 2
2
3
5
Speed 1.625 tiles/s 1.625 tiles/s 1.875 tiles/s
1.75 tiles/s
1.875 tiles/s
1.875 tiles/s
Regeneration 0.25 HP/s 1 HP/s 0
1.5 HP/s
1.5 HP/s
2.5 HP/s
Attack 1 melee
+10 vs Scout
1 melee
+10 vs Scout
8 melee
+8 vs Ranged
7 melee
+10 vs Scout
9 melee
+9 vs Ranged
9 melee
+10 vs Scout
+9 vs Ranged
11 melee
+11 vs Ranged
11 melee
+10 vs Scout
+11 vs Ranged
13 melee
+13 vs Ranged
Rate of Fire 2 sec 2 sec 1.75 sec
Line of Sight 9.11 tiles 9.11 tiles 6.22 tiles
Common
  • Melee armor - 0

Further statistics[]

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Warriors only: siege engines, Scouts
Weak vs. Heavy units, Spearmen, Camel Riders
Conditional matchups Ranged units (after Veteran Upgrade)
Technologies
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 Biology Biology (+30%)
Attack AoE4 Bloomery Bloomery (+1)
AoE4 Decarbonization Decarbonization (+1)
AoE4 DamascusSteel Damascus Steel (+1)
Armor AoE4 FittedLeatherwork Fitted Leatherwork (+1 melee)
AoE4 InsulatedHelm Insulated Helm (+1 melee)
AoE4 MasterSmiths Master Smiths (+1 melee)
AoE4 IronUndermesh Iron Undermesh (+1 ranged)
AoE4 WedgeRivets Wedge Rivets (+1 ranged)
AoE4 AngledSurfaces Angled Surfaces (+1 ranged)
Line of Sight AoE4 NavigatorLookout Spyglass (+30%)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%)
Other AoE4 ProfessionalScouts Professional Scouts (100% more damage to animals and can carry Sheep and Deer carcasses)
Aura and ability enhancements
Attack AoE4 SiegeFestival Siege Festival (+50% fire for 90 seconds)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryFestival Military Festival (+100% for 90 seconds)

Dialogue lines[]

Main article: /Dialogue lines

Changelog[]

  • Originally, all units of the line regenerate 1 hit point per second. With update 6.0.878, Warrior Scouts and above regenerate 2 hit points per second. With update 7.0.5861, regeneration of Regular and Veteran decreased to 1.5 hit points per second, and that of Elite increased to 2.5 hit points per second.
  • Originally, regular Warrior Scout moved at 1.875 tiles/s. With update 7.0.5861, it was reduced to 1.75 tiles/s.
  • With update 7.0.5861, Veteran Warrior Scouts gain +100% attack vs ranged units.

Trivia[]

  • The Warrior Scout (along with the regular Scout) and the Donso are the only units to have three different attack types. The Warrior Scout achieves this by having a main melee attack, a special ranged attack only against animals, and torch attack.
  • The Warrior Scout is the only unit which improves its Rate of Fire or movement speed upon upgrading (in this case from Scout to Warrior Scout).
  • Originally, the Warrior Scout line was meant to a regeneration rate of 5 hit points/second.

Gallery[]

Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager · AoE4 Trader Trader · AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat · AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship · AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship · AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman · AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman · AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer · AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman · AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout · AoE4 Horseman Horseman · AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower · AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram · AoE4 Springald Springald · AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel · AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet · AoE4 Bombard Bombard · AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin · AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider · AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg · AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher · AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman · AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer · AoE4 Dervish Dervish · AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam · AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract · AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard · AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon · AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei · AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar · AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant · AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant · AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant · AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman · AoE4 King King · AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger · AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate · AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune · AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk · AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman · AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai · AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha · AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha · AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu · AoE4 Samurai Samurai · AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi · AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest · AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan · AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman · AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru · AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion · AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider · AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon · Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant · AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms · AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter · AoE4 JdA Knight Knight · AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer · AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon · AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso · AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior · AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower · AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout · AoE4 Sofa Sofa · AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior · AoE4 Cattle Cattle · AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan · AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai · AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter · AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet · AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao · AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman · AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms · AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht · AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer · AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman · AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer · AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman · AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight · AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager · AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter · AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi · AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer · AoE4 Janissary Janissary · AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard · AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat · AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk · AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer · AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy · AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier · AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard · AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider · AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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